Snowboarding Mammoth Mountain

Just a quick iPhone photo of me and my good friend Mark (whom I’ve known since I was 4 years old!) at the top of Mammoth Mountain, taking a break from a day of snowboarding. Wish I had a small video to share, but my phone’s battery got low fast, searching...

The New Year’s Resolution Pollution

It is the start of a New Year…12 days into it, but still early enough for people to be well on their way with the New Year’s Resolution pollution. I say pollution because usually these Resolutions do not work very well for most people. Fitness centers and gyms survive...

Backpacking with Mom: August, 2012

Something I have been doing since I was 12 years old is backpacking. My mom and my dad got into it back in the early 80’s after car camping started to get loud and popular with better technologies becoming available. So too was backpacking, but far less people...

6 Principles to Health

6 Principles to Health The following is taken from the philosophy of the CHEK Institute, where I have one of my certifications from. I have changed some of the wording to fit my perspective, but the overall philosophy is all here. This would be an overview of the...

Artificial Sweeteners & Alternatives To Sugar

I have clients asking me about artificial sweeteners and its effects on metabolism, cancer, epilepsy, you name it. So I decided to delve into the arena of artificial sweeteners and try to get a grasp on its effects, benefits and consequences of regular use. What I got...