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 [...]

Ten years ago I gave up surfing.  At the time I was only able to get into the water occasionally and I wasn’t paddling well.  I recall being in the water at Fort Point, under the Golden Gate Bridge.  I had a hard time getting into the lineup and jockeying for position.  I was not [...]

You have undoubtedly heard the saying, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” The fitness equivalent to that statement is one of my favorite quotes by Jane Caminos; “A waist is a terrible thing to mind.” That is never truer than during the holiday season.
A new study suggests that on [...]

8 men dribble and shoot around with 2 basketballs on the near end of a health club basketball court.  Every few seconds, one of the men looks nervously toward the lobby, then bounces the ball and shoots.  Most of the warm up shots go in.  One of the men jogs back and forth and stretches [...]

“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 [...]

Why can’t you just lose that weight! You watch what you eat and try to eat healthy and exercise–but the weight just won’t come off. Now I invite you to Part I of “the answer to weight loss,” where you will give some serious thought to some serious questions, and find the answer for yourself.
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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 [...]