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This morning’s 3PP in full colors. Go BUCKS! 7 minutes of acute pain for 8 exercises. The hardest of ‘em all? Dead hangs. 7 of ‘em 30 seconds of hanging and 30 seconds of rest. Amazing how hard it is to just hang around. Damn. Live hard. Love harder. Hang on…

America’s first award winning wine? You’re looking at it - Opus One. This baby was Robert Mondavi’s big dream come true. Back in the 1970’s America produced only table wine, cheap stuff. Opus One changed all that. Napa would never be the same. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas I open a bottle and share it with … Continue reading OPUS traditions…

The BTL Christmas party is coming up in a few weeks. I always love this time together with members of the BTL band and some of my clients. The food's great. Fellowship? Much better. I'll never forget years ago when I asked everyone in attendance to share their favorite sports memory.  When it was Grappy's … Continue reading Who you’re with…

This early morning, Thanksgiving eve, a team of golfers came together on a zoom BTL practice. Why? Because they wanted to. Was their idea. It’s only our 51st practice but these dudes are BBTL. Reading the book. Doing the writing. Talking to each other. Studying together. Encouraging each other and competing, at the same time, … Continue reading A lone to All ONE…

Today, The 3PP had zero movement. For 45 minutes we practiced static holds. Push ups halfway down. Hold. Vsits. Planks. Lhangs. Rollouts. Leg pins to elbows. Wall sits. All static holds. Engage the core. Hold the position. Amazing how hard it is to simply stand still, my friend. Throughout life we know movement is key … Continue reading Static…

Make decisions earlier than you feel you need to when they're a drain on your energy. A client of mine is in start up mode. Is it time to bring more help into the business? Hard decision when you're in early start up and every dollar is valuable. We changed our lens - what about … Continue reading Energy drains

Recently, in one of my top five all time practices, we talked through the beauty of the best warriors. What makes them so effective? Here's hard truth.  They’ve already accepted they’re dead. What if we take the same approach with our deepest relational wounds. What if we assume they’ve broken our heart and can’t break … Continue reading Forgiveness…