A week away from my 31st birthday, and amidst 50 screaming little girls that were less than half my age, I had my first private tumbling lesson. This has been in the works for a while – ever since I found out that there were still adults out there doing gymnastics as part of their… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
(alternatively, “If You Ain’t Ebbin’, You Ain’t Flowin’”) The fact is, much as you may like to be all things to all people, especially you type-A’ers, you simply can’t be maxed out in all areas of your fitness at the same time. Now, you may be thinking, “but I don’t want to be a million different… [Read more…]
October 17, 2011
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 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…]
August 8, 2011
Happy Monday!! Get your butt moving with this workout today! Literally – this workout circuit targets your butt & all the other muscles in your posterior kinetic chain. Strength training 3x per week (full body) has been proven to help a person lose more bodyfat than someone who works each body part 1x per week… [Read more…]
April 16, 2011
We all want to be good at things. It feels good to use the natural skills you’ve been equipped with, those skills that come easy to you. Somewhere along the way, we figured out certain things we were naturally good at, & thus, that we enjoyed doing. When you’re good at something, you expect to… [Read more…]
February 2, 2011
When you help someone else, generally, you’ll make a self-sacrifice to do it. Your time. Your money. Your ego. Most likely, there will be something you’ll sacrifice in your effort to help someone else. That’s how “giving” usually works. What if you could give something to help someone else but get something big for yourself… [Read more…]
January 28, 2011
TRX madness is still sweeping the nation…and shockingly, tons of people still don’t know what a TRX is. Not really shocking actually…if you’re an athlete, you better know what a TRX, but since TRX does NO television marketing…you won’t find the non-athlete exerciser staying up late to see how many low, low payments they too can… [Read more…]
January 2, 2011
WordPress sent me my stats for the year – it was a good year for Fit for Real Life! I wanted to thank you all for utilizing me as your resource for getting the real truth about how to be optimally fit, gluten free, and motivated to go live your life to the fullest! Here’s a summary… [Read more…]
February 22, 2012
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