5-Reps: Safety third, caring for your body, and the NASDAQ

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You should obviously get fitter to avoid getting sick, as opposed to trying to get better after you’re already sick. Or to grow love when you have it, so that it’s there when you need it. But, if there’s no pain, there’s no urgency.

We all know people who seek returns on investments they neglected to make. And I think we all fear becoming that person in our later years. The secret hidden in plain sight is to make prevention and preparedness pressing enough to act upon in the present.

2.

Finished my previous workout program. Started a new one. Enjoying it.

Doing full-body every day. Two sets per body part / movement pattern. 4-5 times per week.

Added up, it’s about the same total work (or more) as body part splits. If I was doing 12 sets on legs per workout before, I’m doing 2-4 per day five times a week now.

Been experiencing less soreness and finding I’m more motivated to start each day.

Only negative is that it’ll be hard to aggressively progress. Which is not a problem for me now. My goal is to get in there and get some work in. Not pack on slabs of muscle.

Anyway, thought I’d share.

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Sh’mirat haguf is the hebrew phrase for caring for your body.

As the teaching goes, our bodies are key to all we can do in the world—and they are a gift to us. Taking care of them allows us to experience and accomplish all else that is important in our lives, to honor that we are created in B’tselem Elohim (God’s image).

Rank safety third. Don’t abandon caution, but recognize that your greatest moment of growth and joy will come from taking calculated risks. From forcing yourself to navigate uncertainty with intention, rather than shrivelling up with fear. When you approach life this way, you’ll discover that exploration isn’t just about reaching new places, but about becoming more fully alive wherever you are.

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-Jon

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Jonathan Goodman
Coach. Author. World explorer. But mostly, Dad.

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