I got a text message (first I start blogging and now I get a text message…which by the way I have no idea how to return a text message) today saying that my friend Robert Dos Remedios, strength and conditioning coach for College of the Canyons, was named NSCA Collegiate Strength Coach of the Year.

If you don’t know who Dos is, you will very soon. He’s got more real world experience in training athletes than most will ever have.

It’s about time he gets the recognition he deserves.

Oh, and for the record, I will never grasp the concept of text messaging. I’m going to take the time to type out a message on a phone keyboard rather than make a call that’ll achieve the same thing in 10 seconds?

Later.

So apparently this is how life works.

You get educated, find a job or start a business, marry the perfect gal, and then you Blog. The internet continues to be a source of joy and frustration for me. Because lord knows, that everyone has something important to say at least once in their life. Hopefully, that’ll happen here at least once in a while.

My good friend and super editor/writer who works for Men’s Health Magazine, Adam Campbell, kinda talked me into this whole thing. If you’d like to send any hate mail in response for my thoughts taking up too much space on the WWW, please comment at Adam’s blog (you knew this was comin’ didn’t ya?) at http://thefitnessinsider.menshealth.com/

Actually, Adam has recently started on a quest to break the 5 Minute Mile. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that Roger Bannister actually broke the 4 minute mile mark in 1954. He seems rather motivated and far be it for me to crush somebody’s groove.

In all honesty, I support Adam fully in his quest. I think as humans, the day we no longer challenge ourselves, we begin to die. It doesn’t need to be a physical challenge like Adam’s. It can be something as simple as being a better mate, continuing to educate yourself, or sticking to a healthier eating plan.

Speaking of Men’s Health, you can find my latest article on page 122 of the August 2006 issue.

Anyway, before we get too deep here, I’m trying to figure out what one does with a blog. I figure since it’s got my name on it, I can do as I please. I’m sure I’ll make announcements of what’s going on in my world, answer questions, do a lot of name dropping, and answer more questions. Just don’t expect it to have a great deal of organization. Not my strong point.

While I’m thinking about it

Here’s something that’s coming down the pike…

Mike Robertson, well-known from t-nation.com, elitefts.com, and his own home on the web, www.robertsontrainingsystems.com, and I are in the editing stages of a new DVD called, Inside-Out (O/I): The Ultimate Upper Body Warm-up. This is going to be a must have for any athlete that does any strength training, throwing, or swinging of a club or tennis racket. I don’t want to say too much yet, but I’ll be sure to give you whole run down in the not too distant future.

More Later…