The Truth is an interesting topic to me. As Jack Nicholson's character Col.Jessup said originally in "A Few Good Men"
, many of us can't handle the truth. Lets start with what should be an easy one. According to John 14:6, Jesus said that He "is the way, and the truth, and the life." How often as we go through our daily life is that a truth that we don't handle very well? I think that it is important as we search for the Truth in other areas of our life that we remember to put it into perspective as it relates to putting God first in our lives.In my life, I am passionate about searching for the truth as it relates to fitness, health and overall human performance. Some might call it a calling. All that I know is there are not many things that excite me as much as helping someone become better at any one or all of these three areas. This is what draws me to teaching physical education, coaching and training others.
In the past year and a half that search has led me find Crossfit. Crossfit is a fitness program that by it's own description is a program that "delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive." I have used its methodologies to train myself as well as implement parts of it into my PE curriculum. In October of 2009 I had the opportunity to travel to San Diego and become certified as a Level I Crossfit instructor. What originally drew me to crossfit was their philosophy of finding the best way to promote fitness and adapt that into their training methods.
This search often leads me to detours. Because of this, I have been called a "flip-flopper" by my brother. As a Health and Physical Education teacher I have for years espoused a nutrition approach in line with the Food Guide Pyramid and later My Pyramid by the USDA. Recently I have gone away from that approach for myself as I found a different approach work better and make more sense. More on that later.
This search leads me to many uncomfortable truths about health. Truths like the little things that we do to our bodies on a daily basis make a big difference. Habits as they relate to food, exercise, sleep, recreation, and our jobs all effect us in either a good way or a bad way. I heard at a coaching clinic one time that everyday we either improve or get worse. I believe that statement to be true in all areas of our life and for that reason it is important to identify the habits that we have that help us to improve and expand those habits. We all need to also look at the habits that we have that are holding us back and try to change as many of those as we can.
In the coming days, weeks and hopefully years I want to continue to search for truths as the relate to our health and our fitness.
