Sam Sager

lots of people want to start exercising more in the new year but it can be daunting on where to start and how to approach it so it sticks my rec is to focus the first 30 days purely on enjoying it. here's why and how:

many ways to play with this like: - using breath - contract and relax techniques (PNF) - awareness of antagonist muscles (quad vs. hamstring) feels slower but always surprises me how much softening into the movement seems to unlock greater capacity

one lesson i keep having to relearn with stretching and mobility is that it's often more effective to focus on extending the range that you can fully relax into versus just forcing your body to the end range of motion

We're just past two months with our second kid, so I wanted to reflect while the experience is fresh. In many ways, the transition has been harder than going from 0 to 1. While that's a bigger change, the early days with two have been way more physically exhausting. Supporting a toddler and infant at the same time is grueling. it's been harder to create space to recharge (especially for my wife). and more challenging to find a rhythm or routine. our older daughter has adjusted well but it's still a huge change. the times that are hardest for her are when he needs attention, resulting in some moments of comical chaos at the same time I've found it easier to enjoy some of the early milestones knowing how transient everything is. and seeing the two of them interact just hits different. watching our toddler talking and laughing with her little brother is more magical than I imagined. There's also this felt sense of our family becoming more of a squad... with more dynamics and more complexity but also more love all in all the whole thing is both far more challenging and more beautiful than i expected