I recently finished reading the book, ‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear, which I highly recommend. In the book, he brings up a conversation he had with an olympic level weightlifting coach. He asks the coach, “What’s the difference between the best athletes and everyone else?” The coach mentions genetics, luck, talent but then […]
Every day during the summer months, I have a post workout smoothie. 1 Cup of Juice, 1 Banana, 1 Cup Frozen Blueberries, 1 Cup Frozen Spinach, ½ Cup yogurt, & 2 Tbsp peanut butter. This smoothie has tons of carbs to refill my energy stores, protein to start muscle synthesis, vitamins and minerals to improve […]
The amount of full sugar monster energy I drank in the Marines was borderline unhealthy. I say borderline because most days of the week I was doing two workouts a day with a diet that had few other areas of added sugar. Was I addicted? Possibly. Were there better options? Definitely. Redbull and […]