I have to get my ass in gear. The last thing I did for the Becoming Bond article series was clay target shooting in April.  I was also supposed to do an intro to SWAT training 2 weeks ago, but [...]

For the sake of full disclosure, I have to admit I’m not quite at my 90 days for P90X. I’m actually about a week away, but since I had some time to do the photo shoot and video, I thought [...]

I made it through two-thirds of the P90X program. Yay!  It’s still f#&$ing hard. But beyond that, I’ve got a few observations at this point in my Becoming Bond/get my fat ass into shape/P90X training article series: No matter how [...]

Just in time for our Becoming Bond article series, we were fortunate enough to get our hands on a 2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Yeah we know it’s not a DBS but the Vantage will do the job just fine. We are also [...]

I survived the first 4 weeks of P90X. I feel great!  Although it’s been quite a journey, I am definitely glad I am 30 days closer to Becoming Bond and feel stronger each and every day. Here are some notes and feedback for [...]

Becoming James Bond in 6 months isn’t easy. When I first thought of the idea, I figured it was going to be fun. I get the perfect excuse to try things I had always wanted to try -  shooting a [...]

James Bond is the man. Our hope here at ESM is that all our readers love all the James Bond movies.  So much so, in fact, that they want to become him. I love James Bond (in the platonic dude [...]