Pandemic Lessons Learned and Relearned

This is an amalgam of 19 random life lessons I’ve learned or relearned as a result of the pandemic.  Enjoy.

Life is hard.  About every two years you will go through some kind of personal tragedy.  About every 10 years there is a society wide catastrophe.  Without diving too deep into what would and would not constitute existence, I’ll say that the bad times make the good times possible.  

Good times need to include preparation for bad times.  Read More

Big Messes Require Big Clean Ups, So Start Small.

We’ve all heard “you can’t expect to lose weight that took you a decade to put on in 21 days”.  Whether it’s excess weight, or some other mess we need to clean up, the same holds true.  Big messes require big clean ups, but small starts work fine.

I’ve had the opportunity to learn from having hundreds of conversations with prospective clients as we make a plan for them to lose weight, eat better, and find their strength.  I’ve never talked to anyone Read More

Book Learnin’ for Young Marines (and the curious)

Book Learnin’ for Young Marines (and the curious)

(December 13th, 2016) Last Saturday the Marine Corps Recruiting Office in Dover was kind enough to come to the gym with over 35 young men and women who are interested in joining the Marine Corps.

When I have the opportunity I like to point potential future Marines in the direction of good sources of knowledge in their future endeavours.  It usually involves me flashing a book in front of them when they are completely exhausted and don’t even know where they are.  I promised the last group Read More

The Road to Business Owner of the Year

On November 9th, 2018 I enjoyed the thrill of winning the Results Fitness Business Owner of the Year award! I want to share with you what that was and how we got there.

First, what is Results Fitness? The Results Fitness University Mastermind is an exclusive group of some of the best functional training gyms in the country and world. The group is run by Alwyn and Rachel Cosgrove who are the best known authors, speakers, business coaches, and gym owners in the industry. Attending their business Read More

Core Values

A gym with Values?  

Even when it existed as nothing more than ideas in a notebook, On Target Fitness has been a different kind of gym.  From concept to founding to its current existence, On Target Fitness has been a VALUES driven endeavor. In an industry fraught with sleazy marketing, pressure sales, and low standards of conduct, being driven by values makes us a little odd.  How we conduct ourselves, how we structure our services, our policies, who we hire, how we market Read More