I'm asking as many people as I can to jot down their observations of me as a trainer so we've got a bunch of testimonials for the 'new look' site.  Here's what wakes me up in the morning...

There's a new magazine in Charleston called Xperience.  The first edition was a pretty good one.  Decent articles, good photos.  Lot's of ads for a variety of companies and products.  The introductory letter from the editor said he was on the look out for contributors to the magazine.  So I emailed him and we determined that a column called this is not a practice life written by yours truly would be a good addition to their 'healthy mind, body and soul' content.  It's pretty much a trade.  I'll get my name out there for people to see and he'll get a monthly a

I trained a few people today who have become incredibly strong, fast, quick, fit and healthy.  And I'm sure there are other accolades I could come up with.  And the most interesting thing about training these people is that they aren't fully aware how far they've come.  The main reason is the way I've trained them.  Thank you very much.  But it's also because their growth has been so gradual it's almost subtle.  So from time to time I have them lift some of their original weights or ride the bike at where they started out.  Something that enables them to exper

Okay, so I was wrong about nobody reading my blog.  I got some great advice about life and my concerns for it.  Thank you.  I also worked my way through how I was feeling......because I'm supposed to.  Supposed to feel the way I felt.  And supposed to work my way through the feelings.  In my bastardized version of Buddhism I was experiencing an extreme low in order to appreciate the highs of my life.  Which is how I'm feeling right now.  And it's more because of a sense of clarity.

I had the absolute worst nights sleep I've had in years last night,  And it was because I'm scared!  Of what, I'm not quite sure or believe that this would be an appropriate place to disclose it.  Yeah right!  What the heck am I thinking?  Like people really read what I have to say....it's a therapeutic process that I've created.  So I should go ahead and make use of it.

That's a quote that I picked up from a book I"m reading.  It's something I ponder over a lot more each and every day.  And I'm supposed to leave soon so I'll continue this anon.

Okay, here I am again.  Not necessarily with as much time as I'd like.  But sufficient for me to be able to start my day feeling positive about who I'm being with my life.  Because I'm realizing more and more that it really doesn't matter what you've got, what you do, or who you are in life.  It only matters who you are being.  And that can come in many different shapes, colors and sizes.

I suppose a good by-product of insomnia is exercising the old gray matter.  And it's not quite insomnia I guess.  I'm the type who needs between6 and 8 hours sleep.  And as yesterday was a challenging day I hit the sack a little before 10.  So by 6 I'm wide awake.   And here I am. 

I used that sentence as a title because it has a lot of meaning to people when it comes to their level of fitness.  For me it's more to do with the fact that I'm having a tough time getting to this part of my daily regimen.  Thankfully it doesn't loom over me - much!  I'm that type I guess.  I don't want to say that I worry or fret over stuff to much.  But I do.  And I think it's not a bad charcter trait to have.  As long as I'm able to mediate or moderate how I'm doing.  Or should I say, who I'm being!

Yes, we've been at this for 32 weeks and still haven't quite gotten as far as we had planned.  And i think it's fair to say that I'm being given the opportunity to experience some of the frustrations my clients experience in their fitness and weight loss task.  You might call it the ultimate empathetic experience!  And it's interesting to see how my reaction is going to be compared to those of my clients.  With a slight difference though.