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Scott and Cheema take a brief break from
their wrestling match, which in itself was a brief break from
their snowshoeing trek through the Assiniboine Park 'Monkey
Trails'.
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Philosophy
Don't
let the heading fool you - we're not really that interested in
philosophy. Well, maybe that depends what kind of mood we're in. We suppose that we need some philosophers in the
world in order to try to figure out why we're doing what we're doing
(Kierkegaard and Nietzsche's interest in people's use of diversion
to escape from boredom comes to mind), but for the most part we're
content to simply "do". That's not to say that we don't want to
put some thought into what we're doing.
A few years ago Scott &
Deanna found themselves increasingly busy with their employment.
Although for the most part they both enjoyed their work, they wanted to reclaim the
time necessary to do other things. As they've often said to
friends, they found themselves in a position where they could afford
to eat out most nights, but they craved having the time to do some
proper grocery shopping and make a good home-cooked meal instead.
They also wanted to get more adequate training in. They never
really stopped getting a ride in here and a run in there (amounting
to one or two decent workouts a week), but they wanted to be more consistent.
So, they decided to try to
make do with one full-time salary, in the hope that they would then
be free to eat and train better. It's been a few years since
they began this experiment and so far so great. They're
thrilled with the results.
This site, and
TheTrainingCoop in more general terms, is a partial reflection on
their attempt at focusing on training. Things have grown a
little since Scott & Deanna started the site and a couple more
members have come on board. Obviously all of us do more on
any given day than just focus on training. We all enjoy
having our hands in a few other things and exploring other areas of
life, but we've decided that we should place a substantial emphasis
on trying to do a good job of life's basics, which to us includes eating and
exercising well. Fortunately we find
ourselves in a position to be able to try to do just that (e.g.
we're not consumed with major health problems, we earn enough not to
worry about the heating bill, we live in a country of freedom and
opportunity, etc.) so we're going to focus on the basics. That, we suppose, is
what you could call a part of our
philosophy.
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