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The Journey To 90 - Stronger Than Yesterday, Florence, TX (2026)

08/13/2026

We all develop habits. It is just human nature. What we need are healthy habits. That will take some intentional and persistent action.

I have been sharing some of my daily health habits on anther page where members are encouraged to do so. It has been great to see what everyone is doing. “So why not share them on my page” I thought to myself…and here is the first one.

My health habit of the day is what I call The Rhythm of Consistency. Our bodies were designed to live by rhythm. Wake. Move. Eat. Work. Rest. Sleep. Repeat.

Real Biological Rhythms (Chronobiology) is innate to all living things on our planet - which include you and me.

Circadian rhythms: About 24 hours long (manages sleep and waking).
Ultradian rhythms: Shorter than 24 hours (manages smaller body functions).
Infradian rhythms: Longer than 24 hours, like monthly cycles.

For most of human history we rose with the sun, slowed as darkness fell, and gave our bodies the consistency they were designed to expect. Today many of us do the opposite. We stay up late under bright lights. We eat at random times. We live in noise, chaos, and constant stimulation. We push through stress without enough recovery…then wonder why we feel tired, foggy, and run down.

One of the greatest gifts I learned to give my body isn’t something you buy. It is consistency.

Go to bed around the same time.
Wake up around the same time.
Move my body daily.
Respect recovery as much as effort.

Our biology thrives on rhythm. When we begin working with it instead of constantly against it, amazing things can happen.

That’s my plan and I am sticking to it.

Better rhythm. Better recovery. Better life.
Better inputs. Better outputs.

08/09/2026

Another weekend…another cycling event. This time I was in Copperas Cove riding in the Cove House Classic. A beautiful 60 mile ride through a variety of Texas landscapes. One stretch reminded me of where I lived as a young boy.

Lots of climbing! I focused on cadence & tempo tied to my breathing. I like to stay very relaxed in my upper body and let the legs do the work. Breathing with rhythm really helps this.

If you have had or will experience a TKR, activity feedback always follows later in the day - but even more particularly the next morning. This is information I use to learn what is too much and what is not enough. Neither will move healing forward. In fact too much is a risk for injury or set back. The goal is enough stress for growth to occur followed by proper recovery.

After the ride my knee was quite happy. This morning it is “elated”. It is indeed getting Stronger Than Yesterday!

Enjoy your day everyone…share a smile and some love with those around you. Joy will be your companion.

08/02/2026

Blazin’ Saddle 100K ✔️

59 miles.
2,730 feet of climbing.
One unforgettable day with my son.

Sometimes he led.
Sometimes I did.
We climbed our own climbs, shared the headwinds, and waited for each other at the top.

We crossed the finish line side by side.

The course tested us.
The memories banked will outlast it.

The Journey to 90 continues…

Stronger Than Yesterday. 🚴‍♂️❤️

07/31/2026

What if your body sent you a message every morning telling you how well it recovered from yesterday?

Well, it does. It is called Heart Rate Variability, or HRV. This is “Your Body’s Daily Conversation”. Are you listening to it?

Most people think HRV is just another fitness number. However it is not. It’s one of the best windows we have into how our nervous system is balancing challenge and recovery.

I learned something interesting - a healthy heart doesn’t beat like a metronome.
Beat… Beat… Beat…

Instead, the time between each heartbeat naturally varies by tiny amounts—even when your pulse is perfectly steady. That variation is a sign of flexibility. Of adaptability. Of resilience.

Your nervous system is constantly asking two questions:
⚡ Can you meet today’s challenges?
🌱 Have you recovered from yesterday’s?

HRV helps tell that story.

The more I’ve learned about HRV, the calmer I’ve become. Not because the numbers are always perfect. But because I’m learning to listen instead of guessing.

Every day begins with a conversation. When I first wake up, I ask:
😴 Did I sleep well?
❤️ What is my HRV telling me?
⚡ How does my readiness look?

Those answers don’t determine whether I ride my bike or not. They help determine what kind of ride my body is prepared to benefit from.

Maybe today is the 60 mile climbing challenge route.
Maybe today is the 33 mile flatter rolling loop.
Maybe today is an easy recovery ride.

Then about 30 minutes before I head out, I check in one more time. I have already fueled. I have spent time in mindfulness breathing. I’ve allowed my nervous system to settle. Now I ask once more…What is my body telling me?

That is not weakness. That is wisdom. Something I did not have or apply when I was younger. I had one speed - all out all of the time. I have definitely learned some things over the past year.

That brings me to one of my PHILosophies:
“Never Argue With A Negative Thought.”

HRV has given that philosophy an entirely new meaning. If I wake up feeling sluggish, I don’t argue with myself anymore. I don’t call myself lazy. I don’t try to force my body to match yesterday’s expectations.

