“Fantasia” is a term used in Capoeira for a Capoerista’s unique style. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art, rumored to have its origins rooted in African slaves who would improve personal fitness and train under the guise of an elaborate dance to keep it a secret from their masters. From this fusion of dance, fighting [...]
Dating Show Antics
December 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Last week I had the pleasure of shooting a music video for a very talented up and coming artist Viennie V I played a game show host for a dating program. The set was really cool and the whole thing had an Austin Powers type feel to it. I am not much of a singer [...]
Using Personal Fitness Interval Training For Life
December 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The benefits of interval training are commonly known in the sports and personal fitness worlds. It’s a great way to get more out of your workouts in less time. Forty-Five minutes of high intensity personal fitness interval training beats one and a half hours at the gym milling around a weight rack. Because of how [...]
It’s a Tough Life – Working With Playboy Playmates Kendra and Crystal
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What can I say, it’s a tough life? This week, I had the opportunity to work with Playboy playmates Kendra Wilkinson and Crystal Harris. My media hosting coach, Suzanne Sena asked me to step in and help these girls work through some co-hosting segments. It was a riot. I didn’t know this at the time [...]
Living Life With Adventure & Without Hesitation
November 2, 2011 By 35 Comments
The trapeze instructor yelled at me to jump, something like “Hep” or “Hip”, either way, I hesitated. I looked down for a second and felt this queasy feeling in my stomach. I knew there was a net there in case I fell but I couldn’t help it, my system froze for a second with a [...]
The Socially Conscious Warrior
October 7, 2011 By 13 Comments
The idea of a warrior conjures up images of battle fields, sword fights, and samurai armor for many of us. But I’ve been lucky to learn from some very special individuals who see the idea of a warrior in a very different terms. They’ve helped me to apply a new definition of a warrior to [...]
Personal Power
September 7, 2011 By 14 Comments
Sometimes making a go of it in the real world feels like nothing short of surviving in the jungle but its important to remember your personal power of creation. The first time I really understood personal power was when I had to start a fire without matches or a lighter while on Survivor Fiji. In [...]
Adventure Lessons – Staying Focused
August 31, 2011 By 3 Comments
It’s been a while since I posted a blog entry but my recent near death experience on a canyoneering adventure in Utah made this all too relevant not to share. Ok, so maybe I wasn’t so close to death but it was a close one and brought home an invaluable lesson about staying focused from [...]
Alex Angarita – Finding Your Sense of Adventure
September 14, 2010 By 4 Comments
Speaking to a UC Berkeley student going into his last year of college reminded me of Russell Crowe’s final moments before his showdown in Gladiator. Our Berkely gladiator was pre-med and thinking about applying to law school, or business school or maybe dental school. He was decisively indecisive. But one thing was clear, he was [...]
Personal Fitness Rock Climbing Strategic Risk Applied to Applications
February 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Strategic risk taking is a valuable instinct in rock climbing but it also has practical applications in your career. Whether you are a senior executive applying for a new job or a high school student taking the SAT, understanding and conveying a gut instinct for strategic risk taking is essential to success.
On my latest trip to Thailand, I had the opportunity to go rock climbing in Koh Phi Phi (means Phi Phi beach). Aside from avoiding certain death by the hands of a gang of wild monkeys, I also gained some insights into strategic risk taking.
