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The truth about creatine…

Back in college in the late 90s was when I was first introduced to creatine.  It was exclusively the meatheads that were taking it, so I didn’t give it much thought.  These days, I’m a big fan…and I regularly field questions about it.  Should I take it?  Is it safe

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 Should we spend more $$$ to get in shape?

I read this morning that Elon Musk is now worth $400 billion, which makes him the richest man in the world (if we’re not counting royalty or oligarchs:).  Do you know the difference between a million and a billion?  If you didn’t sleep and counted one number every second, it

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 Life wisdom from a Mexican fisherman…

While I may sound like a broken record at times (e.g. keep it simple, build habits, this is supposed to be fun, etc.), I do pride myself on not recycling emails.  BUT, every year around this time, I love to share this with our Crew.  It’s a 3-min read about

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Be Specific AND have a Deadline

Well, the streak is over. Our annual, 8-mile trail run happening this Saturday that I’ve been doing for close to 10 years has been cancelled for me due to a calf injury I got running yesterday. The worst part? I felt great on the trail, then literally 4 steps onto the pavement…and my

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Motivation: “It’s not you. It’s me.”

Did you see that the Mets signed Juan Soto away from the Yankees for a cool 15-yr, $765M contract? Good lord. Maybe we should have all played baseball. Speaking of the Yankees, to paraphrase one of the most beloved St. Louis natives and fellow Yankee, Yogi Berra… “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The

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How to exploit the temporary power of motivation…

“I’m gonna get started on January 1st”.         -99.9% of the population  Yeah, I get that.  Whether you’re trying to lose weight, get stronger, get more toned, or whatever your goal is…  The next 22 days gives us a little time to get mentally prepared and have a

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