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How To Make Your Resting Energy Work For You
Trying to figure it out? Me Too! Just like you, for the majority of my life I’ve consumed my information about health, diet and exercise from school, friends, and the untamed land of internet headlines. Low FAT!Lift Weights!More Protein!Cardio is Key!Low Carbs!Big Breakfast!No Breakfast! And with each piece of new information, there we went again, […]
Defining Diet – Which One is BEST for You
It’s quite interesting to see what propagates when you type the simple phrase “Diet Definition” into the ol’ Google machine. Food and drink regularly provided or Consume A particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to improve a person’s physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease Habitual nourishment And courtesy of […]
Mastering Your Domain Part V – You’re Hungry, Until You’re Not
Ladies and Gentleman…Can I please have your Attention! I’ve just been handed an Urgent and Horrifying news story, And I need all of you, to stop what your doing and listen! CANNONBA….. OK, that was important, and it needed to be said, but the real news story here is the fact that there is more […]
SADness Is Coming – How To WIN The Winter Months
The transition from college to the place where dreams turn into a beige cube and code of conduct training, or “The Real World” was an interesting one. I actually liked my first job, that was when I finally got there. I didn’t mind the work, and had one of the coolest bosses in the business, […]
Mastering Your Domain Part IV – Staying Still
How many times have you walked into a room completely locked in, the mission clear, find “X” item that’s gone missing. You scan the room like predator searching for Arnold in the jungle, and then pause, “What the hell was I Looking for?” Now, the New School version of that is picking up our handheld […]
What Doesn’t KILL You, Actually Does Make You Stronger
A few years back I heard something at a conference that REALLY stuck with me, one of those things that gets the instant “mental post-it note” upon arrival, it helped that my phone was handy too. The context was around professional athletes and what truly makes them stand out from the rest of the (professional) […]
Becoming Master of your Domain – Part II – Overcoming Nerves
“Yo! His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, There’s vomit on his sweater already: Mom’s spaghetti”– A classic! And on repeat in my head as I experienced a technology executive form a Fortune 5 company on stage. The nonstop shake through the very tip of her fingers, an unsteady frightened voice, and visible […]
Becoming Master of your Domain – Part I – Your Coach
How many time have you sat in a crowded classroom, conference room or auditorium, and been presented a group question from the speaker? As that final word and virtual question-mark traverse the airwaves on a direct flight to our eardrum, the super computer in our skull begins opening up those cranial file cabinets for all […]
Formula Sun – Not Too Much, Not Too Little
Have you ever had a friend tell you that they just want to “Melt on the Beach“? I have! And guess what happened on that sunny, Costa Rician beach just north of the equator… The Sun did Sun things! He tempted the almighty with minimum lotion, maximum surface area and a direct line of sight, […]
Fiber Wanted – If Your Gut Was Hiring
Fiber had been a critical part of the human diet since ancient times. Throughout history, the majority of civilization has leveraged some form of plant derived energy in their survival strategy, because for the 9,850 years (only counting modern human years) leading to present day, grocery stores were non-existent. So, that means almost 10,000 years […]
The Right Balance for Training – Without Overtraining
“Donnieeee, what’s up my dude?” Like clockwork, same time different day, checking in for my daily helping of the iron paradise. Other than the fact that my fellow “sweat enthusiasts” and I preformed a slightly different workout and – to everyone’s pleasure – arrive in a fresh set of cloths, the mornings are pretty consistent. […]
Any Body Got the Time? – Optimizing your Sleep Cycles
Sleep is inherent with lifestyle, how and when we get it typically correlates with the current stage of life we find ourselves in. Need a quick recap? When you were a child, your sleep was most likely dictated by your parents, you had set bedtime hours with the occasional “stay up late” reward. Transitioning to […]