Health & Fitness

I Don’t Lift Weights for Strength When I was 19 years old I started to lift weights. I kept the habit up for three years and gained many positive attributes. For starters it was my first steps toward any real athletic activity in my life. Before that asthma and severe allergies kept me from really […]

Muay Thai, the ancient art of self-defense, has been around for over 400 years. It was originally used by Thai people as a form of protection for attacks from foreign enemies. Over time, it has evolved into an increasingly popular sport similar to kickboxing. It utilizes the body’s “eight weapons” including fists, shins, knees, and […]

The warm air of the Philippines is much more forgiving and I had almost forgot what if felt to “get hurt” but the rigors of training whether here or in the tropics are always real and we must always be aware of the conditions of our bodies before we take to all of our tasks. […]

Yoga did this to me The sweat that dripped into my eyes caused my vision to blur, and all around me all I could see were the colors of my surroundings. Nothing was clear, and the silence that hung in the air only added to the dream like feel as I lay motionless on my […]

Mia “Killa” Kang‘s story is fascinating. As a tween, she had an eating disorder. She thought the best way to lose weight was to just stop eating. When she was scouted as a model at age 13, her eating disorder only intensified. It wasn’t until recently, during a 10-day retreat in Thailand, that she discovered […]

RUNNING 101 Running is like walking, only faster. When all else fails, it’s how humans get places quickly with nothing but their own bodies to carry them. Our ancestors used to run down animals in order to get food. Now we run because we eat too much food. Whatever your reason for running, it is […]