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 […]
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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,” […]

Med Ball Mania
As promised here is our coaching description for WOD 3:1.2 – “Med Ball Mania!” (In Monster Truck Voice).
The Warriors Path of Self Mastery with Mark Divine
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Corey Reed, adaptive heros and Sealfit
Corey and I are doing the SealFit Challenge for Transition Possible: a non-profit organization serving wounded warriors with PTSD or TBI through adaptive sports, community involvement and career placement. We will have a chance to work with some remarkable heroes. Watch the vid and throw down a donation if you feel inspired.
Podcast coming
Positivity Project Task for March 11, 2013: Interview Sal Masakela for my upcoming Podcast series (to be released in April!). Small seed, big ideas, real stuff… working to make the world better…
Rod Carew & Kimmie: Loss and survival: True Inspiration
For the last four years I’ve been working with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a host and auctioneer for many of their events. On Wednesday I hosted, “The Light the Night Awards Dinner.” During the event part of my job was to interview people that had collectively raised 1.5 million dollars in the last […]

The Face of Fitness
My friend Carlos Tapia is a hell of a photographer. He is putting his book, “The Face of Fitness,” together now by traveling all over the united states. He captures the athletes vulnerability immediately after they have just kicked ass. Check the vids to see interview with Carlos and see him work with Olympic hopeful […]
Heartache: “Everybody’s got a plan ’til ya get hit.”
Ok peeps I’m sincerely scared about this entry. Why? Because it addresses something that scares the snot outta me (especially sharing publicly) – Heartache. I feel like a dog being force fed pills right now just thinking about actually sharing the idea that not too long ago I found my ticker a lil’ weepy. In […]
Kamrynn – the person I’d die for
First I gotta give big ups to my boy Tyler Quinn out of CFSP – kid knows his stuff! More on him in the future… Today I’m writing about a, “Mental Toughness,” (MT) workout that we are doing at my home gym at Crossfit Los Angeles. One member of the staff (Michael Stanwyck) came up […]