If you've been struggling to stay on track for longer than 30 days, your mind might be holding you back. Don't get me wrong - there are very real obstacles in your life like having to travel, dealing with sick kids or being busy with work. Those obstacles never go away. But if those things [...]
Growing up in New Hampshire, I got used to long, shitty winters with seemingly endless gray and sleet filled days. So a hot shower was always one of my favorite things. I would never have considered voluntarily taking a cold shower and if we were out of hot water, I would have just skipped the [...]
For those of you who don't know who Ari Gold is, he is the loud mouthed, F bomb dropping, brash and outspoken movie agent in the HBO series, Entourage. I use him as an example of how to build confidence, because it's oozing out of every pore in his body. When I talk about confidence, [...]
In December, it will mark the three year anniversary since my initial separation and more than a year and a half since my divorce was made official. In that time, my life has literally turned 180 degrees and I'm happier than I've been in years. But it hasn't come without cost. Leading up to my [...]
As men of advancing years, we are constantly trying to find ways to make gains, be as strong and fit as we used to be, and keep our declining energy levels on the up and up. I don't know about you, but at 48, I don't have nearly the energy I had 15 years ago [...]
First off, let me just say that I think professional bodybuilding is disgusting. There is no way any one of the top pros looks the way they do without a shit ton of chemicals and hormones. But there are still a lot of people who emulate these guys and strive to be huge like them. [...]
Two weeks ago, it was simply a sore elbow which I assumed came from all the hard training I've been doing. Two days ago I was at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore having a gruesome tangerine sized tumor removed from my right elbow. Otherwise known as pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS). It took 5 visits to physicians [...]
I got an email from a reader the other day which really got me thinking. It got me thinking about what I'm writing here and how I can help people the most. In part it read: "Here's something that many, possibly most, out of shape people face; and most of us succumb to the pressure [...]
