Mar 4, 2021You always have a body you can loveYou’ll always have fat to lose. You’ll always have muscle to gain. You’ll always have illnesses, injuries, and other imperfections. You choose whether these keep you from loving your body. You can never have a perfect body. You always have a body you can love. That love may mean making…Body Image1 min readBody Image1 min read
Mar 2, 2021The healthier you are, the more helpful you can beDo you have the focus to see and solve the problems that break your heart? The strength to help those who can’t carry the load on their own? The endurance to keep going when others fatigue? Your health isn’t only for you. The healthier you are, the more helpful you…Self Love1 min readSelf Love1 min read
Mar 1, 2021Try it and see how it goesYou might not know if the new diet, training program, or recovery routine will work. Will it yield great progress? Will it be a total waste of time? There’s probably good reason for suspecting either outcome. There’s only one way to find out. Try it and see how it goes. …Courage1 min readCourage1 min read
Feb 26, 2021Nobody ever hated themselves into loving themselvesYou can punish yourself in the gym. You can starve yourself at the table. You can stress over every pound and calorie. It won’t make you love your body. You’ll still battle the same underlying thoughts and emotions. Nobody ever hated themselves into loving themselves. You might think the problem…Self Love1 min readSelf Love1 min read
Feb 25, 2021How to stick to your diet (without being miserable)Studies have shown dietary adherence to be a critical component of improving and maintaining health and body composition, more important even than relative amounts of dietary carbohydrate, fat, or protein (1,2,3,4,5). Yet, we seem to have a harder time keeping up healthier eating habits than we do giving up alcohol…Healthy Eating2 min readHealthy Eating2 min read
Feb 24, 2021It’s not what you know, it’s what you doYou might know to prioritize sleep. You might know to eat minimally processed food. You might know to enjoy regular physical activity. Knowing all this won’t make you lean, strong, and healthy. Only doing it can make that happen. It’s not what you know, it’s what you do. Not only…Practice1 min readPractice1 min read
Feb 23, 2021Optimism is courageousPessimism is easy. Never feeling the pain of hoping and being wrong. Yet, what’s a life without hope? Without a belief that things will be better? That kind of optimism calls for putting yourself out there. Holding onto hope in the face of fear. Optimism is courageous. It takes thick…Optimism1 min readOptimism1 min read
Feb 22, 2021It’s okay to take your timeYou may feel pressure to set goals and reach them quickly. To know exactly what you want and how to make it happen. To have it all figured out. But rushing may lead to a life you don’t truly want. Never learning who you are or who you want to…Patience1 min readPatience1 min read
Feb 19, 2021We all have our failuresIt might seem like everyone else is successful. They’ve got the perfect lives. The jobs, the houses, the cars. The bodies, the families, the friends. All while we’re struggling to just get by. We see our mistakes, our losses, our poor decisions. Failure after failure. Yet, we generally only see…Comparison1 min readComparison1 min read
Feb 18, 2021Where else are you dissatisfied?Losing fat, building strength, and shaping your physique may be worthy efforts. Yet they often fail to silence that inner critic. That deep dissatisfaction. Is that dissatisfaction with your body driven by dissatisfaction elsewhere in life? Where else are you dissatisfied? Is it in your relationships? In your career? How…Self Improvement1 min readSelf Improvement1 min read
