Eating healthy is hard! It's the key to staying healthy and fit but with work and kids, I find it incredibly hard to maintain positive nutrition habits. There are a few strategies that I've learned though that help me through the chaotic weeks and help me stick to my health and fitness goals. Batch Cook on the Weekend On Saturdays or … [Read more...]
How Spartan Racing Helped Me Find Purpose and Motivation
Spartan race is more than a race to me. It’s been an azimuth for my compass, and my purpose for continuing to better myself over the last 3 years. When I signed up for my first Spartan race, I was going through a challenging and tumultuous time in my life. Spartan racing, and more importantly, the daily, weekly, monthly training for the Spartan … [Read more...]
How to Decrease Wrist Pain During Exercise
Wrist pain and discomfort during strength training is not uncommon. Fortunately though, you don’t have to drop your gym membership to stop the pain. Read on to see if you fall into any of the most common risk categories and what you need to know to keep your wrists healthy while still getting a great workout. Risk Factors The most common risk … [Read more...]
Back to Basics: Top 5 Most Important Strength Training Exercises
It’s amazing how much strength and conditioning has changed since the first time I picked up a barbell 20 years ago {and thanks, yes, feelin old!}. There’s good news and bad. The good is that new research and innovative training techniques have vastly improved our collective knowledge on how to build stronger, faster bodies. The bad news, alas, is … [Read more...]
Chicken Chili Stew
On cold, cold days, sometimes all you want is a nice hot bowl of chili. Or maybe you're craving stew in an oversized mug that you can hug with your hands to warm you up! Why not do both? I mean really, the only thing that makes stew, well, stew is being nice and thick and rich! You can easily turn a chili into a stew. Here's how! I started by … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »