Health-A Matter of DAILY Choice

I landed in Atlanta the other day and hopped on our MARTA train towards the suburbs where my family awaited. On the wall of the MARTA car there were two posters. One was pushing a Southern favorite--fast food chicken biscuits. The poster right next to it was pushing a family health and wellness program. How ironic I thought. This is daily life in America! We have daily choices to make. We choose behaviors that enable us to be healthy, or we choose chicken biscuits that literally poison our bodies with trans fats and preservatives along with excessive fat. Usually, we are inundated with the bad health messages vs. healthy messages. It's a battle to be healthy and fight the status quo of fatness and ILL culture--obesity abounds! It's worth it to resist the biscuits. Carry on the good fight. From a 92 degree HOTlanta today. See y'all in Midtown tonight. Say hi! We'll hit some one-arm push ups in da club! Ragin' RJ

Huntington Beach-Physical Culture

I was running at Huntington Beach last week. I did some grass body-weight strength after my sand run. A group of girl soccer players were there finishing warm-up drills. They went for a "two-mile" run to finish. I had to reflect...I can't remember the last time I saw or heard about a bunch of 10-12 year old girls running two miles. None of them were obese. They looked pretty healthy and happy--even when they finished! Think there is a coorelation? Probably.

Hanging in HB is a "Physical Culture" because people are moving! I saw many 70+ men riding bikes, people running, walking, surfing, etc. And of course, as usual when I'm in Surf City, I went to my favorite yoga studio and got my ass kicked again by the surfer chicks! Ahhh...but it's a good pain! People are alive in well in HB...it was refreshing to see some fitness instead of fatness for a change. From surf and sand...Ragin' RJ!

Memorial Day Rememberance

On this solemn day, I remember those that have fallen so I may be free to live my life with my family and friends. I don't take freedom for granted. I take the lost lives of veterans seriously--it was and is the ultimate sacrifice. I love Memorial Day. It's a chance to show even more respect and patriotism. It's a reminder to appreciate. As I sliced my Z car through the mountains of northern LA County last night cranking some Van Halen, I didn't forget. As I told my wife to put up the flag at home in Atlanta and explain to our three year old twins we are remembering soldiers that died for our freedom, I didn't forget. Thank you departed American veterans. I won't forget your sacrifices or waste your efforts. I'm doing everything I can to help my country through performance-driven wellness. God speed...enjoying the SoCal sun in freedom this weekend...Ragin' RJ!

Fit & Strong vs. Fat & Feeble

On this Memorial Day weekend, let us reflect on the power of being Fit, Strong, and being able to defend and survive. It's obvious at this point that the USA can't win wars just by pressing buttons and sitting down on our slothful asses. It's survival of the FITTEST. It always has been and always will be. I'm doing my part to be part of the solution by Getting Fit and Being Strong and taking as many people as possible with me. The answer is NOT being fat and feeble and taking more pills and getting more surgeries. I'm continually amazed at how many people get ripped off by the system that takes their money, shoves them pills, cuts them up, and never really fixes much of anything far too much of the time...it's bogus. So this weekend, RISE UP. Get Fit. Be Strong. We are free to hike, run, jump, and throw. People have earned that with their lives. Don't waste it. Get it on. From the front...Ragin' RJ!

Mic Check...1,2,1,2

YO! Back from the computer dead AGAIN! Don't even get me started on computers! Trying to get up to chi speed over Memorial Day. God Speed to those that died so we can be free to hike, run, jump, and throw! Don't waste their lives...get off your ass and do something to make American Fit and Strong instead of Feeble and FAT! Life is redline...get up to race pace with the High-Performance of Wellness. Starting to rip again in my workouts. Getting ready to train college football players all summer...must get the proper chi recalibration prior to June 11th. Got some great stuff coming out soon. Took my corporate group up to Yosemite Falls Summit last weekend--they rocked! A "magical" day of peaceful nature and sweat...ain't nothin' better baby! Mi hermano and tribal racing Bro Steve Ilg made the June issue of Outside Magazine this month. Ilg is the real deal man...no friggin' foo foo! That guy can kick your ass on a bike, the gym, or in yoga and do it with a friendly smile and da love--I love my Ilgbro! Check him out at www.wholisticfitness.com or in Outside Magazine. From the "Left Coast" of SoCal on a beautiful Memorial Day Weekend. Ragin' RJ!

Diffusion of Responsibility

I'm appalled by the video today about the 91 year old WWII Vet being beaten by a car jacker while no one helped. This is related to what I wrote about yesterday--the "ME" generation where one's personal agenda is put above the community. I stopped yesterday at a horrible accident scene to help. I was able to secure the safety of the scene by placing road flares to redirect traffic through the intersection and then stayed to direct traffic until authorities were in place to take over. It took 15 minutes of my busy day. There were people and mayhem scattered all over the intersection...the least I could do was to direct some traffic so more people weren't hurt or killed. If you live without making the world a better place, then it's a waste of life and time in my book. It's not just about money and bling bull crap--how shallow if that's all it is. Be well today. Ragin' RJ!

"Me" Generation

I've had a number of conservations with friends over this emerging narcissism of today's American culture. I have even been accused of feeding my own ego by talking about my press coverage for wellness and athletics. Let's get something straight--anyone that knows me well knows that my life, career, and passion is about making the world a better place by helping people through wellness. My ego doesn't mean squat compared to helping my fellow Americans. If it spills over to other countries, then great. I've helped people in numerous countries beyond the USA. Why do I market "me" and my logo, website, brand marketing image? To market wellness!!! Why? Because Jack LaLanne told me in a personal interview to do more to market health and wellness. LaLanne did very public feats of fitness endurance and strength for years. People that don't know him would say it was about his "ego", but that is BS! He told me himself it was about creating awareness for the cause of health and wellness. LaLanne is my master teacher--I take my cues from him and not others too busy to find out who I really am. From the front...Ragin' RJ!