Despite the best intentions from our departmental leadership, HR and wellness advocates, we’re sometimes not equipped with actual tools for self-rescue. The flyers and e-mail attachments are useful, I guess, but I’m interested in actual techniques that people can adopt, employ and engage with. We need real-world tactics to help us decompress. I picked this grounding technique up while researching ideas for our post-Jiu-Jitsu mindset development exercise. The thing that really speaks to me about this technique is that it is transferable. You could use this for yourself after a difficult call or ..read more

In the expansive world of online self-help gurus, data-driven science communicators and snake-oil supplement sellers, there’s a specific chase for understanding Dopamine. It’s a commonly misunderstood driver for our motivation and, by most people’s own admission (if they’re really reflecting on it) a temptress for bad choices. Today, I want to break down exactly what dopamine is, what it does and what we can do to use it’s functions for making things better. If you take on the task of understanding what dopamine is, you’re actively participating in resisting the corporate conquest of our menta ..read more

This article has sat in a browser tab on my laptop for more than a month. Not because it’s all too hard to write. And, not because it’s too complicated to think about. But, because this idea – the ‘Heroic Ideal’, that is – asserts a few things that create a foundation for pretty much everything we do. That’s a heavy thing to consider. Further, it’s a tremendously heavy thing to write about. Nonetheless, I find this back-burnered article simmering to the top of my to-do’s. Despite my sometimes focused efforts to cast this idea aside, I’m bound to the truth. The Heroic Ideal as a premise for det ..read more

In December of 2023, I had a familiar pull. About every 6 months, I want to refine what I’m doing. And, for some reason, that makes me want to get a little group together to do the same. I think it has something to do with the ‘mana’ of group settings. Or, that’s the way The Rock phrases it. Hosting the #unchallenge allowed me to dive into that ethereal substance; that magic that is produced by small groups. I wanted to host a group to help work on some things that I would have been working on anyway. Fitness, personal development, core values. Searching – actively questing for the extra. I th ..read more

SIXFEET WODs are provided to supplement your training. This is a drop-in workout you can use to shake things up or predicate specific goals. This WOD is built by SIXFEET affiliate ‘Bravo Bravo’. 30min continuous work: 2min treadmill run X10 medicine ball pop up slams X20 kettlebell swings X10 landmine presses (5 each arm) X10 box jumps 4min assault bike tabata X10 landmine core twist The post WOD: Weekender appeared first on SIXFEET ..read more

SIXFEET WODs are provided to supplement your training. This is a drop-in workout you can use to shake things up or predicate specific goals. This WOD is built by SIXFEET affiliate ‘Bravo Bravo’. 2min dumbbell farmer carries X10 side stride medicine ball slams (stride X5 steps, slam ball) X20 kettlebell swings X10 dips X20 dumbbell bridging press X10 step up dumbbell press Finisher: X100 tricep rope extensions The post WOD: Insomniac appeared first on SIXFEET ..read more

Sometimes, in the middle of the day, I will have this sporadic ping pong ball of an idea pop into my brain. It’s not helpful at all, and in some ways, these ideas can be responsible for setting me back. Sometimes, it just sounds like ‘it doesn’t matter.’ Other times, it’s more pervasive. These ‘automatic thoughts’ can sometimes lead to piss poor feelings about our body image, social circles, obstacles in our jobs or any other assortment of easy targets. I think ‘automatic thoughts’ are one of those things that most people might not know a lot about. Like most personal development tools, knowin ..read more

SIXFEET WODs are provided to supplement your training. This is a drop-in workout you can use to shake things up or predicate specific goals. This WOD is built by SIXFEET affiliate ‘Bravo Bravo’. 30min continuous work 2min dumbbell farmer carries X20 bridge dumbbell presses X10 medicine ball twist slams X20 kettlebell swings X10 box jumps 4min assault bike tabata Skill acquisition: 10min jab cross drills The post WOD: Boxer appeared first on SIXFEET ..read more

SIXFEET WODs are provided to supplement your training. This is a drop-in workout you can use to shake things up or predicate specific goals. This WOD is built by SIXFEET affiliate ‘Bravo Bravo’. 30min continuous work with weighted vest: 2min run X20 KB swings X20 45 degree back-step lunge (10 per leg) X20 1 arm medicine ball slams (10 per arm) X20 DB step-ups (10 per leg) 1min plank-30sec per side Finisher: 1min wall squat The post WOD: Rocker appeared first on SIXFEET ..read more

SIXFEET WODs are provided to supplement your training. This is a drop-in workout you can use to shake things up or predicate specific goals. This WOD is built by SIXFEET affiliate ‘Bravo Bravo’. Continuous work for 30mins 2min sandbag run on treadmill X10 lunge medicine ball twist X10 medicine ball pop up slams X20 banded side strides X10 1/2 Turkish getups 4min assault bike tabata Finisher skill acquisition: X25 Copenhagen’s per leg The post WOD: Silhouette appeared first on SIXFEET ..read more