My basic philosophy for achieving and maintaining physical, mental, spiritual and financial fitness.
These concepts and habits work for me. They may not work for you.
Let’s start with what I avoid and have found to be counter productive to training and the pursuit of a quality life.
What I Don’t Do:
I don’t use drugs – performance or otherwise
I don’t gulp down questionable and expensive supplements
I don’t train like a crazed, insane adrenaline junkie
I don’t confuse productive exercise selection and programming with mindless expenditures of energy and physical stunts
I don’t seek workout pain like others who thoughtlessly pound their joints and central nervous system to dust inviting injury, sickness and poor life quality
I don’t train my body using isolation exercises as this tends to throw my body out of whack and creates muscle imbalance, mobility and overuse issues increasing chances for injury while driving down performance and real world capability.
I don’t entertain low character, undermining or disingenuous people in my life – this includes family
What I Practice And Advocate:
I live within my means, save consistently, spend responsibly, yet happily and am generous to those who are deserving
Eat like a sane adult. Base your diet on proven health and performance. Not on some emotionally based dietary ideology or flawed political narrative
Be consistent with the little productive habits – they add up to big results
A productive workout is when I finish strong and robust, not weak and drained
Avoid and get rid of the mental and emotional drains in your life
Get enough quality sleep – for me that’s about 7 hours a night. Find your sleep sweet spot
I train my body in one piece doing full ranges of movement incorporating ALL muscles so as to get the most profound metabolic effect and performance results.
Routinely schedule some alone time and disconnect to recharge your mind, body and spirit. I do this by getting outdoors hiking and walking in Mother Nature’s playground which has the added bonus of getting the restorative qualities of fresh air, sunshine and cultivating a sense of adventure and play. I use this time to productively reflect upon my actions, the people in my life and concentrate on those actions that will further power me to life success and satisfaction.
Learn from those with greater knowledge, skill, perspective and experience than myself. I don’t follow these people blindly 100%, but I absorb what works, modify to suit my individual goals and try to keep an open mind realizing there is more than one way to skin a cat.
I Listen To My Body
Rest when it tells me to rest
Go light and temper my activity when it tells me to go light
Ramp up the intensity when I’m at my most powerful and feel I can take on the world.
Learn to listen to your body as we are all at different fitness levels, ages and under various external stresses that change on a daily basis, so be flexible and choose your activities based on what your body can sustainably tolerate.
This is my reasoning for never just blindly following a written workout as it does not take into consideration what my body is capable of handling on any given training session.
Our bodies love to be challenged, but not red lined into submission. Know the difference or your body will rebel!
These are some of the habits and philosophy that work for me that have resulted in the quality of life I chose to forge for myself and thoroughly enjoy.
It’s OK if you don’t agree, but the main point I want to impart to you is that you have to find, cultivate and tweak your own fitness philosophy that works for YOU and that results in the quality of life you want.
Does it take thought, work and mindful consistency to follow this fitness philosophy?
Yes it does, but you will also find that most meaningful accomplishments in life will also require this mindset and these habits.
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I’m Mark Mellohusky (Mellow-Husky)
I enjoy sharing my fitness training and health philosophies I practice that I have either adopted or tweaked from some of the fitness greats in history or designed myself.
I pride myself on being a product of my own advice and the methods I practice enable me to be a powerfully active (often barefoot) soul who will not go quietly into the sunset.
I have learned how to age gracefully by adopting sane eating strategies, staying strong and lean, moving well and pain-free, conquering nasty fat and developing the piece of mind that comes from achieving financial independence.
While I share A lot of tips, techniques, and fitness philosophy on my site, it is unrealistic to try to adopt it all into your fitness and life plan as we all have different health and fitness gaps in our programs we need to address.
So take what you need to succeed even if it’s just one concept and fill your fitness gaps, dare to get out of your comfort zone and experience the thrill of doing what works and realizing your goals!
Become the chess player in life and not the chess piece.
Seven Stars Fitness