News Flash! Our “peak” for American fitness AND health was over 100 years ago, so let’s learn from history and get to work improving! Ironically, many of our “elite” athletes today cannot perform many of the routine fitness tasks performed in gymnasiums during the late 1800s and early 1900s which were peak years of the…… More
Since The Lean Berets spend an awful lot of time addressing obesity epidemics and weight loss, I decided to go a little different direction with this post. I think it’s about time to get something off my chest that I’ve been meaning to talk about for quite some time now. For those of you who…… More
I recently celebrated my five-year anniversary of consecutive days of exercise. I’m actually zeroing in on about 1,840, but who’s counting? Throughout this journey, I’ve grown pretty accustomed to being pointed at, laughed at and looked at like I have fungus growing out of my forehead due to my training habits. Running uphill backwards, doing…… More
We did a sobering yet inspiration show last year on the 10 year anniversary of 9-11 with NYFD Fireman David O’Donnell who was in the middle of Ground Zero. David is a professional trainer and RKC in Burbank, CA. This was the most emotional show we have ever done–it really hit home with us. Once…… More
By now we hope you’ve seen the new Nike “Find Your Greatness” ad featuring the morbidly obese child running. Ironically, there has been some criticism of the ad. We’d like to take a position on it…we think it’s a great piece not only advocating youth fitness but also exposing our nation’s horrific problem with child…… More