For anyone who is seeking to improve themselves, achieve better results in life or engage in meaningful personal development, there is one fundamental question to ask yourself: what is my life purpose? The answer is, in fact, of incredible importance, as it becomes the foundation for all other activities you will undertake in your life. [...]
Cortisol – The Double Edged Sword of Fat Loss and Muscle Growth
Cortisol… one of the most feared hormones, also one of the most misunderstood. It’s also a double edge sword; because sometimes we want and need it… other times we hate and avoid it, because it can cause more stress and less fat loss. So which is it? A good hormone we need in order to [...]
Mastering Your Workout Nutrition
Pre | Intra | Post High carb vs. low carb is a seemingly endless debate on my Instagram feed, with everyone ready to defend their position to the death. But the truth is, neither is right or wrong. Your carb intake will be very individual, depending on your own goals and training routine. But thanks [...]
7 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT CARBS (BUT NEED TO)
Carbs, carbs, carbs… love them or hate them they’re a topic to discuss because they’re massively misunderstood. The biggest misconception amongst carbohydrates is that everything you hear about them is completely true and complete bullshit at the same exact time. I know that doesn’t make sense, so let me explain. Carbohydrates are one of the [...]
SET A STRONG FOUNDATION FIRST
Once upon a time, I thought strength training was all about curling, pressing, and raising dumbbells over and over. (And over… and over….) Grinding every day, loading those barbells and gargantuan dumbbells as heavy as I could because all the big, muscular dudes who grunted their way through their workouts did that, was the only [...]
IT’S ABOUT THE JOURNEY, NOT THE END DESTINATION
IF NOT ABOUT DESTINATION, THEN WHAT? When I discovered the word and the meaning of JOURNEY, I was fascinated by it. I still am. When I saw it in a book it made me wonder, I assumed that it was the translation of the french word „journée“ (day) but from the context, I understood that [...]
Why Mental Fitness Matters
Mental fitness is a term that gets thrown a lot these days, especially now during the COVID pandemic. It seems like everyone is struggling with something, and having strong mental fitness feels more important than ever. But what does it mean to be mentally fit? In psychology, mental fitness is loosely defined as creating a [...]
HAVE MORE FUN
She is going to kill me for this post… you know who you are but I felt it was too important not to post. For so many people, they get up, go to a job they hate, come home, make dinner, and watch TV before going to bed, just do it all over again the [...]
ALWAYS CHOOSE YOUR RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS
-Between stimulus and response there is space.-In that space is our power to choose our response.-In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Victor Frankl I have great respect for Victor Frankl. He was not only a concentration camp survivor during the Holocaust, but also someone who went on to help others find goodness and meaning [...]
STOP COMPLAINING

“Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses.” ~Proverb We all complain. Even if you argue that you are the happiest person in the world, you still complain it is an instinct. Sometimes we complain without even realizing it, but rarely is it helpful. Sure, [...]