Check out this cool poster! For those not aware, ProKine Performance is the performance strength & conditioning company I co-own with my man, Drew Whitehead. We’re getting ready to open our new facility in St. Charles, IL – thus my less frequent posting lately – & are going to have some seriously awesome group training… [Read more…]
October 10, 2011
You can’t flip a channel on TV these days without stumbling into some sort of weight loss show or talk show devoted to weight loss or the latest fitness tips. And if you’re not watching TV, you’re smacked in the face online & in magazines for questionable weight loss supplements & fad diets. We’ve reached… [Read more…]
September 27, 2011
“Wait…you don’t eat grains, dairy, or legumes??….that’s crazy! What’s left to eat??” This is a common reply when people first learn about the Paleolithic/Primal way of eating (eating foods that provide the most nutrients and eliminating the ones that cause problems for the body via inflammation and gut breakdown – these foods were what our… [Read more…]
September 20, 2011
That is a giant gummy bear in the picture. Consuming that would be 1 very bad way to regulate your blood sugar. Let’s talk about another… You probably know that if you eat foods that spike your blood sugar, that’s not good. You may not totally “get” why, but you get the idea…high blood sugar… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.” Since May of 2010, endurance running has been my focus. Iceland 1/2 Marathon (Aug 2010), Urbanathlon (Oct 2010), Cary 1/2 Marathon (Mar 2011), Soldier Field 10 (May 2011), and Batavia 1/2 Marathon on Aug 28 2011. Each race has seen… [Read more…]
September 10, 2011
This blog will return to regular programming next week, please enjoy an appropriately timed break in the wellness-talk for something a bit bigger than training & nutrition. And if none of you read this, that’s ok, it’s something I’ll save for my kids someday. If you do read…thanks! Ten years is a long time- that… [Read more…]
September 3, 2011
Who doesn’t love eggs?? Someone with an egg allergy (which I was worried I was for a short time) but aside from them, almost everyone enjoys some kind of egg dish at breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack. It’s one of the easiest proteins to cook & eat – often being ready to eat from ‘in the… [Read more…]
September 1, 2011
I thought this picture was hilarious. That pic tells the whole store of my race day, but if you want the written story & want to know if me laying on the pavement was a good or bad thing, read on! Finally. 5 months after the Soldier Field 10, I raced again. And I can… [Read more…]
August 23, 2011
I got home from work at 7:30 tonight. I was very tired. I wanted to just put my head on my pillow & sleep till 3am when I’d inevitably wake up starved because I went to bed without dinner. I had chicken in the fridge. I don’t love chicken, it wouldn’t be that hard for… [Read more…]
October 17, 2011
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