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When do you eat junk food? Typical answer: When it’s around When do you drink alcohol? Typical answer: When you’re at the bar or it’s in your fridge. When do you feel the best? Typical answer: When I’m around my family and friends and don’t Your environment plays a huge role in your day-to-day behaviors. It might be […]

Time is the currency of life. If you don’t have any, you’re broke. Don’t have time to eat well? Don’t have time to workout? Don’t have time to get eight hours of sleep? Don’t have time to meditate? Time is the one thing you can never get back. Don’t let unnecessary bullshit take the only

What’s your limiting factor? Most people who walk into our gym know a thing or two about being fit. They already have a lot of good habits, but they hit roadblocks and don’t know what to do next. We use a really simple set of questions to help identify what the limiting factor is for

Imagine that you’re teenager again, about 15 years old. One day you receive a letter in the mail with a strange key and a short letter. You open it the letter, and read its contents: “If you chose to accept this key, you will find a small car in the front of your house, which

“Focus on the process, not the outcome” Goals are important because they are markers for success. They can help motivate actions that lead to change. But setting goals is just the first step. In this article I’ll walk you through the process of moving from goals to building the skills and actions necessary to accomplish

Nearly everyone focuses on the details and misses the bigger picture when it comes to performance and health. This happens for a few reasons. 1: Media Fitness magazines would have you believe the most important thing in the world is the ratio of bananas to leafy green vegetables in your diet or the specific arm

Unlike the clichés that the fitness industry throws out there, we don’t believe you need to just work harder. If it were that easy, you’d already be doing it. I’m guessing that if you’re reading this you don’t spend twelve hours a day sitting on your ass playing video games. You’re probably a busy adult living

Everyone knows what to eat, but not how to make it a reality That’s right, you already know what to do. The limiting factor is seldom information. Where people get stuck is in crossing the gap between knowing and consistently doing things. It’s not that you don’t need any guidance, but if I asked you what 2-3

Almost everyone needs 7-9 hours of quality sleep to be at peak performance, but unfortunately, few actually get that regularly. Sleeping is the most active time for your body to recover physically; the amount and quality of sleep is also closely related to mental performance; i.e. the ability to learn new skills, solve novel problems,

As busy as so many of us are these days, it can be a real challenge to put dinner on the table every evening. I look for ways to make food preparation as easy as possible, especially during the week when time is at a premium. Between getting to my kids’ lacrosse games, working around