This post was originally published in 2014 and has been updated in 2022. Enjoy! You don’t need more books about exercise and fitness. And I doubt you need more advice, tips, gurus, or videos on how to “gain muscle in just 10 minutes a day.” Don’t worry—that’s not what this post is about. Instead, I want to share a kind of checklist I use to decide what fitness activities will work for me.… Continue reading
How to squeeze in exercise on a tight schedule
There are two bad things that happen when you procrastinate about exercise on the road: 1 - you don’t get the exercise (duh!) 2 - you break a promise with yourself As a speaker, problem #1 is bad enough -… Continue reading
Why Your Grass is Always Greener Thinking Won’t Make you Smarter, Richer, or Thinner
The iPhone 6 is here. Yippee. There is a grass-is-greener attitude about new stuff. Sure, the last app you downloaded, or on-line solution you subscribed to didn’t solve all your problems, but "This one." you say to myself "This one… Continue reading
My favourite 15 minute hotel room workout
When I’m at home there’s usually lots of time to enjoy an hour on the trail, or interval training on my surfski. Not when I’m on the road. When I'm travelling to speak at conferences, my morning is when I… Continue reading
