On Tuesday night, I was driving home along the bank of River Des Peres here in St. Louis. It’s a 4-lane road. And I had a lane between me and the river. A car passed on my three…no big deal. Then, like the Dukes of Hazzard, he veered right towards the...
Author: Ryan McMullen
Are we really doing BLACK FRIDAY?
Oh boy, it’s been a busy day. Guess everyone is trying to get in their last few workouts before Thanksgiving.So, when I write these daily-ish emails, I do my best to provide you with as much value as one can get from an email.And today is no different.EXCEPT……today’s email is...
No More Back Pain w/ Dr Zach Cutler
Ready to dive in? Click here to listen to the new episode ASAP >>Hey 18STRONG golfer,We're thrilled to announce a new podcast episode featuring Dr. Zach Cutler from FGLC Performance, a renowned sports chiropractor specializing in golf performance enhancement.Dr. Zach shares his valuable experiences, insights on body mechanics and chiropractic strategies to...
Overnight fitness millionaire
"Yeah, but he got lucky." A friend of a friend was talking about a guy we went to high school with who does VERY well for himself.And that was his takeaway. To which my response was, "Are you friggin’ kidding me?" He plugged away for ten years before he got to the...
Dolly Parton: Model of Consistency
Today, Dolly Parton released her first rock album – yes, I’ve already listened to most of it and I like it. It’s mostly covers, so it’s immediately recognizable.This is the 49th album she has released in her career - that is not a typo...49!She is worth somewhere in the neighborhood...
Metabolism slows down with age…or does it?
“Our metabolism slows down once we hit our late 20s and 30s.”, he said. It’s a perfect explanation for why we could pretty much eat whatever we wanted in college, but now we think about a brownie and our belts get tighter. There’s just one problem… It’s NOT true. Lemme...
Boost your health with Vitamin D
You know how when you recently learned something, you start to see it everywhere? It’s called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (yes, I absolutely had to Google it). And it’s happening to me right now with Vitamin D. I started to go down the rabbit hole a few weeks ago. Now, it’s...
“It’s not your job to disappear”
So yesterday, I was posting the new podcast episode to our Facebook group.And an interesting ad caught my eye.It was for a clothing line designed for 40+ men called Y.Chroma.I’d never heard of them.I’m not a customer.And we don’t get paid to promote them.So, the tagline was, "IT’S NOT YOUR...
Time was never the problem. THIS is…
Last night, I watched the trailer for Arnold on Netflix – I’ve seen the entire series, but I was surfing around and stopped to check it out again.If you haven’t seen the series, it’s pretty darn fascinating.So, when it comes to time management and working out, Arnold Schwarzenegger has some pretty strong...
The brain battle keeping you down
Alright, you know my feelings about Mondays…they are the perfect days to start something new. Today, let’s talk about the internal struggle in our brains when we set off on a new workout plan. "Learned Optimism" vs "Learned Helplessness." Learned Optimism – feeling confident that we can complete a task or...