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With popular OCR’s (obstacle course races) like Spartan Race, Tough Mudder and Mud Hero, as well as TV shows like “American Ninja Warrior” and “Wipeout” promoting extreme challenges, obstacle courses are on the rise. Grueling physical races designed for adults create an atmosphere that’s both competitive and collaborative. The course I have is a retired structure from Spartan […]

Let Kids Run, Jump, Climb, Swing and Be Social. Kids are social and curious creatures by nature. They are also designed to run, jump, climb, and swing on things! Remember the things you did when you were at camp? Did you shoot a bow and arrow? Do arts and crafts? Learn to navigate a river?

Judgment of others is poorly used energy.  Are you a judge? Is this an Olympic sport? Are you a figure skating judge giving a score on his triple sowcow? Nope. If you are judging others, you are projecting your own insecurities and trying to make others feel bad about something you wish you had.  You

We spoke about your alter ego. Let’s call him Dave or Sheila.  When you look at yourself in the mirror, or at yourself when in your birthday suit, what are your thoughts? Do you speak highly of yourself? Or point out what’s wrong? When you are about to start something new, do you talk yourself

Blame – kids point fingers and blame others.  Adults (well some adults, not everyone, but let’s not compare 🙂 accept responsibility, they own it, learn from it and move forward.  Blaming others is a good way to put yourself in an emotional hole. The discomfort of owning your mistakes, growing from it will help you

Self doubt – stems from a fear of failure can come from lack of confidence and if you feel you cannot accomplish something you won’t even try. Your attitude affects your altitude. Your beliefs inform the thoughts you think and the actions you take.  Looking back is good for us to reflect on what we

Feeling anger is fine, what makes it toxic is when you don’t break it down and understand why you are angry.  Losing your cool is like driving a car without your hands on the wheel while driving in fog. What do you think is going to happen?  To regain control, you need to put your hands

Resistance is a tool used by those who think that results happen by accident.  While you are on your 3rd donut, looking at your gym bag, do you think they will magically be put on your feet and by some wizardry you will be transported to the gym covered in sweat and exhausted from working

Fear is the result from an attempt.  What if some of the greatest teams didn’t show up for the championship because there was a chance they may fail. What if some of the athletes never took a shot or a pass because they were at a risk they might not complete it?  There is always

Fear is healthy, it protects us from being hurt. Anyone who says they don’t feel any fear is just being silly. Put that person in a tank with a shark and see them breath their way out of that one.  Concrete can only be broken by those who wish to break it. Someone thought about