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• June 30, 2014

  Take PRIDE in How You Run

  NYC Pride kicked off this weekend, celebrating the journey of the gay rights movement.  Several of my friends, colleagues, and Ninjas (clients) were part of the 5,414 that participated in the Pride Run, a 5 mile  run through Central Park.  It’s an honor to be part of a community that puts such emphasis on celebrating individuality and…

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  June 25, 2014

  I Crashed Into A Rock. It Taught Me Something

  I bounced into a rock on Sunday. I was on my bike, turning through a downhill berm at Mountain Creek Bike Park.  I popped out of the turn over a small roller, which turned out to be a straight shot downhill.  Whoops. A bike that’s in the air isn’t a very controllable bike, and a…

• June 23, 2014

  Managing the Message: What You Say Matters

  Somewhere in my head I’ve created the memory that during my very first session as a trainer, I told someone to create external rotation torque to resist biomechanically necessary internal rotation at the hip during the eccentric phase of the squat. I’m not sure why this is in my head.  Maybe it’s because I actually…

• June 20, 2014

  Recap of the 2014 Perform Better Functional Training Summit

  Something has changed within me, something is not the same… For example, I’ve taken to openly quoting Defying Gravity, which is from the musical Wicked and quite obviously a song about lifting weights.  More importantly, the lens with which I view the Perform Better Functional Training Summit has changed.  This was my 5th year traveling…

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  June 10, 2014

  Lean Into Discomfort…or Die.

  Yesterday I took my first trip to Mountain Creek Bike Park in Vernon, New Jersey.  I’ve skied at Mountain Creek three times before, and have been dreaming about riding there since I found out that mountains can multitask.  Now that I’ve got me a bike, I figured I was ready to roll. My browsing history…