Blog Posts

I just posted my first video relaunching my video effort. I want to document my efforts and foray into “bodybuilding”. I want to share what I learn as I learn it as I expand my fitness knowledge. I want to hopefully inspire others as others have inspired me, to get healthier and explore their fitness… Read more

Today I worked in with two people at the gym. First was my deadlift. The platforms at my gym are combination deadlift platforms & squat racks. While I deadlifted the other person squatted. Then I worked in with a younger lifter doing the leg press. I think my working in actually pushed him to work… Read more

I started worrying about turning forty about the time I turned 35. I wasn’t sure how I would handle it. I didn’t see it as “mid-life” but as “near-death”. The truth is that when I was 35 the idea of turning forty probably meant being a lot closer to death. Even then, I assumed I… Read more

When I started my fitness journey a little over two years ago, I found it very hard to connect with people. I had very low self-esteem; I wasn’t just physically in peril, but I was also emotionally in peril. I rarely spoke to people in the gym. I would walk in, head down, do my… Read more

Three years ago this week, I began my first attempt at my path down fitness; it was the first attempt in many years, with previous attempts failing. This attempt was no different. It started off well enough with the “Biggest Loser” competition the gym was hosting. I was committed, I was going to get this,… Read more

Two years ago, I didn’t know if I’d be alive today or not. Two years ago, I was morbidly obese, depressed, and borderline suicidal. Part of me didn’t know how long I would have to go on for. Part of me just didn’t want to go on any longer.  Then I met my coach for the… Read more