Ten years ago I stopped funding my retirement account. It was the classic case of having more month at the end of our money. Our credit card balance was growing…not shrinking. I needed to do something to turn this around. The retirement fund was a voluntary contribution each month. The company offers a 50% match […]
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The deal the gym offered was too good to pass up. Ten bucks a month with no commitment. I could stop anytime I wanted. Additionally, the gym was open 24/7 so I could even go before work. And, since I’m on a morning radio show I would be getting to the gym in the middle
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If you struggle with staying consistent with exercise, Walking is Fitness can help. This is a daily ten-minute podcast that’ll provide you with a boost of motivation. There’s a new episode every day that Dave records while he’s walking too. Tap here for a quick sample I’ve lost ten pounds since the beginning of the
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The forecast was bad. When Sunday finally arrived the weather was even worse than predicted. About four weeks earlier, my daughter Emma said she wanted to take me to a Ravens game as my Christmas present. I’m a huge fan and this season has been magical with Lamar Jackson at quarterback. When Emma told me
“Why are you still doing this?” I got that question from my wife on a busy day in November after I said I still needed a few thousand steps to reach 20,000. This was almost three months after my 20k One Year Step Challenge had ended. For a full year my goal was to get
I didn’t go to the dentist for ten years. When I finally went it was a brutal beat down. I didn’t go again for two more years. The cause of my dental problems was poor dental hygiene. Simply put… …I didn’t floss. Thankfully, it wasn’t too late. I still had time to turn my dental
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It was a terrible night. Earlier that day I had a meeting with my boss. He told me they were changing my job at the radio station. I was being taken off the air. There were lots of good things about this decision, but the only thing I could focus on was the negative. All
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I was about a half mile from home when I realized I didn’t have my phone with me. Heading out the door I forgot to grab it. Should I turn around? That question flashed through my brain as quickly as I remembered I was phone-less. Many years earlier, when I was a new driver, I
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The news on September 26, 2014 surprised me. It immediately brought back memories of watching my mom exercise in our living room with Jack LaLanne on TV. Jack was called the “Godfather of Fitness.” As a teenager he discovered the benefits of exercise and healthy living and made a career out of helping others enjoy
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It needed to be the perfect gift, but I’m really bad at this. Gift giving is a skill I don’t possess and, honestly, it’s a skill I don’t even want. It complicates life. I don’t want to always be thinking about it. Life is much easier when you suck at giving gifts. Until it really
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