Not that kind of alignment, and no, your hips still are not ‘out’.

Instead, are you living in alignment with who you are, who you were born to be?

We are born into this world peeing and pooping on ourselves, not knowing where we end and where the external world begins. Everything we encounter is fuzzy and needs to be tasted and tried. Our communication is comprised of extremes, much like a modern-day political debate. We cry and scream or smile and giggle.

I think we all know that we need to develop and then hone our systems in order to achieve a high level of success, regardless of what we are undertaking or trying to achieve. What are the components of a system though?

sys·tem / ˈsistəm/ noun

1. a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network.

2. a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized framework or method.

In our last blog post, we discussed the various considerations one must take into account when deciding to train for a marathon (or any race for that matter). This week, we take a moment to highlight some of the common misconceptions circulating about marathon training. This is certainly not an exhaustive list, rather food for thought to spark reflection when deciding to train for your next race.

As an avid runner, running coach, and student clinician treating other runners, I am often confronted with the question, “Do you think I could run a marathon by this date?” Every time, the answer to this question must be given having taken into account the unique individual in front of me. However, there are certainly common themes that we must consider when planning the route to accomplishing such a grand physical venture. In this two-part blog series, I am going to run through some of these considerations in an attempt to demystify the answer to this frequently posed question.

Good morning, everyone! For those of you who I have not had the pleasure of meeting yet, my name is Alex Coleman. I am currently completing my final trimester as a chiropractic student doctor at The FARM seeing patients under the guidance of Drs. Beau and Sloan Beard. I am incredibly excited to continue working alongside The FARMers as I have been through this office both as a patient and an undergraduate intern in my earlier days. 

As I write this I'm sitting in the middle of Oak Mountain State Park waiting to run a 50K. Part of me wonders why I signed up to run over 31 miles and more than likely suffer for most of it, while the other part of me relishes the selfish opportunity to spend the next 4-5 hours in the outdoors.

As more and more information pours out on a daily basis about functional training and as I call "the movement to movement" sometimes information easily becomes misinformation or missed information altogether. One of the central themes surrounding functional training, or at least it should be, is the importance of the THORACIC DIAPHRAGM.

Hunting. Fishing. Trading baseball cards. Sports. Video games. These were all staples of my youth, and everyone of these things, while childish in nature are making many people millions of dollars a year.

We tend to think that as we get older that it is sensible to shed particular ideas, attitudes, and interests. Well, if our modern world has proven anything to us, it's the fact that you can make a living doing just about anything.

How do you ensure that you are on the right path? The path of living out your most authentic self, of maximizing your potential, of creating joy in your life?

Is it your faith? Is it a set of personalized principles? Is it nature? Is it family?

There are so many aspects to the thing we call life, to truly get the most out of it, you need to head in a particular direction, or you will run out of time.

As I write this entry, I am sitting on the porch of a cinder block building that is fashioned to look like it is made entirely of Legos. I am staying at Legoland Beach Resort with my sister, her kids, my mom, and my wife. Now the kids love this place, but this is about as far away from my ideal vacation spot as it can get.

This is the follow up to yesterday's blog.

There are many different ideas about what intuition truly is.

Some think that it is a physiologic response to experiences that have occurred throughout our evolutionary history. So even though it seems to have no explanation, it is profoundly rooted patterning at play.

Not many things in life are guaranteed, but we can all count on change. Those that fight it only prolong the inevitable. The question is, how do we harness change? How do we ever so slightly guide the raging river of change?

At this point in my life, changes are coming fast and furious. The good news is, almost all of them are positive. In the end, any change that is thrown at us throughout our lives is ultimately up to us to cast in a positive or negative light. Our perspective will shape our reality.