Stretch has been associated with Newell Strength just about as long as any member we’ve had. That’s because we were buddies way back at another globo gym, then we started playing hoops together and so on until he decided he wanted to start working out with me in the PIT. He is a great role model for other dads out there. He still plays hoops here and there and he makes a point to get in for at least 3 workouts per week, despite being a busy teacher, Coach and dedicated fathe

Boys, I love you so much, let me just start with that. I can look at this picture with me off in the background and get teary-eyed just thinking about the fun times we’ve had so far. But memories will be what I write about next entry. For today, I want to speak to you from a position of vulnerability and truth. There have been so many times when I have wanted to throw in the towel and go back to an easier path. As you may recall, your dad started out as a physical education

One of our favorite experiences on our vacation was going to a local indoor water park one evening. This was great, because it allowed Devon and I to take turns going down the adult slides. We each did about 8 runs and we both felt rejuvenated afterwards. There are two reasons for this. 1-Play is great for the brain. It engages your brain in a different way and shuts off all the background clutter going on; one of the big reasons I love going to my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classe

On vacation, I was able to read two novels, squeezed in between our family time and while the boys were sleeping. I believe reading novels is an undervalued hobby. It causes you to use much more of your brain that just watching a television show and it really allows your brain a break. Its meditative if you will. In one of the books, which was excellent by the way (The Betrayal by Tim Tigner), they speak of fear being the biggest industry in the world. I know fear is the str

I remember way back in college, in 2003, my senior year, when I was really thinking outside the box about nutrition. Part of that process, being young and naive, was going against anything that was inside the box. And while that has mostly served me well, one of the things that I think back about is the nutrition pyramid that the US government put out years ago and is taught in every school. I used to vehemently disagree with it. The answer, as I was taught, was protein, pr