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This is a great read that will really get you thinking. As a matter of fact, its going to be our next staff book club read.

Here’s a few nuggets from the book:

“ researchers at the California Institute of Technology have estimated that the recent sevenfold to eightfold increase in rates of autoimmune disorders such as Crohn’s Disease, type 1 diabetes, and multiple sclerosis is directly related to the lack of beneficial microbes in our gut”  p 49

“ according to the Environmental Working Group women use an average of 12 personal care products daily, men six…. Just using these personal care products women are exposed to a daily average of 168 chemical ingredients, and men to 85” p 125

Read Eat Dirt

If you are a soccer person, I recently recorded the Just Kickin It podcast with Josh Faga.

We talk about fitness, monitoring, using the ball in speed work and lots of other stuff.

Soundcloud – https://soundcloud.com/just-kickin-it-pod/episode-89-mike-boyle

iTunes – https://t.co/1AsBLmWEbn

Website – https://justkickinitpod.com/2017/04/03/episode-89-mike-boyle/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/JustKickinItPod/status/848905040861515776

It’s been years since we had soda in our house. It was initially tough to do. I was raised on Pepsi. My dad’s summer job when we were kids was driving a Pepsi truck and making deliveries. However the evidence continues to mount that soda is bad for you and, that the companies know it. Give this a read.

Coca Cola Caught Undermining Public Health Initiatives

We just got done reading Most Likely to Succeed as a staff and, I have to tell you that it was my favorite book of the year. I find myself talking about the concepts every chance I get.

Here’s just a few samples of quotes from a book that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about education.

“in todays world there is no longer a competitive advantage to knowing more than the person next to you because knowledge has become a commodity available to all at the swipe of a finger” p 20

“ Imagine if we relied on our schools to teach kids how to ride bikes. Teachers would lecture and assign reading from bicycle textbooks. Students would stay up late memorizing the various components of a bike. They would be marked down on tests- and lose self confidence for failing to spell derailleur. Some students would excel. Others would struggle. None would ever ride a bike”  p28

Give Most Likely to Succeed a read.

July 27th-30th will be a @bodybyboyle heavy weekend in Chicago for the @perform_betterSummit!

• Thursday, July 27th: CFSC Level 1 for The Summit Pre-conference

     • Friday, July 28th: @michael_boyle1959 is speaking about “Training The Client with Pain”

     • Saturday, July 29th: @kev_in_carr is speaking about “Movement As Medicine: Prescribing The Worlds Strongest Medicine”

     • Sunday, July 30th Brendon Rearick (@collectmomentsnotthingz) is speaking about “Building an Adaptable Training Model”

Level 1 CFSC USA:
– April 1st – Elkridge, MD (Route 1 Athletics)
– April 8th – New York City (Crunch Fitness)
– May 6th – Chicago, IL (WATTAGE PT)
– May 20th – Philadelphia, PA (Drexel University)
– July 15th –New York City (Drive 495)

Level 1 CFSC International:
– May 13th – Belfast, Ireland (Total Performance Fitness)

Level 2 Events:
– May 14th – Belfast, Ireland (Total Performance Fitness)
– July 16th – Newhall, CA (Results Fitness)

Or join us on the Thursday before all four Perform Better Summits for a CFSC Level-1 event:
– Orlando June 1st
– Rhode Island  June 22nd
– Chicago July 27th
– Long Beach Aug 24th

These are nothing short of amazing. Take a look.

Would you like to see what people all around the country are doing at their facility but, don’t have the time or the budget? Let StrengthCoach TV take you there.

Want to talk about what you saw? Check out Strengthcoach.com and be part of the conversation

I love to hear it when someone describes themselves as a “Boyle guy”. In 2012 Kevin Neeld wrote one of the most flattering pieces anyone has ever written about me:

What It Means to Be a Boyle Guy

I didn’t link to this so you can realize what a great guy I am, I’m linking to it as a reminder that if you are or ever have been a Boyle guy than you owe it to yourself to not only keep learning but, to keep helping others.

On my Strengthcoach.com site I can actually see the names of the people that are on the site at any given time on the bottom of my screen. I love when an old interns name pops up.

I’ll be honest, Strengthcoach.com is the place where “Boyle guys” can and should hang out. The opportunity to learn from each other and, to help one another is there for all of us every day.

If you really are a Boyle guy, you owe it to the next young kid to be on the site sharing your experiences.

That’s what we do. We help each other with no expectation of anything in return. The return is the respect you gain from your peers when you give of your time freely, even though we all know time is limited.