Create and take action. Even if you have to convince yourself...

As I write this I’m currently six hours past my self imposed deadline of sending this newsletter by 11am. Normally I have this sucker written at some point through the week when the idea comes to fruition, but as life often hands you lemons, this week is far from normal.

As I realized I was past due, my first thought was that I’ve built enough rapport to skip a week.

“Ah, Casey, you’ll catch ‘em next week”.

Had I followed that thought, I know that tomorrow morning I would greet myself with thoughts of disappointment.

Why Can't It Be Easy?

Sometimes we find ourselves enamored by complexity.

If something is complex it is perceived as intellectual, superior, and in some cases, just plain better.

A Tesla is more complex than a Camry. Is the Tesla better than the Camry? Some might say yes, some might say no. Regardless, both cars can get you from point A to point B. Isn’t that what matters?

Complexity might be sexy, but is it more effective?

3 Thoughts on Fitness and Nutrition (March Edition)

3 Things meets Purposeful Strength. My favorite crossover. If you’ve been following along, you know sometimes I have a list of ideas that never fully come to fruition and don’t quite get the substance for their own piece.

Thus, the 3 Things was brought in.

3 Things that are in my brain, but don’t quite have the horses in the race. Combined, they make greatness.

Okay, maybe not greatness, but they make a decent newsletter…

What is a calorie?

What the fuck is a calorie.

Let's start with what Google has to say about it.

Noun. The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C

Interesting. No reference to food. So where did calories get lumped with food?

Let's ask Google again. Here’s what shows up when you type in “define calorie food”.

A calorie is a unit of energy. When you hear something contains 100 calories, it's a way of describing how much energy your body could get from eating or drinking it.

Imposter Syndrome: How to deal with it

My career growth has always been centered around educational opportunities.

As a Personal Trainer, I’ve always found that educating those who hire me was my key to coaching fitness well.

As a Certification Coach for the Parisi Franchise, my job was literally to educate new coaches on the X’s and O’s of the training system.

And every week I sit down to write this newsletter I think about educating those reading it.

As I educate, I grow. That’s how it’s always been and that’s how I hope it always stays.

With this growth, comes one constant. My never ending feelings of impostor syndrome.

2 Truths & 1 Lie: Fitness Style

This weeks’ Purposeful Strength is a game; 2 Truths and a Lie

A classic high school ice-breaker.

Only in this case, there isn’t any ice to break. That makes it better, right?

Right.

This 2 truths and a lie format is a great feeder for something much larger I wanted to cover- training myths and misconceptions.