Blog week somethin.

The article I am doing this week is called "7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Running" by Jason Fitzgerald. This article is basically about how Jason has spent the better part of 13 years working on getting to be a better runner and making mistakes which cost him injury in the past. In terms of 4 e's I think educational is the strongest one showcased in the article, as he states through trial and error he figured out how running best works for his body. Another E is entertainment because I found it very entertaining when he talks about how often you should "see god" during a workout hah!

woobie 4 life

The article I am writing about today is  titled " Why The Woobie Is The Greatest Military Invention Ever Fielded" By Angry Staff Officer. No I do not know the authors real name. It is an entirely serious yet comical article that any veteran will understand. I chose this article because I have had my woobie for 5 years now and I can honestly say that I still use it every single night when I sleep. They say its the most commonly kept item when people get out of the army, I would have to agree. One of the four Es used in the article over and over is entertainment. Like when the author says "No matter what you call it, is it really like a security blanket? The answer is a resounding, Hell yes!". If you don't know about all the uses for this blanket then this article definitely will have educational value for you. Its a pillow, mattress, shelter, and a total lifeline if you are out in the field roughing it. They sell em on amazon for 40 bucks, which is a totally fair price because it will seemingly never ever go bad.






















This is the link to the article. Give it a read.
http://taskandpurpose.com/why-the-woobie-is-the-greatest-military-invention-ever-fielded/

overtraining

I don't really have much else going for me other than fitness, recovery, and playing with my dogs, so bear with me. my article was titled, Overtraining can kill you: the 3 stages of overtraining part 1. The author is Andrew Read.  This article caught my eye because I usually train way too hard way too often as a way of keeping out of my head so to speak. This usually leads to injury and severe fatigue so I just thought it would be interesting to read more into it. The article goes into some detail about different stages of stress adaptation and where when used properly can lead to improved performance and also when used incorrectly can be detrimental to performance. In terms of 4 es it goes as follows: emotion- N/A; entertainment- I read this kind of stuff all the time so obviously I find it very interesting, I like the science aspect of it; enlightenment- I do feel like I need to take a look at myself after reading it so I would call that enlightenment; education- absolutely the strongest factor for me. I love learning more about how the body/ mind work. Not much sugar coating/ making this blog look good but uhh... its all good. have a good weekend everybody.

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