The holiday season has officially kicked off. This is the time of year when things get quite crazy and we overindulge in too many alcoholic beverages, sweets, and let our routine take a back seat. But, what if...you still made yourself a priority during this time and you kept up with movement and taking care of yourself to help with the stresses of the holiday season? This may mean getting up 10-15 minutes earlier per day in order to move! This is why I am introducing the Tha

Back when I was in graduate school at Bowling Green State University (Go Falcons!) is when I first would jump into the ice bath and it was all purely to help my muscle soreness.My workouts back then would consist of lifting followed by running stadium stairs at sunrise. There wasn’t anything better. We did it in the cold, in the spring and summer 2-3 times per week. The leg soreness was out of control! So, I would head to the trainers room and jump in the ice bath in hopes th

Two weeks ago, we hosted the StrongFirst Tactical Strength Challenge (TSC). For those of you who don’t know, this is an international competition hosted by StrongFirst Certified Instructors who compete in a Max Deadlift, Max Pull-ups and Max Snatches in 5 minutes. There are different categories depending on age, kettlebell weight, etc. One of our members, Michael Goudy, decided to sign up for the TSC a couple days before the event and chose to focus only on his deadlift. For

I am reading the book, Chris Beat Cancer by Chris Wark. I won’t go into the details of it in case you do want to read it, but ONE quote that stood out to me. “The food on the end of your fork has the power to promote health or promote disease. Choose wisely.” This book has been firing me up. Keeping me up at night and thinking about how to better educate the ANCHOR family, but how to take our nutrition program to another level and many other things. -Half of Americans are tak