Something we will improve upon Strength work. It’s been way too long since I’ve been on a legit strength cycle on top of CrossFit. I don’t think I’ve lost too much strength, but I’m ready to put in some heavy lifting. We’ll be starting a new program at my gym on...

Paradigm Shift A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions. Wow, that really is enough words for this post if you think about it. I don’t need to write anything else. Just read that sentence over and over to yourself and consider how powerful it is....

Stoke. Encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency). Stoked. Excited or euphoric. In the skateboarding world you will hear these words pop up a lot. We get “stoked” when we see someone do an awesome trick and then we want to try it. Or we try to “stoke”...

Something we will improve upon Alright! I’m super pumped about all the opportunity to improve. Seriously, that probably sounds weird. I’m doing very well with the meditation app, and it works wonders. However, for whatever reason I just fell apart last night. I was...

Something we will improve upon I have a correction from last week. The meditation app that I mentioned is called “Oak” not “Zero.” (You can find both of those here) The zero app is an app that tracks your fasting hours. I tried the Oak meditation app today for the...

Something we will improve upon I am really focused on improving my attitude and eliminating negative thoughts. I started paying attention to the thoughts bouncing around in my head, and I realized that almost all of them are negative. Whatever it may be, training,...

It was a long weekend for me (Labor Day Weekend). If I am lucky, a long weekend means that I can go with my wife and kids to my in-law's house on the Tennessee river. It's super nice and super fun. We have our own boat docks, boats, 4-wheelers, plenty of beer, plenty...

Welcome to the first "lhrl.life" Updates & Checkins. This is where we are going to pop in for regular updates on how the LHRL life is going for us. If you're interested in blogging your progress and updating, just shoot an email to von@liftheavyrunlong.com Thanks, and...