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How Much Fat?

Do you have passion? I mean, passion for your health. Do you have it?

Most don’t. How do I know? Because I’m a wellness expert. As Malcolm Gladwell points out in his best-selling book, The Tipping Point, anyone who invests 10,000 hours in a specific area will become excellent at it.

So, how do you define passion? How about FANATICAL? Does that work for you?

Every chance we get to get a glimpse at our health numbers, we should fanatically do it.

Like three days ago at Gold’s Gym. Free body fat percentage testing. Free. Can’t beat that price. Took less than one minute.

Sixteen percent. Anything under 19% is considered excellent. Bet you have no clue, and you have no clue because you really, deep down inside, don’t want to know.

How do I know? Wellness expert. Remember?

Hey Skip, what do you think?

The people at the gym who inspire me the most are in two categories.

People older than 50.

People who look desperate to become active.

Many of the over-50 demographic were once the latter, desperate to get (and stay) well.

In 1999, i was desperate.

My college roommate, Skip Gaskill, offers insight and encouragement. Skip’s challenging you to do the same. Take it away Skip:

Have you ever seen an obese person out jogging or walking in an unquestionable attempt to get control of their health?

If you did what did you do? Did you say anything? Did you smirk or make a fat joke?

Or did you go out of your way to encourage them to keep up the fight?

Next time you see someone like this (hopefully while you are out exercising as well) tell them the following:

Congratulations! You’re doing great! Keep up the good fight and never quit!

You might buy them another quarter mile or uplift their spirit enough to help them finish what they started.

Who knows…you might even feel better about yourself.

Under Six?

“Ever worry about being too fast?”

This is usually not anything that crosses a runner’s mind.

And if you’re not a runner, think of it this way, “Ever worry about being too good at something you’re working hard to be good at?”

Um, let me guess, “No, it never crosses your mind. Why would it? Who doesn’t want to be really fast, or really good?”

Exactly.

Except.

Except when too much too soon could be detrimental to your long term success.

Heading out for a five-mile run. I sure hope the fourth mile isn’t under six minutes.

Not yet anyway.

Health Blog At Lane 8?

Hello Lane 8 readers. Thanks for visiting again. Going to leave this post here for a little while. Please scroll down to read the today’s daily post.

It is now amazingly easy to click through all five daily blogs, without having to think or remember which order or how many you’ve already visited.

Simply click the top link under Blogroll, on the upper right-hand column. It automatically advances you.

Ever heard these phrases?:

Never get bored with the basics
It’s common sense, but not common practice
The road to excellence has no finish line

On a friend’s suggestion, I’ve simplified navigation between the five daily blogs.

It’s basic, it’s common sense, and just one more simple improvement.

Maybe you weren’t aware I write five daily blogs.

We need five daily blogs to optimize our lives, the same way we need these five to optimize our health:

Strength
Endurance
Flexibility
Nutrition
Rest

Again, common sense, but not common practice.

For The Rest Of Our Lives?

Yep. And this is not some ridiculous April Fool’s joke.

For the rest of our lives?

Seriously?

It sure would seem so, wouldn’t it?

The original tag-line I created was:

Dream Big. Get There. Stay There.

As you can see instead, it’s:

If Your Goal Isn’t Impossible, You’re Not Reaching High Enough.

Final answer?

Yes, for the rest of our lives.

Impossible?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

You know we’re talking about living a healthy, active lifestyle, right?