--- Back in March, I spoke at TEDxLUC, the independently organized TEDx event at Loyola University. It was my first ever TEDx talk. I almost didn't do it because I had a bunch of other things going on and I wasn't quite sure that I could pull it off in time. But one day I was taking a cold shower and I suddenly knew what I had to talk about. This wasn't my first speaking engagement (I've spoken at Target and at several colleges), but it's one of ...
Archives for 2013
How To Impose Your Will On A Situation
This Saturday, I crossed another thing off my list and did a century ride for the first time (technically it was 112.5 miles). I thought it'd be a nice relaxing ride in flat, midwest Indiana where I could take my time, relax and finish at my own pace with a few friends. Of course, I've never done done anything close to 100 before and this was my first time on the bike this year, so this seemed like a great idea, but I'll get to the full story in a ...
The Ultimate Paleo Guide: Everything You Could Ever Want To Know About The Paleo Diet
The Paleo Diet I talk quite a bit about the paleo diet & I get a lot of questions about the paleo diet. Rightfully so - Impossible Abs is a variation of the paleo diet with several tweaks and I recommend it as the go-to diet of choice for people looking to lose weight without having to calorie count all day, every day. Why? Because paleo focuses on eating real food - something so important, it seems laughable to suggest, but is so basic that it's ...
Two Foods You Should Stop Eating Yesterday
What if I told you that most people could cut out a huge chunk of health problems just by eliminating two groups of food? Well, you can. Cutting out these two food groups can help regulate your hormone levels, make it easier to lose weight, improve gut health, normalize blood sugar levels & even improve allergies. If you take a look at food groups through the lens of the 80/20 Principle, these two foods would be the 20% of foods that cause 80% ...
The New Years Contest Transformation: 3 Incredible Stories
Woah. I'm finally getting my butt in gear and announcing our winners for the New Years contest. We had so many entries - it took me a while to get through them all. It's been a big process, but it's been really cool to see some of these transformations happen in real time. It was tough to narrow them down, not only going through physical changes, but also the stories of the people behind them but after much deliberation, we narrowed it down to our top 3 ...
The Domino Effect
Note: This is a more personal post than I typically write. Maybe it helps explain the reasoning behind what I do. Every once in a while someone asks me to change the way I write. "I really like your site, but if you could just change xyz then I think you'd really be more appealing." These comments are usually meant in good faith, but the message is still the same. "If you weren't so extreme, then you could bring in more people. You could expand your ...
Read This Post
Just read this post We've got a lot of really intriguing announcements, meetups, races and job postings (yes jobs!) in this post. I could come up with a fancy title for all of this, but just read this post. RSS --> Email RSS is dead (mostly). If you're reading this via email – relax and move on to the next item. If you're reading this via rss on the blog - this is for you! You might know that google recently killed google reader and if ...
Do You Suffer From Shiny Object Syndrome?
Shiny Object Syndrome Do you suffer from shiny object syndrome? Are you easily distracted by "shiny" new ideas? Are you constantly starting new ideas only to move on to the next one as soon as it gets hard? Do you only ever make it through 50% of a fitness program, before ditching it for the bigger, better, coolest program out there (only to do the exact same thing 50% of the way through). Well, chances are you have shiny object syndrome. Don't worry, ...
7 Habits of Highly Effective Quitters
We're switching gears today. Today I want to talk about those people that don't get a lot of mentions here on the blog. The unsung heroes. The ones who are always right. The ones that never get enough attention. The realistic ones. The quitters. This ones for you. And for all of you doers out there - maybe you can pick up a lesson or two from these 7 Habits of Highly Effective Quitters 7 Habits of Highly Effective Quitters 1. Don't Even Start The ...
How To Submit Your 2013 New Years Contest Entry
Calling All Contest Finishers Almost exactly two months ago we launched the New Years Contest To End All New Years Contests. If you don't quite remember it, the gist is that EVERYONE wants to use the New Year to start getting in better shape. I wanted to help people actually DO that. So I decided to bribe you. More and more I'm realizing that my real goal is to remove any and all excuses you have from working out and/or doing the things you really want ...