This one is a day late as I had a client (Hello Ann) here from PA from Friday night through this AM today. We got to do some movement asessments, hands on work, training - a lower body and upper body session, some other fun stuff like Dolphin MPS, great food + Guinness and lots of laughs - just what I need to feel like a human who is working to make an impact in a crazy world. Here's what went down this week. Newsletters: The purple halls are full of motivation... I explain why most smart,...
2 days ago • 2 min read
Holy hell — thank you. Seriously. I hit “send” on the last newsletter, closed the laptop, and braced for impact like a fighter pilot flying into weather with questionable instruments. Turns out?Most of you were right there with me. Replies. Messages. A few folks weren’t thrilled — which is fine. If everyone agrees with you, you’re probably saying nothing interesting. So we’re back at it. And today’s theme is eternal, unavoidable, and undefeated: The Resistance Steven Pressfield named it years...
4 days ago • 2 min read
As you know, I live here in Minnesota that has been on the news for horrible reasons. I’ve grown up here and spent my entire 51 years here other than the 4.5 years I was at Michigan Tech Univ doing my post grad and graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. My undergrad was in Duluth at St Scholastica and my graduate and PhD work was at the University of MN. I love it here despite some days I piss and moan about the cold in the winter. ***Tomorrow will resume this newsletters fitness only...
6 days ago • 3 min read
Somewhere around 2:47 a.m., your nervous system throws a wild internal rave — all lights, noise, and false alarms — and drags you out of deep sleep to negotiate with the toilet. Again. This isn’t aging.This isn’t weak willpower.And it’s usually not a bladder problem. It’s a systems failure — fluid timing, kidney handling, nervous system tone, and sleep depth all colliding like drunk bats in a phone booth. The good news: most cases don’t need pills, patches, or a urologist with a prescription...
7 days ago • 5 min read
Huge thanks for those who are in Applied Growth 2026- awesome I am stoked to work with you! Today I’m joined by my good friend Dr. Eric Trexler, exercise scientist, educator, and Director of Education at Stronger by Science, for a wide-ranging, no-BS conversation on what physiology actually looks like in the real world. We dig into beetroot juice, nitric oxide, and “pump” supplements, why the blood-flow story is usually oversold, and why neuromuscular function and calcium handling may matter...
9 days ago • 1 min read
I’m willing to bet you don’t have a motivation problem.If anything, you probably have way too much of it. Motivation is cheap. It’s everywhere. You can find it roaming the purple halls of Planet Fitness at 3:47pm on a Tuesday — pacing between machines, clutching a phone, earbuds in, nodding along to a podcast about unlocking your potential with some secret phrase muttered 27 times a day. These wandering souls are motivated as hell — especially right now in mid-January. They read the latest...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Hola from a completely sideways week here in Minnesota. This was one of those weeks where the world doesn’t just feel heavy — it feels like the whole darn thing tilted. Real heavy. The kind of week that tightens your chest before the coffee hits and makes everything else feel suddenly… smaller. So yeah — I’m pulling back from social media a bit this week.Posting a few things.Then ghosting like a cryptid. And I keep reminding myself, my clients, and now you of the same uncomfortable truth: If...
10 days ago • 2 min read
Pull up a chair for this one Brosefus... ...because the GLP-1 conversation right now feels like watching a casino commercial at 2 AM.Bright lights. Big promises. Nobody talking about the hangover. Everyone’s yelling about weight loss.Everyone’s high-fiving blood sugar improvements.Everyone’s marveling at how food suddenly loses its psychic grip on your soul. And all of those things are important and amazing... ...but almost nobody is talking about what these drugs do to your nervous system....
12 days ago • 5 min read
I had a bunch of questions so I compiled them into the top FAQ here. Let's crush the top 7. 1) “What the hell happens if I do this for a year?” You stop BS-ing yourself. After 12 months, you won’t say things like: “I’m still figuring it out” “I just need more data” “I’m almost ready to decide” You’ll know—in your bones—which actions actually move the needle. Not hypothetically.Not in theory.In your life. Small hinges. Big doors.Same boring principle. Ruthlessly applied.Week after week until...
14 days ago • 3 min read