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Age Ain't Nothing But A Number #IYP
We have all heard this before (well at least I have) that Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (but to be honest when I hear it, it is usually is said when looking at an older guy with a younger women). However today it's all about the fact that we (yup each and every one of us) can be and get better no matter what our date of birth. Today's chat started out again in a gym and with a community of like minded people all looking to better themselves.
So this spot where I train, I had meet this guy early in his transformation (I guess we can call it that) and at the start I thought nothing much of it other than it was awesome to see an older guy in the gym getting at it as we call it. He was fairly new maybe a month or two in (which meant he was coming in and doing some light work maybe 2 or maybe on a good week 3 times). So again I thought what a great guy, and good for him for breaking the routine and the STIGMATA that hey once you hit a certain age there is not point in going to a gym. He was putting in the work, he was not (from what he told me) in a great place as far as joint pain, flexibility and over all movement and or strength, hence why he started coming to a gym with a head coach and owner that solely bases his program on "integrative movement and health"
On that note as with any of us when we start, we are really just trying to get our body use to moving again, stretching into area's we could not get to before and some of the simplest form's of movement as an easy way to just ease the body and mind back into that youthful form and mentality. Again by also implementing it just a few days a week this also allows recovery (because there will be soar muscles and areas after each session) so by giving yourself a few days in between each visit, you again are getting your body use to this "NEW THING" you are doing to it.
By that (the early start of this process) point he was already starting to notice difference's in himself, now on the outside and to other probably not yet, but the little things such as getting up and down off the toilet, walking up the stairs, putting on your shoe's, all these things get a lot easier to do.
Ok fast forward 6 months, this is the time that had gone by since the last time I had personally trained with him (as I leave the Island for that long)
I was blown away, absolutely astonished. There are no words other than amazing. Honestly - ok so first off this guy stuck with it. Just that in itself for any of us is like next level, there are very few people who can stick to a program first off to start one, then to go after it for the rest of your life as part of your routine. To be honest (as with anything, such as soto zen, working out, or krav Maga training) people either come once and never again, or fall off was it becomes a little to hard or uncomfortable.
Anyway back to the point here, I was blown away, the movement, the stamina, the strength, the agility, the happiness, the joy, the flexibility, was like 110% different then it was 6 months prior.
This again within a relatively short period of time, allowing this young buck to be active in the everyday life of his grandchildren!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
Youtube- ... http://bit.ly/ignite-your-purpose
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No Respect For Authority or Your Health #IYP
Ok as always I am using things in today's show that have been happening to me, or through me from the Universe to teach me things either in myself that need light shined on them or lesson's I need to learn so that I can continue to improve and evolve as a human being that wants to do better and be the best version of himself! That take's me to today where I sat on a secluded beach (an area that not a lot of people know about and as well not a lot of people go to) this beach is in a very posh area and there are a lot of high end homes on this beach area. Which brings me to todays's conversation piece which is; all the money in the world can not make up for not having your health!
So I was told about this quiet beach that basically only the people who live around it use, it is very small, clam, and quiet, so perfect I thought for me on this day to go and get some soaking in of the sun water and sand. All the while as well being able to meditate in the form of quiet sitting as well as slow quiet walking. I was kind of pumped to be honest to try something new. This spot did not disappoint at all, perfect to say the least.
Here is where the lesson's for today kick in, in this area there were about 5 different families but they all knew each other possibly spending the holiday's together. I was the alone outsider off to the side but again it was not a huge area so all talk was very accessible to the ear's of everyone. So while in meditation eye's closed I heard a lot of typical family banter and bitching, which is par for the course in every single family. As well the kids seemed very high maintenance from the word's and attitude they delivered back to the parents, but that again could just be the season, the excitement or being in a group around friends.
After maybe an hour or so the mother's all seemed to leave together for a group appointment. This is where I started to notice that all the father's of the group where all kinda look a like's, meaning they all had their phone's on them, using them, while connected to their ear buds on calls and half heartedly paying attention to the kids (making deals maybe?) as well they all shared the same body type...extra large in the gut, and again I am not hear to judge but just stating a fact for the health aspect of this conversation.
