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Are you standing (or wobbling) on a paddleboard, aimlessly holding an oar, and wondering how you could possibly lead a workout on the water? Workout routines for standup paddleboarding follow many of the best practices discussed in How to Q. However, for some board-specific ideas, consider the following. General workout ideas The following workout formats tend to work particularly well for SUP. 7’s, either paddling to different points or swimming DORA, possibly paddling around a buoy or swimming Tabata of exercises on board Yoga Paddling techniques Board-friendly exercises The following types of exercises work particularly well on SUPs because you are more balanced: [Read More]

Returning from Montana last night with my M, we had a connection in ATL. What you see in the picture stopped me in my tracks. CPR Training Device Our team gathered for annual training in Anaconda and included a couple of First Aid/CPR/AED classes in the agenda. I had the pleasure of supporting/attending one of them Thursday afternoon and refreshing/learning new skills. The next morning I couldn’t help but give kudos to those who participated and spoke briefly about the impact and the (positive, galvanizing) ripple effect of the Damar Hamlin incident. [Read More]

Leading a workout for a group of high-impact men can be a bit of a challenge. There are a lot of factors: what to do, where to do it, who’s all gonna be there, will someone spill merlot, are people gonna Q-shop me the night before, etc. But being the Q for the day is also both a privilege and a reminder that we are here to accelerate male community leadership. [Read More]