• Phase One – Building The Foundation

    This is my strategy for reaching the greatest level of overall fitness of my entire life. I am six weeks away from my 67th birthday and I will hit my goal in 6 to 8 weeks from now. I can’t do this without God and my faith in Him...
  • The Next Evolution

    The past four months have been consumed by change. I completed the coursework for my bachelor’s degree in ministry studies, started two new businesses, and continued to work six days a week. Ana and I juggled all that along with raising four kids, homeschooling, and the usual domestic duties...
  • Pushing Your Limits

    Back in the old days, it was common for athletes to spend two hours or more a day training in the gym with heavy weights and long leisurely breaks between sets.  That approach worked to a point, until one’s body adapted to the workload, then progress would stop. The...
  • Never Quit

    The number one reason that people fail to reach their fitness goals is that they quit. The number one reason people quit is that at some point the training, eating right, and hard work becomes uncomfortable. The number one reason people quit when they are uncomfortable is that they...
  • Dead Before Your Time

    Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are...
  • Running With My Boys

    On Monday after I got home from work, we decided we would do a family workout on the beach. It was a perfect evening for it and after some swim time, Ana, Cady and Emma did her sprint drills in the sand while Cole and Kwamane and I ran...
  • August 12: High Intensity Fitness Test

    Emma joined me for this workout. She did her own program but she was there to cheer her daddy on. I love when our kids workout with Ana and I. They enjoy it very much and are always proud of their workouts, how sweaty they got, and how strong...
  • August 1st: Heavy Bag Work

    Overall Workout Objective: Boxing agility drills, heavy bag skills and conditioning, and most importantly, I trained with my wife Ana for this workout. She is a retired pro athlete so she pushes me and she can hang with me through even my toughest workouts. Strategy: Start with abdominal work,...
  • July 29: Up The Volume And Tend To Details

    Overall Workout Objective: Improve upper-body endurance and improve low back and abdominal strength and endurance. Strategy: 30 seconds on, 30 seconds rest, 5 sets per exercise. Increase volume and variety by adding a second exercise to each area worked. Start each workout with abdominal and low-back work, going back...
  • Your Body Is An Adaptive Organism

    I was the skinny kid growing up. I started lifting weights in high school to pack on size and ate everything I could lay my hands on. Every bodybuilding magazine I read back then preached heavy training for big muscles and light training for definition, so I went “heavy”...