What I'm Doing Now
My current fitness journey, lifestyle enhancements, and personal development goals.
(Updated November 10, 2025.)
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Update (November 10, 2025)
Over the past month, I’ve been pushing forward hard, on multiple fronts: physically, personally and professionally. With my training, I'm into a focused refinement phase—edging towards 9% body fat, rebuilding strength and fullness in my shoulders and arms and maintaining peak conditioning while balancing running, and recovery.
At the same time, I’ve been deep in creative and structural work on this new website layout, slowly bringing over pages from the previous version on Squarespace. Specifically, this has included finalizing the full My Story page, restructuring services, refining the SFP pathways, and aligning everything into a clean, sustainable coaching ecosystem.
Parallel to that, my UN HR work continues. COP30 is on the go and the moment, meaning the Organization is working at full intensity. Climate change is the existential planetary threat of our times, so resource coordination, internal alignment, and supporting leadership in complex operational and staffing processes is what it's all about. It’s been a month of clarity, discipline, and steady momentum.
A reminder that when structure meets purpose, progress accelerates.
Where Am I with the Advanced Sensible Fitness Program?
Since starting this deeper phase of transformation, everything’s come into sharper focus. Over the last few months, I’ve refined my training, locked in smarter nutritional timing, and optimized recovery in a way I hadn’t before.
The result? I’m currently at a lean 9% body fat level while adding visible mass and strength, especially in my upper body. I'm no longer just maintaining, but evolving with purpose. And happy to report that I still get to eat my favorite meals every day. A professional photoshoot is around the corner, and with it, a renewed sense of discipline and pride.
I’ve also rediscovered the joy of riding—finally getting back on my Ducati after nearly a decade. Between weekend getaways, focused workouts, meaningful work, and time with loved ones, life feels balanced, strong, and more fully aligned. The ASFP isn’t just a program anymore—it’s a lifestyle in motion.
More soon.
Working on a specialized/advanced program
I decided to go a level beyond my flagship Sensible Fitness Program (SFP).
Same program benefits as before: Enjoyable nutritious eating plan, engaged and socially connected lifestyle, BUT, with enhanced muscle-gain potential.
After decades of maintaining a healthy constitution and very good physical shape, I realized I could go further. I became inspired to begin training differently toward gaining lean mass, and it worked! And so a new specialized/more advanced routine was born.
It’ll be for those busy middle-aged pros who, like me, have had success with SFP, but want to continue evolving closer to their full genetic potential.
In August 2023, my eldest daughter remarked, “Dad, you're in great shape, but you're leaving money on the table,” pointing to my arms and shoulders. Her words lingered, inspiring me to push my limits. I thought about it for a bit. It lingered on my mind until I decided to recognize it as a calling to evolve further.
Why not? After all, I am someone who often thinks about self-actualization.
It took just 4 weeks to start noticing a difference, both physically (denser upper body) and on the bathroom scale: My weight was increasing while my body fat percentage remained constant.
I am currently putting the finishing touches to the “Advanced Sensible Fitness Program (ASFP),” which will become available on the site sometime in 2025.
Building the MyFitnessRoad website and Community
Since launching MFR in 2007, I’ve explored various hosting platforms but never quite felt fully comfortable with the available options.
I’ve tried different platforms, changed providers, built, moved and canceled various subscriptions and plans. In the end, I realized that there was a lot of refining and setting up, and not enough creating. I suppose part of the issue is my perfectionism in wanting the best look and feel. In the end, I’ve come to realise that it’s much more about just sharing content, expertise, than how it’s packaged.
This current site I think promises to be pretty decent with its look-and-feel and functionality.
So it’s now all about getting the essential pages completed and becoming regular about putting out material to better connect and grow the community. It includes more deliberate blogging.
I also recently went through all my photography equipment. Part of my procrastination has meant that I haven’t captured or recorded nearly enough fitness-related material in the last year. That’s about to change. Drone footage may be a part of this. Not yet sure, though.
So, alongside my other profession (HR), developing the site and growing the community are ares that are getting a lot of my attention at the moment.
The next 3 months are going to be busy!
On the Personal Development Side
For me, it’s not just about physical fitness and well-being, I still want to grow as a person.
What I’m currently reading
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“Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative,” by Austin Kleon. Exploring creativity and how to draw inspiration from various sources.
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“Anything You Want: 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur,” by Derek Sivers. Lessons on entrepreneurship and creating a business aligned with personal values.
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“Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped,” by Garry Kasparov. An analysis of global politics and the importance of defending democratic values.
Wanting to make a difference in the world
As covered in my book, “The Sensible Fitness Program: A Simple and Sustainable Solution,” more than simply chasing a fitness state, MFR is a movement.
A movement rooted in meaning, connection, and paying it forward. It’s about becoming the best version of yourself not just for personal gain, but to inspire and uplift others. When you help others achieve their goals, you create a ripple effect of positivity, accountability, and trust that transforms lives.
By building a community of encouragement and generosity, MFR wants to go beyond physical transformation and foster a culture of shared growth and purpose. To contribute to benefiting the current state of the world in terms of the environment, human and animal rights, peace, and social justice.
I feel that when we take care of ourselves and support others, we build the strength—both physical and moral—to address inequality, create opportunities, and inspire fairness in our communities. Together, we can transform not only our bodies but also the world around us.
I continue to strive to live by these principles, as they remain deeply relevant to how I pursue (and balance) life and business every day.