Workout

Week One is in the books, and despite being highly motivated, I was sore, tired, and dragging by Saturday. I expected that, so I had extra Epsom Salts at home to soak away sore muscles, and I added some extra protein to my diet to speed up recovery. What...

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...

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,...

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...

The past ten days have been miserable. I’ve been dealing with minor back pain for the past month, and it finally got the best of me last Saturday. It started with some tight muscles, which I neglected to address right away by stretching. Then it progressed to an annoying...

There is a point in life when you come to accept some things and let go of aspirations more suited for a younger man. The salad days of me thumping my way around a ring or cage, or an alley for that matter, are well behind me. Yet despite...