Raw Food Post-Workout Recovery Drink
April 19th, 2010 by CaseyHere’s the recipe for my Raw Food Recovery Drink.
Read more...Day 1 | 12 Week Kettlebell Challenge
April 19th, 2010 by Casey
Today is a beautiful day! It’s 1:30 in the afternoon, and I’ve already got my first kettlebell workout under my belt.
The workout was 23 minutes long, and it really kicked my butt. After I finished, my legs and arms were shaking. I must be doing something right!
I weighed myself this morning: 181 lbs, 22.1% bodyfat. These numbers are a bit high — I think it’s water weight right now. I believe I’m closer to 177, 20% bodyfat. Regardless, I’ll be graphing my weight for the next 12 weeks.
Tomorrow, I look forward to the other workout in the program, the kettlebell get-ups. Once my form is solid, I’ll be putting up a video.
Here’s today’s morning workout. I’m taking an Ashtanga yoga class at 4:30. Gotta hydrate between!
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The workout was 23 minutes long, and it really kicked my butt. After I finished, my legs and arms were shaking. I must be doing something right!
I weighed myself this morning: 181 lbs, 22.1% bodyfat. These numbers are a bit high — I think it’s water weight right now. I believe I’m closer to 177, 20% bodyfat. Regardless, I’ll be graphing my weight for the next 12 weeks.
Tomorrow, I look forward to the other workout in the program, the kettlebell get-ups. Once my form is solid, I’ll be putting up a video.
Here’s today’s morning workout. I’m taking an Ashtanga yoga class at 4:30. Gotta hydrate between!
Read more... “Enter the Kettlebell” 12-week program
April 18th, 2010 by Casey
My 16kg 'bell of fury
You can read more about Pavel’s “Enter the Kettlebell” ebook and DVD on his website. I recommending purchasing both the ebook and the DVD — it’s good to see form in the DVD, but I like reading the book. There is more information in the ebook than in the DVD. Read about his Dragon Door Kettelbell products
You can order the best kettlebell in the industry at http://www.dragondoor.com/kettlebells
Raw Food, Traveling in Europe and Cycling
April 18th, 2010 by Casey
In August of 2009, I quit my job as a bartender at a wonderful bar in Northern Michigan. I had great weekend shifts, made amazing money, met influential CEO’s & CFO’s, became friends with the founders of Hands On Disaster Response, and chatted with a few billionaires.
Why would I want to leave such a great job?
The drive to leave the life of a bartender and move on to something else took a full year to surface. One year after working as a bartender, I gave my 2-week notice — much to everyone’s surprise!
Spending 40 hours a week with a group of people starts to feel more like an extended family than co-workers. But, I knew in my heart I needed to leave.
When I left the bar on my last shift, it was bitter sweet. A few farewells, and that was it — I was driving home to plan the next phase in my life. My girlfriend, Kristen, and I talked on end about wanting to travel Europe and we decided that now was the time. Kristen had just finished her undergrad studies and was looking for work. I suggested we take our bikes over to Europe and bike around for awhile. As the conversation evolved, we ended up planning to leave Michigan in mid-September and fly into Madrid. Our return flight was from Rome to Los Angeles, 4 months later.
We were given the opportunity to do whatever we wanted for 4 full months. With the help of HelpX.net, a low-priced website that matches you up with homes/farms that need workers, Kristen and I roughly mapped out a few of the places we wanted to stop. Valencia, Barcelona, Avignon, Rome, Florence. We brought our bicycles along and took a chance. We had NO idea what we were getting ourselves into, but I’m so happy to say that it was the best experience of my life.
Traveling abroad does more for you than just show you different sights. By traveling by bicycle, we were able to meet with locals, talk to complete strangers every single day, disappear into hideaways to camp for the night … we were really alive!
The two of us blogged the majority of the trip over at http://www.rawandfit.com/biketour Due to my computer breaking in France, we don’t have much after that. We do, however, have a TON of great memories!
In regards to eating raw while traveling … it’s difficult. It’s hard to haul around all the raw foods you need. It’s even more difficult to find organic produce. But – it’s possible. We maintained a high-raw vegetarian diet. It wasn’t perfect, but it was what we could do. Please read about our travels, and comment on the posts here:
http://www.rawandfit.com/biketour
Here’s a video of where we stayed one night, while stuck in France:
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Why would I want to leave such a great job?
