I think Dr. Rhonda Patrick sucks as a health and wellness leader.    Not only because she posts terrible exercise videos online, demonstrating she has no idea what she’s doing when it comes to training. (Or, if she’s working with a trainer that they have no idea what they’re doing.) But also because she doles...Read More

The average member at a boutique or specialized gym trains 2 to 3 days per week. Let’s be kind and call it 3 days. There are a lot of reasons why that’s the case. Some are nothing more than well-formed excuses that people conjure up because they don’t want to do more. Others are legitimate...Read More

Can You Still Do Small Group Personal Training While Injured? You’re injured and you still want to join a small group personal training class. But you’re a little nervous. You want to heal so you can get back to regular life. And you definitely don’t want to make it worse. It also sucks a whole...Read More

How to lose fat and get stronger is confusing. Social media influencers steal your attention with bro science. Celebrity trainers pop off about whatever fad diet and exercise craze gets them attention. You’re left to sort through conflicting information that leaves you with more questions than answers. Maybe you try what they’re selling and realize...Read More

Merle Fisher lived to his mid-90s.   He raised a whole litter of kids, nine in total, ran a bee farming and pollination operation, and said about six words the whole damn time. Merle was one of my best friend’s grandfathers. I started spending time on his farm when I was a boy and would...Read More

The name Joe Simpson sounds ordinary. Nothing special about it. In fact, he kind of sounds like the kid in third grade who picked his boogers and stuck them to the desk when he thought no one was looking. However, the Joe Simpson I’m going to tell you about did something extraordinary. And he did...Read More

There’s this old Jim Gaffigan joke about working out. I don’t remember which stand-up special it was on, but I remember the setup and the punchline. Gaffigan looks at this ripped guy at the gym and says, “What are you doing here? You’re done!” If you don’t know the joke, I’m sure it’s not that...Read More

When doing something hard, the hope is always that it leaves you better. Sometimes, that better is immediate — you know you’re different now after doing the thing. Other times it’s not so obvious. But with enough time and distance, we typically realize that completing the hard thing, however miserable at the time, transformed us...Read More

A lot of folks around Sterling and Loudoun County, VA are training to improve their bodies, their longevity, and to Say YES to more of life. But they’re often a little hesitant at the start. They want to find the right gym for them, and they don’t want to be pressured into doing something they...Read More

As we inch closer to Run Carry Ruck time, I’m going to continually hit you with tips to help you prepare. I want you to do as well as possible, so long as you don’t beat me. (I am a very sore loser.) We’ll start our tip series off with this here piece on rucking...Read More