In this blog, I usually try to dispense some vaguely helpful piece of advice based on a lesson learned from a borderline disastrous, self-inflicted episode from my life. Today, however I’m fighting back. Or, rather, I guess I’m just venting. See, for some time, one of the greatest incentives for me for completing grueling workouts has been... Read more
Working in the health industry, I find myself reading frequently about an assortment of diseases. Thanks to my neurotic tendencies, I have achieved an all too great aptitude at convincing myself that I actually have more than a few unpalatable conditions. At times, my faux self-diagnoses have been borderline ridiculous. Thank goodness for the... Read more
The requisite weekly hazing incident aside, I miss high school gym class. Heck, for that matter, I miss grade school recess. Not unlike my relationship with the tooth fairy back in the day, I knew that gym class or recess was going to be terrifying and painful once in a while, but there were always good parts, too. For most of us, it has been a... Read more
In the world of fitness, peer pressure can be a very effective and positive force. It typically presents itself in the form of a friend or family member using all means short of violence to persuade you to trade your favorite house slippers for running shoes or your seat on the couch for one on the bike. Usually, your ornery resistance to your... Read more
A common and often debilitating flaw in our design of fitness goals lies in the identification of our underlying motivations for desiring to improve our fitness. Fundamentally, most of us don’t train to be able to finish a triathlon or jog a few miles because we want to lose ten pounds or have more toned abs. We follow through on the training... Read more
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