The other day, I broke bread with a very good (and very strong) minor league baseball player. Over the meal, we discussed lifting. He shared his off season routine with me, and I realized how much more efficiently players are training these days. They are far better educated than when I was a moppet, and it was quite refreshing.I vividly remember a 1996 workout in Lakeland … [Read more…]

If you’re interested in calorie burning value at the margins, stand more and sit less. We’ve discussed how to improve posture, but it’s time to advocate for standing while we work.There is actual science to support the fact that standing burns more calories than sitting. From Keith Barr, Ph.D, a renowned scientist in the emerging field of molecular exercise … [Read more…]

Wearing a wet suit to stay warm in frigid water, I get. Wearing this while working out? The idea of wrapping yourself in neoprene while working out makes me cringe. Apparently, the goal is to assist in long-term weight loss.However, y’all know we don’t just go with an initial gut reaction here at Kaplifestyle. I could be wrong. What if the simple act of sweating more is … [Read more…]

This Thanksgiving, I find myself grateful for driven people.We all need inspiration. Some of us find it through prayer, others through a good book or a movie about redemption. I find myself inspired by many things, but if you’ve been following the blog, you know that I find myself most invigorated by humans who put their minds and bodies to the test and then share with us … [Read more…]

If you’re looking to improve your balance, try walking both frontward and backward regularly.Towards the tail end of my baseball career, I’d take swings in the cage left handed. I had no aspirations of becoming Victor Martinez (fine, of course I did) in my thirties, but I recognized the danger of creating more muscular and biomechanical imbalances. I wanted to train my body … [Read more…]