Three weeks ago, I luckily sprained my left ankle. I say luckily because it could have very easily been a much worse injury. In a sprain, the ligament holding the foot and the leg together at the ankle joint, gets partially torn or stretched. The road to recovery is painful and can be slow, and …
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Consulting Call With An Expert
Today I was able to get a consultation with a world record holder in long distance running. He gave me tips on different products he uses, different training methods, pre and post race advice, and injury recovery. I took good notes, feel like I benefitted from the experience and reminded myself before and after the conversation …
Spiritual and Physical Tchuva of Yom Kippur
I want to share a thought that really came over me this Yom Kippur. I realized that we do vidui after vidui and constantly repeat what we regret doing. This constant repition made me realize that doing tchuva is really hard and we need this repition to get closer and closer to doing tchuva. Parshat …
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Shoe Review: Hoka Kaha Hiking Boot
The HOKA ONE ONE Sky Kaha Hiking Shoe A Totally Different Way to Hike Mordechai Sopher Get ready for a totally different hiking experience! The new HOKA ONE ONE Sky Kaha boots are ultra-comfortable, light weight, easy to break in, and are ready to handle a variety of terrain. Although I was less enthusiastic about …
Shoe Review: Hoka Kaha Hiking Boot
The HOKA ONE ONE Sky Kaha Hiking Shoe A Totally Different Way to Hike Mordechai Sopher Get ready for a totally different hiking experience! The new HOKA ONE ONE Sky Kaha boots are ultra-comfortable, light weight, easy to break in, and are ready to handle a variety of terrain. Although I was less enthusiastic about …
2 More Shoe Reviews: HOKA Bondi 6 & Altra Escalante
Going Maximalist with the Hoka One One Bondi 6 Reviewer: Mordechai Sopher In recent years, I have jumped onboard the “minimalist” running movement. I do not limit myself to only minimalist (thin soled) shoes, but much of my training is done in minimal or zero drop running shoes. This is largely because I like the …
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Parshat Re’eh: Reasons to do Mitzvot, Reasons to Workout
The Torah gives us a list of rewards that will be bestowed upon us, if Hashem’s Mitzvot are kept. Fertility, prosperity in the land, health, peace, and lots of other good things. This alone seems like a good deal for keeping the Mitzvot, but in fact this is just the beginning of the blessing a …
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The Best Offense is a Good Defense
As someone who played football for much of my life, I grew up hearing coaches say, “ The best offense is a good defense” and “offense wins games, defense wins championships”. I always found this to be an interesting “Chiddush” because we usually think the opposite, that putting up the points on the board is …
A Beautiful Idea that is Useful for Life and Healthy Living
We were all created with yetzer hara, evil inclination, within us. The beauty of our lives is that we have a constant goal, to defeat this yetzer hara, and everytime that we do, we become stronger, holier, happier, more blessed people. In simplest terms, the yetzer hara is our impulse to not do or even …
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Parshat Matot: Verbally Declaring your Health & Fitness Goals
Our Parsha starts off with a list of different circumstances regarding making vows, and we get 2 Mitzvot from this Parsha which are: the law of nullifying vows, and not breaking our word in vows that we make (sefer hachinuch). None of the words in the Torah are extraneous, and with this dedication to the …
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