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Category Archives: health & fitness
Weekly Fit Tip – Go For It
It can be intimidating to start an exercise program when you are surrounded by others who appear more experienced, more fit, and more knowledgeable. It can bring out our insecurities.
Don’t let it.
I’ve heard people tell me that they are afraid to go workout because they feel self conscious when they do. The fact is nobody [...]
Team LLS Survivors Tri for a Cure
Steve Brown, Derek Fitzgerald, and Karl Wicks are triathletes, advocates for finding cures to blood cancers, and cancer survivors.
The Delaware Charity Challenge Winter Games will take place Saturday, January 9, 2016. The Winter Games consist of an indoor triathlon and scooter challenge, along with the Winter Race to Raise fundraising competition.
Delaware Charity Challenge is a [...]
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Weekly Fit Tip – Seize the Moment
Take advantage of any opportunity to get the body in motion. You never know when those opportunities may arise. Have a bag packed someplace accessible with the essentials so you can be ready to sneak in a quick workout.
Always be prepared. Avoid ever having to say, “If I only had workout clothes with me”.
Weekly Fit Tip – Set Measurable & Realistic Goals
Some people are Olympians. They have the genetic makeup and the resources to reach performance levels that most of us will never know. Don’t let the fact that we are not all Olympians limit your own dreams. Set measurable and realistic goals for yourself and don’t expect the same results as the pros you see [...]
Through Her Eyes
Here is the chapter in my book Relentless Mettle – My Cancer, My Rules written by my wife. She recalls her perspective on my leukemia diagnosis.
As told by Mary Grace Brown.
In 2005, we had an extremely difficult year. Steve’s dad was experiencing increased shortness of breath and after being evaluated, he was found to have [...]
Rewind – My Diagnosis
An excerpt by my book “Relentless Mettle – My Cancer, My Rules”
I received my calling into the world of endurance sports in 1986 when a friend invited me to do a triathlon with him. I scrambled to borrow a bike and a helmet and had no idea what else to wear but was instantly drawn [...]
Also posted in cancer, motivation Tagged chronic lymphocytic leukemia, leukemia & lymphoma society, Relentless Mettle - My Cancer, remission Comments closed
Weekly Fit Tip – Have a Plan but Be Flexible
On the subject of exercise plans … yes, plans are good. Have a plan, but be flexible. Consider the plan to be your high level road map guiding you to your destination. But be prepared to react to those unexpected road closures and delays. An adjustment to or deviation from your plan is not necessarily [...]
The Thing About Derek
Many of you have been following the journey of Derek Fitzgerald. Derek is a Philadelphia area cancer survivor and a heart transplant recipient who has turned obstacle into opportunity, and limitation into victory.
I first met Derek 4 years ago through The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program where as a survivor living with [...]
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