Bacon is incredible. I could stop there, but I better make this post FFOTB.com worthy. Not only in bacon an incredible blessing, it’s popularity has exploded in recent years. Hipsters, festivals, exercise aficionados, and the Paleo movement have all raised the bacon pedestal just a bit higher. The incredible taste and, like Michael Jordan, bacon’s [...]

There’s a defining moment  during training were athletes leave behind the entire reason they are here in the first place. This distinct instance is the biggest mistake any athlete can make. It’s the very second that a great gift of our training becomes a curse. In a perfect world, it would be a bridge none [...]

In the running world, there’s a term called “trucking” where the athlete has one gear. Whether it’s a short race, a long race, hilly, or otherwise, they’ll be trucking along at the same speed. Life has its “truckers,” too. The problem with that is that life, like races, present all kinds of scenarios.  Some scenarios [...]

Look at these people. Look at them very carefully. All of them. They aren’t normal. These physical specimen are cut from a different cloth. With years of experiences as professional athletes, trained killers, and military conditioned fitness levels, they truly are “elite.” As the tip of the spear, these individuals eat, dress, walk, and talk [...]

There’s something beautiful about being cornered. I mean, if it’s for something positive it’s great. You’ve got only one option. And, that is to do the thing. Take this blog, for example. Out of precedent and commitment to the community, I am committed to writing this blog every weekday, until… well, the end of time. [...]

Bullshit. I mean, I get the figure of speech, but it rarely works that way. Quite frankly, opportunity often comes as the result of a ton of knocking of your own. Even in the most seemingly supportive examples of this, rarely does opportunity slap someone in the face who is sitting on the coach on [...]

Our understanding of age and performance is wrong. If we understood it better, we’d be much more capable (in general) in our 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s than we are, plain and simple. But, because we believe that with age comes natural loss of function, we let it happen. Let me ask you this: Are [...]

Cue the suspenseful music. Athletes, there are eyes on you. Sometimes as a coach, or even just as an observer, I like to get “inside” students’ workouts. I’ll join them for a round or two, and count reps with them. It’s here that I can see when they choose to break, I can see their [...]

What if there was no grey area? I don’t think I’m prepared as I write this to argue that everything is black and white, but I must share with you that my inspiration for touching on the subject is our tendency to paint an accommodating grey area. I hear people all the time justify compromises [...]

This past weekend, Dana and I traveled to Houston, Texas on a mission. We set out to attend a renown endurance seminar and certification in order to take our endurance program to the next level.  Our current endurance program meets each Sunday at 9 AM and tackles running mechanics and growing your endurance capacity. However, we’re [...]