For some, being sick is a great excuse not to workout. Others need to stop themselves from making it worse. So, what should you do? Well, first and foremost, if you’re contagious stay home! Nobody wants your funk. ;-b Otherwise, there’s an old saying that I believe holds true: If it’s in your chest, [...]
If you missed yesterday’s post I highly recommend you read it now (click here). Now, what about when you’re dealing with an injury? Should you work out or take time off? Well, the short answer is...if there are things you can still do without aggravating the injury then, YES!, you should definitely still work [...]
Yesterday, I shared 3 Travel Tips to Stay ON. Since I’m traveling again, I thought I’d share a couple more. This time I’m in Chicago, which means I have access to Whole Foods. :-) Even though I got in late last night due to delays and then traffic, after I checked in I headed [...]
Hola! :) Janell and I got back from our conference in Mayakoba, Mexico last night. After a 12 hour day of traveling (we couldn’t get a direct flight), I’m e-a-s-i-n-g into today. I slept in a little, snuggled with Badger, and hit a workout fully recovered. Then I met up with Janell (she was [...]
Your brain is a goal-achieving machine, and it operates on the images you create for it. How does that work? The Reticular Activating System is part of your brain that, among other things, “finds” what you’re looking for. I’ll never forget getting my first car. I scored big time with a used Toyota MR-2. [...]
While the official start of summer isn’t until June 21st, we start getting into summer mode on Memorial Day weekend, and then, even more so, as school lets out - this week in our area. And, this is where I see a lot of people make a critical mistake with their exercise… People start [...]
Oh, that first day back after vacation… Don’t get me wrong; I’m looking forward to getting back into the swing of things, especially some projects Janell and I are working on...but that first day back always hurts a little. There was definitely a little internal conversation about skipping my workout and going back to [...]
So, I just had a very *interesting* ten days. Basically, I had the worst headache imaginable. It was so bad, it was hard not to think of the worst… The first thing you need to understand is that I don’t get headaches. I’m very fortunate that way. I really can’t remember a time in [...]
I’m going to be heading off to Louisville this afternoon so I thought I’d share a few travel tips with you today… First, it starts with packing. I swear I spend more time packing my supplements than I do my clothes. ;-b But, supplements are EXTRA IMPORTANT when you travel! For one, the food [...]
