Are you comfortable? This has been the question going through my head lately. When working out, are you comfortable? While serving your family and team, are you comfortable? When studying the bible and your life, are you comfortable? I started running for one reason – I did a challenge last…
“Hey, how have you been?” This greeting is how a lot of conversations start. Between friends, family, or people you somewhat know. There is a safe bet that the person you ask this question will respond in one of three ways: “I am doing good. Thanks for asking.” “I have…
A few weeks ago I looked at four life lessons I learned in 2019. Today I want to talk about the training side and the five big takeaways from the year that was 2019. 4 Training Takeaways From 2019 I Don’t Train Powerlifters When I got into lifting back in…
In the past I have not written too kindly about conditioning, specifically, running. You can read about it here: Part I The Runners Dilemma: Feeling Great and Losing Weight Now to set the record straight, I have never been wholly against running or conditioning in general. I just never got much…
Strength is necessary, we get that. What is equally as important is what you are strong at. Being strong at doing bicep curls is cute but not that important in your daily life. Squatting 2x your body weight is something to be proud about, but is not necessary. If you…
I know if I am going to have a good or great day within the first 30 minutes of any day. “How can you possibly know this?” a sensible person might ask. I can’t predict the future, but I have a good chance of predicting it if I hit my…
2019 has just about come and gone. Like every year, there were moments of joy and moments of, “I don’t think I can keep doing this.” It is incredible how quickly we forget both the good and the bad and how much we have grown. That is why I take…
This is the worst time of year for starting new habits. Stress is high due to Christmas and end of year meeting, whoever though putting Christmas at the end of a quarter clearly didn’t work a corporate job. When you are trying to develop good habits, there will be a…
The other day I was driving to the gym to catch a 4 pm team training session (this is our large group training session we offer at the gym). I know it takes me about seven to ten minutes to get from my driveway to the gym. I planned accordingly.…
I was having a conversation with a friend recently. I said to them, “I really like learning about good customer service, but I don’t always enjoy the thought of doing it.” I was having a conversation with a friend recently. I said to them, “I really like learning about good…
