Last updated on January 6, 2020. Originally published on March 13, 2017. In May of 2015, my friend Amy, a fellow pianist and running enthusiast, introduced me to the plant-based ultra-endurance athlete Rich Roll, and his podcast, aptly titled, The Rich Roll Podcast. At that time, at the age of 42 and with a few Chicago Marathons under my belt, I was becoming increasingly passionate about long distance running, and questioning my diet as my gym workouts grew more and more inte

Last updated on January 4, 2020. Originally published on January 3, 2017. I started doing pull-ups seriously in 2012 as I was approaching my 40th birthday. I had created a personal challenge that included 25 consecutive pull-ups, and after achieving that, I just kept on going. For the last couple of years, my standard pull-up routine has consisted of about 10 sets, generally 10-15 repetitions per set. I start each set every 3 minutes, meaning I usually have approximately a 2:

Originally posted on February 22, 2017 I switched to a plant-based, or vegan, diet at the start of 2016. And, since my girlfriend (now wife) Joanne - a.k.a The Korean Vegan (TKV) - pretty much went vegan at the same time, I figured it would be cool to invite her to join me on this blog post. First, a little background: What does it mean to be vegan Speaking strictly about diet, being vegan means that we don't eat anything that comes from an animal: no meat, fish, milk, or che

As far as health, fitness, and nutrition are concerned, 2016 was a great year. I happily adopted a vegan diet, completed several crazy pull-up adventures (including a 10x15 workout and a separate bit of insanity: 1,800 pull-ups in 5 hours), set a personal best time at The Philadelphia Marathon, and read, listened, studied, and experienced enough with regards to fitness and plant-based nutrition to feel good and responsible about reporting on it all here. Here's hoping that so