April 22, 2012 Below is a photo showing how I spent most of my training day today! . . . . . . . WORKOUT Snatch, 8×2 Clean & Jerk, 8×2 Front Squats, 5×3, 401 tempo . Today was one of those days that tests your patience.  I failed many of my Snatch attempts as [...]

I’M BACK… It has been a year or so since my last blog post.  I won’t bore you with the details of my whereabouts in this post as I just want to get down to business. I have been playing with Olympic Weight Lifting for the better part of the last year.  Well, more like [...]

… aka AVOCADO Below are many of the benefits of eating avocados.  Hippocrates was never more on the money when he said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”  The question I often get is how to consume avocados other than chopping them up and adding them to a salad?  I encourage you to come back to this [...]

RAW VEGAN ZUCCHINI HUMMUS This recipe is courtesy of Joanne Gero of VibeAlive (www.vibealive.ca). This recipe has quickly become one of my go to staple foods.  It is super easy to make and very easily digestible which makes it a superb choice in my books.  The zucchini hummus is so versatile too as it can [...]

DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO? After 7 months of waking up every day with one goal in mind it all comes down to Sunday’s Super Bowl game.  The Super Bowl is the biggest stage and even the unlikeliest of players have an opportunity to be the hero.  That may seem obvious but many of us, within [...]

WELLNESS CENTRE, SWEAT EQUITY MAGAZINE & THE 7 WONDERS OF NATE’S WORLD It has been way too long since I last blogged.  So much has been happening that I could barely find the time to sleep let alone write about what is going on these days.  I apologize to my die hard followers and hope [...]

Hey everyone, The photo above is of one of my new workout locations until my wellness centre is operational (The flooring is being installed this week, YAY!).   There are a lot of great options available for some fun SOUL TRAINING at this playground and Sunday was a day full of Dips, swings, Handstand Assissted [...]

To be honest, I am just a SOUL TRAINER wannabe.  However, everyone needs to start somewhere, right? What does it mean to be a Soul Trainer?  Well, to my understanding it is doing something for the absolute love of it and not worry about how your performance effects the end result in regards to a [...]

Hey folks, What a great day today was, so much going on.  I have been thinking more and more about my goals I want to accomplish I am super excited to get after them.  For the better part of ten years I trained for the stage and for pure aesthetics, more or less to stimulate [...]

GORILLA LIKE… Sunday August 8th 2010, Starting Stats 208lbs 7.4% Body Fat Week 1-209.8lbs, 6.9% Body Fat Week 2-210.0lbs, 6.9% Body Fat Week 3-213.0lbs,  7.5% Body Fat Week 4-N/A Week 5-205.0lbs, 6.2%Body Fat (Juice Feasting) Overview The last two days have gone really well.  I am now on day 4 of  my Juice Feast and [...]