Anybody do a workout in less than 30 minutes?  You can, and should.  Let’s go back to the old way of thinking, all workouts should be at least 2 hrs; anything less is a waste of time.  That’s what we all assumed, and did our best to achieve that.  It was good, and by good I mean it did it’s job, but at what price?  Shoulders torn up, trying to outdo each other, (training partners).  I started teaching circuit training classes back in 1988, (did I just reveal my age?).  That’s luck on my part, endurance has always been my strength.  I’m saying this, because I always liked to go…

It’s mid-November.  Two more weeks, it’s December, end of the year.  Since next week is “black Friday”, let’s talk holidays, as in “what’s your new years fitness plan?”.  I mean, it’s not too early, is it?  I have an idea, why wait until the new year?  Let’s start tomorrow!  Why not?  If you start now, that will help you (kind of!) watch your diet through the holidays.  Plus, you will already have your groove goin’ on by the beginning of the year, while others are tip-toeing in.  That first step is always the hardest, so let’s get going now; trust me, you’ll dig it! I always offer a New Year’s…

How was everyone’s week?  Everybody feel good; or did that back hurt when you got up, or shoulder, or head?  Everybody has a hurt at some point, but to what extent?  That is a very good question, Scott.  (oh, I forgot, I’m Scott!).  There’s a reason that I ask that.  I had a great week.  UCLA had their fundraising gala this past Thursday; I’m on the gala committee and we raised over $3,000,000.00.  That’s right, and I’ll say it again, $3-MILLION  dollars!  This was the UCLA Neurosurgery department, the guys that drilled into my head twice.  That $3 million dollars, that’s a lot of money.  The event was at the…

By golly, it’s been a little while since I’ve put some words here!  I guess everyone has a story to tell about tardiness, but I really don’t.  Probably a dozen times, I’ve put myself in my schedule book to write, but as you can see, it didn’t happen. Who feels good today?  I mean, really good.  You know, that’s a really a tough question.  Does feeling good mean waking up, and saying “This is the best I’ve felt since…”, or does it take a little sumthin’, sumthin’, maybe like a little workout?  I don’t mean this facetiously, I know this very well.  I like to train in the morning, early. …

I really don’t know where these titles come from; now I have to follow up with words!  Now, we, (or pretty much most all) of us  know how old I am; 54 next week.  We have a few more out there in the next few weeks with that special day coming up.  Special day?  Absolutely, a special day!  Why wouldn’t it be?  Every day is a special day, so enjoy each one!  Some people shy away from their birthday; most of you don’t know how I ENJOYED my 50th; 5 months after my first brain removal, OOpps, I mean meningioma removal.  I was REALLY  looking forward to that day; and…

This summer is HOT!  Anybody remember last sumer?  We had 2 weeks, maybe 3.  It was all foggy, here in Playa.  Another story in the valley, I mean it’s always hot in the valley.  I love the fact that people say that they love the valley, that it’s really NOT that hot.  105, 106, 107; that’s hot.  Any way you put it, that’s hot.  My parents were telling me that in Las Vegas, 111-113.  It’s DRY, though.  I don’t care if it’s dry , humid, whatever, anything that hits 3 digits, too much for me.  I know, I’m a pansy these days; but that hot stuff, not for me.  It certainly…

I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I last wrote.  I apologize, time just flies.  My parents visited for about 5 days; it was a terrific time.  What is amazing, is that they don’t need to be entertained, in any way.  They just want to be relaxed at all times; and that’s what they get!  There’s certain people that they want to see; and there’s a good chance we know where (the bar, or restaurent) where those people would be found, and we would find them most of the time.  It was fun.  Certain places that they want to eat, and we would eat there, and I don’t…

How do you start a blog about friends?  How about “take another step”, or “take each day, one at a time”, or”celebrate each moment, every day”.  I guess we could go on and on, as far as realizing the importance of each moment of every day.  Every body has their own experience to express.  I just did.  The state that has a lot of trouble right now, Colorado, with fires as I write this, is where I visited this past weekend.  A friend of mine whom I’ve known for 40 years, is where I went.  We did plan this several months ago, by the way.  I just tried to live…

Do you ever think about your dreams?  Do you remember your dreams?  I never really did, until recently.  My sleep is going way overboard, but now I do remember my dreams; and some of them are WAY out there.  With that info, some of them are right in there with rest the my life.  Lots of times, actually most of the times, the people in the dreams are people I know. Maybe that’s the way it goes, I really don’t know.   What I do know, though, is there’s a lot of strange stuff going on in my half-brain these days.  Good, bad… I really don’t know, but I do remember them, and THAT, my…

Ok, who juiced this morning?  I think everyone knows that I did.  Carrots, apple, broccoli, ginger, beets, kale, lemon, orange; I think that’s pretty much it.  Top that with oatmeal, (a six-grain oatmeal), which has bananas, blueberries, and cinnamon.  I love my breakfast.  That’s every day.  I hate to get full on that, it’s so good.  Takes 15-20 minutes to make; if you haven’t noticed, I like to make things in a hurry, because I WILL then , go through the effort to make something healthy, and VERY tasty. The juicing thing is very important.  Do you know that a LOT of cancer, different types of cancer, sometimes up to…