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Motivation To Keep Striving For Your Best Results.

Take That First Step . . . And Keep Taking 'Em!

Achieving the health and fitness results of your dreams is a process -- a journey. It starts with an awareness of what you want and taking the first steps toward it. It continues with the strength and determination to consistently live in a way that makes you happy, fulfilled, purposeful, regret-free, empowered, proud . . . Are there goals to achieve?  Competitions to win?  Deadlines to meet? Sure!  As many as you like along the way! But living a life of health doesn't have to … [Read more...]

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Christopher Warden | One With Life

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Christopher Warden | Everything, but Ordinary.

Every single 'ordinary' moment, in an 'ordinary' day is a moment where the EXTRAordinary can happen TO you THROUGH you AROUND you. BE in the moment . . . HONOR 'ordinary' . . . to see, hear, smell, touch, taste, feel EXTRAORDINARY.   … [Read more...]

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Emphasis On Emotion and Psychology . . . On A ‘Health And Fitness’ Site.

Emotion - A Critical Factor In Health and Fitness| Christopher Warden

"If you're not mentally and emotionally willing to follow the plan of action, even the 'best' plan of action will fail to work." People remark from time to time that many of my posts are mind-body related . . . and they wonder why I have a tendency to focus on emotions and psychology. It's a good question, especially in light of the time and travel I devote to study and application in kinetic chain theory, East & West health philosophies, nutrition, body work, strength and conditioning … [Read more...]

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The Importance of Asking, “Why?”

Change Yourself . . . Change The World. Ask, "Why?"

Hmmmmm. Changing ourselves.  Changing (saving?) the world . . . How do we do it? Obviously, there are many ways to contribute . . . one of them is to start asking "WHY??" We're an intelligent species (theoretically). With this gift of 'critical thinking capability' we tend to ask, "HOW" . . . and move forward in: discovering constructing engineering modifying teaching And it's all well and good, because, hey, if we can 'come to understand' we've got even greater … [Read more...]

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Know Your Dreams and Take Action On Them!

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Choose Excellence In Everything and Anything You WANT To Do!

In Pursuit of Excellence

To me, it's amazing when I read a book and the ideas behind it resonate so strongly that I feel as if the author took the words out of my head and heart and put them on paper. Terry Orlick, author of In Pursuit Of Excellence, did exactly this in his inspirational book . . . so much so that the majority of this post is in his words. It does not matter WHAT you decide to do, as long as what you choose to do is exactly what you WANT to do.  Fitness goals.  Improved health and fat loss.  … [Read more...]