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My father was not a learned man. I found an old junior college report card of his once filled with D’s and F’s and he quickly snatched it from me and stared down at it.  “I dropped out not long after this,” he said. He was embarrassed. He told me several times, even after retiring…

In every problem in our lives, one thing is constant. Every time someone screws us over or does something to us, every time some stupid system or rule gets changed and it affects us, one thing is the same. When our job (or jobs) prevents us from making a workout or eating right – when…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED December, 2012 The Newtown Connecticut School shootings hit me on many levels. When I first heard, I struggled to even tell my wife about what happened. Our two oldest, second and fifth grade, were at school and I was a few hours from being able to see them. I have walked many paths…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED March, 2013 I keep my life pretty busy. Between work, CrossFit training and coaching, self-defense classes, combatives classes etc. – my time gets pretty thin. I try to plan time specifically with the family and kids, but I know I am not always successful. A few days ago, I came in and my…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED July, 2015 EDITOR’S NOTE: The author is not suggesting you ever do anything even remotely dangerous. It is the author’s opinion, or at least that of the legal counsel he consulted, that it is safest to suggest people never leave their couches. Leaving your house dramatically increases the potential of injury. Read this…

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN JULY, 2014 “The Edge… there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” – Hunter S. Thompson  I have always had this belief that I was mentally strong. I liked the idea that I…