It was a crazy busy weekend for me at my gym. Saturday we hosted an “Intro to Kettlebell” workshop, held our popular boot camp, supported my good friend Marisa with her “cult like” group ex class, and promoted our bridal boot camp at a local wedding expo. Each event was high energy and I met [...]

It was a busy weekend with my wife’s family celebrating three birthdays and the blessing of my son. It almost felt like Thanksgiving and Christmas all over again with all the awesome food, gifts, and most importantly the gathering of family in which there was a lot of catching up to do with everyone. When [...]

Had some free time this morning to shoot you a simple band complex workout to target the upper body and core dynamically, and hit the legs statically. In this video I’m using the ladder protocol of 5 rep increments working on one side of the body. Just make sure to work both sides of your [...]

We’re 21 days into the busiest fitness month of the year. Where do you stand with your fitness and fat loss results? Are you seeing any changes? Or are you still twiddling your thumbs trying to figure out what next tip or fad you need to implement as a desperate measure? To be honest with [...]

We’re now into the third week of January, and a crucial week it is for fitness buffs partaking in their New Year’s Resolutions. You’ve been working out hard, you’ve been trying to eat right, but you’re still not seeing results. Most people never stop to think of other factors that might influence their lack of [...]

I just woke up from a much needed nap here in Tampa Bay, Florida.  I’ve been locked in a conference room with my fitness mastermind buddies for the past two days hammering out killer fitness ideas for 2010. Oh, and I’ve learned a few words to add to my “Dude glossary” of “Yopla”, “Nopla”, and [...]

Today my baby boy is 9-weeks old, and it’s been an amazing experience thus far.  Amazing as it is, I’m still not getting quality sleep.  As many of you parents out there have already experienced you practically get little to no sleep until your baby finally settles into a consistent sleeping schedule. I’ve been averaging [...]

WOW!  It seems last weeks theme of TV shows focused on “HOPE”. At least that’s what I think. Last Tuesday was the Biggest Loser finale and So You Think You Can Dance semi-finale.  Last night was an episode of Extreme Home Makeover. On So You Think You Can Dance 28 year old Legacy Perez was [...]

The holiday crunch starts this week, and it’s about that time where people either get ridiculously strict with their fitness and fat loss plan or take the easy way out and say “To hell with it, I’m gonna wait till the New Year”.  The latter never fails to surprise me, because there really are a [...]

When you’re busy and on the go it gets tough to eat on a set schedule sometimes. This is where proper “on the go” food planning is absolutely crucial in order to prevent hunger strikes. Stock your fridge and cupboard with ingredients that are easy to put together so that you can juggle the daily [...]