Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

The Town That Eliminated Obesity

This past weekend Angie, I and the kids enjoyed a get away to the small, thriving town of Carbondale...It was the weekend of the annual Mountain Fair—which I would learn is a pretty big deal. A well run and organized fair, there was a terrific variety of great food, live music and all manner of natural, organic and hand crafted items and art. It was exactly everything you could expect from a Fair—all EXCEPT ONE THING... And it's absence was eerie...

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Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and the Illusion of Freedom | Part 1

Americans love our Freedom. We hold it high and display it proudly for the world to see. For good reason too: There’s something very special about the freedoms we Americans are afforded. There must be. We’ve confirmed it’s worth dying for. Yet, beyond a pick-up truck, a cold beer and a shotgun, what is freedom? .... ....

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You’re Invited to Join Me for the 12-Day Reboot

Traveling back to Denver from a short vaca yesterday I was just feeling “the weight” of what I’ve been eating lately—way too much of anything and everything. And my training has not been nearly intense enough...I’m feeling heavy, soft and lousy… And I’m sick and tired of it. It’s time to kick my body into high-gear. It’s time for THE 12-DAY REBOOT....(You with me?)...more...

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