When I ask people what their biggest struggles are with nutrition, it's usually planning and preparing their meals. It can be overwhelming to be creative and when you're busy and not sure of what to eat, that's when we get takeout, fast food, or a high sodium/fat processed meal. The Eat Clean Diet Cookbook has ... read more >
"You're either on your way up or you're on your way down" That is one of my favorite life mottos and it's a central theme of the book, "The Slight Edge". According to author Jeff Olson, people are either on the way up on the success curve or they are on the way down to ... read more >
For years I have wanted to read this book because whenever people would talk about it, they would mention how it was transformative and really changed their perspective on life. I read an article where Oprah said that when people came to her house she would give them a copy of the book because it ... read more >
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Darren Hardy was the publisher of Success Magazine and he is a successful businessman himself. His message is that there are no shortcuts to success. What you think are the "little things" are the very things that will take you off course. You don't get bit by elephants but ... read more >
The beginning of May marked the day where I said goodbye to the ambition of trying to be a Figure Competitor. It was at the Nor-Cal Fitness Summit where I spoke with the awesome Chrissy Z who asked me that poignant question: At What Cost? Since that year there have been some ups, downs, and ... read more >
Why We Get Fat is the follow up book to Gary Taubes' best selling Good Calories/Bad Calories Both books examine why calorie counting is futile, why high carb diets have produced nothing but failure, and why almost everything we've been taught about weight loss/management is wrong. Good Calories/Bad Calories is like the War and Peace ... read more >
I'm sure you see all of these 3 day, 10 day, and 21 day challenges all over social media and you're thinking: "What's up with that? Is that worth my time? Did someone really lose 5 pounds of fat and gain 1 pound of muscle in 3 days???" (I actually saw that and shook my ... read more >
Spring is Here and it's time to get ready to enjoy more daylight and the longer days. Take the Spring Training Challenge!!! Post pics on social media and then tag me in them! I want to see what you guys come up with! Remember you don't have to do all 7 at once. Pick ... read more >
Health is commonly mistaken to mean the absence of disease. In reality, it is so much more than that. From a medical point of view, health is ultimately based upon the level of energy you experience on a daily basis. The more energy you have, the healthier you are and the more you are able ... read more >
I took a seminar from Rachel at the Perform Better Summit and I really liked her presentation. She and her husband Alwyn own a gym in Southern California and during her talk she showed snippets of their 8 week challenge programs for women. During these challenges, women aren't allowed to get on the scale but ... read more >
