MS Fitness Challenge Jan thru April 2017
Murrieta CA - January 17-April 11, 2017 Our MSFC 12 week challenge was a huge success! Special thanks to all our participants and sponsors. PROUD SPONSORS
Murrieta CA - January 17-April 11, 2017 Our MSFC 12 week challenge was a huge success! Special thanks to all our participants and sponsors. PROUD SPONSORS
Elizabethtown, PA. Sept 10 - Dec 10, 2016 Our MSFC 12 week challenge in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania on September 12, 2015 at Elizabethtown Fitness Club was a huge success! Special thanks to all our participants and sponsors. PROUD SPONSORS [...]
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 limitations can be defeated easily. So, whether you have set a goal to try a new sport, lose weight, or [...]
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. There were many who thought I was crazy, but Darren stuck with me, and in August 2009, I was awarded [...]
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 fitness that I think you’ll find inspiring and worth sharing. Maret Asaro’s first symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) likely occurred [...]
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, Kim Reed. Kim, 47, is a competitive bodybuilder from Colerain, in Belmont County, Ohio. Here is Kim’s story, in her [...]
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 back in the gym for a full month, I’ve made adjustments to my meds, and I’ve entered some uncharted territory [...]
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 hide it from my wife, Kendra. But finally, at 4 a.m. on January 14, we decided to go to the [...]
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! This new chapter in my journey with multiple sclerosis (MS) started on December 21, 2016, during a trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, [...]
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 was ready to make a change in his life. We talked about life with MS, working out, nutrition, and much more. [...]