Archive for March, 2010
The End of a Challenge and the Beginning of a Rebellion
Done! Today marks the official ending of the first ever Nerd Fitness 28-Day challenge. What started out as a challenge for myself to get in great shape for a vacation quickly turned into something far bigger – 50+ people pledging to take the challenge along with me. Well, my vacation didn’t end up happening (sh** [...]
9.5 Reasons Why I Exercise – Your Help Required!
Why are you here? Maybe your boss made a fat joke at work today that sent you over the edge. Maybe you got dumped and you want to look good for the next time you run into the ex. Maybe your wife just had a baby boy and you realized you won’t be around to [...]
Lessons From a Former Fat Guy
This is a guest post from my friend Jim Hodgson. Jim went from being a really big guy to a really in-shape guy, completing a freaking Ironman Triathlon this past July. When he asked me about writing a guest post about the fat guy perspective when it comes to food and fitness, I said hell [...]
Stop Looking At Me, Swan – Life Lessons Learned From Billy Madison
I realize that my last few posts have been quite heavy and serious, but don’t think that means I’m all done with making ridiculous connections and analogies between healthy living and seemingly unrelated movies. For today’s article, I decided to draw inspiration from one of the funniest and dumbest movies of all time: Billy Madison [...]
28-Day Challenge: We’re Halfway There…
And cue Bon Jovi… So here we are, two weeks into the Nerd Fitness 28-day challenge. Now, I initially created this as personal challenge for myself because I was going on vacation at the end of the month. However, due to some unexpected circumstances I’m no longer going on that cruise (hey, sh** happens right?) [...]
