“I’ve got another confession to make !” – Dave Grohl Also, me. For a long time, my idea of a good workout was anything that made me sweat and left me out of breath. Cardio was the default. Strength training was something other people did. People who grunted at the gym and knew what a “superset”…
Picture Don Draper standing in a sleek conference room, cigarette in hand, pitching a weight loss product to a room full of executives. He wouldn’t talk about macros or metabolism. He wouldn’t open with science. He would sell a feeling. Confidence. Control. Desire. The promise of becoming the version of yourself you believe you should…
“I ate so many cookies last week. I told myself when I was holding a cookie that I should stop, but I didn’t. Now I need to re-lose the weight I gained from the holidays after being so good the last six months.” That’s an abridged version of what I overheard. And it made me…
If you’ve ever started a new fitness or diet plan thinking this time it’s going to be perfect, you’re not alone. Many of us begin with strict rules, perfect meal plans, and high expectations, only to feel frustrated when life gets in the way. A birthday dinner, a skipped workout, or a stressful week can…
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Abs are made in the kitchen.” It’s catchy, but there’s real science behind it. When it comes to achieving your health and fitness goals, about 70% of your results come from what you eat, and only about 30% come from how you move. This is known as the 70/30 rule,…
If you’ve noticed that your morning workouts aren’t as powerful as they used to be or that your motivation seems to fade faster than it once did, it’s not all in your head. Many men in their forties and fifties feel like they’re running at 70 percent of their former selves, even when they’re doing…
It can be disappointing in the moment. You power through a bootcamp class, you’re dripping sweat, and you feel your legs shaking. You feel like you’ve conquered the world. And then your smartwatch shows that you burned 320 calories. Are you $#@%ing me? That’s maaaaybe a breakfast sandwich. Here’s the surprising truth: the bulk of…
Happiness is the feeling after an early-morning workout. Even if the snooze button has been your closest friend for years, there’s something uniquely powerful about exercising in the morning. You might not spring out of bed with your shoes already tied, but once you understand the benefits, you may find yourself rethinking your morning routine….
There’s a moment in almost every group fitness class or gym locker room when someone wipes sweat off their forehead and jokes, “Now I can eat whatever I want tonight.” We’ve all heard it. Maybe we’ve said it. But let’s be honest, if that worked, wouldn’t everyone with a gym membership have six-pack abs by…
A patient once told me she had to stop running halfway through her jog because her playlist hit that one slow Taylor Swift song that just didn’t match her pace. (I think it was “Love Story,” but I’m not the world’s biggest Swifty.) Anyhow, my patient* tried to skip the song, tripped over her shoelace,…
