11/20/2025
Throwback video a friend sent me the other day…
There was a long stretch of my life where I lived on the edge — pushing boundaries, chasing extremes, and stacking some wild feats of strength, endurance, and capacity.
Two that still stick with me:
• Deadlifting over 3x my bodyweight
• Running a sub-3-hour marathon
I’m proud of those moments, but these days I’m far less attached to that all-or-nothing mindset. I’ve had to actually practice the same things I teach — and that’s not always easy. In fitness, our ego loves to be fed, and that alone is what drives most of the injuries, setbacks, aches, pains, and program failures we see.
Those feats were cool… but they’re not the foundation of a healthy, sustainable, active life. They’re extremes — powerful, but short-lived.
The real game?
Short steps. Long vision.
That’s where freedom, strength, and longevity live.