by Jim Chaput | Oct 18, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Consistency can be a great thing. The discipline of doing something every day can keep you moving forward when motivation is low. The benefits are lost when you seek consistency for its own sake. Due to working on a project into the wee hours, I published this blog...
by Jim Chaput | Oct 17, 2019 | Jim's Blog, Movement Drills
Here is a simple drill to improve proprioception in your hips while firing up your hamstrings. (Proprioception is your sense of your body in space.) Test Range of motion (ROM) baseline: * Forward fold with straight legs (touch your toes or the floor) * Hip rotation to...
by Jim Chaput | Oct 16, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Where your focus goes, the energy flows. Your expectations and response to events influences your direction and momentum. If you expect the worse, you’re more likely to see it. Seeing it then reinforces that you were right to be pessimistic. The spiral of...
by Jim Chaput | Oct 15, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Attention is like time. You only have so much and you can’t get it back. Spend it well or you’ll have nothing to show for it. Also, switch your focus too often and you’ll exhaust yourself without doing anything well. Smartphones tend to be full of distractions. It’s...
by Jim Chaput | Oct 13, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Many of us get way more emails than we could ever read. To retain some sanity, I use a simple process to manage my inbox. Each email received has three options: * Read later or requires action – stay in inbox until done, then archive * Not interested –...
