Happy Monday,
I “found” fitness when I was twenty-two years old.
At the time, I was struggling — a lot. I was lost, hopeless, and disillusioned with life. At that point, I had tried and failed at so many life paths that didn’t fit, I felt like I had failed as a human being.
I started with a single push-up. That push-up changed everything for me.
Before fitness, I believed that everything about myself was fixed, from my physical abilities to my personality. Fitness showed me that I could have a say in the person I was becoming and some control over the direction my life was taking.
Remaking myself from a person who had no obvious athletic abilities into someone who identifies as an athlete made me wonder what else I could do to shape myself — and my journey.
Fitness helped me learn to believe in myself. It taught me how to set and achieve impossible-seeming goals. More than anything, it taught me to take risks, to give something my all — and to try.
Has fitness changed your life in a profound or meaningful way? I’d love to hear your story! You can reply directly to this email to get in touch.
What I’m reading —
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
A fascinating and optimistic look into the technological trends that are likely to shape the next 30 years and transform our lives.
What I’m reading (article) —
The more intensely you exercise, the bigger and stronger your brain grows — even in old age / Brain Tomorrow
“Study authors say that with more intense physical activity, the larger the brain regions actually were in volume and thickness of cortex.”
If this isn’t a reason to work out hard, I don’t know what is!
A quote that inspires me —
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You have to set yourself on fire.” — Fred Shero
What I’m training —
Here’s a full-body routine you can do with no equipment and very little space. No excuses! Try it out and let me know how it goes.
Three new workouts —
Bodyweight Blaster HIIT Workout (12 minute, equipment-free)
Throw + Swing HIIT Workout (12 minute, kettlebell, medicine ball)
225 Rep Calisthenics Challenge Workout (Time challenge, pull-up bar, dip bar)
You can get these and all future workouts right in the 12 Minute Athlete app when you subscribe as a Super Athlete.
Questions? Feedback? Content requests?
Please feel free to reply directly to this email if you have any questions or comments (yes, I am a real human). I get a lot of emails and messages, so I can’t reply to all of them, but I do read everything you guys send me!
Dream bigger!
– Krista