Super Shakes!    (These make great meal ideas especially for very busy schedules, so you can get the vital nutrition you need in little time).   Everyday I make what I call a “Super Shake.” This makes a great meal and it’s quick.   One of my favorites is: 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, organic cherries, about a cup, or strawberries, or blueberries (usually strawberries), 1 cup or so, 6-8 ounces of frozen organic spinach (I put in a third to half of a 16 ounce... Go to BodyBlog

HIT Workout This is the workout I use. We see incredible results in the people we train using this. It works because you best achieve the purpose you have when you come into the gym, and that is to stimulate the muscle to grow as much as is possible and then give it the time to rest. Your muscles grow when you rest them not when you train them. We only send the message to grow in the gym. Efficently and totally exhausting the muscle and then giving optimal rest is the answer. I do a three-day... Go to BodyBlog

      Photos-Matt Age 13 after surgery, Age 14, Age 16, Age 23, Age 52   My journey in fitness began when I underwent invasive back surgery to remove a tumor on my spine at age 13. It was so large that it was pushing my spine laterally and they thought originally that is was scoliosis, or lateral curve of the spine. I was misdiagnosed three times before a doctor at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery figured it out. It was successful, but after a full year in... Go to BodyBlog