Ugh. That feeling–you’ve let things pile up. Maybe you’ve been going through a bit of a slump. Low energy, little or no motivation, and the pressure of looming deadlines have caused a bit of a paralysis.

We’ve been diving a bit deeper into stress and trauma lately, and today we want to look at a different side of this story.

You don’t have to wait until some serious health incident occurs in your life, and please don’t.

In statistics there is a law saying you can’t take something specific and generalize it. And, of course, that makes logical sense. So despite whatever tough times we are going through–whatever specific things are going on with us–we cannot conclude that we are losers or failures

Habit stacking is an amazing way to incorporate new habits into your day by piggybacking them onto existing habits and routines.

So, what can you do when you’re stuck in a rut, and can’t see a way out? Well, here is the coffee talker's two-step guide to when you’re “fed up dealing with idiots”.

“The thing with research is that you can find out whatever you want to find out if you’re looking hard enough.”

— Confirmation bias

Einstein once said that you should make a thing as simple as possible, but not simpler than that. We’re paraphrasing, but we think that this hits the nail on the head. Life, society, and our bodies are complex systems, and if you’re only fixated on maximizing one thing, you’re probably hurting other areas.

I guess that’s pretty much the “Toxic Masculinity Top Ten List.” Thoughts like this have come and gone in my head over the years, varying in intensity–but ultimately forming a solid bedrock of negativity and lack of compassion for myself.

Do you trust your gut feelings? There are many times I haven’t. The most serious one, of course, was a feeling I felt for years that the performance of my heart just couldn’t improve.

"You are a ghost, driving a meat-coated skeleton, made from stardust, riding a rock, hurtling through space.”

It may have not yet happened yet, but eventually your training goals change. Whether you are an elite professional athlete, a CrossFit addict, or someone that wants to drop a few pounds–eventually that all gets overshadowed by wanting to live a longer life. It could happen at 40, 50, or 60–but it’s coming.

Wait, what? Yeah–we have been conditioned all our lives to dream big, set our sights on a specific goal–and go for it. But have you ever experienced that sinking feeling after reaching a specific goal?

We all have plans about how our lives, and the lives of our loved ones, should go. As life goes on, more and more of those plans seem to not pan out quite the way we had intended.

A general rule of thumb is, that you need to be more careful as you age—you cannot go all-in in the rock n’ roll or CrossFit lifestyle forever.

We have talked at great lengths about microworkouts, performance vs. aesthetics, functional training, etc.—but it occurred to us that we never touched upon why we think this is so important. The main issue is the notion of foundational training vs. specific training, and how many people and trainers get this a bit backward.

We’ve noticed that many people aren’t happy at the moment. They feel that their job is unfulfilling, and that their life isn’t going in the right direction.

So, the question is—what can one do about this?

I’m sitting here in a small, 2.5m x 3.5m room that I am very grateful to have. It’s not, however, the life I had planned for myself at 56 years old.

With two-thirds of the western world either overweight or already suffering from diet-related chronic disease, health is an area where sustainability also needs a lot of improvement.

We see so many people who practice their craft, but don’t dare to go out in the world and ask. This is in no way a guarantee for success, but as Michael Jordan once stated—you miss 100% of the chances you don’t take.