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Welcome to the first edition of Fitness Friday. I have a thing for alliteration, but I thought Tone-Up Tuesday and Six-Pack Saturday was just way over the top. Let me preface this post with a warning: I’m absolutely not a personal trainer (and I’m not a journalist either, but I’m glad that hasn’t kept you from reading). I’m not a seven-time Mr. Olympia, and I’ve never even had a gym membership outside of Jeff’s Tough Bodies (my dad’s basement) and the Charles J. Ping Center (the “free” workout facility on the campus of Ohio University); however, I have had plenty of experience in today’s topic: a lack of motivation. Even if you aren’t interested in working out, I think you’ll be able to apply a lot of these tips outside of the gym.  Have you ever had plans to start up a new, state-of-the-art, totally-rock-your-socks-off exercise program, but somehow, in between day one and day thirty (when you were planning on being ridiculously chiseled) you failed to follow through with it? Let me put my cards out on the table: that’s has undeniably, 100 percent been me. ...

I officially retired from my unofficial career in journalism this past June. As far as I was concerned, I accomplished all I had hoped to in my time at WOUB. I made it onto TV, thoroughly enjoyed my time on air and the great people I worked with, but realized the news industry wasn’t for me. I was in it for the wrong reasons. In fact, I found that I rather hated news. I wanted to be on the small screen so that I could say I was on TV. It was vein. It was wrong. It was a poor career choice. Luckily, I righted my wrong. ...

I suppose the inaugural “this-is-why-I’m-blogging” post is in order—less than a rite of passage but much more than a necessary evil. In a world where we have more control than ever over what we want in the media, where people turn to Twitter before their televisions for information and insight, I felt it was time I stepped into the blogosphere. I am by no means an expert in anything; I won’t even pretend to be a jack-of-all-trades. Luckily, from what I’ve heard, I don’t have to be. ...