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Monday Motivation: Are You Having Fun?
“But it’s not supposed to be fun,” my Uncle John said to me. We were chatting about a bit of health and fitness at my brother’s wedding this weekend. (Congrats, Will and Jackie!) I had shared the idea that we’re the most successful when we consider what we’re doing “fun.” I realized that while diet and…
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How to Improve Your Turkish Get Up in 5 Seconds
Fitness comes in waves, and there has been a definitive wave in my awareness this week. Everywhere I look, I’m seeing someone absolutely nailing an exercise known as the Turkish Get Up. Here’s Geoff Hemingway demonstrating the movement: Geoff and I spent some time chatting about the Turkish Get Up earlier today, and he said…
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A Lesson on Fitness Inspired by Cynthia Erivo
“So, what if we go tonight?” Katie asked me while I was getting dressed on Saturday night. She was searching for tickets to a Sunday performance of The Color Purple on Broadway, but there weren’t any. The show started at 8pm. It was 7:06pm. Fifty four frantic minutes later, we were in the theater.…
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Warm-Up Wednesday: Lateral Squat with Thoracic Rotation
If there was a social media app specific for strength coaches, it would be solely focused on sharing videos of new exercises and PR videos. Recently Kyle Langworthy and I were checking out some of the great stuff on the Movement As Medicine Instagram account, and we totally loved this move from Kevin Carr:…
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Check out my Interview on Strength Portal!
When I pause to think about it, I’m swinging between a number of roles throughout the week. One of those roles is that of coach at Mark Fisher Fitness. Another is as the manager of our Program Design Team. The third is as a passionate educator pushing our Motivation and Movement LAB series forward. I do…
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