Performance Fitness

In defense of clean eating

We’re nearing the end of Week 1 of the Performance Fitness End of Winter Clean Up – our 28 day nutrition challenge to eat super clean. We’ve cut out sugar (real and fake), alcohol, processed foods and refined carbohydrates from our diets, all in the hopes of establish some new habits, being healthier, achieving our…

Welcome Back and The End of Winter Clean Up!

After a long absence from blogging (one that occurred for good reason – the birth of my son, Collier) I’m back! I apologize for my absence but I’m looking forward to sharing content with the world again. Check back for new recipes, workouts and all things fitness. For now check out The End of Winter…

Do something!

We’ve survived another Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now – it’s on! The holidays are in full swing – the first night of Hanukkah is tonight and before you know it, we’ll be singing Auld Lang Syne. I challenge all of us to remember “those less fortunate” during this (and every) time of year.…

We’re in the news!

The Main Line Times coverage of the Turkey Buster Boot Camp The Turkey Buster Boot Camp was a huge success. Around 25 participants came out to burn off some Thanksgiving calories and support the kickoff to our Get Your Can to Class food drive. Thanks to The Main Line Times for featuring us in their…

Thank You!

I’m about to wrap things up for the long holiday weekend, but before I do I’d be remiss if I didn’t say “thank you” on this most thankful of holidays. Thank you to: My clients – Who value what my Performance Fitness team and I do. Who give us their money (thank you!) and more…

You want fries with that? Negociating the Fast Food Waters.

Strict Paleo rocks! Why? Because of the focus it gives me, and because of last week’s Mexican fast food triumph. I had a two day workshop in King of Prussia last weekend. Late to bed and late to rise, I didn’t have time to pack anything for lunch. Saturday was going to be an 8…

So, what CAN you eat?

I’ve always been the odd one at family gatherings. The one who didn’t eat collard greens (oh, how that has changed), the one who didn’t eat meat (at least not for 13 years), the one who passed on the cake. It’s hard not to get scrutinized at large events. Now that I’m eating strict Paleo…

Spicy Thai Peanut Chicken

Try this cool (sorry for the pun) recipe for Spicy Thai Peanut Chicken from Stella’s Kitchen: Creative Cooking for Fun Flavor and a Lean Strong Body, one of my favorite “clean” cookbooks. Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast cut into chunks 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into strips 3 tbs natural peanut…

Main Line 5K

I hate running. No, seriously, I HATE running! I know, hate is a pretty strong word but if the word fits… Running, in my opinion at least, is tedious, monotonous and painful. And I don’t like the way it makes my jiggly parts, well – jiggle. In spite of this hate-hate relationship with running I’ve…

RKC!

Four years ago I met Wilicious (back then I just called him Will) – a local trainer who was doing in this thing called kettlebells. I’d never hear of them, but Will seemed to know his stuff and the training seemed hard core – right up my alley, so I went to a class and…