The Everyday Athlete
Weekly exercise, nutrition, and mental agility tips for the everyday person!
The Weekly Athlete: Free 4-Week Workout, Stretch or Foam Roll, and Playing Outside
"Por Que No Los Dos?" Check-In Coach's Corner Click Here for Your Workout! Peace! Check me in at a 4.92. This past weekend, I got an opportunity to hang out with my fraternity brothers and it was exactly what I needed after a long week. For one, it's always good to be around friends. I spend a lot of time with a metaphorical "mask" on at work, so it's nice to spend quality time with people that I can be my natural self around. The other part that I loved was getting to be active outside!...
The Weekly Athlete: Free 4-Week Workout, Ice or Heat for Injuries, and Coach Mike's Birthday
"Just Let Me Be" Check-In Coach's Corner Click Here for Your Workout! Peace! Your coach has officially done one full year around the sun in his 30s. Turning 31, here's a few things I learned in the past year: 1) Be real and be honest with yourself. You can spend your time pretending you're still in shape like your 22, or you can be honest about where you are right now and the changes you need to make to your daily habits. This applies to more than just health and wellness 😉... 2) Be nice to...
4-Week Workout/Nutrition Program, Deadlifting Tips, and Friendship
"Change is Good" Check-In Coach's Corner Click Here for Your Workout! Peace! I don't know about ya, but that week off was GOOD to me. I got an opportunity to go see my fraternity brothers to celebrate 100 years of Omega in Kansas. One of the best parts about being in a fraternity is the opportunity to build friendships with another person, regardless of the usual barriers (age, race, wealth, etc.) that typically prevent people from otherwise connecting. I had peer-to-peer conversations with...
The Weekly Athlete Issue #26: "I'm Tired"
"I'm Tired" Coach's Corner Peace! Recently, I was on a work call and someone made a comment about making it through March and being happy about April being slower. I don't know about ya, but April has not slowed down for me. It was starting to feel like no matter what I did, I was behind on everything. I needed a break. So, I gifted myself a trip home to see my family in New York City. I got there Friday afternoon and I slept from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM...then slept from 11:00 PM to 9:00 AM 😅. I...
The Weekly Athlete Issue #25: "Relax, Relate, Release"
"Relax, Relate, Release" Coach's Corner Peace! Do ya remember that episode of A Different World when they was telling Whitley to "Relax, relate, release"? That was me all of this past week. I had a lot of plans for how I wanted my week to go. Unfortunately, my schedule wasn't on the same page. I woke up Monday morning feeling disappointed and frustrated with myself because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get a single workout in this week. Man, I was in bed saying all types of negative things...
The Weekly Athlete Issue #24: "Creating Space"
"Creating Space" Coach's Corner Peace! Welcome to another great week and opportunity to invest in your goals. The start of the week sometimes brings up feelings of anxiety; the Sunday Scaries if you will. You know what I mean: Monday's around the corner and you have to get back to the grind. The weekend's over, which means so is the fun and any sense of freedom you may have had. I hate that feeling. So I started asking myself "What can I do to make Monday and the upcoming week feel better?"....
The Weekly Athlete Issue #23: "Just Do Something"
"" Coach's Corner Peace! Welcome to the EA Pre-Season! As a reminder, the Everyday Athlete community breaks the year up into four phases: Off Season, Pre-Season, In-Season, and Recovery. After establishing routines and consistency in the first three months of the year, it's time to turn up the intensity and start to prepare for our peak season: summer time! The biggest change you'll experience is an increase in difficulty and intensity of the workouts. If you're in the DMV, you'll also get an...
The Weekly Athlete Issue #22: "I Like Winning"
"I Like Winning" Coach's Corner Peace! Spring is finally here! I don't know about you all, but I been WAITING. I was done with Winter in December, so you can imagine how antsy I am to feel some warmth. It's just hard for me to feel excited or motivated to do anything when it's cold as hell. If you don't mind, I'd like to tell you all a story about a transformational "win" I had recently. Last week, I met with my business coach (shoutout Ms. Darla) and asked her a question I pose to all of the...
The Weekly Athlete Issue #21: "I'm Good At What I Do"
"I'm Good At What I Do" Coach's Corner Peace! Happy Monday friends. This month has been marching along (haha) and I'm happy to share a big win for myself: I finally started journaling again! I don't know if ya ever experienced this, but sometimes I make small tasks (i.e., doing my personal budget) big and scary in my head, and then I start to procrastinate. Amidst all the chaos of the past few months, I fell off on journaling because I kept thinking things like "I don't have time to journal"...
The Weekly Athlete Issue #20: "Who Do I Want To Be?"
"Who Do I Want To Be?" Coach's Corner Peace! As I'm writing this, I'm cursing the powers that be for daylight savings time. I WANT MY HOUR BACK. Now that I got that out...Happy Monday to you all! March is off to a fast start; I hope you all are keeping up. We are now on week 2 of the March 2025 EA Off-Season Workout Plan. This is our last month of the EA Off-Season, which means things are going to turn up in April. One of the biggest changes will be that we are going to start setting goals....