Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

11 Lessons for Success in Sports, Fitness and Life from The Triple-Bypass

The pain in my ass, my right foot, my left shoulder and my lower back had reached threshold and were threatening to shut me down. Wisely, I stopped for a moment glancing left as a rider two decades my senior moved swiftly by—probably wrestling with his own pain but none evident enough to be comforting. I’d been in the saddle for well over 4 hours, the last half of it on a relentless climb made worse by a stiff….[more]

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How Strict Must You Eat to Lose Weight?

With the Fourth of July holiday almost upon us, I know many of us will have food on our minds. It’s a great day for sharing delicious–if not necessarily nutritious–food with family and friends.
During an interview the other day I received a question that is particularly relevant to this upcoming day of celebration. The [...]

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The Shape Of Your Life

Whether you’re tall, short, thin, curvy, or stout; whatever the shape you see in the mirror, the shape of your life will likely look much the same as every other. It rises up, arcs over and slides back down. Or does it?
This “normal trajectory of life” I’ve just described, that most of us have long [...]

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