3 Keys to Overcome Any Obstacle Life Throws at You Determined to climb Y Mountain, I set off early into the gloomy morning sunlight creeping over the horizon. After blasting my legs with heavy squats…
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How to Sneak Extra Protein in Your Diet
Bigger Better More Badass Those words held no real meaning whatsoever. But in 2008, they gave me a bigger boner than nudie pictures of Topanga. This was the slogan used by Epic Games to describe Gears…
How to Make Water Taste Awesome
Water is the essence of beauty life. Without it, you’ll die. Here’s a list of things the liquid of life does for your body: dispels toxins regulates body temperature aids in digestion promotes healthy skin…
How Your Favorite Hero Can Help You Conquer Your Goals
I Need a Hero The first question that I ask any of my clients is: “Who is your favorite Hero?” Whether from a movie, comic book, novel, or video game we’ve all had a fictional,…
How to Maximize Your Time With Less Payne
Tell me if this story sounds familiar. A young hard-nosed cop, the brightest new star in the NYPD, returns to his home across the river in NJ after a long day on the beat. Extending…
Self-Talk, The Power of Thoughts, & Why I Would Die on a Deserted Island
Never Have I Ever…. Watched a single episode of the television phenomenon Lost. Lost premiered while I was in college. That place where I was too busy crushing Yuengling, playing poker, and smoking myself…
Why You (May) Have Fat Loss Frustrations
Mario, Fat Loss Frustrations, & the Scale “I am going to lie on the couch tonight, watch terrible television shows that rot my brain, and drink beer.” These were the first words spoken as my…
Free Fitness: A Zero Dollar Solution to Fitness
A Lesson Learned from My Grandfather I’ve been a big fan of the Tim Ferriss podcast for the last two years. Whether he is interviewing successful CEOs, scientists, Hollywood writers or directors, Tim…
How to Find Your Why
Implementing a new consistent behavior that you hope will lead to a life changing habit can make you feel like a salmon swimming upstream. You are constantly fighting the current of your own mind as you work to establish this habit.
In all honesty, most of us would rather the habit fairy show up and magically leave the habit under our pillow. We want it all and we want it now!
The Holy Grail of Weight Loss
The “magic” food question is among the top five questions I am asked as a fitness coach. Everyone is looking for that one food that “Alakazam” and “poof” makes all the fat disappear off their back, abs, and arms overnight.
Weekly, maybe even daily, we are bombarded with ads or news stories covering some new supplement or exotic food that is the Holy Grail of fat loss.