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Running. Besting 100-year Old Men.

April 14, 2013 By David Kanigan 22 Comments

5:50 am. I’m off. 100-year old men running marathons and I’ve been filling the couch. Now there’s inspiration.

45F according to Weather Channel. Walk outside. Feels like 60F. Strip off running jacket. Fat man goin’ to fly.

Feeling HEAVY. Thanks to my enabler friend Lori. She sent a can’t miss recipe after last week’s Spaghetti Bolognese post. Zeke (dog) and I were sniffing around like crack addicts for 10 hours while the bolognese simmered in the slow cooker…with the aroma from the meat sauce oozing into every pore of the house. When the 6pm dinner bell rang, I was at the table with fork, salt shaker, large plate. Salad? NO. Bread? NO. Vegetables? NO. Keep all distractions out of the way. I told Zeke to stand back, I needed room to feed. Four plates later (at least I stopped counting at 4), I was licking my plate…and telling myself, maybe it’s time to stop. Bliss. Peace. 10 years from today, new FDA research will find that eating Spaghetti Bolognese extends life. And you’re going to think back and say that crazy man was right. You read it here first.

Back to the run. So, here we are. The day after. A DIRIGIBLE. LARGE AND BLOATED. On the road again trying to knock out some lbs. 100-year old running man drifting in an out. I’m half his age and can’t get the pistons firing. Wonder if he lied about his age. (That’s not nice. But something seems off. He looks better than 100. Hell, he looks better than I do.)

On February 23, 2013, 101 year-old Fauja Singh finished the Hong Kong 10km (6.25 mile) event in one hour, 32 minutes and 28 seconds. (That’s it! I’m going to kick his a** today. I’m sick of being embarrassed by 100 year old men. It’s sad. Really it is.) [Read more...]

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Work-Out Inspiration: 100 years old. And still running.

April 13, 2013 By David Kanigan 34 Comments

Fauja Singh ran his first marathon at age 89 and became an international sensation.
Records? Fastest to run a marathon (male, over age 90), fastest to run 5,000 meters (male, over age 100), fastest to run 3,000 meters (male, over age 100), and on and on they went.
By his second birthday, Fauja’s parents had cause for concern: He couldn’t walk. His legs were short and spindly, capable of movement but too weak to support his body. He turned 3. No steps yet. Then 4. Still crawling. Children called him danda, Punjabi for “stick.” Family members worried he might be crippled for life, so they consulted village doctors…At age 5, he developed enough strength to hobble. Proper walking didn’t come until around age 10.
His goal? Get into the Guinness Book of World Records for finishing a Marathon at 100 years old. The race: The Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 16, 2011. He’d finished in 8 hours, 25 minutes. He waved to the crowd as he walked across the line, then lifted his arms and accepted a medal. There were smiles and handshakes and photos with friends and strangers, then a rambling news conference for Fauja to reflect on his record. Amid the chaos and congratulations, however, Fauja never noticed the absence of one celebrant they’d expected. Guinness. (Guinness would not recognize Fauja Singh for the record. Read why at this link.)

Source: ESPN - The Runner. Hit this link to read the full story. Inspiring.

Epilogue: On February 23, 2013, Fauja Singh finished the Hong Kong 10km (6.25 mile) event in one hour, 32 minutes and 28 seconds. (Source: BBC News - Oldest Man Runs His Last Race)

DK Note to Self: Get. Off. The. Couch.

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Running. Like a Hippo.

April 6, 2013 By David Kanigan 43 Comments

6 am. I’m off. No slackin’ today.
32F. Feels like 27F according to Weather Channel.
Spring? Laughable.

Snarky Man is on the move.
Black wind breaker. Blue sweat pants. Red shoes. Black Chargers Tuk.
(How do you spell C-L-A-S-H?)

Reach for draw string to synch up sweats. Only find one end. The other end is buried in hole about an inch back. Are you kidding me? Paused for 1 second – - no chance I’m going back to change. Veer way wide of the Man today. He going gangster. Let his sweatpants hang off his a**.

THE MOOD.

It all started yesterday. 3 am.

Morning ritual of stepping on the scale. Followed by Morning Delusion. LED flashing. Flashing. Flashing. (Think 10 pm on Christmas Eve as a Child .)

And then BAM.

Followed by SHOCK.

The scale reports a new 5-year high.

“Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.” — Augustine of Hippo

I don’t know who Mr. Augustine is. But I’m looking like a Hippo. I have one daughter and not two. And her name is Anger.

