Rise Again From The Struggle

No matter how well trained you are or how many times you've done something, you will be tried over and over again mentally. This happened to me again today. During my run, I kept trying to back out. I had plenty of excuses lined up to try and justify it, too. When you're in the moment, you can come up with all kinds of excuses that sound good. All I needed to do, though, was stall my emotions for...

Movement and progress are not the same. You can do more than someone and not advance as fast. How is that possible? It's simple. If you just show up and do the thing for a while, you will make some progress. The more you do it correctly, the more you advance. The more you do it wrong, the less you advance, or sometimes you might even get worse. Yet someone else might come in and pass you putting i...

Your scale is a tool, not a trap. I weigh myself daily when I'm home. The number tends to be the same when I'm not trying to gain or lose weight. But sometimes it's not. If it's low and I'm not trying to lose weight and haven't been in a calorie deficit, I know I'm fighting something. If it's high after a workout or a race, I know I'm retaining water or inflammation. Depending on how much that is,...

Where there's a will, there's a way. I was reminded of this today as I was working to complete a part of a challenge I've taken on to better myself physically, mentally, and spiritually. At first, my attempt was making things worse, and me getting really hurt was a definite possibility. So I found another way. This led me to realize I could still do the original challenge with a different grip. Ag...

Choices were made... most of them worked out 🤣 Alright, I did lose focus for a split second and busted my ass, but I'm fine. My wrist hurts a little, but that's better than the back of my head getting banged into a rock 😬 What a great hike, though! I got lost, shared the path with a snake, saw some cool waterfalls, busted my ass, got rained on, and got stronger while wearing my 20lb vest. God pr...

If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right. You have to believe in yourself more than anyone else will. It doesn't matter what their title or experience is. The human spirit is much stronger than you realize. We are built to overcome the impossible. Don't let someone else's narrow vision stop you from your destiny. No excuses! Kevin Brewer Rise Again From The Struggle

Nothing will change if you don't believe it first. You can be the exception. You can be the "outlier" people talk about. The outlier is usually the person who just chose not to believe the expert who teaches and preaches to the average. Do you know how many doctors told me there was nothing wrong with me or that I would never figure it out, so I just had to learn how to deal with that? I chose not...

Gross exaggeration incoming 🤣 For real, though, things like this are the reason I do this. Your health is an individual experience. Yes, the masses and the averages can give you a basic idea of what COULD be beneficial, but that doesn't mean it will be for you. That's why you have to experiment and be willing to add or subtract anything and everything that might be holding you back. No excuses! K...

Most people think you can't train your body to recover faster. That's because "experts" tell you to take it easy when something hurts. But motion is lotion to your body. When you regularly stop moving things just because they are sore, your body remembers that and plays the part. If you learn to move into and through that properly, however, you can teach your body it's safe to operate in that cond...

No chance I would have believed these words would be coming from me, even in April. Today, I did an hour long, 5-mile RECOVERY RUN! What?! This is what happens when you set your identity and start acting like that thing. I decided running was a part of my identity, and now I'm doing things like this. How does this apply to you? Well, it's simple. Figure out what you want to accomplish. Set your id...

Adversity hit hard for me today. Here's how I handled it and got my best ski resort Spartan time. Not even a quarter of the way up the initial one mile climb, my body decided it wasn't going to go at the pace I wanted to go. It made my legs weak, and my arms and hands were tingling. My heart rate was way up, too. I wasn't getting enough oxygen. I had a few choices. I could keep pushing and really...

My training is getting me up the ranks, but I'm not there yet. I can simultaneously be happy with my progress and understand it's not enough to be where I want. That's not a bad thing. I want more from myself. I DEMAND more from myself. I've made a LOT of progress in a short amount of time. I can celebrate that and be extremely happy for myself. I love my trajectory. I also know there's more to gi...

