I get asked regularly, “What does it take to maintain lifelong health and fitness? What is the secret to living a lasting, vibrant, energetic life?” Of course genetics and luck play a roll, but I’m a big believer in optimizing that over which we have control. To that point, a study was recently released noting that many cancers are highly correlated to lifestyle choices (drinking, smoking, exercising, etc.) which I viewed as ‘great’ news in that it means we have more control

People will see a fit, athletic person and think to themselves that the person is only that way because he lifts more than they do, does more cardio, has more time to work out, or more money to spend on nutrition/personal trainers, etc. The fact is that what separates my health and fitness from the average Joe in the gym (not to mention the nearly 70% of adult men in the US who are obese) is what I DON’T do rather than what I do…do (Austin Powers reference, “…allow myself to