Health Optimization

They say that it takes a decade to master a topic and another 5 years after that to make it your own. Although I feel like I have a good sense of competency, I am far from mastering all that is out there in the training universe. Socrates once said, “the more you learn, the

Another Bet With GINGERoni

Back last winter, I made a six-pack ab bet with Will, aka Gingeroni, which to my utter dismay, I lost. Well, a new bet has been made between Beast from the East and the male version of Annie. What is that bet? Another 50 big George Washingtons were laid on the line. This time the bet

Back to (Flexibility) Training

After doing handstands four days a week for a year, intermittent fasting and eating like a rabbit for months, I was really looking forward to my beach vacation. Once in Rehoboth, I gave myself a hall pass to eat and drink everything under the sun; I am happy and sad to tell you I feel

Trigger Points

The first time I heard about trigger points was over a decade ago. I didn’t know what they were but was told, by my fitness director, that they were the causes of muscle tightness and myofacial pain. Myo what?! The tragic thing about trigger points is that we have all experienced them and have suffered

Handstandland

For the last year and a half, I switched my exercise routine to more bodyweight exercises with the goal of holding a free-standing handstand for 30 seconds. Its been a long, good experience with a few nagging injuries–which I’ve been able to work through. For the last few weeks, I’ve decided to ditch using the

PL Part IV: Nitty-gritty of Intra and Inter-muscular coordination

I’ve always loved learning, and one thing I’ve always wanted to know more about was neuroscience. Lucky for me, I recently found a Harvard course available online through edX; if you are interested, you can check them out here. They offer tons of free classes on all sorts of topics–pretty exciting for all you nerds like me.

July 4th: My Ma’s B-day

JaJangmyun, tangsuyuk, kimchi, and roasted barley tea. The other unique American Independence Day tradition of late is the famed Nathan’s Hotdog Eating Contest held annually on Coney Island. This year came down a battle between the reigning and 8-time defending champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, who de-throned the Japanese eating champ Kobayashi, and a young phenom named

PL Part V: Exciting and exhiliarting world of Work capacity

Lately, Christopher has been tireless like the Energizer Bunny. He crawls, stands, does squats, climbs, and sings all day with his operatic mother. He has even started to walk with hints of running here and there. I could confidently tell you that, like most young-uns, his work capacity is bar none. Work Capacity Work in

Physical Literacy

So what do I propose? Well, as Geoffrey Chaucer once said “patience is a virtue”; you will just have to read the next post for the answer. A few months ago, I took an online course called Body Matter through McGill University in Canada. One of the topics that piqued my interest was a presentation

Week 17 Update

I can’t believe it has been 17 weeks and only one more day to go till JUDGEMENT DAY. I have to admit I have been mired in a bit of misery like George Constanza on Seinfeld this past week because I have been eating like a rabbit on a diet. All I can see is