Tag: Faith and fitness

I have a quick blog post today. I've been away from writing for awhile (at least as far as frequency in sharing/posting). I've always made a promise to myself and to my readers that I will be completely honest in what I write and share. And to be honest - I had a pretty rough…

As men we usually don’t think about nourishing our minds, bodies and souls. We are supposed to be tough and pull ourselves up by our boot straps and keep grinding day after day with little thought to our own physical, mental and spiritual well-being. We go hard non-stop with little thought to our health, fitness…

    I once saw a T-shirt that said: “Let’s go somewhere and judge people". It cracked me up at first, but when you really think about it, it’s what we do. Actually, we do it A LOT. We do it every day. We judge people. We know we're not supposed to judge people, but…

A few years ago we moved my wife Amy’s grandmother from Weaverville, NC to Canton, NC. We did so in the pouring rain. After packing the big truck, making the trip to the new house, unloading, getting the moving truck stuck in the mud and finally pulling it out - we made our way home.…

As I was snapping pictures of our kids in front of animals and sculptures a few years ago at the NC Zoo in Asheboro, I was inspired to write this blog. It wasn’t the picture in front of the mighty elephants that inspired me. It wasn’t the picture in front of the life-size animated dinosaurs(an…

As we celebrated Memorial Day this week, my 14 year old son Aleck and I talked about war, heroes, sacrifice and gratitude. The conversation made me remember a lesson Aleck brought me when he was 2 years old. It is a lesson I put in my journal and now I'm sharing with you:) 12 years…

People say the hardest part of going to the gym is…going to the gym. I suppose there are many reasons this could be the case, but one I have struggled to understand as a strength coach is people telling me they need to get in shape before they start training…to get in shape. “I need…