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...]

We typically only think of "diet and exercise" when it comes to the factors involved in building a lean, strong, healthy body. While what we eat and how we move are important, they only make up a part of the equation when it comes to improving how … [Read more...]

Last week we explored the idea of stress being any threat to or deviation from homeostasis – the conditions our bodies maintain to ensure survival and reproduction – and covered a couple of examples of how our bodies are equipped to respond, and even … [Read more...]

Over the past few weeks we’ve been exploring the idea of using an evolutionary framework to guide our efforts to get lean, strong, and healthy AF. This framework is based on the following concepts: Our bodies comprise trillions of cells, … [Read more...]