If you’ve ever had the privilege to be around high school boys, they are masters of avoiding accountability and responsibility.  They should have “It wasn’t my fault!” tattooed across their foreheads.   To be fair…looking back, we were all the same way, so I can’t get too upset.  In fact, most

In a world obsessed with speed and instant gratification, we often forget the power of gradual, deliberate progress.  Rapid “results” and quick wins are sexy – they sell a ton of fitness products.  And they look great on ads.  BUT, they are rarely sustainable.  Years ago, my neighbor wanted to

I’m not sure why I was thinking about this today, but I flashed-back on a conversation I had with one of the most popular golf fitness trainers in the world a few years ago.  It turned out to be a defining moment in how we approach things here at 18STRONG. 

If you haven’t seen it yet, there is a video of Jason Kelce doing the bobsled at the Olympics, and it is awesome. He said it was way more violent than him playing football, which sounds insane. If you’ve ever sat close to a football game, the sound of the pads smashing

You know I like to keep things stupidly simple.  So, I fought tracking my nutrition for a long time.  I don’t want to weigh my food.  I don’t want to let the nutrition label run my life.  I don’t want to feel guilty about treating myself to a few cold

“After this week, things will slow down again.”  “After I get over this cold, I’ll get back into it.”  “After we get back from vacation, I’ll get to the gym.”  We all say some version of those.  Every. Single. One of us.  Every week, I get at least one text