Most people slow down as they age — I’ve done the opposite — I never stop creating, moving, and enjoying life. That’s the secret sauce!
There’s a trick to achieving this.
Unfortunately, not everyone can, purely because they don’t know and don’t try to learn about life and how theirs could be in a much better flow.
To illustrate this in more detail, I’ll show you what I do in a day or two, supported with photos.
Then I’ll tell you how I become fitter, healthier, more successful, save time, and feel great too.
Yesterday’s Strength Training
I strength-trained my body with a 15-minute micro-workout, which made me feel great and is all I need to keep me lean and strong.
I worked out in a beautiful resort garden, in the grass and nature — then I went for a swim and sunned myself for 30 minutes.
Pure bliss!
Why hustle around a stinky, loud gym packed with show-offs taking pics flexing muscles while looking like silly people?
I’ll strength train 3 times per week maximum, using my body as my gym and always outdoors in nature.
The rest of the days, I only walk and swim.
Today’s Nature Trip – The Ultimate Secret Sauce to Health
I rode the motorbike for 2 hours up to the top of Kulen Mountain, in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia.
I trekked the waterfall, went down and up steep stairs, swam in the cool spring water, relaxed in the mellow afternoon sun, meditated while, and practiced deep breathing with positive affirmations to close the session.
It was wonderfully mind-calming and uplifting.
The drive up was 2 hours — I stayed 2 hours and drove home in another 2 hours. That sounds like a lot of driving for a 2-hour chillout session, right?
It’s not. The drive along the countryside and up the steep mountain road was stunning and fun — it was nothing but pure pleasure and adventure all day long.
I arrived home at 6 pm and then went for a great, fun-filled dinner and played pool with friends!
After all, it’s Saturday night — why stay home and be boring when my energy is endless, and I could stay up all night partying like it’s 1999?
The Full Secret Sauce List
1 — I work less — I’m not sorry about that.
The result: I work smart and produce far better content this way.
2 — I train far less than I used to — I’m not sorry about that either.
I’ve created the most effective and efficient way to move my body each week:
• Walking 6 miles daily, swimming as often as possible
• 3 x 15-minute micro-workout sessions
• 1 Sprint session per week
This is more than I need to keep me muscular, lean, fit, and in happy spirits.
I do it all in nature — that’s the trick!
3 — I sleep more — I’m not sorry about that either.
I used to not care much about sleep.
I’d work and party late, get up early feeling like crap, and continue playing the same senseless game.
That’s no way to live.
So, I changed my ways, stopped the short unhealthy sleeping pattern, and opted for longer, enjoyable sleep that helps my body and mind recover and do better the next day.
Final Thoughts
Step away from “The Hotel California” trap — get out of the rat race, slow life down, and enjoy it more.
You only live once — it’s not all that long in the scope of things.
The trees I saw at the waterfall today are probably more than 1000 years old — I have no idea.
What I do know is that you and I can only make it to 100 — if we are lucky.
Sleep and rest more, work less, but deep and productively, and for heaven’s sake, exercise less, but right — stop wasting half your life in a blinking gym!
It is not worth it, and not the way to live a great life. Mark my words — eventually, you will agree with me if you don’t already.
Rob
