Things I've Found That Are Awesome #66

Hello all and a very happy Friday to everyone, hopefully everyone made it through the week without freezing to the bench at their local train stop this week. Seriously there was pretty much no fall, we're nearly on the verge of winter here. OK enough small talk, I've got some great pieces for you all to read with your "spare" time at work.

Before we get to that, of course we have our random or not so much, Insta post of the week.

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OK, time to come clean⁣! ⁣ Some of you may remember the photo on the left from part of a post a few months back. I posted it along with 3 other books I was reading or had read. Well, I was reading Conscious Coaching…key word being was. This will come to no surprise to some, I dislike and/or am terrible when it comes to reading. I was bad about it when I was younger and I’m paying for it now. Suffice to say that unless a book REALLY truly grabs ahold of me, I’m going to have a hard time getting through it in any sort of timely fashion.⁣ ⁣ Now, that does not mean I refuse to absorb the information, hence, the ace in the hole, audio books. My method of madness is @audible_books, but there’s many others. I drive a metric ton between commuting to work, rugby practice and games, so that’s a lot of time on my hands, and I’m not always in the mood for my podcasts (some pleasure, some education). I realize that listening might not always be the best way to make the information stick, reading often is, but when I’ve really enjoyed a book, I have no qualms about going back and listening to it again. Also, if it’s a book I’m going to want to be able to reference later, what’s stopping me from getting the paperback, or hardcover of such a book? Well, other than the boss aka the Mrs. aka my wife, nothing, just ask her. Seriously the question “how many books did you order?” has been asked a few times in our house.⁣ ⁣ Just because I don’t learn the same ways as most doesn’t mean I can’t learn as well as most. □ Always be learning, always in beta, right @andersonstrengthfitness ?⁣ ⁣ #foreverlearning #consciouscoaching #audible #audiobookshavefeelingstoo #boston #brookline #firstxv #firstxvperformance

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50 Things I've Learned This Year- For some easy lessons and easy reading, turn to Bryan Krahn and this post. I mean the dude's built like a house and has loads of experience in lifting. Surely 1 of these 50 things will hit home with you. Prepare for a few laughs as well, never a bad thing. (bulldog pictures!)

How to Help Your Squat Catch Up with You Deadlift- As someone that has a less than stellar squat depth and therefor has issues with loading up the squat in general this one spoke to me. Greg Knuckols might not be everyone's cup of tea to read from, I mean who actually listens to science now any way? I forgot where I was going with this, but instead of listening to my ADD kick in, just go read his post.

Why Therapy Can Be Beneficial for Everyone- To toss some beans out there, I have recently considered talking to someone (stress is a real bastard kids), so when I saw Dr. Lisa Lewis had written this post, of course I dove head first into it. If you're wondering about therapy for ANY reason, read this post, maybe it'll give you that final nudge to seek out someone. I might be biased, but Lisa is a super awesome person and I really hope her post helps many of those out there that are seeking it.