Thursday, September 18th, 2014
While meeting with Jason C. Brown and Zach Even Esh at the Hammer Strength Clinic, I also sat in on several other lectures, one of which was Sports Psychologist Dr. Jarrod Spencer’s lecture on the mind of an athlete. This is a very interesting topic to me since my entire theme is based on motivations. Dr. […]
Sunday, September 14th, 2014
Not long after my drive to Columbus for the XPC Semi-finals I heard that Hammer Strength was having a Wrestling Clinic at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Being a former high school wrestler this peaked my interest. I found out that not only was Jason C. Brown, who I had just seen, was going to be […]
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
Following a riveting conversation at Subway with Ken Stabler of TFW Ropestone, I jumped in my Outlander and headed to Mahopac, New York, the hardest city for me to pronounce since Mississauga! After a little confusion with my GPS, I finally made it to Mahopac where I met the enthusiastic John Praino and Bill Felice. […]
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
“To be, or not to be, that is the question— Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?†–William Shakespeare If you were to guess what class I heard these words in, what would […]
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Sirens blare through a Jersey City street, a fire engine comes around the corner and the courageous firefighters inside see smoke bellowing out the second story of a building. Outside the building people gather in a commotion and a blood curdling scream is heard, a woman was trapped on the second floor trying to get […]
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
After a riveting interview with Joe DeFranco, I had the interesting task of trying to get to the Manhattan from Jersey during rush hour. Â Driving would definitely not be the most effective way of getting there! I contacted my good friend John Annillo who suggested meeting him in Hoboken and taking a bus to the […]
Friday, November 1st, 2013
One day while walking Lauren Schwed decided to sprint from the street corner to a stop sign up ahead. This doesn’t appear like it would be a hard task or any magnificent feat of fortitude. So what’s the big deal? The big deal is that a little over a year before this, sprinting seemed impossible […]
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
After my amazing experience in Canada I saddled up and headed for New York and New Jersey, each of which gave me a unique experience. I had the pleasure of staying with the Pensari family in New Jersey for the week. They adopted me as part of their family and when I wasn’t exploring we […]