Ronald D. Potts ن💪👣🛡️

Why am I a Christian? It's a long journey and I couldn't possible encapsulate it in a series of tweets. Here are the cliff notes. I converted at the age of 39. Why? This is not in strict chronological order; it'll be as I think of it. 1/20

When making a change for our health, our behavior travels through 5 stages until it is just what we do -- Pre-Contemplation Contemplation Preperation Action Maintence Understand where you're at in the cycle and progress (or the lack of) starts making sense

Sunday is a natural day to get prepared for the week. It is a good day to get your meal prep done (you are preparing meals, right?) However, I found it added too much additional stress to my Sundays. So I started meal prepping on Tuesdays, and it’s improved everything for me

My sleep hasn’t been great lately, but I have increased my fitness enough to absorb that and keep training. It’s definitely limiting my training, but it’s not stopping it. The ability to adapt is fitness

Finally watched “The Greatest Showman.” I can see why @mikeddonatelli is such a fan of the soundtrack

This was a fun and interesting conversation. Appreciate Brent for having me on

I may not be fast, but I’m going somewhere. It may be slow, but I have the endurance. I may stumble when I get hit, but I don’t know how to quit

Weak things break.” - Louie Simmons You get stronger by facing your weaknesses head-on. Every weakness becomes a point of failure under pressure.

30 minute base run. Even after a considerable effort yesterday to go further and longer than I have in a long time and rather poor sleep, my body is handling it quite well. Honestly feel like I could go again, and I might (very light work) It’s been a long road, but here we…

I know a good idea when I see one. The trouble is I don’t always immediately know a bad idea when I see it

The main thing to keep in mind when you seek to practice quietness with God is not trying/ forcing it. When you start there will be a lot of noise. That’s okay. Observe, don’t fight. Let it come and let it go. Breathe. Start with short time (set a timer, one less…

“God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but He does what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.” - Kierkegaard (Journals, 1838)

What you think it takes to get results: -Going keto/vegan/carnivore/newest diet trend -Have to be sore/sweat a bunch from workouts -Hours upon hours of cardio -Taking supplements/gear -Eat 100% clean 24/7 What you need to do to get results: -Committing to a legit workout…

You don’t have to use protein shakes to get high protein intake. You can absolutely do it with whole foods and good planning. You can use protein shakes to increase your protein intake, as well. Nothing wrong with either one.

No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep on picking ourselves up each time. -CS Lewis, Letters

Distraction is the problem. Focus is the cure. This means removing things from your attention. Less is more

VO2 max is progressing well, too. All signs are pointing in the right direction. Doing it the right way, this time

Truth.