How many times have you been cruising along, nailing your new diet or training strategy - your meals on point, crushing your workouts, making good progress… And then something comes up that throws a little kink in your plans? You’re at a dinner … [Read more...]

When we first learn to ride a bike, we don’t enter the Tour De France and then beat ourselves up for not winning. We start with training wheels, and then slowly transition to free riding as our confidence and balance improve. When we first … [Read more...]

So many times it’s not that we don’t know what to do to lose fat, get stronger, and improve our health. We know that there is no “one size fits all” solution – as much as fitness marketers want us to believe that this is the case, and that their … [Read more...]

The only way to create sustainable change in our bodies is to create sustainable change in our habits, our behaviors, and even our parts of our identities. We know this. We know that our health and fitness are reflections of our lifestyles, and … [Read more...]

When you close your eyes and imagine what life looks like once you’ve reached your goal weight, chances are you don’t think to yourself… “Thank God there’s less gravitational attraction between the Earth and myself.”. When you picture what your … [Read more...]

Last week we discussed how consistency matters more than perfection - so long as over time our actions move us closer to our goals more than they move us away from our goals - and wrapped things up with a few questions for you to consider: “Am I … [Read more...]

If you'll recall from our discussion on homeostasis, our bodies are dynamic systems – constantly responding and adapting to their environments in an effort to maintain the conditions necessary for survival. Let’s take a look at how this “dynamic … [Read more...]

So many of us spend all of our free time reading and watching videos about the latest science in nutrition, training, and lifestyle. We carefully calculate how many grams of carbs, protein, and fat to eat in order to lose fat, excel in our … [Read more...]

If you’ve been reading my writing for any appreciable amount of time, you probably know that I like to look at things through an evolutionary lens. I’ve written before that our accelerating rates of chronic disease and obesity might be the result … [Read more...]

Last week we discussed the six areas in which we’ll need to focus in order to be optimally healthy: Food Movement Sleep Stress Management Community Environment To kick off our exploration of each of these a bit further, let’s … [Read more...]