So I obviously can’t help but post this … enjoy … These are all great exercises in this video … if you have a problem with any of them, download my FREE e-Book Catholic Calisthenics which covers the four primary exercises we do in every mass. My mission is to literally Save the Genuflect … they make it look so easy in this video, yet less and less people are doing it because they simply Read more…
What do you value? I started CatholicFIT by asking the questions, “What does it mean to be Catholic?” and “What does it mean to be fit?” I followed these up with, “Where and how specifically do these answers collide?” Almost ten years later, these questions continue to drive my journey and message. One of my favorite saints, for obvious reasons, and the patron of my high school, St. Thomas Aquinas, was a theologian and philosopher Read more…
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 your fitness level, but will remain motivated to stick with your (Catholic;) fitness plan. The Week 9 Student-Family Worksheet is here. (Opens up a PDF.) 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 least learning about what it means to be a saint. Saints are people who have lived, died and served in the name of justice. Saints 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 when we stop learning. Secondly, we are reminded that we are always learning, whether we are aware of it or not. What are you choosing 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 for eight hours a day which has lead to tight, stiff, stubborn muscles (“sitting is the new smoking, chairs are the new cigarettes”) improve patterns 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 ability and means to express ourselves, and the laws and boundaries to discipline ourselves. From a fitness and exercise standpoint, our goal is to fully 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 that is a sports practice, riding your bike or doing homework. When it comes to your routine, “mobility” exercises are the best for recovery and 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 up on stretching because they don’t know the appropriate strategies and thus see no results. Please embrace the ideas below, your body will thank you. 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 perfect food. Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, Read more…
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