by Kyle Brennan
I rarely lift weights. In fact, I try to completely avoid going in to the weight-room section of the gym entirely. Luckily, most gyms now have a cleared out zone for stretching or for more HIIT workouts with dumbells, kettlebells, TRX bands, tires, swiss balls, boxes and all the other bare-bones stuff that I prefer. …
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While week one of The 21 Day Challenge was probably more challenging from a physical perspective, week two of this challenge has been much more of a mental and emotional assessment. The first week I experienced carb withdrawal, hunger pangs, sugar cravings and the likes. But I built up a tolerance after a the first …
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I'm big into finding out about new products, books, songs, artists, apparel, etc. So a lot of the newsletters I subscribe to send out something every week about the top things they're loving or hearing about. I tend to get a lot of good ideas from these and I figured I should start my own …
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I already wrote a post about my morning routine to get my day started, but how you end your day is eqaully important. I never had a “routine” – I would just go to sleep when I got tired and tried to get 7-8 hours of sleep. But as I read up on newsletters, interviews, …
One full week into my made-up 21 Day Challenge and I feel great. Eating healthy isn’t hard, but resisting urges to eat some of my favorite foods and drinks was tough. I tried to limit coffee as much as possible – something that I drink daily with a splash of milk. In the first 5 …
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Ever since my senior year in high school, I've been pretty into health and fitness but especially so in the esoteric realm. Whenevr I tell people what new fitness piece I'm experimenting or give advice to someone, they always give me the same response. "Mmm I don't know about that. Sounds suspect." But most people …
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Back when I was writing Rhymes with Ranga, I had a lot of random, crazy thoughts. I was in college and literally did nothing all day but think of ridiculous shit. I feel like I lost that when I started working, but I want to get back to it. Tweeting, and starting weird hypothetical arguments …
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I've always had trouble with my breathing, whether from asthma as a kid or just stress-related things that cause me to breathe a little heavier. I read some articles about meditation and their was enough evidence out there for me to convince myself meditating would solve all my breath-related issues.
Alright, let's get this out of the way. This isn't a New Year's Resolution, "New year, new me" post.
The keys to an effective wedding toast are easy. The hard part is delivering. Public speaking is the number one fear of all Americans. Number two? Death. That's how scared people are of public speaking. It's not easy. As soon as you're in front of a room full or people, your mind immediately goes into …
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