The Healthy Life

      You know how sometimes you discover something that you need to improve on in your life, you work hard at getting better at “it”, and you sort of impress yourself with how successful you ended up being? Do you also know how sometimes you discover something that you need to improve on in your life, you are determined to get better at “it”, and you are completely shocked at the fact that…

From Joshua Medcalf’s book, Chop Wood Carry Water: “Many people love bamboo.  They love the bamboo trees, and they love the bamboo wood, but very few people understand the process of growing bamboo.  You dig up the soil and make sure it is good soil, and then you plant the bamboo seed.  You then must faithfully water it every day.  After three months, guess what starts to happen?  Nothing!  You see absolutely nothing happening.  You…

Alex’s wife, Liza, has been going to the Rothfeld Center For Integrative Medicine for a while now, and swears they have changed their family’s lives by taking the time to ask questions, dig to find answers, and continue to be committed to seeing how changes and develops over time.  They’ve helped their family really figure out what’s been the causes of some plaguing health issues for them and what lifestyle changes they need to make…

If anyone out there has had a senior in high school that is involved in, basically, anything at all, you know what our next week or two looks like. Layer on the standard end-of-the-school year events for 3 additional children and the fact that we’re super social people that, apparently, want to be the frat house for our multiple circles of friends, and you can imagine where we land on the ‘busyness scale’.  Because on…

I’m saying it right now so I am committed to making it happen: I am writing something every day this week.  Enough of the photo posts, often with no captions.  I am sorry I’ve been neglecting this blog so much 🙁 I have to tell you about this new little development in my life that has filled a void for me that’s been lingering since I, as my kids like to tease me, “retired” from…

One of the biggest things on our radar when we’re picking out the foods we choose for ourself and for our children is  nutrient density.  Most of you are either familiar with that term or, if you aren’t, can probably figure out what it means. Nutrient dense foods are foods that, calorie for calorie, have the most vitamins and minerals. So, it’s not just about “eating lots of vegetables” or “getting in our protein”.  While…

I get questions all of the time from pregnant women about how to train at different stages of pregnancy, what movements are off limits, and what my go-to movements were. What I think is FAR more important, and more commonly overlooked and thought about wrongly, is the topic of nutrition. Nutrition, in my opinion, is SO much more important for a woman to focus her energy on being disciplined and dialed in on than a…

   I In Ben’s class today, he announced that on Monday morning we were all going to be asked to post a 2 week goal on the Goals whiteboard at CFNE.  There are few things that I get more excited about than the anticipation around setting a new goal…especially, when it’s only for 2 weeks and not for 1+ months. We’ve been putting an enormous amount of emphasis over the last year or so on…

Ben did his health continuum talk this morning after the 8:30 class/before the 9:30 which is basically his rendition of Coach Glassman’s lecture on the idea that you don’t need to get a full comprehensive exam detailing every measure of health out there to figure out whether you’re unhealthy, middle of the road, or thriving. You’re not going to find someone that has 10% body fat, can deadlift 2x their bodyweight, and run a 7…