Happiness is Fleeting
Purpose gets you out of bed
“Happiness is fleeting. Purpose gets you out of bed every day.”
- Sabin Howard
Reflecting
Chris Coffland was a warrior and an athlete. Gilman to Washington & Lee where he was the captain of both the football and lacrosse teams. CrossFitter, professional football player, crocodile hunter, adventurer, and patriot. He slipped in just beneath the age cutoff to fight in Afghanistan in his forties. He never quit. Killed in action by a roadside bomb in the Sayed Abad district, Wardak province on November 13, 2009. Today we remember him.
Training
Coffland:
Hang from a pull-up bar for 6 minutes
Each time you drop from the bar, perform:
800-m run
30 push-ups
Want to honor Chris Coffland? Do the workout! My gym is also raising money for the Catch A Lift Fund supporting the mental and physical health of combat injured veterans. Today’s event for this great cause is organized by my CrossFit coach Brian Cunningham.
Some new bends:
“No sweat” desk exercise today included the power twister, sets of ten with a slow 3-second negative.
Fueling
One of my tricks for avoiding snacking when I’m intermittently fasting is to chew hard gum. I have not settled on a favorite brand but this is pretty good.
Supplementing
There isn’t enough evidence to offer firm data, but BPC-157 peptides seems to offer some help in healing. I have a script but use it sparingly and only reactively to specific injuries. Comment if you have experiences with it good or bad.
Measuring
The expense of smart scales dissuades some men from tracking their body fat. My view is that you’re worth a few hundred bucks to track one of the most important health and fitness measurements. But for about 1% the cost, you can get a soft measuring tape. Measure your waist each month. Get it beneath ½ your height as a standard then ideally shoot for closer to 40%.
Recovering
The gear that has most helped me when trying to get stronger or at least maintain strength while recovering from injuries include the trap bar, Swiss/multi grip bar, lift inserts, and bench press sling shot. They have let me keep moving even with recovering joints. I imagine that as I get older, they will be key components of lifting and aging, too.
Closing
Heading out the door to CrossFit so have to wrap up so…
TL; DR:
Train hard. Eat clean. Rest up. Go again.
800 m run!?! i'll be hanging onto that bar for dear life. Up for the challenge though!
Re: BPC-157, I did a 28 day course that was recommended for gut health/reducing inflammation and it seemed to work quite well. This was over Christmas when my diet certainly was not on point.