The Fitness Nomad

“I feel a little beefy!” She exclaimed as she walked through the entrance to my fitness studio lobby. I will call her Allison for the purpose of this story. Because I know how serious it would be for any women to be considered “too beefy.” God forbid that your muscles should [...]

I’ve been hot on the trail of good research for my new book and this weekend.  I stumbled upon some information that was very interesting and that has me more fired up than ever to get this book done. And then to get back to the studio - we have work to do people!
The [...]

Thanks to boot camp member Dave Faliski (and a little special sauce from the head guru), we had an incredible boot camp workout yesterday at Westmorland Park.  So good in fact, that it inspired the following poem from boot camp and studio veteran Sara Ben-Ami. Dave is on a boot camp sabbatical and will [...]

Last Friday, it was drizzling, clouds and thunder filled the sky and the brilliance of a warm summer storm filled me with vitality. The Fitness Nomad Boot Camp has moved to Westmorland Park and it’s almost like a totally new beginning.
When I started the boot camps last October, the program offered a special challenge [...]

In the early days of our space program, astronauts would return from space so weak that they couldn’t walk. Often, they would need to be carried out of their flight capsules. Tests showed that they were losing significant amounts of bone and muscle mass while floating around earth in space. These strong and vigorous [...]

There is a new buzz word floating around and it’s name is “locavore?” That’s right, it sounds as wierd as it looks on the page or your computer screen. This label was born to describe those individuals who only eat food grown within a 100 mile radius of where they live. Proponents [...]

I have been talking a lot lately about the importance of building muscle, your most precious life asset.  More valuable than gold and more solid, more grounding.  But only if you cultivate it’s presence.
Building strength and stimulating growth in your muscles is on-going, never-ending.  A timless project that builds the legend of humankind.
Sound daunting?  Good, [...]

What if I told you that the only thing standing between you and 15 to 20 pounds of weight loss are your muscles? Would you believe me? Do you have any idea what I’m talking about? Are you curious? I hope so, because this topic is very interesting and for most [...]

The biggest mistake people make when they decide to embark on the journey of getting fit and changing their lives is believing the work will be easy.  Believing that every day in the journey will flow like a river in the first part of spring.
People start off fast and hard, like a sprinter out of [...]