Livin' on the edge -- and how Ted Stote turned his defence into a powerhouse
Cougars’ defence was livin’ on the edge in 2019. When you ask nine- and 10-year-olds to play football it’s often a miracle that you can...
A rumination on life, parenting, sports and fitness
Cougars’ defence was livin’ on the edge in 2019. When you ask nine- and 10-year-olds to play football it’s often a miracle that you can...
It's a challenge at any point in time to predict the future, but I have proved particularly inadept at it in the last decade or so. This...
The advent calendar is strong in our house. With multiple iterations being gifted upon my children from all sides, I grow ever more...
The secret to leaning out is super easy, and if you lean in really close I'll tell you what it is. For free. My bodybuilding consultant...
So I hadn’t planned on making this my blog post this weekend, but I had no other choice. I hear from people all the time about exercise...
Where do we find the courage when everything seems dark and cold? In the wake of a friend’s passing by way of suicide, I have taken a...
I had a great conversation with one of my fitness mentors today in the gym, and it rotated a little bit around time management and how...
I must say, knowing that ultimately the end goal is not to win but to participate, that I have enjoyed the bodybuilder weightlifting...
Never, ever in my life have I adhered this strongly to a smart eating regime. Never in my life have I been this dedicated to a single...
So it has begun. I have been eating like a bodybuilder and training like one for precisely one day now, and I like how it feels. So far,...
So I bit the bullet, people. Finally. After years of considering it and thinking about it and all that goes with it, I finally realized...
The joys of circuit training and ‘metabolic resistance training.’ It’s really great fun to jack up your heart rate, get a sweat going,...
The U.S. President’s epic, near-pathological need to stretch the truth to protect his own ego has finally helped me reach my breaking...
Our senses get sharper through exercise. But don't take my word for it. Turns out exercise is good for your brain, too! Researchers in...
A friend asked me the other day how I could possibly think that the genocidal madman and purple-dude-so-powerful-it-took-an-entire-galaxy...
The Lakeshore mosquito AAA football team played a bunch of half-games this season. That’s not to say that they only showed up halfway...
A good friend died suddenly two weeks ago. It particularly touched me and profoundly impacted me because we had spent time together just...
My daughter, whom I adore, is about to turn 15. Those of you who have been following my parenting columns over the years in the West...
The John Abbott Islanders are going to the Bol d'Or this year and there's a family connection for me -- and it is very exciting for...
One of the great blessings of my professional career in fitness (as nascent as it is; fitness is my second career in life) is that I get...