Dr. Oz, Donald Trump and The Incredible Hulk
In response to President Trump’s recent recommendation to nominate Dr. Oz and The Incredible Hulk to his Sport, Fitness and Nutrition...
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- Jul 25, 2017
I Can Be A "Do Nothing Bitch" If I Feel Like It...
“I have this one term for the kind of woman my mother raised me to not be, and I call it a do nothing bitch. A DNB. The kind of chick...
- Jun 23, 2016
Obstacle Racing, And Who The Hell Cares?
Cheating. Elite vs. open waves. Regulation. Lance Armstrong. PEDs. Drug testing. Qualification criteria. Race results. Cost of season...
- Feb 25, 2016
My Workout Is Too Easy, Too Boring, Not Hard Enough, And Other Assumptions We Make About Training
My workout is too easy. The assumption? Workouts are supposed to be hard. My workout is too boring. The assumption? Workouts are supposed...
- Nov 6, 2015
An Open Letter To Random Guy On Facebook
Dear Raj (Raul, Kiran, Sandeep, John, Patrick), Thank you so much for writing. “hello dear how are you” I am fine. Although I do find the...
- Sep 7, 2015
The Ongoing Debate, And Who Is Right - What Does A Burpee Look Like?
Oh, Facebook… The lair of slacktivism and trolling. The refuge of those who criticize, bitch and complain, instead of actually doing...
- Jun 24, 2015
#BellyButtonChallenge And Other Dumb Things I Wish I Didn't Know About
Sometimes I truly worry about humanity. Like... really worry. My chiropractor is manipulating my shoulder joint, as I tell him about the...
- May 11, 2015
The Food Babe And The Rules Of Propaganda
“Ipsa scientia potestas est. Knowledge itself is power.” ― Francis Bacon, Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy Meditations Sacrae and...
- Jan 13, 2015
Grow The Fuck Up
“I don’t want to be a man,” said Jace. “I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can’t confront his own inner demons and takes it out...
- Dec 22, 2014
Stop "Watching" Your Weight
I am a Weight Watchers refugee. I think WW was the first official commercial diet that I went on. I was in my early 20s, and graduate...
- Nov 24, 2014
An Open Letter To "That" Guy At The Gym
Dear That Guy At The Gym, I’m onto you. I have been at this gym since May, and it usually does not take longer me than a week or two to...
- Nov 12, 2014
Are You A Snob? Forty-Year Old Cheese And Valuing The Finer Things In Life
“Don’t be a snob” was a piece of advice and a path towards self-improvement I have received a while ago from a helpful friend. He made...
- Aug 27, 2014
4 Reasons I Won't Be Doing The Ice Bucket Challenge
Just like bazillion of you, I have been recently challenged t o do the ice bucket challenge. Yeah, yeah, to raise awareness for ALS....
- Jul 28, 2014
6 Of My Favorite Race Medals
*This blog post was written few months ago in response to the announcement about the new Spartan Race medal design. There is something...
- Jul 17, 2014
The End Of Food - Possible Solution To Weight Loss, And Binge Eating?
“The End of Food” - that’s the name of the essay in May issue of New Yorker, describing Soylent, a food replacement beverage. Rob...
- Jul 10, 2014
The Drop: Now That The Race Is Over, Why Do I Feel So Sad?
In September 2012, I wrote the following: “It has been just over a week since the Ultra Beast, and I have thought about this race every...
- Jul 4, 2014
Eat Your Protein, Don't Eat Your Protein, Just Don't Generalize From N=1
A recent article called “Slaying the Protein Myth” made its rounds on the internet. While it did not necessarily tell me anything I...
- May 29, 2014
Zombie Apocalypse, Rob Ford And Something You Didn’t Know About My Hometown
[…] you’ve got to be there: you’re taking a leak in some filthy public urinal and the man in the next stall leans across and asks you...
- May 24, 2014
Run Your Own Damn Race
I am not competing with you. I am too busy doing awesome things. You win. How fast can I run a 5k, you ask. How many push-ups can I do,...
- Apr 20, 2014
Fuck You, That's Why - The Aftermath Of Boston Marathon Bombing
“Why are you in town?”, friends from Boston have been wondering for the past week. “Are you running the race?” [No.] “Are you here for...
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