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Get the Optimize Your Heart Fitness Journal to track your diet, exercise, and health over 90 days

Are you commencing to begin your new journey to better heart health but need a little helping keeping track of your progress? Perhaps you know you need a little accountability but prefer something private and tangible over an online, complex app. Either way, I am excited to announce the new Optimize Your Heart Fitness Journal!

Consider it a companion to my book, Optimize Your Heart (the title probably gave that away).

This 90-day exercise, food, and health journal is the perfect notebook for any...

Treat your week’s workouts like a doctor’s appointment or business meeting

We all have plans to workout during the upcoming week. We’ll find the time! Then we get to Friday and wonder where our free time went. That’s why it’s important to put your upcoming exercise in your calendar.

Consider it invested time, not free time!

For more heart health advice, read my new book: http://optimizeyourheart.com/

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Don’t let the COVID-19 pandemic stop you from a life-saving visit to your doctor or ER

With all of the reporting on how busy hospitals are handling the coronavirus, it can be easy to think that they will be too busy to help you with your own health issues. They are not!

WRAL News asked me to help spread this important reminder to go see your doctor, urgent care, or ER, should you have any health issues.

So, what did happen to me? Well back in August, I felt some strange tingling in the hand and foot on my right side. A few years ago, I would have ignored it. However, a stroke sur...

A 304 lb awakening helped a 40-year old optimize his heart & run the Boston Marathon

I have followed Gary Snow’s fitness efforts on Instagram for some time now. Once I learned that Snow had previously recognized his many risks for heart disease early and worked to optimize his heart health, I just had to include his story in my new book, Optimize Your Heart.

Below you’ll find select extracts from Chapter 4, where I use Snow’s efforts to turn motivation into goals and, finally, healthy habits.

For Gary Snow, an IT technician for a law enforcement agency, it was a realization that...

How many days does it take to form a new fitness habit?

When it comes to making changes to your diet, exercise, or general wellbeing, science shows it can take an average of 66 days to form a new habit. Start with small changes until they become a new habit and then move on to the next small improvement.

For more heart health advice, read my new book: http://optimizeyourheart.com/

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The amount of sleep needed to improve your heart & brain health

When you sleep, your body and mind benefit immensely! How many hours should you sleep? Thats a very personal number, but in general, you should aim for at least 7 hours per night.

For more heart health advice, read my new book: http://optimizeyourheart.com/

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Do this just 10 minutes each day to reduce death from heart disease by 33%!

This weeks Friday Fitness Tip explains why walking just 10 minutes a day can reduce your risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 33%!

You can read more about this, and other simple changes you can make, in my book Optimize Your Heart.

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Friday Fitness Tip – Do this just 10 minutes each day to reduce death from heart disease by 33%!

This week’s Friday Fitness Tip explains why walking just 10 minutes a day can reduce your risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 33%!

You can read more about this, and other simple changes you can make, in my book Optimize Your Heart.

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My new book is on sale for just $0.99 - ends soon!

For one week only, you can buy a copy of Optimize Your Heart on the Kindle for just $0.99!

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Why drinking enough water is essential to better health

This weeks Friday Fitness Tip explains why drinking enough water each day is essential to your heart, mind, and body.

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