I have an early morning coming up, but I'm excited to put my training to the test! We'll see if all those hills I've done help me out this weekend. I know one thing, my training won't make this harder to accomplish 😂 Dinner done, groceries bought, and breakfast made. Now it's time for bed and a wake-up! No excuses! Kevin Brewer Rise Again From The Struggle

Men are way more emotionally intelligent than we get credit for. That's because people are confused. It's not emotionally intelligent to constantly show your emotions. In fact, that's the complete opposite of being intelligent. Trust me, you don't want to see or hear how I need to process things at times. It's not good. I have to cycle through a few things in my head to get the bad stuff out so th...

Honest question 🤣 For real, though. You blast your nervous system with input all day and never let it cycle down and recover. Then you wonder why you can't seem to feel with anything... Your systems need to cycle throughout the day. Some days, that might be a quick 5 minute break every few hours. Other days, that might be a 20-minute break every 30 minutes. Go for a no input walk in nature. Do th...

If you feel the need to get revenge, you're being led by the devil. Haters will hate. Doubters will doubt. If they are the ones you are trying to prove something to, they own you. You're their slave. There's no doubt in my mind on that. Live your life in service of those who need your help. That's your mission. Not to serve those that hate, but to serve those who need your essence to grow and beco...

Well, I made a poor choice, and it might cost me a good race this weekend. Oh, well. It's my own fault. If my feet slow me down, I won't have to wonder what happened 🤦‍♂️ I'm not laying down, though. I'm doing what I can these next few days to try and get ready either way. I've also learned yet another valuable lesson about what not to do for the future 🤣 Whatever happens this weekend, I will ha...

This principle is universally applicable. For those who know anything about running, taking seven plus minutes off of a 5k within three months is pretty damn good. I don't say that to brag. I know it's not a world-class time. But that level of improvement in that short of a time frame is still good. This isn't a post to brag, either. I'm not special at all. I just know how to get good at things, a...

I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but I know it's not the norm. I don't believe you need to forgive anyone for anything. You are the only person who controls your mind. So, if you let someone else control it for any reason, you are the one that wronged yourself. Because of that, you are the person you need to forgive. It doesn't matter what the deed was, either. You control your mind. For...

Listen, things happen. And most of the time, you had a part in it, too. That was my story today. I mixed up my race bibs and didn't get my official 5k time at first. I owned the mistake and asked the guy humbly and with humility if there was anything he could do to help me out. He said he could go back and check it on the video feed. I told him what I believed the time was to make it easier for hi...

Holly bush of life 😂 Nature has a way of giving lessons in the oddest ways. That's why I love being outside and being in nature. Sometimes, you just need to shed the extra baggage that you allowed to grow and stick around for too long. When you do that, you can come alive from the inside again. Too often, we let these years of compounding extras destroy our core values. It's a nice reminder that...

You need to be willing to try something and fail. I know. I'm a broken clock. I get it. But it's true. I spent money on a new tool and took time to test the method I thought would be the best option if it worked. It didn't work. So, it was on to the long way. No fighting. No arguing. I didn't get bitter. I tried. It didn't work out the way I hoped. GOOD! Why waste time being upset about the first...

Mental health is a scam. Yeah, I said it. Very few people have true mental health issues. You can pretend that's not true because modern psychologists need consistent patient loads. But it's true. Most just lack the skill of understanding how to accept reality and process their emotions. I get it. I used to have multiple panic attacks daily with my nervous system spiraling. My mind still remembers...

Reps only matter if they have intent behind them. You can do something forever and think you're doing it right, but how do you know? Are you measuring it along the way? Do you have a plan? Or are you hoping just doing something more will make you better? Here's a perfect example. How long have you been driving? Are you actually any better at driving? Are you learning more, better at predicting the...

Not all workouts need to be in a gym. The reality is that most people need to work out in a gym because it replaces the human experience. Your body is meant to work. It's meant to be used all day. I've used every single muscle in my body over the last two days and done every motion possible to manipulate items in spaces with narrow margins. Building things, yard work, pushing, pulling, throwing, r...