This lead to what can only be described for me as I watched an emotionally sad state when this one father wanted the young children to do something and the children either ignored him or flat out told him off, and the father's being so big could not muster up the energy or strength to get up and get after them. Instead it looked like to me this energy of being embarrassed and ashamed of themselves.
Now I do not know the inner working of the family and that is not for me to care about or judge, however to be our best self, the best version of ourselves for our children seems to almost be the duty of a parent and for the child not to respect the parent for being that big (please listen to the podcast for a more in-depth understanding of the situation) is a sad thing to witness, a humbling thing to experience and yet another reason to always strive to be on point with our health.
We need to lead by example for the next generation!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
Youtube- ... http://bit.ly/ignite-your-purpose
Facebook- ... https://www.facebook.com/IYPurpose/
Instagram- ... https://www.instagram.com/IYPurpose/
Twitter- ... https://twitter.com/purposeignite
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Doing Good Deeds For Others #IYP
On today's show I go over how it truly is the small things that make a massive change in this world. The change comes from within to make the change on the outside or our exterior world.
So I was at the beach I had been on a long walk up and down the beach and how I do that is a slower style walk where I pay attention to every step I make how the air feels, when I move a foot upwards, how the sand feels in and on my toes and feet, and how the water interacts with all the movements. In those moments all you do is pay attention to your movement and by default you end up paying attention to your surroundings. This is also Known as a walking meditation.
From there I went into a sitting meditation again just listening to the water and wind as well as all the happenings around me, this is where I really began to notice all the complaining, anger, snappiness, short tempers and yelling that was happening with from what I heard was a lot of families and the parents dealing with the children. There was a lot of back and forth between the parents and the kids it did not seem like happy vibes and or energies I was feeling or hearing on the beach. Truly a little bit of a weird time for it being beach time, vacation time, happy time.
Here is where it all began to change. I came out of meditation to see a group of around 10 people walking into the area we were all in, they had a Santa suit, camera's, lights I mean it was about to be a full photo shoot happening on the beach...kinda cool to be honest.
Now the minute and I mean from the first minute the first kids saw Santa on the beach saying that out loud, and then it spreading to all the other kids on the beach it was an instantaneous mood change or energy change. The kids voice's changed, their stature changed, their curiosity changed, their energy changed, the entire mood on the beach changed...it was incredible like a dominos effect this was all within 2, maybe 3 minutes. Then immediately after that all the parents mood changed they were happy to see the kids happy, taking pictures of the kids looking on in curiosity, shy but inspired. So so cool to watch in live time let me tell you.
This is where and how we as a people and as a single person can make the world of change. Ok so obviously this team of marketer's or agency where at work, but when you see 12 to 20 little children maybe between 4 and 8 years of age ish gathered around looking and whispering and saying hi Santa kinda still shy but super excited and not really knowing (as well as the parents) if they were able to go hug her (it was a female in the outfit) say hello, tell her what they wanted for Christmas and the parents also not knowing if they could take pictures, confusion right.
Santa then piped up and said come on over, at the same time waving the parents over who had their phones and camera's right ready to go, but just waiting for the OK, and boom this rush of kids running over maybe 15 feet to jump around Santa.
The happiness was contagious, that child like feeling was contagious, the excitement was contagious, and for the adults remembering that child like mind priceless. In that moment the anger, distress, sadness, snappiness, was all long forgotten and love filled the air...no joke.
All the while the camera guys and gals, the lighting team, the director, all just sat there enjoying the moment as well, not rushing, not saying no, just allowing this incredible happiness to flow. Such an amazing experience to see and such a good feeling to know that humanness triumphed again over the thoughts of time and money!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
Youtube- ... http://bit.ly/ignite-your-purpose
Facebook- ... https://www.facebook.com/IYPurpose/
Instagram- ... https://www.instagram.com/IYPurpose/
Twitter- ... https://twitter.com/purposeignite
Podbean - https://igniteyourpurpose.podbean.com
Apparel- ... http://bit.ly/igniteapparel
Cross-fit Mentality For Longevity Good or Bad? #IYP
So something that has been apart of my life for the last 3-4 years is this work out style called Cross Fit. Now I am very, very aware of all the negative press as well as positive press that comes with the type of booming growth and spotlight that this specific regime has come under, I mean it's under a spot light. So please no matter what you have heard and maybe have your pre conceived thoughts on let me give you my personal vibe on the matter.
