What’s your capacity

What’s your capacity

Every human being has a capacity for how much stress or “load” their system can endure in a given day before something bad (like injury or illness) happens. Take out a piece of paper and draw a horizontal dotted line across the page about three-quarters of the way up....
Training vs working out

Training vs working out

Training vs working out. There is a big difference between the two. Training means that we purposefully, scientifically and intentionally build muscle, lose fat, gain endurance and become more resistant to joint pain. Working out is just doing a bunch of random stuff...
Longevity

Longevity

I won’t lie, a big part of why I eat, train, and self-care the way I do is for aesthetic reasons. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to look good! While I won’t be featured on the cover of any fitness magazines, I do my best to look as good as I can with my...
What is failure?

What is failure?

I want to spend a little time today on a concept that I’ve seen sabotage more people’s health and fitness than anything else. Failure. What is failure? Most of us have the concept of it all wrong. Starting an exercise program or diet plan and not...
Perfect time

Perfect time

So many times in life, we find ourselves waiting for the perfect time. And when it never comes (because there’s no such thing), we end up regretting the fact that we wasted so much time. “Perfection is the enemy of progress.”  When it comes to our fitness, we talk...