Zen Mind Strong Body by Al Kavadlo
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Zen Mind Strong Body by Al Kavadlo
INTRODUCTION
By Al Kavadlo
ot very long ago I found myself in a bit of a crisis. I had just turned 30 years old and
I wasn’t happy with where my life was headed. After spending most of my twenties
employed as a personal trainer in a corporate health club, I felt frustrated by main-
stream fitness marketers who were giving the masses a false impression of what
exercise and health were all about. All the emphasis was on quick fixes and shortcuts. It felt like
everyone was spewing bullshit in order to sell gym memberships and dietary supplements to folks
too gullible to know better. Was anybody in mainstream fitness telling the truth anymore?
Additionally, with so many marketers trying to make fitness into a chore in order to sell a short-
cut, the idea that working out could be fun was becoming a forgotten concept. I still can’t believe
how many people prefer to use iPods and TVs to distract themselves through the entire workout
process rather than being present and actually trying to enjoy it.
After a conversation about how I should “be the change I wanted to see” in the fitness world,
my lifelong friend Mike Lieberman gave me a suggestion that would forever change my life. “You
should start a blog,” Mike told me. “And a YouTube channel.”
Like most people who receive good advice, I was resistant to Mike's suggestion. It sounded like
a lot of work and I considered myself to be plenty busy already. Besides, I wanted to write books
and lead workshops, not have a blog!
The year was 2009. The internet was already ubiquitous, yet I couldn’t conceive that being a
blogger could be a viable career. In retrospect, I suppose I felt the same about being a trainer before
I got into that, too.
I eventually came to follow Mike's advice and soon learned to embrace the blogging process.
Over the next few years I wrote hundreds of blog posts and produced countless YouTube shorts.
I’ve always enjoyed writing and I liked the idea of finally putting my English degree to use. Besides,
I’d already been videoing my workouts for my own observations, so it didn't take much effort to
start sharing them.
INTRODUCTION
By Al Kavadlo
ot very long ago I found myself in a bit of a crisis. I had just turned 30 years old and
I wasn’t happy with where my life was headed. After spending most of my twenties
employed as a personal trainer in a corporate health club, I felt frustrated by main-
stream fitness marketers who were giving the masses a false impression of what
exercise and health were all about. All the emphasis was on quick fixes and shortcuts. It felt like
everyone was spewing bullshit in order to sell gym memberships and dietary supplements to folks
too gullible to know better. Was anybody in mainstream fitness telling the truth anymore?
Additionally, with so many marketers trying to make fitness into a chore in order to sell a short-
cut, the idea that working out could be fun was becoming a forgotten concept. I still can’t believe
how many people prefer to use iPods and TVs to distract themselves through the entire workout
process rather than being present and actually trying to enjoy it.
After a conversation about how I should “be the change I wanted to see” in the fitness world,
my lifelong friend Mike Lieberman gave me a suggestion that would forever change my life. “You
should start a blog,” Mike told me. “And a YouTube channel.”
Like most people who receive good advice, I was resistant to Mike's suggestion. It sounded like
a lot of work and I considered myself to be plenty busy already. Besides, I wanted to write books
and lead workshops, not have a blog!
The year was 2009. The internet was already ubiquitous, yet I couldn’t conceive that being a
blogger could be a viable career. In retrospect, I suppose I felt the same about being a trainer before
I got into that, too.
I eventually came to follow Mike's advice and soon learned to embrace the blogging process.
Over the next few years I wrote hundreds of blog posts and produced countless YouTube shorts.
I’ve always enjoyed writing and I liked the idea of finally putting my English degree to use. Besides,
I’d already been videoing my workouts for my own observations, so it didn't take much effort to
start sharing them.