So first off the gym scene and men in general is a recipe for Ego, the Flex, the machismo, the who's bigger, badder, stronger, tougher, aka Dick measuring you all know what I am talking about. Now that is relevant in every gym, and I have seen it at many Cross fit gym's as well, however it truly only happens before you become part of the community. What do I mean by that, well you honestly have to come experience what goes down in the gym, but a quick once over would be this - ego goes away because the group that you happen to be in class with at what ever hour you happen to be there is only there to be better than they were yesterday. So coming in with this ego or attitude that you are better than everyone (which does happen) does not get any love, because the person who get's it done fastest or slowest get the same amount of cheering and love.
So if you were the type of person who has to be Bad Ass all the time, you probably would not end up in a gym like this. So the vibe in the gym is one of wanting to do better for each and everyone no matter where you athletic level is.
Again as with any gym there are owners, and coaches who have visions as to what fit is. For some it maybe strength which involves heavy lifting, some gym's may focus on cardio and gymnastics get it. Ok and myself I am look for Longevity and smart training.
What Does that mean exactly? Well again it's going to the base of your health routine, ok so I want proper stretching, I want a proper warm up of the muscle and body parts/areas that are going to be used during the planned work out, I want the proper techniques taught to me for the best possible lifting I can do so that I DO NOT INJUR MYSELF, I finally want the proper cool down and roll out the areas I just used for the last 90 minutes! Boom Yes that is what I look for in my healthy lifestyle training.
I am in it for the Long Haul, I have seen the older guys who did not warm up and can barley move once they get into the 50 plus years, this does not interest me, meaning having that short term LOOK that BEACH BODY early in life then to suffer later in life.
Not at all interested in that crap, however the people I have studied male and female who work out smart, and properly, and eat smart and properly again based on their body type and structure well then sky is by far the limit. Those type of people who are still rocking it out of the park in their 50's, 60's, 70's plus...that's my game plan
I hope you do the same for yourself by following the same type of structure!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
Youtube- ... http://bit.ly/ignite-your-purpose
Facebook- ... https://www.facebook.com/IYPurpose/
Instagram- ... https://www.instagram.com/IYPurpose/
Twitter- ... https://twitter.com/purposeignite
Podbean - https://igniteyourpurpose.podbean.com
Apparel- ... http://bit.ly/igniteapparel
Sugar the Silent Killer, What do we know? #IYP
So on today's show I have to speak up about the conversation I have found myself in this morning with 3 gentlemen or guys or dudes whatever, who are beyond smart when it comes to pretty much everything except when it came to the smart's about health.
So every morning on my month long healing retreat I wake up around 5 (ish) for a 6 am training call which last's around 90 minutes this includes body knowledge, stretching, weight's, and then a work out 'HIIT' style also known as Cross-fit. For the last 5 days there has been a group of highly highly intelligent group of guys 3 of them and I mean that type of uber smart that is next level their business's and investments where well above my brain power in understanding. Great group of guys and I am and have able to learn so much from them. Now to today's hot topic!
So they had taken me out for lunches and dinner the last few days and this morning I said breakfast is on me, let hit Brekki Bowls (which is a fruit base almost fruit smoothy base, then with fresh cut berries and or fruits on top with peanut butter and a few other toppings) this bowl is amazing, it is light, it is healthy, it is nutrition, it is straight from mother earth and made with love by the owner. So again I wanted to treat them to this beauty!
However the reaction by these highly intelligent guys absolutely blew my mind. The first words out of their mouth's was hey we are "Keto" (nothing against any diet style on my end and no judgement) and the next words were so we don't do sugar.
I asked these uber smart mofo's so you are telling me the body does not recognize the difference between a table spoon of white sugar aka death on the spoon and a hand-full of blueberries? To that they answered no it does not Sugar is Sugar.
This is one of the reason's for Ignite Your Purpose, we have to open belief's like this up to discussion because I just can not agree or understand that train of thought. Mother Nature did not make fruit's and veggies for no reason I fully believe from my knowledge they are here for us to eat to heal!
