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THE “FUNCTIONAL TRAINING” TRAP
The conversation of holistic training comes up a lot. The concept that there is a way of training that directly correlates to “normal” daily activity more so than other training models is strange to me. Labeling something holistic in the attempt to sell a watered down program to the masses is flat out wrong. Training is training no matter how you slice it.

GROWTH, PAIN & POTENTIAL INJURY
If we avoid pain and potential injury we are also avoiding growth. We are avoiding valuable lessons that teach us about our boundaries and how to push past them. We also lose a chance to see what we are capable of.

PEACE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Why is it so hard, with all that we have and have access too, to find peace? I am a firm believer it is because we have lost sight of who we are as individuals and whose responsibility it is to find and maintain our individual peace.