when new yogis come to my classes, i smile a lot and i tell them the same thing i told new yogis back in the eighties…
…and other Wholistically-wise Elders speak of our nation’s TRUE cross-training origins; WF!… Hey Coach!I remember talking with you about this stuff when you were training me at Farentinos Gym (in Boulder, CO). Suffice to say that was ages before anyone bothered trademarking “Crossfit.” Kind of sad how that new religion has screwed things up for […]
Hey Coach Ilg!You gave a great talk to us at the Mountain Shop in Ft. Collins years ago, back when no one really thought much about training and doing any type of crosstraining or supplementary work. It was great stuff! Thank you,Steve SeckingerFt. Collins, CO
More than a few WF Yogis have been here…some of you with your anal sphincters beginning to contract; the beginning of the knife-edge arete of my lifelong Sacred High Peak Pilgrimage; Engineer Mountain this morning…YouTube link of me running this 12,613′ granite puja table this morning in my ‘moccasins’ is found below… *** Most Noble […]
as far back as 1985, i began writing and teaching about barefoot running and continually questioned the band-aid type of ‘performance-enhancing inventions’ streaming forth from the running shoe companies. not to say that i wasn’t one of the many envious gawkers when Mike Folwell was the first kid in Durango High School to go to […]
I’m actually heading down to NM to jump into a training road race…i’ve been on my road bike 4x now, so i am ready to be fully bludgeoned…besides i get to race with my ol’ bro “Grammage” from my old Regional Motorola squad which will be fun. Seems like just yesterday i was contesting the […]
Most Treasured WF Sangha,it would take only my most Devoted long-term students to remember thisever-grinning elder Devotee of WF, “Fit Kit” Johanesonfrom Vernon, British Columbiashown above with Dewa yesterday. (Fit Kit brought Dewa that adorable hat) When i first met Fit Kit, i was living in Santa Fe…the year was 1993.as an Ironman Triathlete who […]
my amazing dad and my still-scintillating sister at 51 years-young! taken by me outside the WF Temple H(om)e, Kinlani, AZ last year. actual cell phone conversation with my mom today: “Hey, Mom?” “Steve? Is that you?” “Yeah, hey listen, Dewa has been talking nonstop about you and “Duck*” coming for Thanksgiving and she wanted to […]
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