Gregory Lawrence

What fuels your passion for health and fitness?

Our lives are experienced through this incredible machine that we call our body. It has an amazing ability to adapt to the stresses that we subject ourselves to, making us stronger, more flexible, more adaptable. Literally, proper exercise and diet extends the amount of time we can experience life! Even more important, by taking care of our bodies makes every moment of life is more enjoyable. Can anything be a more fundumental reason for focus on health and fitness?

What’s your favorite way to train or stay fit?

I focus mostly on strength training using weights (lifting) and body weight exercise to build practical strength through high reps, supersets, calisthenics and natural motion resistance work. I always balance strength workouts with some cardio such as running, hiking and HITS sessions. I do this without performance enhancement options. The net result is that people often mistake me for being 10-15 years younger than I am and having strength of men half my age.

What would you do with $20,000?

I've been working on a system/device to measure metabolic parameters to determine and control which macro our bodies are burning as fuel. I am doing this to prove that it is possible to build muscle even in a calorie deficit. By tracking key metabolic parameters, I have managed to gain very significant muscle mass while losing weight, even as an older guy without steroids. I would use this money to advance my hardware and software solution to make it easy enough for others to utilize.