I get off the scale. Inhale. Exhale.

Technology! Has to be that I jumped on the scale too quickly. It didn’t find its equilibrium. It needs to set itself.

I gently step back on. (Like, if I treat it more kindly, I might get a better outcome.)

Flashing. Flashing. Flashing. Flashing. Flashing.

DAMN IT!

Enough. We enter Day 1 of my new weight reduction program.

And as I reach Post Road on my run this morning, I recall my first day…

Running. In Confessional.

March 30, 2013 By David Kanigan 26 Comments

I’m off. 35F. Feeling good.
It’s the day after Good Friday.
The title of LaDona’s post banging around in my head like a 50 Cent Rap song – - the tricked up Chevy heaving up and down to the beat:

This Place Was Made By God.
This Place Was Made By God.
This Place Was Made By God.

I look around. Trees reflecting on the still waters of the Long Island Sound. Sun’s up in its full magnificence. Sky is a brilliant blue. Who else could have made this?

She goes on. This place was made by God, a priceless sacrament; it is without reproach.
(She’s so d*mn sure.)

And on. The most sacred day in the Christian calendar, and indeed, in Christianity itself. Inspiration for stunning, poignant music across the centuries. Even if you don’t believe, or if you do and God seems far away, the music speaks. And touches. And heals.
(I’m right there with you Sister on the far away part. And right there with you that the music speaks, touches and heals)

Then the mind, faster than a switchback on a BC mountain highway, turns to a conversation with a colleague on Thursday: [Read more...]

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: “I wanted to fit in so badly”

March 23, 2013 By David Kanigan 22 Comments

A goose bump story from Deadspin. Anthony Robles was born poor and one-legged in Mesa, Arizona. Anthony never met his biological father. He longed for acceptance from his stepfather who wouldn’t forgive him for the color of his skin. He criticized his step-son mercilessly and physically abused his Mother in his presence. Anthony was bullied at school and he chose wrestling to toughen up. He lost every match at first. Then he found the key… Opponents were baffled. Four years later he was a national champion. And now he planned to quit a sport just as he had come to dominate.

Whether you love, hate or are indifferent about sports or wrestling, this is one of the most powerful human interest stories that I’ve read. Some excerpts:

“The day Robles entered the world, doctors whisked him from the delivery room, to spare his mother, 16 years old and single, the shock of seeing her one-legged child. He was what’s known as a congenital amputee, and the cause of his condition remains unknown. When the doctors finally returned him to his mother, she looked her boy over carefully and predicted that the smooth declivity where his right leg should have been marked the end of her freedom forever.”

“Three years later, another doctor thought Robles would walk better with a prosthesis and fitted him with a heavy artificial leg. The boy promptly took it off when he got home and hid it behind a piece of furniture. At five, he shinnied 50 feet up a pole outside his house.”

“But if Robles was willful and assured by nature, a childhood of being stared at and taunted eventually saddled him with terrible self-consciousness. ‘I wanted to fit in so badly,’ he later said of his elementary and junior high school years. ‘For a while I tried to hide … to be camouflaged.’ But the bullies were not put off, and Robles gave up trying to disguise his differences.”

Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: Our Killer

March 16, 2013 By David Kanigan 22 Comments

I share exercise inspirations on Saturday mornings to get me off the couch and out the door. This share by Steve Layman may be the most powerful story and research that I’ve read on this topic. A few excerpts…

The story starts with a Phil Bruno “super-sizing again…He was only a mile from his house, where his wife, Susan, was cooking the usual big Italian dinner for their family of five, but he was hungry now. The urge was automatic…Ten minutes later, with a bag of burgers steaming on the seat beside him, he pulled into a McDonald’s and ordered a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, an apple pie, and a chocolate shake to wash it all down…Phil had always loved food, which was part of the fabric of his tight-knit Sicilian-American family: Grandma and her lasagna were right down the street. But he’d been athletic in his youth, playing high school football and carrying a robust but reasonable 215 pounds on a six-foot-three-inch frame. Then, in his mid-twenties, he’d stopped working out, as many of us do when life starts to chew up our time. Over the years, his regular meals and high-calorie bingeing had turned him into a physical and emotional wreck. His joints ached whenever he used the stairs, his heart hammered, and he was possessed by a strange, burning thirst that no amount of ice water could quench. “I was 47 years old,” he says, “but I felt like I was 80.” [Read more...]

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Running. With Galileo.

