The Best Approach to Weight Loss

The Best Approach to Weight Loss

I mentioned the concept of poco a poco (Italian for little by little) in my last post. The results of getting started with small steps towards any goal can eventually be life changing – especially in relation to weight loss. That’s the approach I’ve taken as I...
How I’m Getting Back Into Shape After Baby

How I’m Getting Back Into Shape After Baby

For the first 9 months after our son was born my workouts fell from 4 per week to 2. Each session at the gym was solely strength training with no cardio work. Walking our lab twice a day was the only exercise outside of the gym. And from the shape of my body after...
How Does a Boy Become a Man?

How Does a Boy Become a Man?

How does a boy become a man? What exactly is the rite of passage? Does he drink the blood of a deer felled in a hunt? Lose his virginity? Turn eighteen? Have a bar mitzvah? Graduate from college? Get married? (Quick note: This is an excerpt from my book, Empower, and...
Hate Jogging? Fartlek for Cardio Success

Hate Jogging? Fartlek for Cardio Success

Fartlek is a Swedish word meaning “speed play” and is a type of interval training used by experienced runners to improve their pace, running economy and endurance. A typical fartlek interval includes a short period of up tempo running or sprinting followed...