Please let me know your thoughts on this
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
Youtube- ... http://bit.ly/ignite-your-purpose
Facebook- ... https://www.facebook.com/IYPurpose/
Instagram- ... https://www.instagram.com/IYPurpose/
Twitter- ... https://twitter.com/purposeignite
Podbean - https://igniteyourpurpose.podbean.com
Apparel- ... http://bit.ly/igniteapparel
Fat is the New Skinny, is this True? #IYP
So we talk about in this episode the fact that My man Joe Rogan addressed the magazine issue with the bigger girl on the cover, and the reason this came into my reality is that this same magazine was brought into the gym where I was working out by this beautiful female couple. Now the one girl wanted to start up this amazing lifestyle we call healthy and we also involve cross-fit into it.
Now her other half had the magazine in hand and was and continued through the entire orientation and class referring to this magazine as the new bible and how big/fat was the future and that working out and healthy was sorta a thing of the past. This was a massive eye opener for me, as I watched one human being wanting to better herself, feel better, look better, think better, be stronger while her soul mate was bamboozled into thinking because there was a big and by the way sexy women on the cover of a magazine that it was ok to be that way. To stay being big, and unhealthy because you saw it on a paper somewhere one time, and yes I personally do believe they will continue to push this simply because they want us to be unhealthy because I personally think that there is more money in it for cooperations to have the population Un healthy but that's just me.
So it is something I feel had to be talked about is this right to be pushing a Un proven lifestyle so that we as a people can continue to be lazy and unmotivated about our health, because yes this is not easy work, but again from experience nothing will ever taste as good as healthy feels #FACTS!!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
Youtube- ... http://bit.ly/ignite-your-purpose
Facebook- ... https://www.facebook.com/IYPurpose/
Instagram- ... https://www.instagram.com/IYPurpose/
Twitter- ... https://twitter.com/purposeignite
Podbean - https://igniteyourpurpose.podbean.com
Apparel- ... http://bit.ly/igniteapparel
Fast Food Industry Trends and What That Means For Us #IYP
So on today's show I go over a chat I had with a group of people in the food industry and the investing industry. We got to talking about the evolution of human's on the planet, convenience in the last 100 years, investing trends and as well as health trends. The conversation was with people who were very switched on in their respected fields and had knowledge that I had not been introduced to as far as facts dating back to before my time when it came to marketing numbers as well as how fast food and convenience foods have grown over the past 50 years.
Some of these facts and numbers were very mind numbing to be honest. When we look at things from the perspective of an ant, you cannot really see the entire picture like you could as an eagle soaring high above. When you think of the rise and fall of past civilizations, when we see things in what most call hindsight yes then we can understand and gain some perspective but when we are right in the middle of it, as it is happening I don't think we can truly see what it is that is happening right in front of our eyes.
We have apps now that can deliver us food so we never have to leave the house, we have business, and investment into AI and virtual reality. These things are maybe going to be awesome, but do any of us at this moment think of the health reality for the youth coming up, or ourselves. It is going to be so easy within years to have things delivered to our homes so that we can continue to focus on whatever it is that we want to be doing, and I have a feeling as with most investments and business that it will all be money driven so having said that, do we honestly think that the ingredients and vegetables and meats will be of the highest and healthiest qualities?
Meaning if we don't at this point start paying attention to our health, sooner or later the world we live in won't even remember what it is to cook for yourself, or know that physical activity is a thing.
If we think back to groups like the Spartan's and we think know that only 12% of the North American population is physically fit, we have to ask ourselves what in the Phuck Happened!!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
Youtube- ... http://bit.ly/ignite-your-purpose
Facebook- ... https://www.facebook.com/IYPurpose/
Instagram- ... https://www.instagram.com/IYPurpose/
Twitter- ... https://twitter.com/purposeignite
Podbean - https://igniteyourpurpose.podbean.com
Apparel- ... http://bit.ly/igniteapparel
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United By Stoke is the Raven 425 Rise Above podcast, sharing the real story behind a North Shuswap-rooted lifestyle movement, and community brand.
Hosted from the famous Raven Beach Shack in Scotch Creek, BC, we talk small business, entrepreneurship, health, wellness, movement, mindset, clothing, coffee, community and everyday realities of building a brand from the ground up.
Real conversations, behind the scene moments, local life and the people who make Raven 425 what it is. Our commitment to community is everything!
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