“This is like doing a big wall,” I said to Mike as the clock hit midnight and I just nailed my already bloody thumb with the hammer, again. ...

Apparently I’m not the only one who feels “Crossfitters” are over the top. I mean, I do enjoy the vomit-inducing challenge that CrossFit can...

For your Monday morning reading enjoyment I present: How Japan Defines "Fat" I don't really have much to crack wise about on t...

How far would you go to save your secret spots? My friend Belt's movie opens tonight, in the surf capitol of Texas, and will be pl...

Yesterday I explained training cycles (muscle confusion) in general. Today I’ll lay out my plan for a short cycle designed to help me send a...

I finished cleaning, bolting, and doing the moves on a route in the Wasatch this weekend. I can do it in sections but linking them is going ...

I get depressed at the thought of my food options anytime I take a road trip. Turns out this trepidation is more clinical than I thought. In...

If P90X has become so popular that it's now a Halloween costume, how come the obesity epidemic isn't dropping? Check out this email ...

Yesterday I tossed balance aside to have a Patxi day—2,500 moves in the gym. This was inspired by the film Progression . In particular, the ...

With the swine flu spreading through the west like a wildfire I’m glad I’ve got my Immune Boost . While my job is to evaluate and edit the p...

My entire training philosophy is now based around balance. I’ve always known about the importance of balance but my endeavors as a human la...

...can almost be as good as the real thing. I’m adding a 24-hour solo race to my things-to-do list. In general I don’t like to race my mount...

Today the NY Times ran an article deconstructing the time-honored exercise cool-down, finally deeming it unnecessary for most of us. The pr...

I recently had one of the more pleasurable reading experiences of my life. I read a lot. As you might imagine, much of this is fairly techn...

Think you're training hard enough? Well you're probably not training as hard as Rich Simpson was for Action Direct. Last month I pos...

I’ve spent the last week at a conference. Well, it’s more of a brain dump, actually. A good friend of mine has cancer and, with his future ...

Jack LaLanne week, as it should, culminated with a challenge. On Thursday night I got to meet Jack at a party thrown in his honor. As I tol...

Check out this 74-year old. Apparently there are over 40,000 people in Japan that are over 100 years old, and I'm sure this has much...

On Thursday I'll be attending Jack LaLanne's birthday party. On Sat, I'll be doing a fitness challenge in honor of his birthday...

I started the feats because everyone said I was just a muscle-bound charlatan. I had to show them I was an athlete. "Maybe you don...