March 10, 2013 By David Kanigan 29 Comments

Late (LATE) start. Galileo’s Sun is up. I look up and bask in its warmth. I start my run into a cold headwind. Fingertips tingling. My eyes, fill with water. Like mist on cold air over warm waters. This will clear.

Run by the corner of Noroton and Post Roads. Church Corner. Ascension Episcopal. Noroton Presbyterian. Christ Scientist. Churchgoers are filing in. Man cradling baby in a papoose. Families striding briskly, holding hands with their children. Lady holding kerchief in place from wind gusts. Elderly couple shifts right to let me pass. Community. Peace be with you too.

I usually run too early to see churchgoers. Not today. Guilt washes over me. Eric joined his friends in attending a eulogy yesterday. “Weird,” he described it. “Awkward not having been to church in years.” He lights my fuse using less than 10 words. Jung scolds: “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” Then Robert Fulghum piles on: “Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” How quickly this has escalated. Yes, “my” Son – - he’s been watching. And now I’m irritated, here on Galileo’s beautiful Sunday. NO, gentlemen. Not today. You won’t get under my skin today. No sir.

Running. With Shirley MacLaine.

February 23, 2013 By David Kanigan 36 Comments

Late start. (LATE) Aspirational intentions at 5:23 a.m. not converted into action until late morning. Chopping through a mountain of Emails. Tumbling. Reading. Cat videos. (How many of these can I watch?) Find myself in workmanlike mode. Stress notched up a few clicks. And racing again – like mid-day on a workday treadmill at the office.

And then, I come across Terry’s post and Yellow lights are flashing…

I’m in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life’s no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I’m in a hurry and don’t know why
~Alabama, I’m in a hurry

Oddly enough, my immediate concern is not why I am in such a rush on a Saturday morning. But, synchronicity. Why is Country Music around every turn. (Now Country music, this is something to be concerned about. Then the mind goes back to HURRY. What’s the Rush?) [Read more...]

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Penguin Highway…

February 16, 2013 By David Kanigan 11 Comments

A twist on the Saturday morning work-out inspiration series. (And yes, one can’t get enough Penguins). Time to get up and at it…

Deeeeep

February 9, 2013 By David Kanigan 26 Comments

This clip was something special.

+ Chamonix, France.
+ Fresh and deep powder. “Peaceful easy feeling” here.
+ Unbelievable camera work. Spectacular mountainscape and sun shots.
+ Hypnotic music and vocals. Tune titled “Lofticries” by Montreal band Purity Ring.

Stick with this to the end. Wonderful clip for our Saturday morning work-out inspiration.

Source: GrindTV.com

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I lied to myself. I toed the line, but it wasn’t my line.

February 2, 2013 By David Kanigan 19 Comments

This is a cross between my customary Saturday morning work-out inspiration clips, a poetry reading and a nature walk – all shackled together into one captivating production. Charlotte Davies is the poet and narrator. Her voice, both soothing and haunting, rhythmically pulls you along the beautiful cinematography. As one commenter stated: No words. Just one. Ikaragarria! Good Saturday morning.

Revelation, a Visual Poem. from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.

[Read more...]

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Tommy Carroll. Where the Heart Is.

January 26, 2013 By David Kanigan 28 Comments

This Saturday Morning Work-out inspiration clip is inspiring, has beautiful cinematography and is paired with wonderful music (“Where the Heart Is” by Marijn van der Meer). Tommy Carroll, who has been blind since the age of two (cancer of the retinas was diagnosed late), has been skating since the age of 10. This young man has a graceful, peaceful way about him…and is wise beyond his years.

Where the Heart is? Tommy Carroll.

BRAVE from EyEFORcE on Vimeo.

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We average 9.3 hours a day. And it’s lethal.

January 19, 2013 By David Kanigan 44 Comments

Sitting is the Smoking of our Generation:

I find myself, probably like many of you, spending way too much time in front of my computer.
As we work, we sit more than we do anything else. We’re averaging 9.3 hours a day, compared to 7.7 hours of sleeping.
Sitting is so prevalent and so pervasive that we don’t even question how much we’re doing it. I’ve come to see that sitting is the smoking of our generation. [Read more...]

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Surfing on Iceberg with Penguins in Antarctica

January 19, 2013 By David Kanigan 29 Comments

A globetrotting surfer seeking to catch waves in the frigid seas of Antarctica instead encountered a welcoming committee of penguins. He didn’t catch a wave in the Antarctic waters, but he didn’t much care, calling his unforgettable penguin encounter “very special.”

