Tag: habits
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Practicing Patience: The Road to a 400 lb Deadlift

For the past year or so I’ve been working towards achieving a 400 lb one-rep max deadlift. This would represent a fairly significant lift for me, coming in at roughly 2.5 times my body weight. Thus far, however, the lift has eluded me. In November 2018 I thought I was coming close, pulling 385 lbs…
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Reframing Weekend Eating

It’s the weekend, and like clockwork my willpower drops and my ability to justify poorer habits peaks. I had a long stressful week at the office (not really), and I’ve earned some pizza… Plus some ice cream… Plus some poutine… Plus, since I’ve already eaten all that, whatever else I want until Monday rolls around…