Robbie Farlow, Author at Side Quest Fitness

What a Video Game Taught Me About Leadership

in Articles on September 8, 2015 October 30, 2019

For decades all around the world, however, video games have been used as teaching tools, educating kids on a plethora of subjects like history, pattern recognition, critical thinking, and more since the early 1990s. (Think Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Tetris, SimCity, Starcraft, etc.)

If games can teach us how to recognize patterns, develop plans of action, think critically, manage resources, problem solve and more, could a game you play online help you develop leadership skills that you can apply in RL? (that’s real life for those who don’t speak gamer)

You Don’t Have to Be a Gym Rat To Get Fit or Lose Weight

in Articles on September 1, 2015 September 1, 2015

As odd as it may sound coming from a gym rat like myself, I totally understand where she is coming from.

For those that lift heavy weights, they know how empowering it can be, not to mention its numerous health benefits. For some, the gym can be more terrifying than a tornado full of sharks.

When I mention lifting weights to someone new to a workout regiment, sometime I see this weird look of fear in their eyes. A fear that if they lift weights, they will become some behemoth who eats his/her weight in red meat; a Situation wanna-be who spends six days a week at the gym and only talks about his abs, or a woman who shoots up testosterone and now wins Tom Waits karaoke contests on Saturday night.

How to Find Your Why

in Articles on August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015

Implementing a new consistent behavior that you hope will lead to a life changing habit can make you feel like a salmon swimming upstream. You are constantly fighting the current of your own mind as you work to establish this habit.

In all honesty, most of us would rather the habit fairy show up and magically leave the habit under our pillow. We want it all and we want it now!

What is the Most Accurate Way to Measure Body Fat?

in Articles on August 18, 2015 March 24, 2021

Most people gauge their weight loss success with the bathroom scale. Step up, stand still, and boom instant feedback. However, your common household scale is about as reliable as a drunk plastic surgeon at Mardi Gras.

Scale weight can fluctuate throughout the day depending on numerous variables and they also do not provide any measurement of how much body fat you actually have.

There are a few ways to measure body fat specifically for those who are trying to reach a certain level of “leanness.”

We Can Be Heroes (The Fascinating Reason Why Heroes Matter)

in Articles on August 11, 2015 August 11, 2015

Heroes connect us with the humane powers inside ourselves, guiding us to through the trials of perseverance and leaving us with the understanding that anything is possible; so long as you decide to commit to one-hundred percent self-responsibility in this moment in time

We are all looking for a power, a power to overcome our greatest obstacles, that will provide us the strength to live a better life.

Deload to Reload: A Tale of Two Deloads

in Articles on August 4, 2015 August 4, 2015

Your body does not make its gains from all the barbell crushing you do in the gym. Your gains are made when you rest and give your body time to recover. Thus the Law of Supercompensation.

Things I Learned Over 50 Podcast Episodes

in Articles on July 31, 2015 July 31, 2015

You will have to make sacrifices, i.e. time, food, Netflix marathons, money, etc. Unlike trying to fly a space ship to Mars if you are looking to lose fat, add muscle, get in better shape, or eat better your biggest obstacle is going to be you. So you have to hustle harder than your inner negativity. Hustle so hard that you leave the negativity in the past. If you can hustle and make this a real commitment for 6 months and give it the majority of your attention, you can turn your life around completely.

What an RPG Can Teach Us About Life

in Articles on July 28, 2015 July 28, 2015

You can’t always choose what life throws at you, but you can choose how to react to it.

Fighting a dragon in Skyrim is one thing, but if your daily automated response is to react in a negative manner how are you supposed to find the strength to fight your own inner fire breathing dragon of doom?

No Meat? No Problem: 5 High Protein Vegan Options

in Articles on July 21, 2015 July 21, 2015

I realized there are things out there other than tofu that are fairly high in protein content for vegans or those who choose to go “meatless”.

Put it In Reverse: A Reverse Diet Experiment

in Articles on July 14, 2015 February 3, 2022

In a nutshell, a reverse diet is a protocol where you slowly add calories back into your diet after you have been in a long period of caloric restriction.

Instead of dropping an atomic bomb of calories into your system and expanding like a mushroom cloud of fat and water retention post diet, a reverse diet Jedi mind tricks your body into accepting the increased calories.