2nd Annual Iron Age Athletics Decathlon
It's almost that time! Time for the 2nd Annual Iron Age Athletics Decathlon. This is a ten event, one or two day virtual competition that really puts your fitness to [...]
How to Balance AND be Extreme
First, let's define EXTREME. Most of us aren't world-class athletes or olympians - where the extreme of the extreme live. There, every millisecond counts, every ounce counts, every calorie counts. [...]
Can you Still Workout Hard at 56?
Of course! So yes, I turned 56 this week …. and yes, I had a solid week of workouts. I really good week actually. I’m not training for anything in [...]
How to Start a Health/Wellness/Fitness Commitment
As of today, I have exercised in some way shape or form every day for 1,681 days in a row. Along the way I’ve learned a few things that will [...]
5 Tips to Make it Past National Quit Day
January 17th. The day most people quit their New Year’s resolutions or goals. National quit day. Don’t. Don’t quit today. Keep going. It will be worth it. Your best effort [...]
Iron Age Athletics Launches New Groups
Moderated by Certified Health & Wellness Professionals Today, in an effort to broaden our health and wellness focus, we have added three new public groups to the Iron Age Athletics [...]
Support Small
I just got this great new shirt today from Find the Good - a small company supporting mental health with clothing, community and donations. A friend of mine shared a [...]
Calling All Over 50 Fitness Fanatics with Jeffery Luke
Very excited to announce Iron Age Athletics was featured on The Silver Edge Over 50 Health and Wellness podcast. I had a wonderful time speaking with Kevin English, founder of [...]
Why Every Entrepreneur and Small Business Needs a Business Model Canvas
BMK Coaching Case Study (part 1 and 2) Part 1: One of the best tools to fully understand your business and how it will launch, change & innovate as [...]
Inaugural Iron Age Athletics Decathlon Recap
Inaugural Iron Age Athletics Decathlon Recap This past Sunday I completed the inaugural Iron Age Athletics Decathlon - a ten event fitness test designed to test strength, speed and [...]
Video Post – running in crocs
Would you run in Crocs? Video post. View HERE. Summary: Proving the "Born to Run" theory correct, that you can run in literally anything - including Crocs. Why? 1) They [...]
Subjective Data
If you haven’t been following Andrew Huberman, PhD, I suggest you hop on the bandwagon. His Huberman Lab podcast - https://hubermanlab.com/category/podcast-episodes/ - is a fascinating mix of science, fitness, wellness, aging [...]
Kogalla
What's Kogalla you ask? Well - as Fall and Winter shorten the daylight hours, it's critical to have an excellent light source when running, hiking or doing other activities when [...]
Accountability
I’ve been thinking a lot about accountability lately. Why it works. Why it doesn’t. How can we create and introduce a feature/function in the app that really helps people reach [...]
What I’ve Learned from 2 Weeks of 16/8 Fasting
Fasting has become an increasingly popular topic of late, and after listing to the Over 50 Health & Wellness Podcast with Kevin English - episode 96 (https://silveredgefitness.com/episode96/) featuring Laurie Lewis, [...]
To be Great, You Need to be Average
This is an interesting concept I discovered reading "Endure" by Cameron Hanes. While the book may not be for everyone, there's a lot of valuable takeaways, not to mention the [...]
Joy in Accomplishment
If you follow Christopher McDougall on Twitter (@ChristopherMcDougall), did you happen to catch his tweet this morning as he opened the very first copy of his “Born to Run 2” [...]
Founder’s Club – Iron Age Athletics community app
The Iron Age Athletics community app is now live on the App Store, Google Play, and the web: https://community.ironageathletics.com/signup To get the community off to a proper start, we have [...]
Fitness = Saying “Yes”
These days I'm more interested in being "fit" - generally really fit - than I am interested in anything super specific - like running a fast 5k, maxing out [...]
The 5 Hills
There's a 7 mile trail loop by our home that I've been running for years. It's one of the many routes I run in the area as I am [...]
3 Things Every Day
I recently read Atomic Habits by James Clear. I highly recommend it. It's one of the most tangible and actionable (not just theory) books on habits I have read. One of [...]
We Need a New Event
We need a new event. Sure - we have the CrossFit games, Deka Fit, Ironmans, Decathlons, etc. But we need something for the home "Hybr3d" athlete - something to [...]
Toughness
I have this fascination with TOUGHNESS. I think a lot of athletes and fitness fanatics do. We have to be tough to excel. We have to be tough to [...]
Vitamin & Supplement Webinar Recap
I attended a short webinar yesterday, "Are Vitamins and Supplements Worth the Cost" - hosted by HealthDay News, with guest Thunder Jalili, Ph.D., professor of nutrition and integrative physiology [...]