Florida Workouts

Good morning from super crazy windy Clearwater Beach, Florida.

Yesterday I held a coaching workshop inside while it was sunny and windy outside. Today, my day off, is going to be windy and cloudy and maybe rainy. Oh well.

It's been a great week in Florida.

But first, a round up of Vegas.

It was a great trip... despite the rain... and despite the fact I didn't go to "Vegas Proper".

I stayed at the Green Valley Ranch Casino, which, as I was told, is one of the getaways built for locals... casino workers... to spend their time.

The gym and spa were nice. The pool looked great... but the weather was 50 degrees (Farenheit), cloudy, and with more rain than they might get all year. Haha.

It reminds me of the (only) time I went to Dubai in 2006, and it rained three days in the middle of the desert (!) and everything was flooded.

Haha... So maybe don't invite me to your wedding, because it'll probably rain... LOL.

Anyways...

I did some typical hotel gym workouts while I was there, spoke at a conference, and then had a great steak dinner with my friends Tim and Sasha Larkin. The are BOTH trained killers. Tim teaches self-defense courses around the world, and co-owns "Machine Gun Vegas". Sasha is a high-ranking Sergeant in the LVPD, but also an experienced yogi and one of the nicest, most dangerous people you will ever meet. 😎

As a cop in Vegas she also has the craziest stories of anyone that I've ever met. You can just imagine.

Anyways... The next morning it was off to Miami...

Upon arrival, and after settling into my room at the RIU on Collins, I started with a nearly perfect sushi dinner at Blade... a restaurant in the FountaineBleau. I got the eel roll, the Geisha roll, and another roll with an awesome Jalapeno sauce.

(Side note... I'm a big James Bond fan, and the FountaineBleau is the hotel where Bond meets Goldfinger in ... Goldfinger.)

The next day I coached 6 clients at a workshop... it was really great... and one of the most emotional events I've hosted yet. My clients had powerful breakthroughs.

Up next was a drive from Miami to Tampa...

Yes, driving takes longer (in theory) than flying, and because I paid a driver to drive me, it was more expensive than flying, I drove because:

a) If I can avoid going to an airport, I will

b) I could work and do calls uninterrupted from the back seat

c) It was a straight shot... Get in the car, get out of the car... rather than Uber to airport + security line up + lineup to get on the plane + possible delays + lineup to get off plane + Uber to hotel

I will do almost anything to avoid standing in lines or going through TSA.

So, 4.5 hours later, I was in Tampa (well, Clearwater Beach to be specific)... and it was worth paying double what it would cost to fly. That night I did an hour walk to meet my friend Joel Marion and his family for dinner at the Sand Keys Resort (a nice new hotel in Clearwater Beach).

On Saturday, the morning started with writing, then an upper body workout (after my long old-man warmup, of course). My coach, Luka Hocaver, has given me some new mobility movements and helping me overcome some injuries.

1a) Pullup

1b) Mobility Movements

2a) Face Pulls

2b) Triceps Extensions

3a) Biceps Curls

Then I coached another great group of clients, with workshop attendees coming from Puerto Rico, France, and all over America.

After that day of breakthroughs, I met Joel and his family again for a low-key dinner at Salty's in Clearwater, a local institution... and ate way too many shrimp and crab legs.

Today will be a squat workout at a local gym in Clearwater... probably an LA Fitness.

Tomorrow is a work day here in Florida, and then it's off to Dallas on Tuesday with Joel. We'll meet up with Bedros, speak at an event, then fly to LA, speak at an event, and then I'll do a workshop on Saturday.

Fun, fun, fun.