A New Contributor, A New Segment. DMG Joins the Modern Gentleman

Hello All. As I mentioned last weekend, a new contributor is joining Back To Basics: The Modern Gentleman. I am extremely excited to have his contributions to the blog and I believe they are going to be extremely beneficial and entertaining. Check in for more great info from this Modern Gentleman. Without further a due, the new to the team gentleman and myself bring you the sustainable health and fitness segment of the blog. Enjoy.
------Pjones

If you were around Atlanta this weekend, and you don’t live under a rock, you probably were thinking the same thing I was- Georgia weather is flat-out strange.

Just over a week ago, PJones (the modern gentleman himself) and I were kicking around a few new business ideas over a Jameson on the rocks while our cars were covered in 5 inches of snow, and this weekend the whole world was outside at Piedmont park, shirtless, and soaking in some warmly-welcomed sun. You’ve got to love these days in Georgia- these days each year that make you think winter has passed and soon the Braves will take the field and you can make your first trip to the lake. But with this weather comes a few realizations about how your year is progressing- 1) winter is almost over, and it seems like just yesterday you were jotting down lofty resolutions while nursing a hangover, and 2) while 2010 is 15% gone already, you are nowhere closer than you were two months ago to your health and fitness goals.

I bring up the GA weather for a reason. I spent the warm days this past weekend at an intown park playing some pickup soccer with old friends, and I noticed a few things about my fellow park-going Atlantans regarding their fitness. At one extreme there were the obviously out-of-shape guys who lacked the knowledge, or more likely the motivation, to shape-up and live in a healthy body; and at the other extreme there were the guys with “popcorn muscles”.
(“Popcorn muscles” is a phrase that was introduced to me recently by an old friend who sent an NO-Xplode-drinking meat-head flipping ass over teacup while competing for a rebound in a pickup basketball game earlier this month. All puffy- but light and weak.)

If your fitness goals are to do as many curls as possible and get “popcorn muscles”, then read no further. This segment of the blog is not for you. This segment will deal with functional strength- health and fitness tips and techniques that will improve your strength, energy and endurance, hone your ability to focus, and improve aspects of your life from your mood to your sleep patterns (not to mention your body and subsequent inability of your girl to keep her hands off you).

This month’s theme will be shaping up for spring and getting “back on track” with new years resolutions. In weeks to come you can expect pieces that deal with not just diet and exercise tips, but also psychological tools to keep you moving towards a lifelong goal of functional fitness.

This is not a “feel-good” segment- I am not a motivational speaker. I am a modern gentleman who understands the importance of functional strength and its many benefits.

-Stay tuned

DMG