What Makes Stevie Happy...and "a wee bit nervous"...

ARIZONA SNOWBOWL Ski Report

Updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 5:51 AM

Snow Conditions

Storm total
31-49"

Settled snow depth at 9,500 feet
45"

Settled snow depth at 10,800 feet
75"

Season to date snowfall
123"


okay, so when i lived in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, my local ski area of Wolf Creek would average over 600" per year...
however,
for Arizona? those above Stats? ilg can live with that!
where are my boards? i gotta go!!!

Oh,
it looks like New Daddy ilg has got himself into another fine predicament...up until yesterday, i thought i was training for a 10k Snowshoe National Qualifier on the 20th. then, Andrew Ferguson, my outdoor athlete bro from Durango, got me onto a Top Secret List of only 20 Durango locals to compete in the first ever test running of a new high-altitude Nordic Ski Marathon which will snake up and down along the alpine ski runs of my childhood ski area of Purgatory (now called, Durango Mountain Resort)...

on... THIS SATURDAY!!!

oh yeah, hell, yeah. like THIS is really gonna work...
yet another world-class test of the power of WF training; will i survive to finish?

ilg is a wee bit nervous...

stay tuned; you know i'll do my best to take you along with my (mis)adventures...only for DL Subscribers!

keep on keepin' on, okay?

love and cold sweat,
ec

photo above; last year, pressing strength and aerodynamics from all those HP PROP YOGA classes, into a 3-sport win of the Flagstaff Winter Triathlon

Pada Dewa...and...SNOW DAY!

okay, okay...here are a couple more Dewa pics!...
geez, you guys are like me, can't get enough of this lil chicky...

at the foot (pada) of Dewa...
any more questions on whether or not the breast milk from a mommie on the regenerative whole-food herbs of SUNRIDER plus BioBuilde Amino Acids transfers that anabolic cellular fitness into her child? check this out; at less than 4 months, i've had to cut out all the feetsie's of Dewa's 3-6 month "onesie's" because Her feet have outgrown the feetsies! we also have to clip Her fingernails daily due to how fast Her cells are regenerating. oh, and how about THAT yogi toe spread, eh?!?!

...hey, what can i say; she is the daughter of a book author! She even turns the pages by Herself...

well, i'm finally off to do what every sane Human Being would do on a SNOW DAY like today; GO SNOWBOARDING, BABY!!!!

don't worry, i first spent a couple of hours at Zone 2 Heart Rate shoveling out the Warrior's priorities ...

Buddha first,



Birds second,


self's and neighbors sidewalks/driveways...

Yeah Baby! Reminds me of COLORADO "POW" DAYS!!!!

outta here...have a TON OF FOCUSED FUN today and be sure to get in your Daily Sweat and Stillness...

you won't believe what's coming down the DL tube this week!

head bowed,
the mountain yogi

Photographer Extra-Ordain-Air; Master Student Shawna invites us into 2008

Namaste Coach,
i am really enjoying reading “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” currently am in the section of Karma and it is shedding a new light. i have been quite aware of my “active laziness” (DL;1*4*08) throughout 2007 and really in-joyed creating time over the holy-days. My husband and i patiently waited for some snow to arrive, so we could celebrate winter with some cross-country skiing.


At the moment between 2007 coming to a close and 2008 gracing our presence, it was snowing in beautiful big wet flakes (above image). On New Year ’s Day we ventured out with borrowed skis and this humble rookie was having quite a time in the wet snow. After stopping numerous times to scrape off the snow balls accumulating on the bottom of the skis, finally engaging mula and reciting the WF mantra, i just slowed down and went for it.

as we left the lake at dusk, this image...



