Your recovery should match your training

Your recovery should match your training

I've been doing a fairly intense strength training program lately. My goals are to get stronger (I have specific weights and reps I'm looking to hit) and to gain muscle. Things have been going really well and I've seen tremendous improvement up until last week. Then...
How to finally get results this year

How to finally get results this year

80% is not a very exciting number for the most part. Unless you got similar grades to me in school. 80% was pretty awesome then.But most people don't get real excited about 80%. But that is actually a number that can help you get great results.Here are three ways 80%...
Nutrition Paralysis By Analysis

Nutrition Paralysis By Analysis

The grocery store can be a very confusing place. All the fancy packaging touting the latest health foods. Wait, is this really healthy? The siren song of the snack aisle is calling you. It can become too much! This is a paraphrase of a message I received recently: "I...
That Lizard Brain

That Lizard Brain

I was listening to an interview by Dr. David Perlmutter, neurologist  and author of Grain Brain, yesterday and was really impressed with his ideas. I didn't agree with everything he had to say, but thought he had some really interesting information to share. When...
Did you know this about me?

Did you know this about me?

Yep. Cover of a book, in a t-shirt. SMH... Anyone who has ever done any writing knows how painful it can be. Sometimes I will just stare at  a blank screen hoping some words will magically jump on the screen.  If you have read any of my posts, you probably realize...
I made myself sick!

I made myself sick!

                              1. I've been pretty good lately, I should have one. 2. Well I _______ so now I need to ________. 3. I'll do better after Spring Break. What do those 3 sentences have in common? Those are all things I have told myself recently. The first...