Time Flies 2009 would be my first honest attempt at regaining control of my body after 2-3 years of being sedentary, along with beginning Bodybuilding. Fast forward to current day. I am awake at 3:45am not for my morning workout, but so that I can be up at my gym and prepared for the first…
I have thought about competing in Bodybuilding more over the course of this 2-year offseason than I have probably ever thought of bodybuilding as a total. It is not just the concept of bodybuilding and competing, but how it fits in with the rest of my life. Two years ago, I was just upon becoming…
I Need a “New” Goal I started ‘officially’ bodybuilding in December, 2009 while beginning prep for my first competition. From then until current, I have competed a total of eight times. July 2019 was the last time that I stepped onstage. Since then there has been our first born, a pandemic, and ultimately trying to…
10 Lessons Learned From Personal Training 1) There’s no faster way to kill your integrity than by not charging what you are worth. Now, there’s a difference between what you are worth and being completely off the radar in terms of your market. But you need to charge what you are worth if you are …
Lead by Example In the 1984 film Karate Kid, one of Mr. Miyagi’s pieces of wisdom to Daniel after he had been jumped by the ‘skeleton crew’ was ‘No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher.’ Leading and being a good example to our members was a prime reason behind my own goals as…
An Honest Assessment The week before Houston briefly resembled the ice planet of ‘Hoth’ I managed to take a set of before pictures as a good ‘marker’ of my starting point. Numbers don’t lie, but pictures are the most honest in terms of illustrating progress. It will be my intention to take a new set…
In fall 2009, I took the leap by hiring an online Bodybuilding Prep Coach, Shelby Starnes, to help me prepare for my very first Bodybuilding competition. Truth be told, I nearly backed out of this one; however, with Shelby informing me that the vendor wouldn’t allow refunds, I said ‘To heck with it’ and let…
In this video I highlight some of my fondest memories throughout bodybuilding, invaluable lessons that I have learned, and the lasting relationship with fitness that it forged with me. Check out the video above, or on our StrongFound YouTube Channel or our StrongFound Instagram page. Give us a subscribe and follow as well!
The social media backlash, in regard to this Christmas season’s Peloton commercial, is absurd at best. From this Fitness Professional’s perspective, the people lashing out simply don’t get what fitness is all about. Allow me my take on why someone wiser in the ways of fitness might treat his wife with an exercise bike for…
Looking to get/stay in shape during the Holidays but donʼt feel like surrendering all the good food just yet? Here are five practical (and practicable) habits to set you off on the right path. Slow it down. Purely common sense, but often ignored. Start your Holidays off the right way by practicing the habit of…