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Hi Guys, hope you're having an ace week. I'm off to Wollongong today to share some Craig love with a group of corporates, so it's planes, cabs and airport coffee for me. Before we get under way with today's post, a couple of reminders:
1. Tomorrow is update day for you Habit Changers (you know who you are). 2. Don't forget that our Melbourne get-together is this Saturday. I'll be wearing my party dress (and pumps) so it will be well worth the trip.
On with the show.... The Party Animal
About three weeks ago I was doing a late-night workout at home. Tragic, I know. Clearly a single male with a massive social life. Pathetic. Anyway, there I was lifting some weights (huge weights) and in between sets (of my super-human lifting) I would walk out of my toasty warm house and into the cool of the night air to regulate my body temperature down a little and catch my breath. So there I was, standing on the front lawn (my huge, lean, muscular, body glistening in the moonlight - sorry couldn't help m'self), in the middle of winter at eleven thirty at night in my bare feet and to my surprise, it felt kinda good. A little weird, but overall, good. And there was a hint of deja vu about it.
The Feet-toughening Ritual
The contrast between my heated house (25C - 77F) and the winter air (5C - 41F) was breath-taking and somewhat invigorating. I took a little stroll (sixty seconds) on the path out the front of my place in bare feet and it made me realise how soft I had become in my old(er) age. I remembered as a kid how tender my feet would be after walking around in shoes and socks all winter and all those memories of walking barefoot outside for the first time each summer came flooding back. For a moment I was eight years old and the tiniest little pebbles were giving my soft feet grief. I loved that annual ritual of re-toughening my feet every summer. By about week four I could walk on broken glass. Almost. As I stood there in the cold and the still of the night, in my middle-aged (but incredibly muscular) body, I wondered why I ever stopped walking in bare feet. It's so much fun and there's something liberating about it.
When I finished my late-night workout I decided to go for a brief walk before bed to cool down and stretch my legs. By then it was nearly midnight and standing there in my shorts, my singlet and no shoes, I considered what clothes I might put on before I headed out into the cool of the night. As he does periodically, eight year-old Craig piped up... "why don't you go out like that you boring, predictable old fart? Stop being so safe and sensible. Maybe a little barefoot walk in the cool of the night is just what you and your precious little feet need?" The eight year-old was right; sometimes I'm too logical and sensible. Too routine. Too thesame. Do you ever feel like that?
Flicking off the Logic Switch
Before the boring forty four year-old could interject with any common sense, I found myself walking the streets of Hampton at midnight in a singlet, shorts and no shoes. The ground was cold and harsh on my pathetically soft feet but I loved every second of it. The air was so cold that I had steam coming off my body for the first half of the walk and goose bumps for the rest. It felt good to be doing something that didn't really make sense. Sometimes I hate logic, it simply gets in the way of fun and change. Sometimes what we need, is illogical. And all too often our mind simply gets in the way of progress and of learning new things. Or old things again. At that point I hadn't quite figured out why, but I found the experience of walking barefoot in the cold night air to be a totally therapeutic experience for me. The next day I told Johnnie and Mikey. They thought I was even weirder than normal. I didn't care. I probably am. Some part of me wanted to do it - so I listened and complied.
Better than Cheesecake
I got home from my walk after midnight and my mind and body felt fantastic. Sure my feet looked a little like hamburger, but it was all worth it! I have repeated my late-night, barefoot adventure nearly every night since that initial walk and I'm totally addicted. I'll be walking on broken glass by next Tuesday. Or not. Most nights I walk around eleven-thirty(ish) and I love the silence, the stillness, the cold and the ground under my bare feet. My life is so hectic but this time for me is the exact opposite; it's bliss. Last night I did a five kilometre barefoot trek at midnight and it was better than cheesecake.
I don't really know why I felt compelled to share this little snapshot of my life with you today, but I did. Maybe because something so simple and so unlikely has given the weird old ex-bodybuilder so much unexpected joy. I know this isn't really ground-breaking personal development but sometimes the simple stuff is the best stuff. If you don't believe me, get your shoes off and give it a go.
I would love to hear about that quirky, weird little thing you do to relax, unwind, de-stress and re-connect with eight year-old you. Click on the comment thingy and spill yer guts. I won't tell anyone. Promise.
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DVD
- Renovate Your Body - Craig Harper
In this entertaining presentation, Craig discusses the
notion of Renovating Your Body - once and for all. (Also
available on CD).
Fattitude
- Craig Harper
While many books focus on food,
Craig Harper teaches that creating life long change is more about the
dieter than the actual diet.
Food for thought
- Craig Harper
In this book, Craig Harper
walks the reader through his 21 rules to Permanent Weight Loss.
So you've decided you want to get in shape (again)
- Craig Harper
Imagine a pocket-sized fitness book that takes just twenty minutes to
read. Craig Harper addresses the REAL getting-in-shape issues.
