Some people have been there, many haven't. Today's Thoughtful Thursday is all about entering, approaching, remembering that dark place in our mind. Not evil. Just dark. A place where the only thing that exists is your absolute commitment and drive. What are your priorities in your life? Are you actually living them? Doing enough to pretend you're living them? Or no where close? Tune in and recommit to yourself.

There are days where it's tough to show up to the gym, to get that workout in, to put in the effort to better your physical self. Many of us eventually break that hurdle. The next hurdle is what do you do once you're already there. Today's episode is all about how you keep up the intensity you set for yourself. The test of your integrity never stops.

Smoothies can be the perfect pre or post workout fuel. Is yours doing good for you or just pretending it is. I share one of my smoothie recipes that gets me going and what to look for when designing your cocktail.

Today's Muscle Monday episode is dedicated to a friend of mine, you'll hear why on the episode. This episode delves into a small detailed muscle in the elbow, it's vitally overlooked function, and opens a window to a discussion of comparitive anatomy between the upper and lower extremities.

Indianapolis Colt's NFL quarterback, rather, former quarterback, Andrew Luck announced his retirement from football at only age 29. He had suffered many injuries throughout his career and surgeries were associated with some of these. Related to this situation we revisit the transitionary movement model by Dr. Kelly Starrett of Incomplete Movement Patterns, to Incident (body's warning sign), to injury.

Relax, recharge, and mostly de-stress. We've all got things we gravitate toward that just feel good. We've got to make time for these if we expect ourselves to be efficient in our jobs, and to just enjoy life.

In this Focus Friday episode I take you back on a trip down memory lane as I review some goals I set for myself both 1 year and 2 years ago. I'm certainly no where near perfect, nor do I pretend to be, but chasing after these goals has made me a better person. I also share a new system of bringing my goals into reality that I've done for less than a week. Fresh on the new journey.

Today's message is a powerful one. The truth lies in the answer to the question: do you truly attain what you seek? Are you chasing security or opportunity in your life? Tune in to learn about the essential implications of this concept. We're in store for a major paradigm shift in how we look at the world, and this is the start.

I've heard time and time again: 'I'm pretty active'. What does that even mean? There is such a wide perspective and so many people that would rate their health as great that may be in dire straights. To have resiliency to injury or movements you not only need coordination, but also strength. The best athletes strength train their weak and vulnerable points. Maybe we should all take that hint. No need to get massive, just incorporate strengthening into everyone's plan. Yes, even the ultra endurance athlete.... Especially the ultra endurance athlete... Nothin' wrong with getting strong!

I was going to title this episode 'sweet liver', but I didn't anyone to get the impression that I eat that... If sweet liver is even a dish. Today's Tasty Tuesday episode is all about the intimate relationship between fructose and fatty liver disease. This was inspired by a new review article just published this month: 'Dietary Fructose and the Metabolic Syndrome' by Taskinen et al. I'd encourage giving it a read for anyone looking for additional information on the subject.