I know you have all heard me talk about different things involving fitness and what not but that’s only one facet of my personality. Another big thing to me is music, particularly classic heavy metal from the 70′s and 80′s both as a listener and as a participant. One of the biggest influences to me as a singer was a man that went by the name Ronnie James Dio.

Dio had a very distinctive roar and control in his voice. His was a voice that was inspirational. Fronting some of the top bands known as Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell and a band named after him; Dio. I had seen him singing for Dio as well as opening for Judas Priest under with the band Heaven and Hell (Dio era Black Sabbath).

May 16th this year he lost his battle with cancer. I knew he had had it for some time but I honestly believed in my heart he was going to win. What a shock it was to go home and log onto facebook and see the get well soon Ronnie James Dio page turned into a remembrance. His music was unforgettable, his charity for band aid (the heavy metal version of live aid) couldn’t have been done without him. I will miss his contributions to music but I do know he will live forever in the music that has influenced several of us metal heads so.

In the meantime I want to point out that you can help fight the fight. You might know one of my influences as a fitness coach is a man by the name of Alwyn Cosgrove. Alwyn is a multiple time cancer survivor and had put together a compilation of several different articles created by many coaches who had also influenced me and put it on a CD. it contains over 800 pages of info from the likes of Pavel, Mike Mahler, Zach Evan Esh, Smitty and more. All proceeds go to the lymphoma society

Long live Rock n Roll and RJD will live long within his music. The ending is just a beginner. God bless you Ronnie. \m/

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