I like the noise of traveling. Watching movement while staying stationary yourself is one of the most enlightening experiences one can have if you allow yourself to be still in the moment. Today, as I travel to Richmond, then Atlanta, and then finally to my destination of Clearwater, Florida, I am going to savour the mundane
LAUNCHING FAILURE FOR SUCCESS
I know someone who did 1,000+ pull-ups yesterday, a feat I deemed impossible. Adam Chaney, a trainer on my staff, loves a good challenge. He master challenges however only because he gladly embraces the prospect of failure. Before Chaney started the day-long venture of doing 1,000 pull-ups, he accepted the possiblity that he might only complete 700 or 800, and
PAGING AMELIA EARHART
I want the Amelia Earhart syndrome: you know, the raw love for doing something that sets the mind, spirit and body free. Amelia accomplished more than anyone in the world at that time thought was even possible. She loved flying –the feeling of being her own bird — and she dreamed of flying the world.
YOU CAN’T AIRBRUSH PERSONALITY
99.9% of photos published in magazines are airbrushed. Yes, you read that right. 99.9%. The famous now have paid publisits and re-touchers / photoshoppers to be part of the arsenal in their entourage; to exist and thrive in their fields nowadays they simply have to have this type of controlled publicity and image. If you doubt
ANTICIPATION, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HUNGRY BEARS
I can’t wait until next Saturday…but I have to. Anticipation and excitment tempt me to wish my week away, but I am going to fight to hold on to the present. I’ve spent all year training hard to look my best for Saturday, November 13th, the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, Florida. I traveled to Scotland
COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES
It’s a natural thing to admire someone else’s body and it’s instinctual to want to compare yours to theirs. Sometimes this can create a healthy camaraderie that mutually encourages health and fitness, but sometimes such comparisons are extremely destructive. I know that I spent years wishing my body was something that it’s not. I wanted
FEEL GOOD NAKED
Feel good naked. If I am to define my success as a trainer, it is that I want all of my clients to feel good naked. Now, this is quite an onion-layered statement, full of possible meaning and interpretation, but it’s quite simple really. Feeling good naked is the ultimate mark of body confidence. You
THE “WITH” VERSUS THE “WHERE”
A wise friend reminded me today of a beautiful truth that is always good to remember: life is not about where you are, but rather, about who you’re with. I love the photo above; it makes me smile. I smile because they eminate joy. The laughter of these girls can be heard through the
THE TEN MINUTE CUSHION
We live our daily lives without enough of a cushion. The alarm clock goes off, we rush out of the house, we franctically squeeze in all your errands, we work eight hours, we make it to dinner, we have five minutes of free time and then we collapse into bed to do it all again. We have allowed ourselves
INSPIRATION: NEXT EXIT
Satelite radio gives me the privledge of listening to a world of possibilities as I drive to and from work everyday. Typically, I jam out to Hip Hop Nation, Shade 45 or the Spanish station Caliente, though I sometimes alternate my options with French talk radio, Doctor Radio and NPR. Possibilies is what life is