It’s about being out there having an intimate relationship with nature. At the very first, they were afraid of me…but then, they came around and played with me. They were really nice, really nice…It has been unreal.

People are awesome

January 12, 2013 By David Kanigan 38 Comments

Here’s an inspiration for your Saturday Morning Work-out (or something)…many wows here.

Thank you John E. Smith @ The Strategic Learner for sharing.

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: Movies…

January 5, 2013 By David Kanigan 28 Comments

Here’s a three-minute montage of famous movie scenes to inspire you for your Saturday Morning work-out. From Jacki Chan, to Rocky, to Mulan, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and more. (What? No Karate Kid?)

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Weight Loss Step #1: Measured Food Intake

December 22, 2012 By David Kanigan 26 Comments

Source: Thank you headlikeanorange

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Your personal trainer is saying…

December 8, 2012 By David Kanigan 16 Comments

Image Credit: ChristinaQuayer

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Work-Out Inspiration: Keep your back straight with deep knee bends

December 8, 2012 By David Kanigan 37 Comments

Proper form for a deep knee bend:

(A) Stand with your feet approximately shoulder width apart.
(B) Look straight foreword and place both arms in front of you or behind your head.
(C) Slowly and under complete control bend down until your hamstrings touch your calves. Be sure to keep your back straight.
(D) Push off of your heels and drive yourself back up to the starting position. Now flex your quads with all your might and repeat.
(E) Wagging tail is entirely optional.

Image Credit: Themetapicture.com. ABCbodybuilding for Deep knee bend instruction (modified).

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Work-out Inspiration: Breathe

November 24, 2012 By David Kanigan 14 Comments

“BREATHE” from Paul Schneider on Vimeo.

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Work-Out Inspiration: I need a personal fitness coach…

November 17, 2012 By David Kanigan 28 Comments

To show me the proper push-up form…

To keep me from cheating…

To keep me going and going and going…

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Excuses. Stack ‘em up.

November 17, 2012 By David Kanigan 37 Comments

#3: My job takes my time and energy. #4: I’m too tired. #14: The weather sucks. #15: I AM NOT MOTIVATED. There we go. They are on the table. My excuses not to exercise (again). Leo Babauta @ Zen Habits wrote a recent post titled 15 Great Excuses Not to Form the Fitness Habit that has lingered with me. He lists 15 excuses that have blocked him from exercise – along with his “excuse blasters.” And of course, I’ve added my commentary… [Read more...]

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration

November 10, 2012 By David Kanigan 28 Comments

Source: Vandalog

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Work-out Inspiration: Brothers on the Run…

November 3, 2012 By David Kanigan 18 Comments

Didn’t do this as a kid. Wish I could have done it as a kid. Wouldn’t dream of doing it today. Something peaceful and zen about flowboarding and especially breathtaking in the mountains of Chile…longer clip, pan through it…

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Running everywhere but Paris!

October 28, 2012 By David Kanigan 18 Comments

One of my followers had asked why there haven’t been any running posts for weeks. Simple question. Simple answer. Because I haven’t been running. Hurt? No. Ill? No. Bad Weather? Of course not. Pathetically lazy? Yes. So, we’re off this morning to break this 30-day streak of nothing. For those of you that are new to my running regime, it is 10% physical and 90% mental. So, I play word association games to keep it going.

So, what was rolling through my mind during my run…

Summer vacation. How long ago it was. (Caribbean vs. Paris and they take Caribbean. WHERE IS THE COMMON SENSE HERE? The King Loses (Again) - and again and again. Mimi has gone more than 25x. Me. Zero.)

Thanksgiving is coming. Turkey. Mashed potatoes. Gravy. Pumpkin pie. (I can feel my energy draining. Tryptophan made a leap from my mind into my body. I yawn.)
Stuffing. Glazed carrots. Whipped cream. Apple Pie. (I’m practically walking now.)

Leftovers. Turkey sandwiches. More pie. Heaping scoops of ice cream. (I stop. I need to re-group. What sort of mind discipline plan are you working on here pal? I take a few deep breaths. And, I start running again. Let’s try a different mental path)

Paris. The Louvre. The Eiffel Tower. The Grand Palais. Palais Garnier. Cobblestones. History. (OK, now that’s better. Keep it rollin’)
Quiche. Baguettes. French Onion Soup. Cheese. (OMG. This is going down hill fast. 911. 911. 911.)

