To say that Ross Edgley knows a lot about coping in the face of adversity would be an understatement. During his tortuous 157-day swim across Great Britain, he faced hardships all the time, both physical and mental. They ranged from small nagging issues to disastrous ones. In the second part of my notes on his…
Some feats are impossible to grasp. Ross Edgley’s Great British Swim is one of them. Imagine swimming for an hour in a swimming pool. An average swimmer will swim, at a casual pace, 1-2 miles (or 2-3 km) during such a workout. Now multiply it by 954-1432 times to get the distance Ross Edgley traveled…
Rule 1: Make it really hard. Rule 2: Don’t die. These are the two cardinal rules of misogi, a key idea explored in Michael’s book The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self. We’ve already explored the comfort crisis in the first part of the notes. In the second part, we…
In the first part of my notes on Michael Easter’s book The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self, we talked about the addiction to comfort and the fear of discomfort. In today’s article we’ll dive deep into the relationship between discomfort and fitness. How Discomfort Affects How and What We…
I’m a sucker for a good book on discomfort. When I saw Michael Easter’s The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self I was instantly sold. In today’s article I’ll share with you my notes and comments on the book. Due to the length of the lessons I want to cover,…
On July 7, 1978, exercise fanatic Dave Kekich was working out in the gym like any other day. While training, he suffered a freak spinal cord injury. At the age of 35, it left him paralyzed from the chest down. His injury cost him everything. He couldn’t engage in his favorite physical activities anymore. He…
