This morning, I was speaking with several baseball players about the benefits of adding coconut oil to coffee. I expressed to them that while mixing the two has its virtues, they can each stand alone as powerful contributors to our general health and well being. More specifically, we dove into the many uses of coconut oil. I figured as a follow up, today would be as good as … [Read more…]

Hip-hop is poetry.Yes, this is a lifestyle/fitness blog, but we have no rules. We respond to our environments and get in moods. As such, I’m sitting in a Phoenix coffee shop, working, writing and reflecting. The speakers are pumping mid 1990’s hip-hop, the greatest era ever for the genre, hands down. I deem it apropos to illuminate some of the best lyrics/verses ever laid … [Read more…]

Corn is not inherently evil. When the health and well being community tells you it is, use common sense and don’t believe the hype.Recently, the world has vilified corn to an unreasonable degree. It’s been unfairly classified as what is making our nation fat and out of shape. In fact, there’s been an entire documentary made about the subject.It’s simply not true. It my … [Read more…]

You know the drill by now.Regular commenter Curtis:I’ve got a question I would love to see you explore, Gabe: I hate sprints. I don’t know if I’m doing them right, I feel goofy when I am doing them, etc. My question; can I sub a couple hours of Ultimate Frisbee or an hour or two of 21 (basketball) for sprints once a week to once every 10 days and reap the same … [Read more…]

When it comes to the adolescent and early adult stages of human development, age ain’t nothin’ but a number. We have physical, emotional and intellectual development to consider when we assign ourselves an age independent of the amount of days we’ve spent on earth.My “man strength” didn’t come until age 19. In fact, during my senior year of high school, my best bolt on the … [Read more…]