The drive to leave the life of a bartender and move on to something else took a full year to surface. One year after working as a bartender, I gave my 2-week notice — much to everyone’s surprise!
Spending 40 hours a week with a group of people starts to feel more like an extended family than co-workers. But, I knew in my heart I needed to leave.
When I left the bar on my last shift, it was bitter sweet. A few farewells, and that was it — I was driving home to plan the next phase in my life. My girlfriend, Kristen, and I talked on end about wanting to travel Europe and we decided that now was the time. Kristen had just finished her undergrad studies and was looking for work. I suggested we take our bikes over to Europe and bike around for awhile. As the conversation evolved, we ended up planning to leave Michigan in mid-September and fly into Madrid. Our return flight was from Rome to Los Angeles, 4 months later.
We were given the opportunity to do whatever we wanted for 4 full months. With the help of HelpX.net, a low-priced website that matches you up with homes/farms that need workers, Kristen and I roughly mapped out a few of the places we wanted to stop. Valencia, Barcelona, Avignon, Rome, Florence. We brought our bicycles along and took a chance. We had NO idea what we were getting ourselves into, but I’m so happy to say that it was the best experience of my life.
Traveling abroad does more for you than just show you different sights. By traveling by bicycle, we were able to meet with locals, talk to complete strangers every single day, disappear into hideaways to camp for the night … we were really alive!
The two of us blogged the majority of the trip over at http://www.rawandfit.com/biketour Due to my computer breaking in France, we don’t have much after that. We do, however, have a TON of great memories!
In regards to eating raw while traveling … it’s difficult. It’s hard to haul around all the raw foods you need. It’s even more difficult to find organic produce. But – it’s possible. We maintained a high-raw vegetarian diet. It wasn’t perfect, but it was what we could do. Please read about our travels, and comment on the posts here:
http://www.rawandfit.com/biketour
Here’s a video of where we stayed one night, while stuck in France:
Watch Sleeping in a Train Station Read more...
Is Acai effective? Safe?
April 18th, 2010 by Casey
In 2007, I spent 5 weeks in the flood plains of western Brazil during the wet season. Life was tough there – long hot days, water up to their necks, and a never-ending amount of work. While I was there, I ate the local food like it was going out of style. Fresh fruit smoothies, roasted chicken hearts, alcoholic caipirinhas, the whole deal.I even got to taste the *super weight loss cure overnight*, the acai berry. This was before that berry went nuts in the US, and everyone thought it was some sort of miracle cure.
Let me tell you what I saw – people eating this berry every day were still overweight. They were still tired. They were still not performing with massive energy. It seemed as though they had all the things available to them, native to them, but didn’t do anything with it.
That got me thinking about what my grandma used to say – “You are what you eat.”
I think her insight was beyond my understanding at that time. So much so, it took me another year to really “get it”. So, I began to look into that… I am what I eat? After the realization in Miami, I decided to look at my diet and how it affected my energy levels. I kept a journal of my entire 2 weeks of monitoring and had AMAZING insights from it.
I want you to be able to do this for yourself, because this is YOUR LIFE.
Here’s A Tip You Can Use Tomorrow:
Monitor your heart rate before and after you eat. Write down your emotional and energy level before and after you eat.
I would write in my pocket notebook a very simple account of the meal (including snacks and drinks), including date, time, ingredients in the meal, what I had to drink, beginning heart rate, emotional state and energy level.
I’d set my alarm clock on my watch to beep 30 minutes after I finished my last bite and record my levels after that.
Essentially, I was tracking how my body was responding to what I was putting into it.
Give that a try tomorrow. You’ll notice things about your body that will open your eyes. You’ll start to bring your body into focus and really connect with yourself. That’s where you’ll find energy and personal power…
*Honestly, this is the most important thing I did. It changed my life! Do it tomorrow. You’ll be on your way to more energy, losing a ton of weight, and getting connected with your inner self.*
Stay POWERFUL!
Casey Stanton
RawAndFit.com
P.S. — What are your results? How are you going to include consciousness into your everyday life? Your body is telling you what it needs. Are you listening? Write in the comments below!
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