Last weekend Beth and I attended the Equinox High Performance Living Symposium. Yes, the same Equinox that has been expanding and opening gyms in most of the major markets across the US. While this review may be more interesting to fitness pros and those considering attending a future event, for the general reader this is a small peak behind the curtain (and also a small peak into the mess inside my head).
I’m pretty sure I asked for digital presentation slides #notgoinggreen
When Eric and I decided to begin a blog series on food and cooking I was overjoyed. What could be better than inspiring our clients to make better choices in the kitchen and giving them new ways to prepare robust healthy meals? But something wasn’t right…
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The plan itself was solid, but then… well, not so much at first, but then things started to break.
I was getting in shape for my wedding. We put together a 4 month training program and went to work. Everything was going great. I was going to be shredded. We planned our de-load phases perfectly. We de-loaded during conferences we were attending and a trip we were planning. It was majestic. Perfect planning over a 19 week period.
It’s easy to think that this was when things started going wrong:
Mayyyybe this happened because things were already going wrong
Whoa. Long time no see.
Normally we would say there is no reason for such tardy behavior, but we feel like we have a pretty good excuse for our major hiatus…
If you don’t know what the Paleo Diet is here’s a quick synopsis a la Wikipedia:
“The Paleolithic diet is a modern nutritional plan based on the presumed diet of Paleolithic humans. It is based on the premise that human genetics have scarcely changed since the dawn of agriculture, which marked the end of the Paleolithic era, around 15,000 years ago, and that modern humans are adapted to the diet of the Paleolithic period.
I love the smell of olive oil. Seriously, it is one of my all-time favorite scents. Every time we buy a bottle of quality olive oil I can’t wait to crack it open and inhale that first huff of intense olive-y goodness.
Last time we ran you through a series of potential pitfalls that have kept you from pull-up greatness and solutions to those pitfalls. This time we’re gonna give you programming strategies to overcome your issues and allow you to get it up.
Nothing says you have basic competency with your own body like a strict pull-up. Sadly, many men and women are suffering from severe pull-up deficiencies, unable to raise their heads over a bar even one time. Even worse, some have given up hope that they will ever get it up.
If this is you, fear no longer. I have helped many people get it up. And by “it” I mean their heads. Wait, wait. By “it” I mean…
You know what? Let’s just get to the details.
No one’s even going to notice, I figured. This isn’t even a blip.
Then it happened.
There was an email. Then a client asked me about it. Then a post appeared on my Facebook page. And then the floodgates opened.
“Meat and cheese. It’s as bad as smoking?”
