Heat Training 201
By Tia Norris, September 2018 Issue. With more than half of the year boasting triple-digit temperatures in the Valley of the Sun, it’s impossible to not address best [...]
Columnists
The fine line between selflessness and self-loathing
By Buddy Early, September 2018 Issue. It might surprise you to learn that I sometimes engage in online debates with people who spout bigotry and ignorance. That is, if [...]
The pros and cons of fitness with your S.O.
By Tia Norris, August 2018 Issue. It’s been said that couples who sweat together, stay together. But, from a trainer’s perspective, is that really true? Through both [...]
Wedding Belle Blues
By Buddy Early, August 2018 Issue. There’s a common saying that goes “If you don’t like gay marriage, don’t get gay married.” Or something like that. “Gay [...]
Fake It Till You Make It
By Gordon Fraser, August 2018 Web Exclusive. Have you ever felt you were not quite good enough for a job or a role of importance and feel that at any moment, you will be [...]
Enforcing Nondiscrimination Laws Is Not a Sign of Anti-Religious Bias
By James Esseks, August 2018 Issue. On the morning of June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up another challenge to state nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBTQ [...]
The most groundbreaking thing you’ll read in the next five minutes
By Buddy Early, July 2018 Issue. Earlier this year I saw an advertisement for the movie Love, Simon, and it struck me very odd that the poster included the word [...]
Talking Bodies | July 2018
By Tia Norris, July 2018 Issue. Arizona is heating up and so are the annual festivities summer promises – all the obvious excuses to show a little extra skin and to talk [...]
Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Again
By Liz Massey, June 2018 Issue. The title of this column can be interpreted in one of two ways. Many of you have probably heard of the phrase “doing the same thing over and [...]
The Year of The Purge
By Buddy Early, June 2018 Issue. The tiny home phenomenon is something that has caught my attention lately. While most people accumulate “things” as badges of their [...]
LGBTQ-X: Talking About My Generation
By Liz Massey, May 2018 Issue. I have to admit it – I cried recently watching the protests that happened in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, led by students [...]
Talking Bodies | May 2018
By Tia Norris, May 2018 Issue. The worlds of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media platforms have completely revolutionized the fitness industry. Social media [...]
Slobulous And Owning It
By Buddy Early, May 2018 Issue. “Why are you not more successful?” a friend asked me recently over coffee. This wasn’t really what he said but I fancy myself as someone [...]
Our Compassion CAN Make the Difference
By Buddy Early, April 2018 Issue. An optimistic person—someone I am trying to be—approaches each spring with a mindset of rebirth and/or renewal, or perhaps as a time to [...]
Marching Banned?
By Liz Massey, April 2018 Issue. The first year I lived here, I remember the desire to bring back a Pride parade to the festivities, a component that had been missing for [...]
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