I’m not a fashion guy at all.  Put me in boots, jeans and a T-shirt and I’m a pretty happy guy.  But what you go to the gym in, or hit the road in, is super important. Here are a few general guidelines.
Shoes
Get the right shoe for the job.  If you don’t plan on jogging/running too much, then a standard pair of cross trainers are going to do great things for you.  However, if you want to punish the pavement a little bit, get good running shoes.  Your knees, hips, …

I am, like many people, a proud member of the Wichita YMCA.  And like a lot of those people, I don’t use that membership nearly as much as I should.
So, here I am, 6’5″, 350 lbs. and needing to drop some weight in a hurry.  According to my good doctor, all of the hobgoblins of being fat are banging at my door,  High blood pressure, diabetes, and heart attacks – OH MY.  But seriously, I am the proud and loving dad of two beautiful girls and I have a wife …

During this time every year, gym parking lots seem to be noticeably fuller. You can’t walk right on to the elliptical and you have to squeeze into your normally not-so-crowded Pilates class. Gym rats everywhere know exactly what I’m talking about; January, February, and March are the highest traffic times for commercial gyms. Fresh off the New Year’s Resolution train, people of all ages are hitting the gym in their quest to “exercise more.”
So if you haven’t already bailed on this resolution or are stepping up your fitness …

Kansans work hard to debunk the idea that our state is flat. Outsiders like to make fun of Kansas, complaining about the endless seas of grasslands without trees or mountains to break up the view. A Kansan will sputter and argue, usually pointing out the truly beautiful, gently rolling Flint Hills. Even in Wichita, people point out that the College Hill area is “hilly” compared to the rest of the city.
Yet, let the snow fall and we all fold on the issue. Admit it, it’s just too flat here for …

My impulsivity sometimes gets me into trouble. Okay, MOST of the time it gets me into trouble. For example, when my friend Allie emailed me on Tuesday and asked if I wanted to do a 5K on New Year’s Day, I impulsively agreed. It wasn’t until later that day when I realized what I had agreed to. I said yes to running in the cold, the day after New Year’s Eve, when I was nowhere near physically prepared to do so. What the freaking what?!?
I didn’t want to let Allie …