My ninjas- I love me some Chai Tea, but not nearly as much as I love Tai Chi. One is just a delicious warm drink and the other is a method for harnessing every single one of the hundreds of trillions of cells of your body into a powerful force of nature. In other, Tai […]
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My Ninjas- It’s time for the exciting conclusion to my origin story! We’ve seen our young hero embrace the impossible through karate, face the darkness within during high school, experience a real ninja rebirth, struggle to transform his inner victim into a real super hero with powers, and then emerge from his cocoon of self-destruction. […]
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Welcome back my Ninja- It’s time for Part 4. of my Origin Story. In “Part 1 – Embracing the Impossible” we met our little ninja hero in childhood, then in “Part 2 – Into the Darkness” we watched as the little boy grew up to be a violent, self-destructive teenager. And in “Part 3 – […]
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Hey Ninja Tribe- In “Part 1: Embrassing the Impossible” we were introduce to our scrawny, lovable little boy hero who loved movement and hated authority. Then, in “Part 2: Into the Darkness” our ninja hero was lost in black fog of eternal night, drowning in self-victimization, and struggling to find his path to greatness during […]
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In the previous episode, “Embracing the Impossible“, you learned how a rebellious, scrawny Italian kid from Queens (yours truly) fell in love with martial arts because of “The Karate Kid” movie. Oh, the power of the 1980’s Hollywood. Today’s chapter catches up with our ninja hero, bravely stepping off a cliff and free falling through […]
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Just a Ninja From Queens NY As far back as I can remember, I’ve dressed up as a ninja for Halloween. Sure, I loved Star Wars, Spiderman, Superman, and the rest (especially the X-Men and Wolverine), but I never dressed up as any of them. Not once. Looking back now, the reason seems clear: I didn’t […]
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Hey Ninja- Look, the world can be a crazy place to live, we all know that. And giving in to the fear that is endlessly manufactured by the media is a constant temptation on the path to fitness ninja greatness. It’s also true that, sometimes, shit gets real and we need to be prepared to […]
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Yup, don’t avoid gluten, avoid “gluten free”! #crazy Hey Ninja- Look, I get it. Our bodies weren’t designed to process gluten in the large amounts. I discovered this way back in 2001, when the level of farts my body generated reached epic proportions. I was a young trainer back then, so holding it in made […]
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Ninja tribe- Imagine taking all the awesome stuff in the world – the best food, the coolest music, the smartest people, the hottest Brazilians – and blending them all together into a super smoothie. That’s exactly how I came up with these 3 core principles. Ok, not really, but kinda. These principles represent all the lessons […]
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It’s Been One Wild Week Fitness Ninja tribe- Thank YOU for making the last week such a huge success. In just 48 hours, we had thousands of page views on this website, with the average visitor spending 7+ minutes on the site! That’s pure magic. We also had our first ever “Ninja Dance Party” and […]
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