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This month Weight Watchers, the Google of the weight loss industry announced a new ad campaign. With no celebrities. Or promotions. Or promises. Or before and after photos. It's all real people talking about their real struggles, physical and emotional, with weight loss. In an article for USA...
My friend and mentor Dan John is famous for a quote that should be a required tattoo in the health and wellness professions. <blockquoteThe goal is to keep the goal the goal. </blockquote Years ago I realized that my clients often have absolutely no idea where they wanna go (yet), and often just...
On a rainy Saturday in Utah, 41 people with the passion to show up got together in a circle and something happened. "I don't know what 'this' is, but it's something amazing," Bill recapped. 41 people, brought together from all over the USA by Facebook, a few blog posts, and word-of-mouth found out...
I went climbing for the first time three weeks ago. And like most people who start, I started off doing something called “top-roping”, which is a way to climb the face of a mountain without using most of the tools. So of course I got curious and asked, “How do all those other tools work?” If you...
A lot of really awesome people have signed up for Motivate: A One Day Health and Behavior Change Summit that we are hosting in Salt Lake City on 9/27. How awesome? Last week, a few of those people got so excited about the possibilities of this Unconference and wrote an eBook. In a week. This...
Dan John should go down in the annals of strength training history for many things, but chief among them is the line, “the goal is to keep the goal the goal.” I am very lucky to have a clear and concise mentor because when I look out into the world of coaching, it’s obvious that Dan’s focus is more...
Matt McGunagle is one of the many awesome people attending Motivate: A One Day Health and Behavior Change Summit. Sign up if you don't want to miss out on awesome conversations about psychology, health, fitness, and technology on 9/27 in Salt Lake City! It’s sad to say this, but the tech community...
<blockquoteMe: What would you do with a client who was so untrained, that they couldn't do anything? Like not even a movement yet?Dan John: I’d teach them to plank. Me: Ok, but what would you do for the other 59 minutes in the session? </blockquote I started coaching 6 years ago and in that time I...