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Lockdown Is Temporary, Community Is Forever

As I sit here writing in this cold, empty bathtub, listening to my thoughts echo off the smooth white porcelain cocoon I have built, I am reminded of warm memories from my childhood home. It was a place ... Continue Reading

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How to Put Your Body to Use for a Good Cause

What if living life made you healthy? Just imagine a world where everyday life pulled you and your closest friends towards frequent physical activity. You’d run, jump, swim, climb, push, and pull without ... Continue Reading

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Community: The Real Fitness X-Factor

Photo by Bev Childress Photo by Bev Childress No shortage of fitness and nutrition advice circulates today. Nearly everywhere you look, there is a new diet or revolutionary new fitness regime. ... Continue Reading

5 Ways You Can Help Your Gym Community

Photo: Precision CrossFit Every gym, fitness, studio, and CrossFit box has a unique set of values and beliefs. What most gym owners won’t tell you too often is that they need you. They need you for ... Continue Reading

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Community Drives Success: In the Gym and the Kitchen

I have been kicking secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) to the curb through conscious living for over 1,400 days now. Food, movement, and mindfulness are my drugs of choice. The journey we call ... Continue Reading

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How to Spot a Non-Toxic Fitness Community: It’s About People

When it comes to food, lifting, or love there is no one perfect way. There is only the way that works best for you and fits within the framework of your goals and life. I do think there is a perfect ... Continue Reading

How to Make Social Events a Strength This Holiday Season

Thanksgiving kicks off a six-week period of gluttony for a lot of us. Being surrounded by delicious homemade baked goods at holiday parties can spell trouble to the new diet or exercise plan we’ve just ... Continue Reading

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Community-Based Fitness: Turning the Tide Toward Health

At the club where I work, they are expanding and building an extension. The thing that is unique is that this extension isn’t necessarily for the members. It’s a separate entity. The club itself is a ... Continue Reading

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6 Months Later: How to Be a Force For Good in Grappling and in the World

It’s been a little less than six months since the news story broke that two male grapplers allegedly sexually assaulted their female teammate on New Year’s Eve. It is a story that has rattled the grappling ... Continue Reading

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Show Respect to Earn Respect: Prioritize Doing the Right Thing

In an earlier article, I wrote about how it can be frustrating sometimes for those of us whose priorities fall outside the norm when others don’t respect those priorities. I got a lot of positive responses ... Continue Reading

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Understanding Why I Don’t Like to Accept Help

As I was writing my recent story about the things I deprive myself and others of when I refuse to accept help, I also started thinking about the reasons that tend to guide my refusals. Why on Earth ... Continue Reading

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Help Me! Even If I Say No Thank You – ESPECIALLY Then

The other day, I was trying to tie a piece of furniture to the top of my car. It was a two-person job, because I was threading twine through the open windows. I had to shove the twine far enough into the ... Continue Reading

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Reevaluating Communal Health in the Wake of Tragedy

I was going to write a piece about something. I hardly remember now because any time I tried to write something meaningful about my athletic life, I kept thinking about the news out of Sandy Hook ... Continue Reading

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