Fitness is defined as the ability to perform a task. If the purpose for your exercise is to improve your ability to perform daily tasks, plus honor and express your physical gifts, (and do so in your daily activity, sport and in service for others), you may not only improve Read more…
A primary goal for the CatholicFIT program is to answer two questions: What does it mean to be Catholic? What does it meant to be fit? What does it mean to be Catholic? The Catholic church exists in part to help us become saints. Catholics are people who are at Read more…
“Education is an act of love, it’s giving life.” – Pope Francis The 7th Pillar reminds us of two things: first, God has instilled in us a desire for knowledge, therefore, always keep an open mind and never stop learning. Read great books! Listen to great audio! We get old Read more…
Welcome to week one! I will be posting the exercises for every week, so please check back to the PROGRAM RESOURCES page each week for review. The focus of our exercises is this: restore our God given abilities to move as we were intended to move, before we began sitting Read more…
(This is an older post from when their was a Self Expression and Discipline principle, though most of these ideas still apply.) The 6th principle is Learning & Sharing. I’d like to think God wants us to be healthy and happy, and therefore has blessed us with two things: the Read more…
The Week 4 CatholicFIT Principle is Sleep, Rest & Recovery. “Recovery exercises” should be mixed into your current or new program and include stretching, mobility exercises and rolling/body work techniques. Recovery basically means to heal up from a previous activity and prepare for the next day or activity – whether Read more…
Similar to prayer, stretching is an acquired skill that requires mindfulness and consistency. I imagine that saying a memorized Our Father without too much thought is like performing a calf stretch for a few seconds without feeling what tissues are actually being effected. I see many well intended people give Read more…
The CatholicFIT Principle for week 3 is Food. Food is our life source. What we eat throughout the day may dictate our energy level, our mental focus, our emotional state, our physical performance and our healing potential. Sweet Moses food is crazy important. Fortunately for us, God has given us Read more…
Just in time for Week Two featuring the squat (the strength move of the week), I came across this article. (The original article is linked below.) I have pasted and tweaked the eight benefits here. I assess and work on squats with every person and group I see. If someone Read more…
The week one exercise is the squat. The basic squat is the king of all fundamental human moves as it is what we do to sit, stand and pick things up. If you feel ready to progress the basic squat, simply perform it on one leg. (Strength Move #1 below.) Read more…