...stopped us in our tracks “don’t forget to continue to make space in your day to c(om)e outside”

so on that note, i will now take miss-maddie-girl for a walkie-walk…

Namaste,
student-shawna

coach's note:
please visit Master Student Shawna's website;

schaubphotography.com

Active Laziness

okay, so who am i to speak about Active Laziness? True, i have spent the better part of my adult life, living out of a vehicle; climbing, cycling, skiing, adventuring around Turtle Island. however, the difference between a bum and a wandering yogi? the yogi maintains his or her Sadhana (spiritual practices) and applies their wandering nature to keep themselves whole. That's right; ilg is defending his 'bum-dom' tendencies! Below, Rinpoche's counsel is absolutely essential to recognize, and following His counsel, i offer a Proven WF Technique that has been in my humble Temple for decades to help conquer "Active Laziness." May it help...ONWARD, UPWARD, and EVER INWARD! photo by Ananda, camping near Moab, Utah.

READ RINPOCHE's TEACHING ON "Active Laziness" and LEARN THE WF TECHNIQUE TO COMBAT IT ON TODAY's DIRECT LINES, SUBSCRIPTION FORMAT!

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HOMEGYM MAGAZINE debuts with Coach! + My Scriptural Reasoning For Accepting Certain Media Exposure

Please enjoy the debut issue of HOMEGYM MAGAZINE featuring coach ilg

HOMEGYM Magazine, a beautiful and noble offering for Fitness Warriors, is now available at most major bookstores...i would LOVE it if you would subscribe to this magazine to help the lift-off of this new venture designed to ultimately not to turn people on, rather to turn them inward! i was one of the first editors and contributors of ROCK & ICE MAGAZINE when that mag was nothing but an idea of scattered papers littering the den of George Bracksieck's home near mine in Boulder, Colorado in the late seventies. So, i figure there is no reason why HOMEGYM MAGAZINE cannot eventually achieve the same longevity and quality that did R&I.

Here is what my publisher wrote me the other day;

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Good morning Coach,

Got confirmation from Barnes and Noble today that Home Gym Magazine has been
on sale officially since Dec 21. It's also available at 500 plus bookstores,
newsstands and specialty fitness stores as listed here


HOMEGYM MAGAZINE distribution lsit


Thanks for your help.

Happy New Year! Charlie


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Now, for those Noble Warriors of you that are interested in why i choose to write for only a few magazines these days, i must turn you toward the Sacred Scriptures.

Buckle up, most Fitness Warriors will get dropped over this headwall:

In this case, Verse 40 of Chapter 4 of the HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA was the main reason why i chose to write for HOMEGYM MAGAZINE. This Sutra states:

"Some people are confused by the agamas, some people are confused by the nigamas and logic. They are bewildered, not knowing how to be liberated."

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Huh?
Precisely.
In our current yuga (spiritual eon) which is the yuga of Kali (eon of spiritual darkness and ignorance), people are confused quickly by the ancient shastras (authoritative treatises on spiritual philosophy and practice). Our confusion and quick tendency towards the recent spike-on-the-graph of such mental dis-eases as A.D.D. and Fitness Warrior's who tend to shy away from anything requiring depth of contemplative study and extrapolation is due to the de-evolution of our inner-attainment fitness. Essentially, as more and more parents who ...

READ THE ENTIRE TEACHING ON TODAY'S DL SUBSCRIPTION FORMAT...

and...

"may the precious waves of reality that feed the Souls of all men in any age arise In The Human Realm Awaken Us To The Necessity Of Life As Sadhana...

oh, and please pick up an issue of HOMEGYM MAGAZINE, another unlikely Dharma Vehicle of your crazy wisdom coach...

Working from the inside,
your loving coach

The Coach That Still Does: DECEMBER's PRACTICE STATS are IN!

Whenever there is a "ROAD CLOSED" sign blocking the entrance to a forest road, then chances are likely that the true reality of the sign is that it is a Winter Warrior's Gateway into a most Blessed Outdoor Yoga Studio of Silence and Cold Sweat. This portal is only a few minutes from my front door. Quick access to quality winter training grounds for snowshoeing, nordic, and alpine terrain is vital to even come close to my Practice Stats below. Just as an actor must move to LA if she or he really wants to break into 'The Business', so too the mountain yogi must move to areas where the Prana gushes forth from high altitudes in order to sustain the imperative training of the subtle anatomical fitness along with the more elementary physical fitness training. photo from my cell phone before a 2-hour snowshoe workout; Wing Mountain FR 222.

