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Overcoming MS challenges on the road to fitness
National Fitness Hall of Fame
MSFC Founder David Lyons now a Founding Partner of the National Fitness Hall of Fame Institute. The NFHOF’s Institute will produce educational courses, books and other materials designed to Educate, Motive and Inspire. These [...]
5 Ways to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve your Fitness Goals
Achieving your fitness goals and sticking to a given exercise regimen is never easy. After all, there are a lot of obstacles and hindrances like time, boredom, injuries, comparison, self-confidence, laziness, etc. But, these [...]
With MS Fitness is Possible but the Plan Must Be Flexible
I first met Darren Barnes in 2008, when he helped me train for a bodybuilding competition. At the time, I was 50 years old and had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis only a couple of years earlier. [...]
Makeup Artist With MS Becomes Triathlete With MS Marets Journey to Fitness
As a former New Yorker now living in California, I love to hear about great things happening for people with multiple sclerosis in my old stomping grounds. Here’s a story that highlights the power of [...]
14 Years of Bodybuilding With MS Kims Story
I meet some pretty amazing people through the MS Fitness Challenge, the organization I run to encourage people to overcome multiple sclerosis with fitness and nutrition. I want to introduce you to one of those people, [...]
Diary of an MS Relapse Treatment and Healing
I am writing this installment of my relapse diary a month after I left off the last time. I am now going into my second month on the multiple sclerosis (MS) drug Rebif (interferon beta-1a), I’ve been [...]
Diary of an MS Relapse Steroids and Some Tough Decisions
During a December 2016 trip to Florida to visit relatives, I began having new and worsening MS symptoms that continued into January. I did my best to deny that I was having a full-blown relapse and to [...]
Diary of an MS Relapse Denial Then Panic as Symptoms Set In
This is not my normal blog, as my life has been far from normal for the past two months. So sit back, grab a drink, and relax. This is going to be a long one! [...]
90 Day Fitness Challenge Marks a New Beginning for Ryans MS
Ryan Mills, of Ithaca, Michigan, recently reached out to me as he was starting a 90-day fitness challenge at his local gym. Ryan, 41, has had multiple sclerosis (MS) for nearly seven years, and he [...]
Im Fighting Back but My MS Is Still Trying to Beat Me
What a year 2016 was. I was honored as a finalist in both the Health Advocate Hero and Lifetime Achievement awards by patient community site WEGOHealth and received the Lifetime Fitness Inspiration Award from the Global Bodybuilding Organization. Kendra, my [...]
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Recent Books
“An important book! Everyday Health and Fitness with Multiple Sclerosis is the first all-inclusive system for the millions of people that suffer through life with disabilities, challenges, and roadblocks to getting and staying in shape.” – Daymond John