Trying Things On For Size

I love reading self help books. Anything about personal growth or maximizing performance and I’m all over it. I like the idea that we always have the opportunity to make things better: for ourselves, for our friends and family, for our community, for the world.

Because of that I’m always down […]

By |2022-11-02T19:23:33+00:00November 2, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Trying Things On For Size

Habit Making, Habit Breaking

I was thinking about habits and how quickly and easily they can be broken even before my mother fractured her spine and I realized her ability to form and follow through on habits had also been fractured.

Was it a series of mini-strokes? Is it the result of two years of […]

By |2022-03-10T01:02:52+00:00March 10, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Habit Making, Habit Breaking

Making Friends with Video Workouts

I have loved doing video workouts for a long time. You could argue it started way back when I was a kid and some random workout show would come on TV, usually when we were doing a road trip somewhere and I was alone in the hotel room feeling bored. […]

By |2022-01-25T21:20:07+00:00January 13, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Making Friends with Video Workouts

Set A Good Structure

Something I find myself saying a lot while teaching is “Set yourself up well.” What I mean by that exactly depends on what we’re setting ourselves up for, but the bottom line is the same regardless: It really helps your body to set it up for what you’re planning to […]

By |2021-10-31T23:12:48+00:00October 3, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Set A Good Structure

Creating a Home Practice

Lots of people want to do some sort of movement or fitness practice at home on their own. It’s a great idea: you can save money, you don’t have to travel anywhere for a class or lesson, you can do it on your own schedule, and you don’t need any […]

By |2021-10-31T23:15:18+00:00May 6, 2021|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Fitness Bullies

As a culture we’ve been thinking about bullying in recent years: what it is, what it does, why it happens, how to handle it in the moment, and how to bring it to an end.

The fitness and wellness culture can sometimes be a big bully. When I looked up the […]

By |2021-10-31T23:15:47+00:00March 31, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Fitness Bullies

Aging Stronger

My 94-year-old grandmother died last week. She and I had a long and complicated relationship but mostly I’ve been reflecting on how grateful I am to have had so much history with the elders in my family. Many of my great-grandparents lived until I was a middle schooler and a […]

By |2021-10-31T23:16:24+00:00February 26, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Aging Stronger

Injury-Proof Your Body

I hope we’re all clear that this is not a real thing. If you are truly injury-proof you are either a) stupendously lucky or b) living a very odd and circumscribed life. Maybe you’re an artificial intelligence with no body to speak of?

Unless those things are true, you (and I) […]

By |2021-10-31T23:17:58+00:00November 30, 2020|Uncategorized|1 Comment
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