Ricky Magana

You would think that by the time a star basketball player arrived at UCLA to play for one of the most legendary teams in NCAA history, they’d already know how to put […]

Back in 2003, I was a young pup, barely 16-years-old, just starting out in the gym. I was completely lost among the rows of machines, treadmills, and weights. I wandered the gym […]

Yes, this is an obligatory New Year’s resolution column. But before I talk about “how to make 2020 your best year ever,” I’m curious, how did the last year go for you? […]

A few weeks ago, we had a goal workshop at our gym. We had members set goals, primarily for the next 12 weeks. Then we check-in every quarter to track progress.  I […]

It’s a law as reliable as gravity. Man embarks on a diet and invariably loses more weight in one week than his wife lost in a month.  Within a few weeks, he […]

One of the most common struggles I hear among people is that, despite their desire to get in shape or lose weight, the older they get, the harder it becomes to “fit […]

When I was a teenager struggling with my weight, I used to think there was some “secret” to weight loss being kept from me. I’d obsess over every book, magazine, and article […]

When I was in college ten years ago, “follow your bliss” was a popular rally call of many professors and commencement speakers as we all prepared to enter the real world. It […]

You ever feel like you have to figure everything out before you embark on a goal? Get all your ducks in a row? Like, you have to get ready to get ready? […]

We often think about achieving our goals (the things we want to have and become) in terms of what we must do to attain them. “I need to take a class, workout […]