LEGEND:
ST = Strength Training
CV = Cardio Training
Y = Yoga (asana)
M = Meditation (includes Pranayama)
N = Nutrition


December is a crux month for a Winter Athlete. with no racing on the schedule, it is crack down time for instilling devoted on-snow training with little room for inconsistency. Winter endurance sports are the most brutal on this plane(t) and without a completely focused mindset and firm dedication during this month of holiday distractions (not to mention a 3-month old baby), each day required drawing the Warrior Sword of Manjushree-like passion for lifelong Practice.

I am very pleased and confident going into my Winter Racing Season with my New Daddy Practice Stats during this month. i managed to ski, snowboard, or snowshoe 13 out of 31 days and nailed my extended-interval sessions (average HR above 165 for 1 hour) once per week while maintaining discipline to keep my other CV Practice Sessions within Zone 2ish. Just the past week i started short/power/speed interval sessions.

NOTE:
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REPEAT THE FOLLOWING MATHEMATICS OF MY TRAINING! YOU WILL GET INJURED AND/OR OTHERWISE PUT THE KIBOSH ON YOUR OWN NATURAL PROGRESSION! THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN MY EXTREMELY LOW CALORIC INTAKE VS. CALORIC EXPENDITURE; I CAN ONLY PULL OFF SUCH NUMBERS SAFELY DUE TO 20+ YEARS OF DOING SUNRIDER HERBS, AMINO ACID SUPPLEMENTATION, AND MOST OF ALL MY YOGIC PRANAYAMIC PRACTICES! I REPEAT; I PUBLICLY POST THESE NUMBERS ONLY TO DL SUBSCRIBERS TO SERVE ONLY AS INSPIRATION FOR ALL 'AGING' AND 'NEW DADDIES' AND CHRONIC PAIN WARRIORS AND EVERYONE ELSE TO GET THEIR INNER DISCIPLINE CRANKED UP IN THE FACE OF OUTER WORLDLY CHALLENGES AND 'OBLIGATIONS.' THE ONLY TRUE OBLIGATION IS STEADFAST TRAINING FOR OUR BARDO ENTRY TO SERVE ALL HUMANITY BY WORKING TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENT.

MAY YOUR PRACTICE REMAIN STRONG AND SINCERE IN THE NEW YEAR...

Om So Ti,
coach ilg


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bodyweight: 148lbs*
bodyfat: 5.8%

ACTUAL PRACTICE STATS AVAILABLE ONLY FOR DL SUBSCRIBERS FOR REASONS OF SAFETY

* dropped precisely the 3lbs i wanted from November using SUNRIDER HERBS and ahara-jaya (yogic discipline of "mastery of food." i will now slowly build up caloric intake in preparation for my winter endurance sports.

NEW YEAR Meditation Rumination...

Actual shot of my current Practice Journal which, one day, will result in a series of books to help other WF Sadhaka's along their own Way. To celebrate my New Year - which usually involved either intense partying or intense outdoor efforts under the moon - my new role as a rookie Father Warrior saw me take the celebration silently and inwardly. A portion of my recording from last night follows below...please do not republish in any manner...thank you and enjoy!

12/31/07
oh wow.
a Gregorian Calendar big m(om)ent!
hec, these days i smile at the thought of how dramatically
i drove sooooo many "New Years Eve" celebrations -
and tonight,
in my Zendo,
in my smile,
my mind is my smiling friend..."

{hand drawn picture of the OM Symbol}

READ THE WHOLE MEDITATION IN TODAY'S DL and...to all you iDL'ers, thank you for reading the past year(s)...hope to see you 'inside' soon!


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