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Every year I usually kick up into gear around mid-April. It’s almost a tradition. It was after the first awards dinner at Anytime Fitness that I attended that I told my coach “I’m going to do this!” and push through the next year hard and dropped my initial bulk of weight. It was that following… Read more

Late last year, I started seeing ads in my Instagram feed for “F45”, a fairly new chain of fitness studios and one was opening near me. It had been over a year since I had done some type of “class” environment training, so the concept intrigued me. I signed up for their trial for when… Read more

March is done and it’s started to get me thinking more about my goals and what I am trying to achieve. I wrote previously about how goals evolve. I’ve been giving a lot of thought about this over the last few days. In particular, I’m thinking about what my “ideal” physique would be, what is… Read more

A few years ago, I never would have even uttered the word “conditioning” regarding myself. I wouldn’t have even known what it meant. My first reaction probably would have been something about what to use after shampoo, although in those days I was still clinging to my quickly fading hairline. Today I know conditioning, in… Read more

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Phoenix (@untamedphoenixz) Today I worked with my trainer on what is probably my favorite lift, the deadlift. When I think about the deadlift, I think back to something my previous coach, Andrew, said to me at the annual awards dinner. He said, to paraphrase, “there is… Read more