Today would have been a day that I was going in for chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

I would have spent most of the day alternating between:

• Sleeping.

• Sitting.

• Throwing up.

This was not a happy picture.

I would have woken up with nausea followed by run...

It’s been 2 weeks since my (it wasn’t really mine, per se, I MEAN it was for ME, but I had no hands in it…so do I really say “my”?) the charity work out was thrown for me.  The proceeds are still coming in, but so far, over $14,000.00 has been raised…for me. 

Chari...

Remember “Deep Thoughts” by Jack Handy?  It was a great book and also segment on Saturday Night Live.  Essentially it was just a collection of material like this:

Well, I am not talking about those deep thoughts.  I am talking about the deep thoughts that I general...

So I just finished my 7th (out of 12) FIGHTS this past Thursday.  You haven’t really heard anything from me because I have been so tired. 

Like so tired.  In fact, today is Tuesday and I have slept more in the last 6 days then I can honestly remember. 

 That...

I have never had a 9-5 job.  Every job I have ever had was “start to end”.  Meaning, you started, and you were finished when you were done. 

That time might be after training my last client.

That time might be after I cook my last meal for that last table. 

Th...

Among the list of "side effects" more like "shit that's almost certainly going to happen to you" is something called chemo brain.  

Here's a write up on chemo brain from the American Cancer Society 

Here are just a few examples of what patients call chemo brain:

• For...

I wrote this blog post a few weeks ago, but have been holding onto it.  This was written after my 3rd treatment.

We love to put challenges out for our members.  Opening a gym is easy.  You rent a big space, put some stuff in it to train people and start...

So, how’s it going after my 4th session of chemo?  I actually have finished my 5th session, but I think there is a lot of important things in this post.  

This may be a longer blog post than most because the two weeks after my 4th session were very eventful.

I had...

The article below came up in my news feed and I thought it was fitting as I had written a post about essentially this same thing.  The article does a great job, so I just piggybacked my thoughts on it.  The post was about help and the various ways people want to give h...

There is a list of exercises that get hated on for various reasons:

1.  Deadlifts

2. Back squats

3. Bench presses

4. Overhead presses

5.  Burpees

Oddly enough - those are all great exercises!  It's just that sometimes, the movement is not appropriate for the individual.  Fo...