The truth doesn’t discourage me. It directs me!

Without recovery…
Stress becomes WEAR and TEAR.

With recovery…
Stress becomes GROWTH.

HRV simply helps us understand which side of that equation our bodies are on today.

So what influences HRV?

😴 Quality sleep
🌬️ Mindful breathing techniques
🚴 Appropriate exercise
🥗 Good nutrition
💧 Hydration
🌳 Time spent outdoors
❤️ Healthy relationships
🧘 Managing chronic stress

None of these are magic by themselves. Together, they create an environment where the body can recover, adapt, and prepare for the next challenge.

HRV isn’t judging. It isn’t assigning worth. It’s simply communicating. Every morning it quietly says…”here’s what I know about yesterday.”

I listen. No more forcing my body to match the plan. I am willing to adjust the plan to match my body’s readiness.

My goal is not simply to push harder - it is building adaptation, resilience and to become Stronger Than Yesterday.

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In the next post, we’ll explore one of the greatest recovery tools ever created…SLEEP. I like to call it “The Great Reset.”

So many friends have told me how difficult it is to get a good night’s sleep. This affects far more of us than most people realize.

By the way…how did you sleep last night?

07/28/2026

Recovery: Where Resilience Is Built

Part 3 of the Stress & Resilience Series

By now we’ve discovered something remarkable. Stress is not always the enemy. In fact, the right amount of stress gives our bodies a reason to become stronger.

But here’s the part many people never hear…

Stress doesn’t build resilience.
Recovery does.

That hard workout? It didn’t make your muscles stronger. It simply gave your body a reason to rebuild them.

That steep cycling hill? It didn’t improve your fitness. It challenged your heart, lungs, muscles, and mitochondria to adapt.

The adaptation came afterward.

Lift weights…Recover.
Walk…Recover.
Learn something difficult…Recover.

Even our bones tell the same story. Every step we take and every pound we carry places healthy stress on our skeleton. Our bones flex ever so slightly, sending a signal to specialized cells that it’s time to remodel and reinforce them. The rebuilding doesn’t happen while we’re taking the step. It happens afterward.

Even surgery follows this incredible pattern. The surgeon repairs what needs repairing…like replacing my knee. But the healing begins after the operation not during. The body immediately begins organizing an astonishing response—reducing damage, repairing tissue, laying down new collagen, restoring blood supply, reconnecting nerves and gradually rebuilding strength.

That is recovery.
That is resilience.

Without recovery…Stress simply becomes wear and tear.

With recovery…Stress becomes growth.

Our bodies live in two remarkable states:
- Challenge
- Recovery

One provides the signal.
The other builds the adaptation.

One creates the opportunity.
The other creates Stronger Than Yesterday.

So perhaps resilience isn’t about avoiding life’s challenges. Perhaps it is about giving our incredible bodies every opportunity to recover, rebuild, and become a little stronger than they were before.

Because without stress…there is no signal.
Without recovery…there is no adaptation.
And without both…there can never be a Stronger Than Yesterday.

In our next post, we’ll explore one of the most fascinating windows into recovery ever discovered. It’s called Heart Rate Variability (HRV) - your heart has been quietly telling the story of your resilience all along.

The Journey to 90
Stronger Than Yesterday

07/26/2026

Some roads become landmarks.

Not because they’re famous…but because they’re part of your story.

Six months ago, my first ride after total knee replacement was 5 miles.

Five miles! Probably 3 miles further than I was supposed to go - but that is another story. That day, five miles felt like a mountain. I will never forget how happy I was to be riding, even if it was cautiously slow.

Today, I rolled across that same section of road after already riding forty miles and doing some challenging climbing.

The legs kept turning.
The road kept disappearing beneath the tires.
But for just a moment…I paused.

Not with the bike. With my heart.

I quietly thanked God for carrying me from that first cautious ride to this one.

After 56 miles I finished this ride. There was no finish line. No fanfare. No crowd.

Just memories from one familiar piece of road…and the quiet realization of how far The Journey has brought me.

Humbly grateful.

07/23/2026

This is the one year anniversary of “The Revolution”

One year ago this week…
I buried my flag in the sand.
I drew a line.
I declared a revolution.

Not against doctors. Not against aging. Not against anyone else.

Against the version of me that had accepted decline. That day I made a decision…”This is where yesterday ends and right now begins.”

I clearly understood what was happening inside my body and I said “no more!”

There was a vision before me of where the road would go. God had led me to a plan. I designed a protocol for my life…my environment, what and when I eat, sleep, exercise, supplements and so much more.

This one thing I knew as I began - I was never turning back to yesterday.

