20 Ways to Steward Your Strength in Your 20s
Habits Are Like Trees Your 20s are a pivotal decade for habit formation. It is a decade of beginnings. As you launch a vocation, a marriage, and a family, you are making decisions and, knowingly or unknowingly, forming habits. JC Ryle, in his book “Thoughts for Young Men”, quips: “Habits are like stones rolling down hill — the further
Latimer and Ridley: The Strength of Conviction
The following account is an inspirational story of strength. This is not a weight loss tale or a bulk-up success story, nor is it a story of mighty Samson ripping a lion apart or heroic David hauling the head of his defeated giant away. This is a story of steel-spined resolve, and a display of strong convictions in the midst
When You Lack Motivation to Exercise
The Mist of Motivation We all know that familiar slothful feeling that creeps into our minds and chills our zeal. In one moment, we are blazing paths and trails, and the next, we are ice cold and wondering where our passion went. This is a common occurrence with exercise. Come January 1st, flocks of people eagerly jump into a
Avoiding Crooked Fitness Paths: Stewardship, Skills, and Strength
“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.” – Proverbs 4:25 – 27 The Fitness Intersection There is an overwhelming amount of information in
The Farmer’s Walk Hack to Forge an Iron Grip
Stronger Steps With a Farmer’s Walk The farmer’s walk, also called a farmer’s carry, is as simple as it is effective. Pick up an object with some weight. Hold it with your hand(s). Go for a walk. Try not to set it down. Repeat often. Build serious functional strength and an iron grip. You can use kettlebells (my preference), dumbbells,
Swole with Conceit
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self… treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God…” – 2 Timothy 3:1-2, 4 An Unexpected Injury Growing up, my parents had slowly accumulated equipment they used to build their home gym. It
Protein, Muscle Growth, and The Gospel
“And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” – Colossians 1:17 For body-stewardship, it’s important to understand the basics of what protein is and its role in muscle growth. It should come as no surprise that there are traces of God’s nature in how our bodies function (Romans 1:20). There are glories to be displayed in
Diligence, Hastiness, and the Yo-Yo Diet
The Yo-Yo Diet There’s a phantom phenomenon that lurks in the corners of fad diets and weight-loss programs. Its clinical term is weight cycling, but it’s popularly known as yo-yo dieting. Yo-yo dieting is a term that describes the process of regaining poundage after it is lost. Harvard Health Publishing shared a 2016 study that followed 14 participants during and after the show “The Biggest
Gnosticism and Exercise
“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer” (1 Timothy 4:4-5). Gnosticism Shames the Body Gnosticism was a belief system that even the early church had to deal with. It incorporated a type of secret knowledge