New CDC Obesity Maps
What is it about our country’s lack of healthy people? Years ago I was riding my bike with a new friend. She was, and still is, super fit. She’s a fellow endurance athlete, professor, and PhD. in anatomy. Our conversation…
Meet Ted
Ted is an endurance athlete, yoga teacher, blogger, entrepreneur, and modern day adventurer. A former Elite Adventure Racer and a Lacrosse player at UCLA, he has been an athlete his entire life. He began teaching yoga and meditation over 15 years ago and continues to compete in marathons, triathlons, trail races, mountain bike races and ultra marathons. His passion is creating a life beyond his wildest dreams and helping others do the same. If you’re ready, stay in touch by signing up for the email list and following him on all the social media links below.
Educated in both Iyengar and Ashtanga styles of yoga, he focuses his yoga sessions on strength, alignment and breathing, in order to help students increase their flexibility, strength and focus. He teaches many forms of meditation and a yin or restorative yoga class specifically designed to lengthen connective tissue, prevent injuries and open energetic pathways in the body.
He is the founder of Adventure Yoga Retreats, a company that organizes premium travel adventures that enrich lives and inspire people to live life at their highest level. His versatility and knowledge allows him to successfully tailor his teaching and retreats to a diverse audience, including professional athletes, business leaders, yoga teachers, as well as beginning students. He owns 5 Point Yoga, the premiere yoga and fitness studio in Malibu, California. He co-created the 3 Week Yoga Retreat for Beachbody, the company behind such products as P90X, Insanity, Shakeology, and more. Ted co-created Tony Horton’s p90x:2 yoga DVD and is featured in p90x:3 Yoga, p90x:3 Isometrix as well as Tony’s yoga “expert” for his one-on-one video series. He is also in 3 of Tony Horton’s latest fitness DVD 22 Minute Hard Corps. He is a long time lululemon ambassador and is the designated yoga teacher for the Tour de France winning pro cycling BMC Racing Team. He is a featured teacher on Yogavibes.com, Curious.com and created the yoga program at The Ranch at Live Oak Malibu which was named in Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Spas for 2012 & 2013.
He writes regularly at goodmenproject.com and here.
Featured Posts by Teddy McDonald
What Holds You Back and How to Get Over It
We all know we can do better, be better, and live better, but if that’s the case, why don’t we do it? I recently started listening to The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. I’ve heard about the book for a…
Why Don’t We Follow Through and How We Can
It’s time to commit, complete, and repeat to a healthier you! So many clients tell me they want to loose weight, workout more consistently, eat healthier, or sleep better, along with a slew of other health related goals. And so…
Endurance and Resistance Training Lower Stress Levels.
With stress as one of the greatest threats to our health, there is a simple solution. We all know that exercise is good for us, but a new study shows that regular physical exercise also reduces physiological reactivity to psychosocial…
Race Report: Ironman Mont Tremblant 2018
8 years later I accomplished my goal of becoming an Ironman. Have you ever had a life long goal that you kept pushing off? Or you continue to justify you’re own procrastination? Year after year you’d say, “eventually I’ll do…
3 Simple, Not Easy, Ways to Loose Weight
Times have changed, ‘calories in; calories out’ is not the only way to drop a few pounds. For years we’ve been searching for the perfect summer body, always being disappointed when we didn’t loose enough weight, or we didn’t see…
Events With Teddy McDonald
Cooking, Hiking, Yoga Retreat to Malibu with Ted & Lauren
July 27-30, 2017
