Athalonz Blog

Dealing with My Back Injury

As I mentioned in a few previous blogs, I injured by my back when I was seventeen and kept reinjuring it to the point that it ended my dream of becoming a professional baseball player. Even when not playing baseball, my back would “go out”. I could be doing just about anything and bam, my back would go out and I’d be in excruciating pain, one or both of my legs would almost stop working, and I couldn’t move.

Tackling the Beast That is Marketing

When I started Athalonz almost 10 years ago, I had no real experience with marketing and completely underestimated its importance. I assumed that if we made really good products, the rest would take care of itself. Boy, was I wrong! Today, it’s abundantly clear that marketing is Athalonz greatest challenge.

It’s Time to Speak Out

With this new acceptance, I decided it was time to share what happened to me, how it affected me, and how I’ve been dealing with it. It became clear to me that if I didn’t speak out, then I was doing just what my abusers wanted: for me to stay silent and to live in fear. Also, if I stayed silent, then my silence is a passive form of allowing child abuse to continue.

I’d Rather be Crazy Than This be Real

I was living what I thought was the American dream and yet I was depressed, suffered from panic attacks, had no self-confidence, had no self-worth, was extremely self-critical, and struggled with an eating disorder.

As a Baseball Player, I Ended Up Being a Pretty Good Patent Attorney

I grew up wanting to be a professional baseball player. That’s all that mattered to me. I played, read, and dreamt about baseball. I was pretty good too. When I was a senior in high school, I was invited to a closed try-out with the Chicago White Sox.

If the Shoe Fits

Power for the golf swing, or any other athletic movement for that matter, comes from our body pushing on the ground and the ground pushing back. The ground pushing back is called ground reaction force, which we be equal and opposite to the force we applied on the ground. We use the ground reaction force to accelerate our body and club from load to contact. Thus, the more ground reaction force we have, the more power we can create.

Athalonz Mission

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The mission of Athalonz is to have a positive impact on the world. This is not a goal with a measurable endpoint, but an everyday commitment to incrementally making the world a better place.

The Meaning of the Athalonz Logo

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Our logo is an adaption of an ancient Celtic symbol of three interwoven ellipses that represent the connectivity of mind, body, and spirit.

Origins of Athalonz

I love sports, especially baseball. As a kid, all I did was play sports: Baseball in the spring and summer, football in the fall, and basketball in the winter. My childhood dream was to be a professional baseball player. My dream didn’t come true, but it led me to college and into an engineering and patent law career.