When the word improv comes across your mental radar, the first thing that comes to mind, without question, has to be the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway. If you thought of something different, well, you are wrong. But I forgive you. Improv is nothing special; it is what…
I can’t believe it is that start of a new year; it seems this happens almost every year. And the soundtrack to Space Jam keeps becoming more and more relevant to me (you know, “time keeps on ticking, ticking into the future”.) as I become more and more dated…
As I was closing the gym up one night and was just about to flip the last light switch off, it hit me – a deep feeling of emotion. I looked over the large room full of weights, bars, and rubber mats, and just a few moments ago, full of…
When I say the word “workout” what comes to mind? My guess is images of lifting weights, doing push ups, or something along those lines. What if I say the word “exercise”? What comes to mind now? My guess is thoughts of running, biking, and walking. My definition of…
There is this thought that weight loss automatically results in increased happiness and self-confidence. Well, sorry to be the rainy cloud on your sunny day, but this is not always the case. Gather around kids and let Papa Josh tell you a story about his journey of weight loss,…
Do you ever get stuck in that Wikipedia or YouTube timewarp? It always starts off with the idea of, “Oh, I wonder what movies Will Smith has been in of late.” Then you realize that Will passed up the role of playing Neo in The Matrix for the movie Wild…
You wake up in the morning and hit the snooze on your alarm/cell phone one too many times, but you still have just enough time to throw some gym clothes on and get a quick breakfast before heading out the door. Just as you start to pull out of the…
I must first start off by saying this post was a collaborated writing. By my friend Stacie and myself. Ok, I have a client who just ran her longest distance ever in a race, who added 15 lbs to her sled push, so she’s now shoving 215 down the turf and who keeps…
There is a great quote by Yogi Berra, “ Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” Yogi has a way with words. The idea that mental factors play a big part in baseball, and essentially in all sports, is also true when it comes to lifting…
This past week I was talking with some of my younger clients about the importance of being able to focus on the lifts that are at hand and what the differences are between someone who comes consistently to work and someone who comes to just come. This conversation prompted me…
