When the Dalai Lama was asked what the purpose of life is, he replied without hesitation, “To be happy.” That seems like as good a pursuit as any. Most people, however, seem anything but; negativity, stress, conflict, anger, hatred being the predominant emotions and states of mind that we encounter daily, whether it is someone complaining about their work or the president bashing a political rival (or even an ally!). It seems like being happy should be such an easy goal to ac

I used to do a lot of LSD. No, not the drug kind, rather Long Slow Distance training as an endurance athlete (marathoner, Ironman triathlete, ocean swimmer, etc.). Not only was this incredibly time consuming, injury inducing and not conducive for muscle retention, it was often boring as hell. But even after I stopped competing in endurance events, my mindset was that I had to do long workouts in order to stay fit. Then I discovered HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) a

I was lifting back the other day and getting ready to move from the chin up bar to the lat machine. There was a guy already doing lat pull downs, so I asked him if I could join. I had noticed he was lifting around 80 lbs, set after set. For my first set, I put it on 120 lbs. Rather than putting it back down to 80 lbs, he kept it at 120. Had I not been there, he would have certainly done his next set at 80. Environment matters. Suicide rates go up materially in Northern co

Take out a piece of paper, create a 2x2 square matrix. Repeat. On the first one, write over the top left box “Effective Workouts” over the top right box “Ineffective Workouts.” To the side of the top left box write “Enjoy” below that “Don’t Enjoy.” So the bottom right box represents Ineffective Workouts you Don’t Enjoy, and the upper left hand box is for Effective Workouts you Enjoy. For the 2nd matrix write “Nutrient Rich” and “Nutrient Poor” across the top 2 boxes. Alo

In my capacity as Chief Health Officer, I spend time discussing and analyzing the 23 hours a day the client is not with me. Providing a great workout is the ‘easy’ part (OK, it’s not so easy; most people have terrible workout habits and are very inefficient & ineffective, but it’s certainly easier to impact someone in the hour you are with them than all the time you’re not together). Helping to reshape habits for the rest of life’s time is where the true, long-term value is