One of the fun things about being in the gym is the endless parade of characters and personalities that surround you.  At our strange little gym in Conway I sometimes wonder if there's not a booking agent bringing in a new batch of surprise gym guests to keep us entertained.  But then I remember that [...]

Motivation wanes, workouts get a bit sluggish, goals get murky.  Something needs to happen. For me, it was a week off from the gym and then an evening in Tampa at the PBW Pro Bodybuilding Contest. All you have to do is walk into an environment like the one at a serious bodybuilding [...]

If you want to lose weight and trim down, you need to eat more often.  Here's how it works: The body is like a finely tuned machine that likes regular fuel to keep running most efficiently.  Regular 'feedings" of good nutritious food allow the body to keep running smoothly. The problem many people have is [...]

Life is not always easy, and sometimes things just don't go the way we want.  Life can be full of disappointments, and it's our job to react to them in the best way possible. We don't always get to do everything we want.  Sometimes we don't have enough money, enough influence, or enough time.  But [...]

As we go through life, we tend to think about the big moments that we have experienced.  We all have major, life-changing moments that seem to dictate the way that our life flows. However, if you consider the percentage of time that we have been alive, and the amount of time that these major moments [...]

If you go to the gym most every day and at about the same time, you will see the same basic crowd of people each time.   Some of these fellow gym members are people that you talk to and get to know, while others are just faces that you might nod hello to but not [...]

My workout partner, John, is a great workout partner.  At the most elemental level, he shows up and always helps me have a better workout.  That in itself would be enough to qualify him as one of the best I've had. John is a little Italian tank with a wicked sense of humor and arms [...]

If  you're a gym regular, you know that on most days you see the same basic crowd when you work out... "The Regulars," as we call them.  The same dedicated batch of gym rats tend to show up at about the same time each day. This normalcy can be really comforting and can be a [...]

You're spending a lot of time working on your fitness goals, sweating in the gym, eating right, and getting adequate rest.  Why, then, would you cut corners with your gym gear? You're already giving your most valuable assets, your time and attention.  These are the real personal assets you must devote to any activity to [...]