Croque Monsieur, Crepes, thin crust butter pastries, Chocolate Croissants, (Free fall now. I have to stop again. I walk for 1/4 mile. My trusty GPS says that I’ve run 2.1 miles. No, that’s a stretch to call it a run. Let’s call is a walk-run. Yes, that’s better. I need a different mind-word game to get me back in gear. What comes to mind? Where in the world have you run and what comes to mind when you think of the city? Here we go…) [Read more...]

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Into Thin Air…

October 27, 2012 By David Kanigan 20 Comments

This is the normal day and time for some form of Saturday Morning Work-out inspiration. And, that is exactly what we have here but bigger – for your mind, your body and your spirit. Whether you bike or don’t bike or don’t care about biking, this clip is flat out inspirational. Mother Earth in Northern Italy at “King Ortler” with its breathtaking scenery. Incredible cinematography. Beautiful music. LOVED IT.

INTO THIN AIR | engl. Subtitles from infinite trails on Vimeo.

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Picture is worth…

September 8, 2012 By David Kanigan 15 Comments

Source: Runforfitness via marcdesa

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Work-Out Inspiration: Muscle Music

September 8, 2012 By David Kanigan 18 Comments

Be sure to stick with this until the end…when you need to press your keyboard keys to play muscle music.

Old Spice Muscle Music from Terry Crews on Vimeo.

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Work-Out Inspiration: The Relay

September 1, 2012 By David Kanigan 17 Comments

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Work-Out Inspiration: Run with Usain Bolt & Tyson Gay

August 25, 2012 By David Kanigan 13 Comments

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The Beauty of the Irrational

August 18, 2012 By David Kanigan 32 Comments

Whether you run or not, this video is awe inspiring. It features South African Ultra-Runner Ryan Sandes running the 5-day, 84k Fish River Canyon Hiking Trail in Namibia, Africa. You will find “epic scenery” coupled with inspiring narration by Sandes. It certainly prodded me out the door on my mountain run this morning. Thank you Doobybrain.com via explore-blog for the share.

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Work-Out Inspiration: Greatest is not a gift reserved for a chosen view. You can forget that.

August 11, 2012 By David Kanigan 10 Comments

1 minute of inspiration. ”This is Nathan. He is 12 years old. He’s from London, Ohio. Greatness is not beyond his reach, nor is it for any of us.“

Source: Thank you Psysociety for the share.

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Work-Out Inspiration: Ode to the Young…

August 4, 2012 By David Kanigan 15 Comments

Source: Thank you Eric for sharing this clip with your Dad.

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Think I’ll go for a ride…

August 3, 2012 By David Kanigan 20 Comments

I’m jumping the gun on my Saturday morning work-out inspiration clip – but this morning feels like a bike ride. This music video was instant inspiration for me and brought back childhood memories. Thank you Rob Firchau for sharing. Enjoy…

“Think I’ll go for a ride…take the bike out of the shed…make a fresh start…when the head spins…there is no joy…put me on the saddle…and I’m a little boy…a little boy on a mission…we’re like Fred and Ginger…when the’re doing their dance…to the sound of rubber…out on the old bog road…I’m as free as a bird…It helps me remember…How good it used to be…feeling like a king…the bike, the road, and me…You hope the skies don’t open…when home is many miles…you think your’e just cruising…life is flowing along…a fall or a puncture…anything can go wrong…you’re vulnerable…at the mercy of the wind…with every hill you climb…you begin and begin and begin…with the freedom of the road…summer evenings on the road…the cool breeze in my hair…poetry in motion…on two wheels in Kildare…”

Source: Thank you The Hammock Papers.

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Work-Out Inspiration: Sail…

July 28, 2012 By David Kanigan 18 Comments

I would like to do this one time. Bucket list addition. Blood is pumping here…

Work-Out Inspiration: MOVE.

July 21, 2012 By David Kanigan 21 Comments

Loved this. One minute clip. 3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries. Will get you to M-O-V-E (or at least think about it)!

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

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Work-Out Inspiration: Run…

July 14, 2012 By David Kanigan 18 Comments

One minute of “Peppy” inspiration…

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Today’s Task List…

July 7, 2012 By David Kanigan 17 Comments

Source: Adapted from thisisnthappiness

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Work-Out Inspiration: Thigh bone connected to the…

July 7, 2012 By David Kanigan 5 Comments

30 seconds of work-out inspiration…

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Work-Out Inspiration: The Four Hour Body.

