Confidence.

When I first looked into joining The Athlete Lab or as the members call it, TAL, all I wanted was to prepare for the fire department physical test. However, I ended up gaining a lot more than I expected. Let me tell you how. The fabric of our community rests with each...

Re(dis)covered.

Hiya folks, My name is Vicki and I am a member of The Athlete Lab, or TAL as members call it. Alongside a bunch of great people, I started at TAL during a special program. The program was built for beginners to regain their fitness, nutrition and functional lifestyle....

Who’d You Rather Be With?

There are plenty of people who talk about the importance of why, and then there are those who show you their how. Society has applied its norms to the methods in which we are demonstrating our commitment to “how”. We, who are prone to (accidentally) pass judgment upon...

From Impossible to Possible

I’m not sure what made me click on the ad that popped into my Facebook news-feed back in May of last year. I don’t even know which of my Facebook friends had liked The Athlete Lab. But there I was, sitting on my back patio in the spring sun, scrolling mindlessly...
You’ve Got Balls…

You’ve Got Balls…

At any point in time, you are juggling any number of balls. The balls of profession, balls of health, family, friendships, integrity and honesty. By nature, each ball has a different consistency and base materials of which they are made from. It is factually...

Age is a number. Willpower ignores that number.

Frequently, we read about adults who have changed their lives around. We applaud them, because inside all of us is a little bit of them. Social media serves us with images of high-level athletes who compete while showing incomprehensible determination, strength and...