This is not a knock on doctors, but sometimes doctors don’t have all the answers, and that’s fine if they tell you we’re going to see if this works, and here are the side effects, and now you can make an informed decision. And I know some excellent doctors who will do that, but it’s not always the case. As a young man, I used to work in the medical field and can tell you stories.

Maybe we have concerns about our physicality and don’t know what to do about it or the things impacting our health. We’re embarrassed to discuss our health issues because it makes us appear weaker and /or less valued by our colleagues. As parents, we’ll sometimes put off a needed doctor visit when our kids need braces. We’re worried about affording both because we didn’t have the best insurance or haven’t moved up the corporate ladder yet. As a breadwinner, I was highly conscious of this as my wife, and I raised our family.

I wanted to build a place where anyone could come and feel safe asking questions. A place where they can get reliable information, and we can get healthier, stronger, and more vital together. 

A little about me 

Gravity always loved me growing up and showed up frequently on the scale. I was always the heavy kid. I was “Husky,” at least that’s what they told my mother at the clothing stores. But, of course, it couldn’t be helped; I grew up in a typically large Italian family with plenty of aunts and uncles, cousins all over the place, and at the center of it all, “Granny” and “Grandpa.”

Granny was a high-quality, high-production Italian food-making machine. I’m not even sure if she ever slept. We were never let down, you could go to their house any day of the week, at any time, and there was always some incredible food ready for you. “Come, eat!” Granny would say. And forget about the holidays; that’s when she kicked it up a notch and went into another gear. Sunday gravy and meatballs… oh, don’t get me started. 

I didn’t have a chance…

But then I discovered girls. And that’s when things got interesting. I cleaned up my act, stopped eating like a cafone (an Italian word that found its way into the English language; pronounced: ga-voon; meaning ill-mannered – we used it interchangeably with ‘pig’), and started becoming more active and working out.

Things change, though, as we continue to get older. Our bodies become resistant to some changes we try to make, and certain chemicals in our bodies slow down in production, causing our once vibrant bodies to begin to droop. Body parts fall off (lol, just kidding, I’m checking to see if you’re still reading my page)

Anyway, I am on a quest for better health, a leaner, healthier body, and increased stamina, and I’d like to welcome you aboard. Unfortunately, a good amount of myths are out there, and a lot of misleading information is being spread across the internet. Unfortunately, when speaking of the health and wellness field, people out there want to take advantage of people in need. We’ll try to navigate through all that to see what’s true, and I want to share it with you. That is my passion.