Functional Core Fitness is open for business!

Functional Core Fitness personal training studio is open for business! Omar, my wonderful partner and truly one of the best trainers I’ve ever met, has been in the fitness industry over ten years and has owned his own business for something like 5 years now. He finally decided it’s time to open up his own studio. The swiftness at which he completed this was astonishing!! He found a spot, knocked down walls, painted, installed lighting, and who knows what else, ...

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Local Attractions, Training

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Weeks 1 & 2 Update

So, it has been one week and 3 days since I started my program. Here’s how I’m doing:

Week 1 I followed every thing I specified, except for the daily ice bath. I’ve been stretching and I indeed, rested, which is quite a severe and vexatious feat for me. I went in to the gym and did stationary bike at a snail’s pace a few times but didn’t really break a sweat, which means I wasn’t working hard, because when I ...

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JAN
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ACL Rehab/Prehab, Training

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13 Week Program/Countdown to Breaking, Gymnastics, Kettlebells, Tire-flipping, Oympic Lifting, Boxing, Trail-sprinting, and More Lean and Mean Goodness

I was thinking…this injury stuff has been getting really old. I KNOW I can do acrobatics, amazing things, and be capable of so much more. Other trainers (inadvertently) tempt me, when they recount their fun tumbling practice, or do kettlebell snatches, or when I see my peers on stage…and I KNOW I can do these things. Yet I have a million and one excuses. Legitimate excuses e.g. injuries. But. Excuses none the less. I have been telling Caleb I will ...

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JAN
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ACL Rehab/Prehab, Breaking, Motivation & Mindset, Physique, Figure, and Fitness, Training

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Meaning of Injury

Unknown pain in the bottom right lateral side of my foot. Begone. Thou (literally) art my spur. Plantar fasciitis, are thou? Hopefully not a stress fracture? Perhaps more benign.

Timeline:

  • Wed 1/6/10: 40 min jog in the morning, 40 min stepmill in the afternoon.
  • Thurs: worked alll day, on my feet for over 12 hours. Feet were extremely tight and sore.
  • Friday: tried to jog/do cardio. hurt. hurt to walk.
  • Saturday: tried to do cardio. hurt to walk. iced.
  • Sunday: did not attempt to go to ...
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JAN
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Motivation & Mindset, Training

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