BehaviorFit

10/27/2026

Most runs I look at my Watch for feedback, but other times I don’t. I like to analyze my own bio feedback without looking at my watch to better fine tune running behavior.

Yes, I may be always running with my Apple Watch but sometimes it’s just as nice to know how well you have a “sense “of your actual running performance.

Here’s how I break all of that down.

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10/16/2026

HABA is complete!

So glad to share our work on health and fitness and applied behavior analysis with Gina Nicolini

What a fantastic conference! So great to connect with old friends and colleagues, and meet new people in my own backyard!

A few of my highlights:

Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi taught us how to reflect and improve out listening skills in supervisory relationships.

Chief Motivating Officers reminded of us of the importance of scope of competence/practice in organizational behavior management.

Sara Rogers introduced HABA to the Fit4All curriculum authored by Brandon May —what a gamer for helping our clients get healthy and fit.

Shane T. Spiker, PhD, BCBA-D gave an entertaining and educational primer on targeting sexual behaviors….he is NOT the ‘sex guy’.

Jared Van delivered a super informative talk on the standard celebration chart, with some awesome live timings.

See you at HABA next year!

Keep moving!

10/13/2026

Fitness Is A Skill: A 5 Step Guide To Get Started

Most people treat fitness as a motivation problem. It’s not. It’s a skill problem, and skills can be broken down, taught, and mastered. Learn the 5 steps to building fitness as a skill: your why, what to do, your skill set, your environment, and your path to independence....

Most people treat fitness as a motivation problem. It’s not. It’s a skill problem, and skills can be broken down, taught, and mastered. Learn the 5 steps to building fitness as a skill: your why, what to do, your skill set, your environment, and your path to independence.

10/09/2026

No matter what the lifting plan, it’s nice to have one!

Keep it simple.

Step 1. Open up the spreadsheet.
Step 2. Read the plan.
Step 3. Execute the plan.
Step 4. Track progress.

09/28/2026

Beyond thankful and honored to receive an alumni award from Florida Tech Alumni Association

09/22/2026

Garage gym starting to look spooky!

09/09/2026

Preplanning is a critical set of behaviors to engage in to increase the odds that you will exercise and stick to your plan.

In my case, I committed to a half-marathon one month out. I needed to work backwards to balance CrossFit days with targeted mileage leading up to the race.

I love tech, but sometimes paper and highlights do the trick.

Green = committed and executed day
Yellow = non-executed day

I won’t graph this sheet but it serves as a physical tool to manage my workouts throughout the month and reflect on how accurate I followed my plan.

Unfortunately, Hurricane Lowell forced race officials to cancel the race but I ran on that day anyhow.

I mean, how many chances do you get to run in Hawaii?!?!

(I hope everyone in Kauai is doing okay with the cleanup ❤️ 🏝️)

09/07/2026

Kauai Marathon/Half Marathon got cancelled at the last minute for hurricane 🌀 prep.

Kinda bummed that the race didn’t happen considering I left Hawaiʻi Association for Behavior Analysis looking forward to it.

Stay safe everyone one.

Flying out tonight ahead of Hurricane Lowell.

09/05/2026

🌈 🌴 Final Day Complete of the Hawaii Association for Behavior Analysis Conference 2026 is in the books!

So nice to reconnect with my Hawaiian colleagues and hear some fantastic talks!

✅ Second Run around Diamond Head Crater
✅ Presented Poster
✅ Made new connections
✅ Saw a real cool radar graph measuring different verbal operants

💡A few nuggets from today:

Gloria Leyla Fanning Tacoaman, M.S., BCBA., LABA gave an interesting talk on how to evaluate teaching language across bilingual learners - she tested how training in English vs. Spanish resulted in English or Spanish answers. Super cool stuff!

Shane T. Spiker, PhD, BCBA-D brought it home reminding us that compassion can be a learned skill by breaking it down into different domains. We can learn how to be more culturally sensitive, improve problem solving, and get better at time management to name a few.

Mahalo to the fantastic team that put together another great conference!

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09/04/2026

🌈 🌴Conference Day 1 of the Hawaii Association for Behavior Analysis Conference 2026 is in the books!

So nice to reconnect with my Hawaiian colleagues and hear some fantastic talks!

✅ Blogged by the beach
✅ Reconnected with Colleagues
✅ Made new connections
✅ Heard 4 fantastic talks
✅ Published new BehaviorFit Blog

💡A few nuggets from today:

“Happiness is a skill that can be learned.” - Patricia Wright

“(As Practitioners) Sell outcomes per hour, not trials per hour” - Mark Dixon