I'll sleep when I'm dead.
A waning moon this morning when I woke up at 04:30 for morning training. Wasn’t full, but it was bright enough to cast my shadow on the pavement as I jogged along the Bosphorus shore under the stars. There wasn’t quite … Continued
You know you’ve had a good day of climbing when your iPhone can’t recognize your fingerprint; you have managed to mangle your digits beyond readability. Or maybe that happens to me because I am not climbing often enough… When you … Continued
As of January 2016 I was strutting around with a valid motorcyclist license in my pocket like I was hot shit… but I had no bike to ride. Even the possibility of a bike was far outside my budget at that point. … Continued
“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” –Werner Heisenberg, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics. Trying pretty passionately to follow … Continued
After a 20 year break, I finally got back to my bike life. And even after I made that conscious decision to pursue my riding again, it still took me ages to get my motorcycle license here in Turkey. It … Continued
“You want explosive power, strength, flexibility, endurance… how can you develop all of that at the same time? Maybe you had better stop and think what you’re actually training for,” Vedat commented to me a few weeks ago when we were … Continued
I grew up in a motorcycle family. Dad ALWAYS had a bike. In the earliest years it was a dirt bike. Sometimes a naked street bike. Sometimes a cruiser. Then back to super sport. Growing up around bikes means getting … Continued
Don’t think performing in the circus is an extreme sport? Watch the Cirque du Soleil acrobat hang tenuously from a hand, a foot, or just their neck as they spin furiously and contort on a rope high off the ground… … Continued
Are you eating to please your mouth? Or are you eating to give your body what it needs? Eventually you get to a point on your fitness journey when you realize that eating solely to please your taste buds is … Continued
I get asked this a lot. My Top 5 Reasons why a personal trainer helps even when you are fit: 1- Being accountable. When you have to answer to someone other than yourself, it’s harder to rationalize or make excuses … Continued