Pic of ilg, ‘thumbless pull-ups’; TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION (Hyperion/Disney, 2004) by Steve Ilg. Might still have the “thumbless pull up world record” with 48 consecutive ones?! Who’s keeping track of these absolutely meaningless records except for the warrior performing them? the day started off just fine, really it did… woke up before dawn […]
15-minutes. Opens with crazy beautiful GoPro footage of my Inline Skate workout with local Mountain Yogi extraordinaire Adam “The Brit” Gaubert as we skate the famous Animas River Trail then into the steep hills. It’s there where your feeble ilg nearly lost control on a 18% downhill! OUR TEMPLE HAS AND WILL BE […]
a key ingredient to the success of my injury-liberating, wholeness-gathering Path of training has been the yogic principle of ‘Ahimsa’ or ‘do no harm’ to your body, mind, or spirit while training. many more body-oriented fitness systems bulldoze the American public with their version of the “The Next Big Thing,” for personal fitness, leaving behind them a wake of non-Awakened, injured warriors. Realistically? One must honor the spiritual, mental, chemical, hormonal, and neural energetics first and foremost if you’re still gonna be cranking your fitness into your final chapters of your Sacred Journey called life….below, i answer a young Seeker’s question about my integration (or lack thereof?) of Kettle Bells into Wholistic Fitness®. Enjoy, and may your Practice benefit..
in typical early/mid 80’s style, i was completely hung over from partying/dancing hard (probably at ‘my’ club back then: The Boulder Express) the night before this photo shoot which had to happen at 4:30am before Farentinos Gym opened at 6…
tis the season for Cycle Cross strength training! below is my Podium Proven strength training program for this time of the year which will have your power chain musculature FIRING BIG TIME when it’s time to st(om)p on the pedals this autumn!
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– coach steve, THE WINTER ATHLETE (1999, Johnson Books).
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