Fitness and Social Media Fused.
Every morning I wake up and, after throwing on my awesome slippers, groggily open my email. One morning I had a note from my Mom. Of course I opened it first but to my surprise she was angry at me. “Jon, why do you only have 1 woman out of 11 included in your book???” [...]
Yesterday the picture above showed up in my facebook feed and I kind of lost it. I pride myself on being controlled but couldn’t hold back. This really irked me. It’s a trend that’s developing and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Yes this picture’s entertaining. I LOL’d (didn’t quite ROFLOL and ROFLMAO was a ways off). [...]
I made a decision today. A big decision. One that involves me taking significant financial and professional risk. It’s a decision where I carefully weighed the pros and cons. I considered everything but have no way of predicting the future. Well one way… I’m confident in myself and I know what I bring to the [...]
I’ve been working hard lately. The last couple months have been some of the best of my life but also the busiest. Long days and long nights and I haven’t been sleeping well. My mind never seems to shut off. Worse of all I’d forgotten my love for exercise and working out became a chore. [...]
It really grinds my gears when I see videos or hear coaches speak about the prowler. All this talk about it being an amazing conditioning tool due to its small learning curve and safety irritates me. I get even madder when I see videos of coaches using it in their training — especially with hardcore [...]
This story starts and ends with a banana. A simple and unassuming fruit. Who knew it could cause such controversy? Yet a simple Google search titled “Is Fruit Bad?” garnered me 294,000,000 results. Hell, even the bible weighs in on the subject. Here’s a passage from Matthew 7:18: “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, [...]
Years back my gym hired a fat trainer, not one of those with a six pack. You know the type. Bald head, thick arms, and huge calves. Problem was that he hadn’t seen his calves in years because he couldn’t see past his gut. I couldn’t understand why anybody in their right mind would want [...]
My clientele is a 60/40 split. Actually more men than women, yet I prefer training women. My female clients kick ass. When they’re done chalks everywhere, members stare aghast, the store below our club has called to complain about loud noise, and there’s a child crying in the background. Actually, where does that kid come [...]
Recently there’s been a push to forego formal education with the release of Michael Ellsberg’s The Education of Millionaires. A lot of bloggers agree that education is a huge expense and those funds could be allocated more wisely. Eric Cressey’s article entitled “Is an Exercise Science Degree Really Worth It?” really stirred the pot. In [...]
My friends call me music illiterate because I don’t listen to the Beatles and am not a Phish Head. The truth is that the only functioning ipod I have is a 2gig nano given to me from one of my amazing clients but when I train you better believe that ipod blasts when I’m training. I didn’t [...]
The following post is by Nia Shanks. It frustrates me every …
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