Flip Your Script

Since the dawn of time, men’s sexual health has always been a topic of great importance for the person involved as well as their partners. From pills to tonics and beyond, we’ve always tried to improve on our sexual virility and potency. Since Viagra came on the scene, it’s been a ray of hope for […]

Fat-shaming and body shaming are relatively new terms to edge their way into the vernacular of American language but here we are. These types of discrimination have been going on since the beginning of civilized time, we just didn’t have names and phrases to convey what it was. Fat/Body-shaming is the direct or indirect way […]

I sit down with my good buddy Brian Bortz, Bodybuilder, Entrepreneur and Fitness Coach to discuss how bodybuilding career, his role as a fitness coach and why he advocates fully for Magnum Ice Cream bars! Join the conversation tonight at 8:30pm on Zoom! Zoom ID: 816 6367 4031 Password: tdR6ug John Schessler is a Pittsburgh-based […]

“Did you hurt yourself?”, “Why are you limping?” These are questions that I hear if not everyday, every other day. For 30 years. 30!! It gets annoying sometimes but at least I know or hope that people are concerned for my well-being and not just being nosey. If you’ve read previous posts of mine, you […]

No, I’m not talking about which leggings are hot and which ones are not. What I’m talking about specifically is the lifting choices people make when working out. In my years as a trainer, I often have found myself walking the gym floor, looking at patrons working out and wondering to myself, “Why are they […]

At one point during my schooling, I had a vision of opening a fitness facility specifically aimed for people with special needs and disabilities. When I actually sat down and did the research, figured out the financial needs of starting such a business…needless to say, I put that on the back burner. Over the years, […]

Around a decade ago, I became a certified Spinning instructor and I thought (and still do) that this way of exercising was the coolest and edgiest way to be active, not to mention fun! These days, brands like Peleton and others have made this music-filled, rocky terrain workout more interactive and user-friendly for the rider. […]

Coming up on the next ManAlive! podcast….I sit down with good friend and amateur bodybuilder, entrepreneur David Kelly to talk about his bodybuilding career, what motivates him and how his drive and determination has made him a force to be reckoned with in the bodybuilding world. This Friday at 2:30 EST, live on my Instagram […]

Here is my latest video conversation from my Podcast, ManAlive! In this episode I have a conversation with Brandon Swaney, an amateur MMA fighter from Pennsylvania. Brandon and I have a great talk about MMA fighting, his goals, his future with the sport and more importantly, the role of mental health in his approach to […]

The older we become, the older and creakier our joints become. What some people don’t realize is that over usage or underusage of a joint may cause far more pain and immobility than we realize. Whenever I train clients, joint pain is the number one complaint I hear from my older and more athletic members. […]