cut the cords and begin to feel your fitness again

In a world abound with watches, web sites, and widgets to track your every calorie, step, and heart beat (even the space between your heart beats), do you remember what it is like to workout without wires, buds, and straps?

You might not care, and that is okay. But you should.

Because, to have a deep sense of where you stand (quite literally) and how you are functioning inside is an inborn superpower that you lose touch with the less you practice.

Consider some of the “soft” technology: shoes, weight lifting gloves, My Fitness Pal, heavily-caffeinated pre-workout beverages, music on-demand directly into your ear canals, and even chalk for grip.

Consider some of the “hard” technology: Garmin and Apple watches that zap you into getting up to go for a walk, heart rate straps, Tabata-talking timers, sleep-tracking rings, Stiff-bottomed weightlifting shoes, air filled basketball shoe bottoms, and more.

To be honest, there is no clear line between the soft and the hard technological vessels many of us use on a daily basis. The main message here is to get away from your reliance on them.

If you are a person who chases and collects nearly every newest technological offering in the fitness and wellness world, I beg you to stop.

I hear from people over and over again—the people who own and “use” all of these pieces of equipment, dissatisfaction with their health and wellness journeys.

So what’s up here?

I’ll tell you exactly what’s going on for these people.

The over-reliance on technology stems from a deep distrust in one’s own resiliency and wisdom. The tech collecting habit is an expression of this insecurity, and the individual believes s/he/they will find an answer in the technology. But nothing can replace hard work and awareness.

So, if you are indeed one of these people who I have observed, just stop a little today.

Cut back a little.

Try going for a run without your watch.
Try a workout without music blasting into your mind.
Try eating without writing down your macros.
Try meditating without a timer.
Try interval training without someone telling you when to stop and go.

The reward of pulling away from technology is discovering/re-discovering your innate potential (infinitely expansive innate power), to understand yourself, guide yourself, and nourish yourself.

To your felt-fitness,

Coach Abbz