Back in September 2011 I completed my first sprint triathlon – the TriRock San Diego. I had the privelege of being interviewed by Triathlete.com to discuss my journey from my diagnosis to a triathlon. At the time I was three years removed from my ulcerative colitis diagnosis. Prior to race day I began a four month training program with Team [...]

We seem to be constantly focused on how we look. We spend huge amounts of money on products and treatments that promise to make us look better. From expensive hair salons to designer clothes we seem to believe that the better we look on the outside the better we (hopefully) feel on the inside. But [...]

“Motion is life”…wise words, no coincidence that they were said by Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine. In my book, The IBD Fitness Solution, I quote Hippocrates regarding my outlook on warming up. We simply need to move. We need to move before we workout in the gym, before we run, before we can’t move any [...]

“There is an ancient Vedic story about a young man who went in search of the secret of abundance. For many months he traveled through the countryside until one day deep in the forest he met a spiritual master and asked him if he knew the key to having unlimited wealth and riches. The spiritual [...]

Hi guys, Check out this article on the benefits of strength-training. Inside it discusses the challenges that athletes face as they age. The article also gives an alternative to simply working harder and harder. It is the idea of working smarter. The Functional Movement Screen has a huge part to play in working smarter. The article’s author [...]