Read Time: 3.5 min It's a hard thing to watch your parents get old. My dad just had his knee replaced, so I flew home to Chicago to take care of him for a few days. It's not just sad seeing the guy you thought was Superman get humbled. It's also a wake-up call that... that's going to be me one day. And with a 10-month-old at home, I keep thinking about The Lion King and that whole circle of life thing they sang about so vigorously. Apparently I'm in the worst part of it... Happiness...
2 days ago • 4 min read
I posted a story on Instagram... I asked people what their #1 struggle is with eating a "healthy" breakfast. (I put "healthy" in quotes because the word means different things to different people. For our purposes, let's call it: high protein, lower calorie, high satiety.) The number one answer was not having enough time. (Cough. Excuse. 😉) Funny how that works. People don't have 10-15 minutes to make something at home... But they have time to swing through Starbucks for a Double-Smoked...
16 days ago • 3 min read
Read time: 4 minutes Today we're covering: 🎢 What a Six Flags seatbelt taught a dad about losing weight. 🧠 Why your "why" matters more than your tactics (and the 30-minute exercise that changed my life). 💪 How Scott (a Pilates studio owner) lost 18 lbs of fat & gained 4 lbs of muscle in 16 weeks despite starting on Dec 1st. Let's dive in. 🚀 🧠 Your "Why" Matters More Than Your "How" A few weeks ago, a contractor came over to hang some pictures in our new Dallas house. We got to talking, and he...
23 days ago • 6 min read
I've recently been spending a lot more time on social media... Some of you might have noticed. A few clients have joked, I'm seeing you nonstop in my Instagram feed. Yes, it's true I've been posting a lot more. Mostly, in an effort to educate, motivate, and inspire. But more than that, to get more ethical, credible, science-backed info out there that actually works in the real world. However, I've got to say... I get it now. The confusion, the fear, the overwhelming insanity of it all. It...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Last week I told you I was done chasing the comeback story. I'm working on the new chapter... Being a CEO, coach, content creator, husband, and father. Let's not forget athlete as well. New identities for a new chapter. What I didn't tell you is that I've done this exact rebuild before. Years ago, I was trying to make the leap from in-person training to online coaching. I had the strategy. I had the skills. I had a credit card statement that made me want to throw up and every reason in the...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
I spent 4 hours journaling last week. I had a few difficult moments where I didn't want to be honest with myself. And a few where I actually cried from either joy or sadness. It's the kind of journaling you'd prefer nobody ever sees. But that's not my style, so I'm gonna share: I've been measuring myself against a version of me that doesn't exist anymore. Trying to "recapture" my former glory. The former Men's Health fitness model. The #1 Tonal coach. The entrepreneur that could grind for 12+...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Everything came full circle last weekend. My wife and I attended a gala where we, among others like Matt Stafford, raised nearly $400K for couples struggling to pay for IVF. (My wife took a photo with Matt Stafford, but Caleb Williams is my QB so I took a photo with his wife instead. 😆🐻) During our IVF journey, we often struggled mentally and emotionally. Why us? This isn't fair. Why is God punishing us? But I kept holding out faith that we'd eventually find out why. Last weekend, we did....
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Read time: 7 minutes Let me tell you how I first learned about intermittent fasting. I was 22, freshly arrived in New York, and absolutely convinced I was on my way to becoming the next big thing in fitness modeling. Ah, the optimism and naivety of youth at its best. 🤣 I had just been “discovered” by the same agent who discovered Greg Plitt. If you don’t know that name, stop and Google him. I’ll wait. He was the Michael Jordan of fitness modeling. Seeing him on the cover of Fitness RX was the...
3 months ago • 9 min read
During a Facebook Live years ago, someone asked me... “How do you come back after an injury?” I remember being genuinely confused because I’ve never thought about it that way. For me, stopping was never an option. The path was always forward. There have been detours. Roadblocks. Workarounds. But I keep moving. That’s the mindset: don’t stop, work around. Today I’ll show you exactly how to do that. Let’s dive in. 🚀🧠 Mindset: Don't Stop. Work Around. At some point, you're going to get hurt... A...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Read time: ~4 minutes This week: My Zone 2 GoRuck protocol (and why your heart rate monitor is lying to you) The low-carb food label scam that's secretly wrecking your calories How Josh stopped sabotaging himself and started showing up for his son My son had surgery this week... I'll spare you the details, except to say it involved a very sensitive area and a procedure that, as his father, I felt deeply and personally. (The jokes write themselves here, but let's just say it made me weak in...
3 months ago • 5 min read