Author: Chet

This morning’s 3PP in full colors. Go BUCKS! 7 minutes of acute pain for 8 exercises. The hardest of ‘em all? Dead hangs. 7 of ‘em 30 seconds of hanging and 30 seconds of rest. Amazing how hard it is to just hang around. Damn. Live hard. Love harder. Hang on…

America’s first award winning wine? You’re looking at it - Opus One. This baby was Robert Mondavi’s big dream come true. Back in the 1970’s America produced only table wine, cheap stuff. Opus One changed all that. Napa would never be the same. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas I open a bottle and share it with … Continue reading OPUS traditions…

The BTL Christmas party is coming up in a few weeks. I always love this time together with members of the BTL band and some of my clients. The food's great. Fellowship? Much better. I'll never forget years ago when I asked everyone in attendance to share their favorite sports memory.  When it was Grappy's … Continue reading Who you’re with…

This early morning, Thanksgiving eve, a team of golfers came together on a zoom BTL practice. Why? Because they wanted to. Was their idea. It’s only our 51st practice but these dudes are BBTL. Reading the book. Doing the writing. Talking to each other. Studying together. Encouraging each other and competing, at the same time, … Continue reading A lone to All ONE…

Today, The 3PP had zero movement. For 45 minutes we practiced static holds. Push ups halfway down. Hold. Vsits. Planks. Lhangs. Rollouts. Leg pins to elbows. Wall sits. All static holds. Engage the core. Hold the position. Amazing how hard it is to simply stand still, my friend. Throughout life we know movement is key … Continue reading Static…

Recently, in one of my top five all time practices, we talked through the beauty of the best warriors. What makes them so effective? Here's hard truth.  They’ve already accepted they’re dead. What if we take the same approach with our deepest relational wounds. What if we assume they’ve broken our heart and can’t break … Continue reading Forgiveness…

424 B.C. Athens and another little town called Boetia are at war. The battle of Delium was a battle between 50,000 men that lasted only a few hours and resulted in one of Athens biggest disasters. They were crushed. Most ran from the battlefield. As they ran, they were easy targets for their enemy. Most … Continue reading Socrates knew…

Back in high school I loathed core work. Half assed it at best. Got away with it too, at least for awhile.  Fast forward to 2008. Diagnosed with arthritis in my left hip. Ortho gave me the BIG needle and said come back when you can't take the pain. We'll replace the bad boy. My … Continue reading Loathe to love…