Last sunday I got to interview one of the most intense people I know – David Goggins. I first wrote about David about a year ago. If you don't know, David Goggins is a former 300 pound man turned ultra marathoner who's been deemed by some people as the "toughest athlete on the planet." He's done some ridiculous races including 100 milers, Badwater and a 200 mile race. David's changing up his usual ultra marathon racing with his attempt at a 24 hour world ...
Impossible Adventures
If you're ready to push your limits and face your fears, read these posts to find out about how you can do just that, cross items off your bucket list and actually do the things you talk about doing.
Fight Like Hell
Sometimes trying to help people is discouraging. Impossible Abs is a project we've been working on for a while. It's a tough fitness program - I don't try to hide that (It's called Impossible Abs after all). Because of that, some people have seen some incredible results (more stories coming soon). Anyways, I don't get a lot of refund requests, but they do happen. I understand for the most part and promptly refund things as part of my 100% guarantee, but ...
5 Lessons Learned From My First Ultra Marathon
This weekend I ran the Chicago Ultra Marathon. I never thought I'd actually run an ultra marathon. I told myself after my first ever marathon that that was more than far enough and I was quite okay. Then I found out about ultras and they kept popping up in my mind. At the same time, I found an amazing organization to partner with, and pretty soon I was working in a coffee shop sitting next to Nicky when I looked up at him and said, "I think I just signed ...
26 Point Tuesday
I never really knew much about running when I started. In fact I used to (and still do at some points) hate it. I didn't enjoy it for most of my life and actually threw javelin on my college track and field team so I could hang out with my track buddies without having to run. I hated it that much. I just started to do it as a byproduct of triathlons and like I said, I really didn't know much. I had run exactly 1 5k about 6 months before before I started ...
Adventures In Wadi Rum
One of the major goals of this blog is to live a story worth writing about. That involves quite a few different adventures and experiences. A few months ago I spent 8 days in the country of Jordan – here's one of the adventures I had there. ---- Wadi Rum might be one of my favorite places on earth. Over the course of 24 hours, we went on a jeep tour throughout the desert, went skydiving on mars. On our way back to the desert waiting tent where we waited ...
A Brief Guide To Bravery
Spoiler alert: You don't have to be brave to do brave things. How Bravery Works There's this misconception that you have to be brave to do brave things. That's a bunch of crap. There aren't brave people – there are just people who do stuff that scares them and people who let fear tell keep them from doing things. Most people assume "brave" people accomplish "brave" things this way: Born without fear. Do something incredible. In reality, it usually ...
Running Back To Back Marathons
A few years ago, I had never run more than 3 miles. After a few triathlons and some other short distance races, I ended up running my first marathon – barefoot. When I finished that, I basically told myself I never want to do that again – I was done running marathons – at least that's what I thought... Sometime after my legs had forgotten how much pain they experienced during my first marathon, the idea of running an ultra got planted in my mind. I ...
An Update On The #Impossible School Campaign
At the beginning of last month, we launched our first every charity intiative with Pencils of Promise. You can read the full announcement here, but here's the gist: We going to raise $25,000 to build an #impossible school in Guatemala and make education possible for 1,000 students. Since then, we've raised $7,184.31 of $25,000 – almost 30% BOOM! Nicely done team! But there's still a ways to go and still few months to make things happen. Here's an update ...
Impossible Abs Is Here!
I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty excited today. After 6 months of planning, testing, programming, some more testing, a ton of work and even more anticipation, it's finally here. As promised, Impossible Abs is now live. This project will help you burn fat, kill your excuses and get six pack abs through a zero-excuses 8-week fitness program designed to work anywhere in the world without fancy equipment or an expensive gym membership. You can read more or ...
All About Impossible Abs
Whew! In the last week, I've moved and settled into my apartment downtown Chicago, finalized Impossible Abs and . I'm really excited to make this available to you guys. Yesterday, we answered a bunch of questions about the program and tomorrow is launch day (9am EST sharp!), so today, I'm going to clear up any remaining questions about the program. Impossible Abs: What It's About When I set out to knock "get six pack abs and do a photo shoot to celebrate" ...