Want free updates with an e-mail subscription? Click the logo below:
-
Popular Recipes
-
DIY Cleaners & Health Aids
Free Shipping Code: 06-007202
-
DIY 5 Minute Layered Haircut
Re-purposing
Costco Quarterly
Category Archives: Fitness Philosophy
The Dangers of the AMRAP
I imagine many of you are wondering what “AMRAP” means. It’s short for As Many Round As Possible, and it’s a very popular protocol for optimizing work density, that is, optimizing the volume of work you do in a set … Continue reading
Why I Don’t Do CrossFit
Many good things can be abused: food, sex, fire, and CrossFit. When abused they can result in personal harm, and they are commonly decried as bad, although the fault lies with the abuser, not the thing being abused. Recommend on … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Fitness Philosophy, Health & Fitness Info, My Workouts
2 Comments
Favorite Fifteen No. 6: Double KB Swings
The next stop on the tour of my go-to workouts is the Double Kettlebell Swing. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Why I’ll Never Use P90X
I’ve never written about P90X before, but plenty of other people have. I just Googled “P90X Reviews” and got nearly 3.5 million results immediately, so it’s clearly a hot topic. And to be fair, I’ve never done a single P90X … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Fitness Philosophy, Health & Fitness Info
10 Comments
Feasting and Staying Lean
Are you concerned about gaining weight from holiday feasting? Well, weight gain is not inevitable for those who know how to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here are a few things to think about: Feasting is good. In fact, it’s great. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Fitness, Fitness Philosophy, For the Heart, Health & Fitness Info
4 Comments
Four Weeks of Workouts! Aug. 13- Sept. 7
First off, I’m sorry I haven’t posted my workouts in a while. For those of you who don’t know, I have been pretty busy – along with some other fantastic folks – working to start a new classical and Christian … Continue reading
Two Weeks of Workouts: Staying Active Away from Home
I didn’t post my workouts from the week of July 16 because I was on the road quite a bit. I’ll just say quickly that I only worked out twice that week. I did the following circuit six times on … Continue reading
A week of workouts: I actually went running! Plus, a 10-minute hotel room workout.
This week I enjoyed my anniversary with Sonja, and we got to go to Seattle for a short getaway, so that meant we got to veer from the norm a little bit. You never know what you’re going to get … Continue reading
Practical Stewardship 101: Keep it Sustainable
Sometimes people ask me things like this: “Jonathan, I’m thinking about working out six days per week for 45 minutes until I can get below my target weight. What do you think about that?” And I generally respond with some … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Finance Philosophy, Finance/DIY, Fitness, Fitness Philosophy, For the Heart
2 Comments
My Workouts: Week of June 18. 8-minute hotel room workouts and a hike in the Rockies!
My Workouts: Week of June 18 This week, I was out of town from Wednesday on. So any workouts that I did were without any equipment. It also involved two 8-minute hotel room workouts on Thursday and Friday. I even … Continue reading
