“Have 3 beers” (KK wod-date 3.7.2)

If you are following our programming you know that today we ran hill sprints. Specifically, the “Franklin Hill Mashup.” The interesting thing about programming, coaching and leading a community of people onto the hill 3-4 times a cycle (in my view not enough…) is that there is often a general conflict between the irrefutable POSITIVE […]

Bigger than ego

One of the biggest lessons emphasized by my coach Mark Divine (and incidentally repeated in different iterations with every significant coach and mentor I’ve ever had) is that when you are in service to something greater than self your output can increase – often significantly. That if you can quiet the ego and, “Monkey Mind,” […]

Happy People

Kenny has been my coach for the better part of 4 years now and I can honestly say our work together has been nothing short of remarkable.  I’ve been competing as an athlete for my entire life, but Kenny has taken me to another level.  By combining his vast experience with and knowledge of human movement and physiology, with an approach that emphasizes connection between body and mind, I am accomplishing things I never thought possible.  If you want to have a strong body and a stronger mind, not to mention a lot of fun, Kenny is your guy.

In my experience, a coach, and I mean a real coach, had to embody something more than the words that came out of his/her mouth. They had to lead, but they had to lead with the support of their character and their experiences. Kenny has always been more than just a plain coach. It’s the person that in front of you with character, life experiences, and an ability to connect with people that, in my book, changes his title from being just a coach to “Coach.”