What if I were to tell you that to get strong abs, you must first master breathing? Specifically, you have to get better at exhaling. Most of us are dysfunctional when it comes to breathing. This affects our posture and we get stuck in a state of hyperinflation (hyperextension) that we can’t get out of. […]
July 4th, 2014, Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica It’s early morning, and already it’s been a great day. I’ve just ridden a massive wave, paddled back out through the surf, and am sitting on my board resting and waiting for the next one. On his board nearby sits Ru Hill, the founder of Surf Simply,
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Let’s say you have a student in elementary school, young Timothy Von Shackleford Jr. Timmy for short. Timmy is sitting in class, going through his multiplication tables, ringing off the answers with increasing rapidity. “Two times six is thirty. Five times five is forty-two. Twelve times five is one-hundred and eleven!” Now let’s say you
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This video is from the Red Bull Rampage Downhill Mountain Bike competition held periodically in Virgin, Utah. It’s an amazing sight. These guys are taking what many of us assume to be a relatively simple process-riding a bicycle-and bringing it to a level of skill and fearless precision that is almost inhuman. Their rides
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Play – Do Something Novel Today One of the biggest things lacking in American culture is play; doing something unscripted, unregulated, solely because it’s entertaining. By this I don’t mean video games. I have no doubt that people spend plenty of time staring at repetitive flashing lights on a screen. I’m talking about the sort