Who is this for?

This blog is for anyone who realizes what a privilege it is to be able to exercise by choice. We live in the greatest country on earth, the greatest country in history, and one of the many ways we know this is that so many of us rise to doing work that allows us—requires us—to exercise by choice to maintain optimum health and fitness. In so many places, places not as free as we are, “exercise” is survival: the work involved in getting enough food and water to keep oneself and one’s family going, the work involved in keeping one’s home together, etc.

In our great country, we are largely concerned with ailments that come from a lack of movement, a lack of time outdoors/in the sun, and too much food that is packed with calories, but lacking nutrients. What a blessing this is! Much of the world doesn’t get to consider choices/problems like this.

We didn’t get to this lifestyle without the hard work of countless many, and the loss of many lives. If you think, as I do, that what so many gave in the building of this great country means we should do our all to live up to what they’ve done for us—including taking care of our physical selves—then this blog is for you.

But, it’s not only for you. What about people who know about everything said above, but struggle with motivation, depression, and similar challenges? Such people want to make themselves better, but find every step forward feels like a step upward, a slog, at an impossible angle. Well, I’m one of you, and this blog is very much for you, too. We can accept our struggles without empowering them. We can accept weakness, failures, setbacks—without making them permanent. We can live the heroic in the everyday.

If you’re determined to make the best of yourself, no matter the obstacles you face, this blog is for you. If you want to make the best of yourself, but need to build determination, this blog is for you. If you realize that by taking control of the physical—how you train, eat, sleep, maintain yourself and your surroundings—you can build a rocklike foundation for improving all parts of your life, this blog is for you.

Let’s get better together.