THE FATHER LIFE

Last century I worked for the Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco as an Assistant Hotel Manager. As part of the Sheraton Hotel management group it was taken over by the larger Starwood Hotel Corporation. I was there for the merger/acquisition, and before removing myself from the company I got a taste of [...]

I remember it like it was yesterday…
Being 16 and squatting down to pick up my books out of my high school gym locker and screaming in agony because my legs were so damn sore from my very FIRST leg workout!
But pain soon turned to laughs as I also heard my best friend and training partner [...]

E=mc²
You might remember this from your old high school math class.
It was Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
Despite Einstein’s well known brilliance, what amazes me even more was he was also a busy dad of 3 kids.
Einstein was known for challenging the status quo, and I think if he was alive today he would tell [...]

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
“Knowledge is power.”
Inspirational quotes are great for motivation and posting on your Facebook account, but they will do nothing for you if you don’t take action.
Along with taking action, do you want to know the real secret to [...]

Rules… As parents we are famous for them. As kids we hated them. Young and old, we all need structure in our lives simply because it works.
When it comes to designing your own workout routine, don’t get paralysis by analysis by the 1,950,000 results looking back at you from Google.
..and please don’t try to follow [...]

You’ve seen commercials that feature athletes grunting through pain as if it’s a virtue. You’ve watched sports icons lead their teams to unbelievable comebacks on their seemingly inexhaustible shoulders. You’ve seen veins popping on the grimacing faces of those on “World’s Strongest Men” and Tour de France riders alike.
It’s not just macho to push [...]

The comedian Emo Phillips said, “At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.” There’s a huge correlation between the genius of Emo’s sales method, which I am certain resulted in huge lemonade sales, [...]

When it comes to teaching our kids new things, we as parents are pretty confident that we have a handle on teaching them good habits.
As the saying goes, “with age comes wisdom,” so as we get more years under our parenting belt we all become our own parenting experts, right?
But when it comes to exercise, [...]

Since April 16th I have been trying to ride my bike instead of drive whenever I can. I’ve ridden 900 miles and lost about 15 pounds in the process. My weight is down to 165, which amazingly enough is where I was when I graduated from college! Almost daily people ask me [...]

Sooner or later, your baby boy learned to walk and read. Now, he takes these basic life skills for granted, and so do you. In fact, you probably have for a very long time.
During the months of June, July, and August, the days are longer and the nights are brighter. This means more hours of [...]