Cliff Heegel Ph.D.

10 GENERAL PHYSICAL SKILLS You will gain proficiency in the 10 recognized areas of Fitness. Cardiovascular/Respiratory Endurance – The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen. Stamina – The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy. Strength – The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular [...]

Get Some, Give Some cflumberjack.org When I started training the Crossfit way a few weeks ago ago, besides loving the workouts and benefiting tremendously, I found a community of some of the finest people I’ve ever known. On November 5th we lost four members of our community at Ft Hood. Less than a month later to almost [...]

Fresh Salsa 8-10 ripe  tomatoes 1 red onion 1 bunch of cilantro 1 jalopeno pepper 1 lime chop tomotoes into similar sized pieces. dice red onion. remove cilantro from stems and give a quick chop, making sure to not dice. you will lose a lot flavor if you cut your herbs too fine. dice pepper, [...]

This 7-step framework comes partially from the work of Dr. Steven Ilardi. I have modified it but I use a lot of his ideas. He outlines a 6-step program in his excellent little book The Depression Cure which I highly recommend. Here are a couple of differences in my work and that of Dr. Ilardi. [...]

I start a 30 day diet and exercise challenge today. I got the inspiration for this from Melissa Urban, a Crossfit gym owner from New Hampshire. I read Melissa’s post, understood the logic, and decided to go for it. I figure I have nothing to lose but body fat. In a nutshell: For 30 days [...]