I came home one year ago and changed everything. I read labels. I tossed food from my fridge and pantry. I threw away anything plastic. My environment changed. I began filtering all water that I drink. I went to the store and bought USDA organic and non gmo food. Real food. And that was just the start.

I implemented my protocols. The Revolution was underway.

My life was changing. It was to the better.

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THE ROAD

A year later, I look back at the man standing at the beginning of the road.

He had hope.
He had determination.
He had a vision.
Most of all he had faith.

Yet he had no idea of the excellence just around the first bend. He simply stepped forward and kept moving towards it.

Hundreds of hours studying.
Books.
Research papers.
Human biology.
Physiology.
Cellular biology.
Mitochondria.

Countless podcasts.
Thousands of miles on a bicycle.
A left knee replacement.

Strength I never imagined I would have again.

Normal blood sugar.
Normal blood pressure.
Weight gone.
Energy returned.
Peace replacing fear.
Calm taking over my sympathetic nervous system.

Looking back now…I smile. Sometimes I even chuckle.

The man planting his flag believed. Now the man that has been walking down the road knows.

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THE SHERPA

The trajectory of my life changed. I kept getting this nudge from God to tell the story. “It might help someone.” That is when I started this page.

I started looking back from where I had traveled. Not to admire how far I had come. I was looking for others who might be starting the journey to a better tomorrow.

Not to carry them.
Not to drag them.
Simply to say…

“I’ve been where you are.”
“There is a path.”
“Keep going.”
“You’ve got this.”

Like a Sherpa on a mountain climb who knows the way forward because he has already done the work and covered the miles.

Today I am somewhere around the first bend. There is so much more to see and do. More ground to cover. More heights to gain. I am just getting started.

Still climbing.
Still learning.
Still becoming stronger than yesterday.

If you are just planting your own flag…I’ll gladly walk beside you for a while. I know the way.

One year ago I set out to show that, for most of us, decline is optional.

What I discovered along the way is that there are Possibilities and there are Realities.

The Journey is where the two meet.

My labs this May were confirmation that I am on the right path. I am winning again. My doctor sent me a message with the results. She said “continue healthy lifestyle”.

That is the plan!
And the Journey continues…

07/21/2026

One year ago today, the pieces began coming together.

After getting my lab results in May 2025, I was less than satisfied. As I have said many times…I like to win. The numbers were better, but this was not a winning picture.

So I began studying.

Human biology.
Physiology.
Cellular biology.
The immune system.
And my favorite subject…mitochondria.

One of the voices I kept coming back to was Gary Brecka. One message that stuck with me was his idea of building a filter-fence defense—reducing what gets into the body before it ever becomes a problem.

Slowly, the picture was becoming clearer.

Then, on July 20, 2025, God answered my plea for help. Momentum had already begun, but now information started pouring in from every direction.

Podcasts.
YouTube videos.
Published research.
Case studies.
Audiobooks.

I couldn’t learn fast enough!

The first book I truly dove into was “The Food Babe Way” by Vani Hari. I listened to the audiobook, and some chapters I replayed multiple times. That book had a tremendous impact on the direction I was heading. I bought a hardcover copy to have as a reference and to share with others.

Then I heard Dr. Daniel P***a explain what he called Closed Door Syndrome—cells becoming inflamed and resistant to receiving nutrients while struggling to eliminate waste. Suddenly, insulin resistance, inflammation, and declining cellular health began fitting together in ways I had never understood before.

For the next several days, I was completely immersed in learning. The puzzle pieces were beginning to connect. I realized that if I wanted different outputs, I had to change my inputs.

Reduce toxins.
Support cellular health.
Restore normal pathways.
Improve mitochondrial function.
Give my body what it was designed to use.

Every journey begins with a thought that is put into action. A plan was coming together. It was about to launch.

Phillip
The Journey To 90
Stronger than yesterday

07/19/2026

July 19, 2025

I slept really good with all of that mowing exercise the day before. Plus playing with my granddaughter.

I woke. Sat on my bed a moment before getting up. It was then that I got the reply. Clear as could be I had this message in my head…”I am willing. But you have to change. You cannot get there like you are”.

You can go back through this past year of posts to see where I was if you have not been following me. Believe me, it was not good. The message was true - I could not get there like I was. In fact my future was a decline into decrepitude to be honest.

I know some of you just said “that is so great”. But some may read all of that and say “yeah right. Hocus pocus stuff”. I understand.

But it is my lived truth and it change me life. The next thing I said out loud was “I am willing. But apparently I do not know what to do. If I did, I would not be in this position. I need your help. Please show me”.

That was day two of The Journey. It was just beginning. However it was about to blast off!

Phillip
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