June 30, 2012 By David Kanigan 15 Comments

45 seconds…this clip will get your heart pumping…VOLUME UP for this one…

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Work-Out Inspiration: For Those Who Suffer, We Ride…

June 23, 2012 By David Kanigan 15 Comments

83 seconds. And inspired…

FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER WE RIDE from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

The Fireflies are committed to raising money for Leuka, a charity formed to support Research & Treatment of Leukaemia at Hammersmith Hospital, London, renowned as a world leader in treatment of Cancers of the Blood. 1 in 3 of us will be diagnosed with some type of Cancer in our lifetime. It is believed that Leukaemia is the model of all Cancers and a greater understanding of this disease will help in the fight against all other forms of Cancer. Inspired by the courage it takes to fight Cancer, the Fireflies annually tackle the most gruelling climbs of the Tour de France. Please donate here: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/2012th_FIREFLIES_TEAM_LLL If you are interested in sponsoring or riding please email info@thefirefliestour.com.

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: Workin’ your body weight…

June 16, 2012 By David Kanigan 11 Comments

If Mr. Al Kavadlo can do this…I certainly can roll out of bed and go for a run…

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: 32 Seconds with Robert De Niro

June 9, 2012 By David Kanigan 13 Comments

June 29th
I’ve gotta get in shape
Too much sitting is ruining my body
Too much abuse has gone on for too long
From now on it will be 50 push-ups each morning…50 pull-ups
There will be no more pills
There will be no more bad food
There will be no more destroyers of my body
From now on, it will be total organization
Every muscle must be tight

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Should I have a cookie?

June 2, 2012 By David Kanigan 27 Comments

This is SO me.

Source: themetapicture.com

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I don’t want to see him lying on that street…

June 2, 2012 By David Kanigan 8 Comments

“Over the past 33 years, Dick Hoyt has pushed, pulled and carried his disabled son, Rick, through more than 1,000 road races and triathlons, including 28 Boston Marathons. But as time bears down on them, how much longer can they keep it up?”

I told him, that’s it, Dick, enough. You’ve done enough. Cripes, time to pack it in! That’s one of his buddies, Pat Forrest.

His body’s breaking down. The last couple of Boston Marathons, I didn’t think he would finish. He can’t go through every barrier. He’s walking the fine line between gutsy and foolish. That’s the director of the Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray.

I don’t think either of them will make the choice in the end. An outside force will make it. That’s the Hoyts’ masseuse, Roseanne Longo.

Half the family thinks he’s crazy. Dick’s sister Arlene.

I don’t go to races anymore. I don’t want to be there the day it all ends. I don’t want to see him lying on that street. Another sister, Barbara.”

Watch the short video clip below. Better yet, skip the video and read the entire Sports Illustrated article The Wheels of Life. It’s long but very worthy. If this doesn’t get you going this morning, I’m not sure what will.

Story Credit: Thank you Ed O for sharing.

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration

June 2, 2012 By David Kanigan 14 Comments

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: From 50 pounds overweight to…

May 26, 2012 By David Kanigan 10 Comments

From 50 pounds overweight
43 years old
80 hour work weeks
To…

Source: Thank you FourHourWorkWeek.com

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Be Passionate…

May 22, 2012 By David Kanigan 46 Comments

My Score: 7.5* out of 10. (7 + 0.5)

*Operating at obsessive level for several categories should be worth 1.5 points.

For Entire Post: Pick the Brain

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: One Minute For All-Black’s…

May 19, 2012 By David Kanigan 20 Comments

If this doesn’t get your blood pumping…call 911.

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: One Minute For “Unstoppable”

May 12, 2012 By David Kanigan 13 Comments

Max Voykin, my cousin, shared this inspiring video produced by the Canadian Paralympic Committee as a tribute to Rick Hansen. “At the age of 15, Rick Hansen was involved in an accident that paralyzed him from the waist down. Coming to terms with his new life, he found inspiration from teachers, coaches and family, and set new goals from new dreams. Rick went on to become one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympic athletes. In March 1985, Rick set off from Vancouver to wheel 40,000 kilometers through 34 countries on the Man In Motion World Tour to prove the potential of people with disabilities. His 26-month journey inspired an entire nation to believe anything is possible and moved thousands to make a difference. This tour raised 26 million dollars for Spinal Cord Injuries.” More info can be found at www.rickhansen.com.

Thank you Max for sharing…this video gets your heart pumping.