Full disclaimer, I was the guy that just wanted to ball, let’s play, I didn’t care about technique, form, or even touching weights. Then something changed after ninth grade (freshman year) going into the tenth grade (sophomore year). Since I could remember playing basketball was my goal, unfortunately, most see professional sports or any performing arts career path as a pipe dream. Side note, wonder why? People throw out random stats like it’s over seven billion people in the world and there are only so many roster spots on any given professional team.

Your amped up, ready, and searched endlessly on how to approach the decision you just made for yourself. Health became of great importance, and that fork in the road has been met. No more buckets of ice cream before bed, enough with allowing the snacks to control the day. Day one overly excited you crush the workout your favorite fitness persona suggested or maybe you started with a mile walk. Decided to hide the snacks and soda and then stacked the fridge with water, fruits, and veggies. On the second day, you’ve already lost a few pounds from severally cutting back the calories, rejuvenated again a mile walk with some bodyweight exercises. As the weight rapidly peels off,

There’s a perception, well many perspectives are surrounding every subject imaginable. The simple title “Why Not” is a perspective opposed to “Why”. When we’re young, elders whether it is our parents or teachers typically allow us to dream wildly, and freely. They encourage us that this white-breaded man travels the air on a sled powered by reindeer. Or an invisible person exchange money for lost teeth. For the most part, that is all harmless lies to help children either cope with losing teeth or fill them with excitement for a gift given their good behavior. One could pose the question; Why would parents encourage their children to believe in such blatant lies? While another, why not allow their children to use their imagination?

Every day we look for ways to improve ourselves, whether that improvement stays a thought or turns into action proves to be the battle. This is a huge issue, so many times throughout life we hit these crossroads or decisive moments that pivot our trajectory. I turned to books however not in the most practical way, see I’ll have goals like reading a book a month and since I’m a gamer I’ll discipline myself by putting a stipulation on my gaming where I must complete a new book before I could start a new game. Though this method did force me to read tons of books, that only left me with tons of information yet no experience with the application.

This is probably a weird blog post title but hears me out, my wife uses to refuse to do any upper bodyweight training because of that very question. I completely understand, the concern with looking like a man most women do not desire that outcome keyword “most”. Oddly enough, I feel the need to state this isn’t a post of sexual orientation, preferences, or anything of that nature. However, I believe if you click this specific post

I’ll do my best to stay true to my audience which is starting in their fitness journey. When we talk about post-workout nutrition a lot of big terms like a metabolic window (utilizing post-workout nutrition to switch your body from a catabolic state to an anabolic state). We could go into great detail within the scientific frame of this matter. Depending on where you’re at in the beginning process,

This question could be easily summed up with the answer “you make time for what you want to do.” That within itself has truth, and I’ll be the biggest hypocrite if I’ll deny the fact that sometimes life gets in the way, whether it’s something trivial¬¬—like work emails, packing school lunches or putting a new light bulb in the basement pantry

There are many terms and the usage thereof I take for granted within the fitness industry being that I've spent most of my life within the sports realm. So, in today's post, we will look at some of the terms around programs that cause confusion and continue our quest to demystify fitness. This industry thrives on future trends which makes it a rapidly changing environment. That's not something to feel ashamed about or even intimidated over learning is a continuum. Every fitness coach and/or personal trainer must keep their credentials up to date through continuing education.

I understand how this post could seem like a sell or advertising ploy; the truth is there are many great AI operating applications (apps) that will get you the results you’re after. In many cases, clients have done those “Abs in 30 days” or similar plans to only see themselves not sticking with the program anyway. For starters, these plans could already be too advanced, and for experienced athletes (anyone of practices physical/mental training) the program does quite cut it. While there are custom templates available too, which I would recommend you opt toward when going the do-it-yourself route.

To date, we all have been impacted by the current Covid-19 pandemic. This impact is being felt in numerous ways which include and of course not limited to health and fitness. To my understanding, this virus is one of a kind and one does not have to show symptoms to carry COVID-19. Science is working globally to restart economies all over the world in a much-needed relief on multiple levels. Though this article isn’t predicated on COVID-19 or medical research in that regard,

A lot goes into the fitness lifestyle, many days of soreness, program design, and for the advanced community creative ways to continue gains. Ironically, most fitness junkies like myself know many details when it comes to health and wellness, and still fail at one small detail ”nutrition “. We all know someone, if not ourselves, who attempted the diet fab. That's right, fab and some of the else have gotten results to only see them reverse on us.

It is often quoted “The difference between a productive person and an unproductive person is how they use the hours in a day”. That kicks us off to the debate, rather an early morning or late morning is best, for tackling a busy schedule. Many studies effectively build cases for both sides however most agree, optimal sleep hours go with the rhythm of the sun. Coining between 8 pm and 12 am critical hours to get the most out of the REM parts of sleep.

One of the hardest challenges we face is time management, often we find ourselves chasing the clock. At best, we make it to work, get the children squared away then burn the late-night candles to catch up on deadlines, emails, and to-do lists. No matter the person or situation once we allow things to dictate our schedule, they will not ease up (the rat race). It is no wonder with all the obligations and unexpected emergencies, how one’s day is quickly shifted into turbo speed. Leading to high levels of stress that become the precursor

When I first started devoting a huge amount of my life toward developing as an athlete, the science behind proper training has yet to flow down from the professional level to preadolescence and adolescence. Through high school, I still believed resistance training stunted your growth; furthermore, the old school mentally were slowly dying off but not fast enough.

Planning is everything, have goals, write them out, and get the vision boards out. All those steps are important and I've done diligently over and over again. I have more ideas than I can actually account for, many ideas were given away while others have been stolen either way hopefully they did more with them than I've done thus far.