It’s that time of year and as I’ve done in years past, I wanted to give you my ridiculous reading list, the most read articles on this blog for the year and a roundup of podcast appearances.
Before I do, I want to again shout out my coaches here at RevFit who have made this year another big success: my humble thanks to Coach Mike, Coach Nick, Coach David and a shout out to Coach Megan and Coach Ryan who also made this year possible.
2022 was also the beginning of Big Rocks Nutrition Coaching which is where I’ve been putting my time outside of RevFit. A huge thanks to Dr. Spencer Nadolsky and the incredible crew he’s built around that platform. It’s been an honor to be a part of it.
Let’s break down the lists.
I was featured as a guest on these podcasts this year:
The Lifestyle Chase with Chris Liddle
Bo Knows Health with Bo Babenko
PT Profit Podcast with Beverly Simpson
The Strong Jon Podcast with Jon Vlahogiannakos
Also, I was featured on the Canvas Rebel website as a small business owner and you can read that one HERE.
As for articles, here are the Top 5 most read articles on the site with one honorable mention:
47 Random Thoughts At My 47th Birthday
What A Decade Of Dealing Drugs Taught Me About Coaching
And the honorable mention goes to: I Remember…(This One’s For Terry) This article blew up when I wrote it and this year marks two years since Terry’s passing. His sister had reposted it on Facebook on the anniversary of his passing and I did the same that day. Not surprisingly, it blew up again. It’s credit to who Terry was and how much he is missed.
This was the first year in many years that I made a conscious attempt to read/consume more books than I bought. Part of that is because my library here at the studio is packed to the gills and if I want to buy more books, I need to purge the ones I won’t be reading a second time. The good news is: I’ve almost read every single book I own and I think 2023 will be the year I will have conquered them all…just don’t ask me how much I remember about each of them. My retention isn’t great!
- Bourbon: A Story of Kentucky Whiskey by Clay Rizen
- Waiting For The Last Bus by Richard Holloway
- Courage Is Calling by Ryan Holiday
- The Listening Party by Tim Burgess
- The New Power Eating by Dr. Sue Kleiner
- Born For Love by Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz
- The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
- Co-Active Coaching by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen, Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth
- Mini Habits For Weight Loss by Stephen Guise
- Eat, Drink, And Be Healthy by Walter C. Willett and Patrick J. Skerrett
- Lame Deer, Seeker Of Visions by John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes
- Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) by Tavris and Aronson
- Science And Development Of Muscle Hypertrophy by Brad Schoenfeld
- Trail Of Crumbs by Kim Sunee
- Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps by Dick Porter
- Peace With Self, Peace With Food by Galina Denzel
- The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard
- The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw by Paul McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt
- Science Of Strength Training
- The Good News About What’s Bad For You, The Bad News About What’s Good For You by Jeff Wilser
- Sing Backwards And Weep by Mark Lanegan
- Girl With A Future by Parker Ames
- Protein by Alan Aragon
- In Evidence We Trust by Jamie Hale
- The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler
- Rip It Up And Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds
- The Diving Bell And The Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Burning Britain: The History Of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper
- My Pocket Guide To Stretching by K. Aleisha Fetters
- Devil In A Coma by Mark Lanegan
- Move The Body, Heal The Mind by Dr. Jennifer Heisz
- The Power Of Story by Jim Loehr
- Meditating To Attain A Healthy Body Weight by Dr. Lawrence LeShan
- Hunger by Knut Hamsen
- Speedboat by Renata Adler
- The Good Mood Diet by Susan Kleiner and Bob Condor
- I Am The Wolf by Mark Lanegan
- Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie and Lawren Askinosie
- A Fast Ride Out Of Here by Pete Way
- Eating After 40 by Abby Langer
- Fanocracy by David Meerman Scott and Reiko Scott
- Healing The Shame That Binds You by John Bradshaw
- Reach by Don Bajema
- Man Fast by Natasha Scripture
- Atlas Of The Heart by Brene Brown
- Crash by J.G. Ballard
- Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition And Fitness by Clifford & Curtis
- Buffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon by F. Paul Pacult
- Big Feelings by Liz Fosslein and Molly West Duffy
- The Ripple Effect by Greg Wells
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson
- Angel by Elizabeth Taylor
- Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
- Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
- A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Losing It? by John Whitney
- The Fortress Of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
- The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaneimi
- Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleton
- Why We Do What We Do by Edward L. Deci & Richard Flaste
- Can I Kiss You? by Michael Domritz
- Tales Of The City by Armistead Maupin
- The Sense Of Style by Steven Pinker
- Pride & Discipline: The Legacy Of Jack LaLanne by Elaine LaLanne & Greg Justice
- Scaling Up Excellence by Robert Sutton & Huggy Rao
- Anatomy Of A Warrior by Alexander Lanshe
- Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Authentic by Paul Van Doren
- Pop! Stand Out In Any Crowd by Sam Horn
- A Fine Balance by
- As Serious As Your Life by Val Wilmer
- Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped In Chocolate by Brad Warner
- The Science Of Stuck by Britt Frank
- Erotic Stories For Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
- Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill
- How To Win Over Worry by Joseph Haggai
- Slash: A Punk Magazine From Los Angeles 1977-80 by Brian Roettinger and JC Gabel
- Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
- Effective Weight Loss by Forman and Butryn
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by Curtis Jackson
- The Despair Of Monkeys And Other Trifles by Francoise Hardy
- Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham
- The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
- Candide by Voltaire
- Eat It by Jordan Syatt and Michael Vacanti
- Record Play Pause by Stephen Morris
- Fast Forward by Stephen Morris
- Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairburn
- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
- InsideOut Coaching by Joe Ehrmann
- Fitness For Every Body by Meg Boggs
- Willpower Doesn’t Work by Benjamin Hardy
- Post by Eric Grubbs
- Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagosaki
- Is It Still Good To Ya? by Robert Christgau
- Changing For Good by Drs J. Prochaska, Norcross and DiClemente
- Alchemy by Rory Sutherland
- Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy
- This I Believe by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman
- Chatter by Ethan Kross
- The Appetite Awareness Workbook by Linda Craighead
- Deviation by Luce D’eramo
- The Jokers by Albert Cossery
- The Doctor’s Quick Weight Loss Diet by Dr. Irwin Stillman
- The Myth Of Normal by Gabor and Daniel Mate
- Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Circle Of The 9 Muses by Dan Hutchens
- Gates Of Fire by Steven Pressfield
- A Song For A New Day by Sarah Pinsker
- The Campitelli Advanced Method For A Flat Abdomen And Thin Waist by Frank Campitelli
- A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer
- Heroes, Rogues And Lovers by Dabbs
- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- Flexible Dieting by Alan Aragon
- The Elements Of Style by Strunk and White
- You’re History by Lesley Chow
- Life On The Ledge by Ivor Hanson
- In Dreams Begin Responsibilities by Delmore Schwartz
- The Joy Of Half A Cookie by Jean Kristeller
- 33 1/3 Selected Ambient Works Volume II by
- 33 1/3 Entertainment by Kevin J.H. Dettmar
- 33 1/3 Blank Generation by Pete Astor
- 33 1/3 Donuts by Jordan Ferguson
- 33 1/3 Smile by Luis Sanchez
- 33 1/3 Definitely Maybe by Alex Niven
- 33 1/3 Exile In Guyville by Gina Arnold
- 33 1/3 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kirk Walker Graves
- 33 1/3 The Grey Album by Charles Fairchild
- 33 1/3 () by Ethan Hayden
- Excavate: The Wonderful and Frightening World Of The Fall by Various
- A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- The Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- The Essential Guide To The ACT Matrix by Polk, Schoendorff, Webster & Olaz
- See To Play by Michael Peters
- Somebody In Boots by Nelson Algren
- The Book Of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
- Bird Lives by Ross Russell
- The Golden Age Of Strength And Conditioning by Various
- Sic by Henry Rollins
- The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
- Turn, Magic Wheel by Dawn Powell
- Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind
