NCFIT Edit — Fitness

Something I ask myself often is, “as a society have we become so focused on being comfortable that we are not as prepared to deal with the uncomfortable?”

  "More isn't better. Better is better." This is one of my all-time favorite sayings in training, coaching, and programming. And even outside of the walls of the gym this axiom carries over with tremendous power. MORE ISN'T BETTER...BETTER IS BETTER. Think about that for a minute. When someone asks you- "How do I get stronger?" Is your knee jerk reaction "to do more"? When someone asks you about why a workout only is 15 minutes, is the first thing you do to pack more, more, more into the day? When you are explaining a movement to the class, are...

DOWNLOAD NCFIT x AEROBIC CAPACITY'S 4 WEEK RUNNING PLAN   ACTUALLY, WE ARE ALL RUNNERS.Some of us may have done multiple marathons and some of us may just be looking to finish our first 5K, but all of us were born with a unique physiology that requires movement and is well equipped for running. Now some of us certainly enjoy it more than others, but running is a human instinct that has been a part of our evolution for millions of years.RUN FASTER. RUN LONGER, #RUNBETTERNow that we’ve established that you are indeed a runner, we can move on to...

  Sometimes I think to myself...how did we get HERE? Not in the greater existential sense of “how did we get here” but more so how did the collective “we” in the functional fitness space get HERE. How did we get to the point where bloody, ripped hands are glorified? How did we get to the point where people are working out so hard or so much that they experience abnormal pain or even force injury? How did we get to the point where unbridled and unfettered intensity takes up more mindshare than sound mechanics. Is this even real life?...