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Monteverde, also known as the “Green Mountain” is often overlooked by the average tourist. This quit and quant town is usually shaken up on a daily basis with motorbikes that cruise late night. One can argue that the Tico culture is blessed to house the cutest dogs on planet earth! It is common to find…

Before I had the opportunity to see it for myself, I had always imagined Costa Rica as it was showed to us by Steven Spielberg in the infamous scene in Jurassic Park. In the opening scene, corrupt scientist (Dennis Nedry) is supposedly in San Jose, Costa Rica exchanging precious dinosaur DNA with another American scientist…

Ive always been a sucker for a sensual sunset.. BUT while here in Costa Rica, I have been legit blessed to have set my eyes on these beautiful masterpieces almost every night. Ive put together a collage of just a glimpse of what was dished up for us on a daily basis.

The heartburn myth Growing up, I remember my mom taking and even giving me Prilosec when I claimed to have heartburn or a stomachache. I had no idea what this stuff was; all I knew is that it made me feel better after an hour or so. After reading about these little pills, I found…

The dynamic duo, elements and molecules both play a pivotal role in our every day life. These micronutrients such as sulfur, calcium, and magnesium cannot be made by our body, so we must seek them from supplements or the foods we eat. Making sure we are consuming high quality foods our bodies need to properly…

So the amount of hate eggs have been getting from professionals in the past couple of decades has been quite absorb. The whole concern with how egg yolks affect (good) HDL and (bad) LDL cholesterol levels has been up in the air for the longest and scientist have finally broken it down for us! Cage…

As consumers, we participate in this bizarre, natural food cycle on a daily basis. If we were to boil life down to its raw source, almost everything starts from our soil. The air we breathe comes from trees, which grow from proper soil. The food we eat in order to produce anything starts with the…

Before food enters our body, the mind begins the digestion process of what foods we are about to consume. Then comes the mouth as the initial point where food enters the body. Our mouths play a very important role, as this is the start of what feeds the tiny bacteria living in our small and…

If we were to dive into a tissue cell through the cell membrane, we would find molecules, and in these molecules are electrons. Electrons from the outer bonding shell of an element will then form a bond with another outer bonding shell of a different element. This will eventually form what we call a “chemical…

When it comes to training, there are generally two types of muscle formation. Muscular adaptations are specifically dependent upon precise programs that tailor to the type of activity one may be training for. If concerned with a 1-rep max in the bench press, one will need to follow a program that consists of heavier loads…

The Basics Arguably one of the most brilliant people who has ever walked this earth, Socrates, once said “No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is…

While in Costa Rica, I put on a coaching clinic at the local Cloud Forest school teaching local and international students how to move and eat efficiently. Many of these athletes are soccer buffs and often times, learn as . much as they can in order to learn and adapt skills that will help change…

When working with kids under 13, it’s extremely important to teach excellent, healthy habits as much as possible. What you teach them will lay habit or “myelin” over their axons that they will most likely build on, as they get older. If certain habits such as movement are taught incorrectly, they will most likely build…

Willpower Very curious scientists actively studied the idea of willpower in the early 1980’s. They found that we actually have an infinite amount of willpower within ourselves. Although, this drive does get very fatigued if used continuously over time. Think of willpower as a muscle, every time we make any decision, its like doing a…

Mind Power The idea of being comfortable with the uncomfortable is arguably the hidden key to success. Time is constantly changing, so the quicker we can adapt to change, the faster we can grow. Majority of the time, all this takes is building a new habit on how to perceive certain situations. I want to…

A quick exercise that should help you get out if any rut Activity: Find and sit in a completely isolated space by yourself and “actively” think For 5 minutes. How to ACTIVELY think: (Before anything, put your phone on airplane mode and/or put noise canceling earplugs in. Make sure you wont be distracted by ANYTHING)…

What came first? We absolutely have to know what we are doing and talking about at any high level. Im not saying we don’t need the knowledge and information in order to be great. But when imagination is in play, we get to go beyond the system and the norm that other people are already…

Majority of us have been set up our whole lives to think that we aren’t “good enough” in many situations. We are also taught to be not be present often. A prime example of this is when a teacher says “If you don’t do well on your exams, you won’t get into college”. This immediately…

Remembering who we really are We have to know that we all have been conditioned to who we think we are. The average birth takes place in this sterile atmosphere with white floors, white walls and sterile hands and environment. As soon as birth happens, there’s blood EVERYWHERE! It’s controlled chaos really. The second we…

The Big 4 Health, wealth, love and happiness are the 4 cylinders of life that I consider to be the most important. I assimilated these four nouns to the “core” on our bodies and how they serve as a cylinder to help us stand tall as well as move throughout life. Lack of function in…

When working or growing with others, I’d say communication is the number one key to success. As a culture, I feel we are being stripped of this trait as it is starting to fade away. Almost as if our culture is going through some sort of “natural selection” that’s aiming to push away our fundamentals…

Is the juice worth the squeeze? In just about any situation we come to in life, make sure we don’t set ourself up for failure. In other words, don’t get too anxious before something big. The experience is what we make it at all times, we are in control on how we want to experience…

COVID-19 has gratefully presented us with an opportunity for a cultural shift towards health and wellness. Whether that be paying greater attention to basic hygiene and sanitation skills, getting the opportunity to cook and try new foods or applying different way to exercise and stay sane! However, the key opportunity we have upon spending time…

The idea of money can be very easily skewed. For some people may think that if you have money, then you are flat out evil! In more serious cases, people have been raised on the idea that if you are financially “well off” then you are a bad person who tries to “scam” other people.…