Devon and I are heading down to Florida for our first two-night getaway without the boys. We will miss them, but we are super excited! Combine that with the fact that we are going to a good friend’s wedding down there, so the energy all weekend should be off the chains! We had our annual Thanksgiving Morning Charity workout a few weeks ago and we topped the 100 person mark! That event has turned into such a great thing and multiple people commented on the energy, they could

Devon and I have been having this battle with Mateena for the past few months. Every time we go out now, Mateena takes out the garbage and makes a mess. Now, our garbage can in the kitchen is on a slider behind two doors, not easy for a dog to get in to. And we tried all the cheapo dog safety locks on Amazon which Mateena discards and bypasses with ease. So I had an idea, I was going to by a small chain and lock it up each time we went out. Much to my pleasant surprise, whi

It’s hard for me to believe that Snoop has been coming to Newell Strength for nearly 2 years. He came in way back when with his son because his son wanted to get into better shape before heading off to college. It wasn’t long before Snoop was asking about joining for himself and I knew from talking with him that this was way outside of his comfort zone. So, truth be told, I thought there was no way this was going to last. Yet, here he is, still plugging away. And as you’ll

A couple of weeks ago, I was back in my motherland of Michigan for a fitness business mastermind. My good friend Vince runs the group and he always drops some great wisdom and knowledge for us to go and implement. Well, the reason that it was out in Michigan is because I gave Vince a book by Ari Weinzwig, the owner of the world famous Zingerman’s Deli and long story short, they became good friends. So, Vince set up our meeting out there so we could have dinner at his place an

Two Saturdays ago, we had our normal Saturday morning workout, just me and the guys. It was a small turnout because of the Thanksgiving weekend, but we had fun nonetheless. Well, coming in to the last quadplex (four exercises in a row cluster), I started with heavy goblet squats using the 95 pound dumbbell for 25 reps. Insanely heavy? No, but when you add in 25 reps, your heart gets movin! And then there were 3 other exercises to sprinkle behind that. After the final set,