Publisher's Letter

In the challenges of life how do you make the next step less painful? How do you make the next step count? Don’t make God or exercise little more than a drug. Start here and discover keys to motivation that will unlock powerful ways to take your faith and fitness further.

Create a Top 10 for 2010 --- and make sure it is just a little dangerous! Don’t let this year slip away without really working a wide range of muscles. When you get pushed and pulled you feel the tension – now experience the strength.

When was the last time you visited your local park? You may find it hard to imagine, but strolling through the park one day may be the new way to really get active and do church.

Full of rugged adventure, I recently explored the most amazing place. Tumbling headfirst into a cave, I got some dirt under my fingernails and a bruise or two. Have you found your place to interact spiritually and live life physically?

Where is your life going? Do you want to kick it up a notch and take it to the next level? If so, then you need to live a life infused with God’s mindset of MORE. [Reading recommendation: Read once before each workout for an entire month.]

How would you answer that question? If your fitness isn’t fun it should be. If your faith isn’t fun then what do you really believe? Hey – Jesus had fun. Shouldn’t you?

Ms. California 2009 and Father Alberto Cutie with the aid of photographers help us see just how much we can do with our bodies. Scandalous? Perhaps yes. But, what would you risk to grow in your relationship with God?

It is time to celebrate the fit church. In the world of fitness the well-developed, muscular and healthy human body is celebrated. In like fashion today’s fit church offers a dramatic example of how a body of people called the church can be fully immersed in being the life that God has created.

The strength and conditioning program CrossFit and being spiritually fit by carrying YOUR own cross have some similarities. Do CrossFit for well-rounded physical strength. Lift your cross of life challenges and personal burdens for genuine spiritual maturity. Are you lifting everything you should or is your life fully loaded with junk?

In today’s current climate of global chaos, finding CHANGE we can believe in gives us some comfort for the moment. Interestingly though the other big buzz word these days is FUNDAMENTAL. In fitness and in life it is time for you to take notes and change back to the fundamentals.

Do you make wise choices when it comes to your health, fitness and life? What do you do when you don’t have a clue? Time to ditch conventional wisdom and do things differently.

When you decide to go for it you jump, fall then land. What do you do next? You expand your definition of fitness and faith. When it is time for you to overcome challenges and be an influence look to God to create your own success story.

The road to greatness can be tough. To look great, feel greater and be your greatest requires focus, motivation, commitment and vision. The pressure we put on ourselves can be tremendous. Do you have what it takes?

Think back over the past week in your life. Would you use the word “blah” or the word “zing” to describe it? Now is the time for you to nurture three forms of energy that will fuel your life.

Everyone seems to be trying to trim the fat as fast as they can. Here’s a newsflash – Don’t “just diet”. When you lose fat and sculpt muscle AT THE SAME TIME you initiate an important principle.

Had enough of the non-stop fitness gimmickry? Take time to understand how God made you unique then create an exercise and development program that is right for you.

What is your point-of-view (or POV) when you’re on your back doing a sit-up? Expanding yours is not easy by any means.

What do you want from your club? I don't know about you, but coming together with others for selfish reasons doesn't cut it for me.

Like a bruised street fighter you have to wonder why you keep battling this one. Be fit both physically and spiritually. Believe and get it down to a science.

I’m an ectomorph – I’m naturally slim. I just gained 55 this week. But, I can tell you I already feel much better.

The concept of core training is to build a solid foundation. To get a more acute perspective on the definition of “core” you need to see how God is at the center of your life. This year make some clear connections between faith and fitness.