First class quackery. I'm 61, and I would crush these clowns in the gym. Magic pill my ass. Go lift barbells and kettlebells; then, tell me about your youthful vigor. Typical Harvard bullshit. The race for the cure to aging…
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Cheese is not going to kill you. Promise.
Terrific take down of G.W.U. physician, Neal Barnard. Barnard, like many academics, wants to control what people do and advance his own religion -- veganism -- without trying even a little bit to be intellectually honest about what he is…
The Atlantic: When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes
A lot of what The Atlantic publishes is ideological twaddle. But, this piece from 2017, is a real keeper. It is one of the few stories about overdiagnosis and overtreatment that will resonate with readers. Don't kid yourself...the healthcare industry…
10 Invaluable Pieces of Advice For Young Lifters Starting Their Muscle Construction Journey | NattyOrNot.com
I'm 61 now, and I started lifting when I was 17. This is one of the best and most interesting summaries of advice for young lifters that I have ever read. Source: 10 Invaluable Pieces of Advice For Young Lifters…
Health hoaxes you need to know
You can convince people of just about anything. A couple of my favorite health-for-dopes themes are in this article from Mic. It's stunning how many people still believe dietary fat, eaten in modest amounts, is bad for you. Nothing could…
Ready to run? Make sure you stretch – KVIA
Utter garbage, without a shred of evidence to support the claim that stretching is essential before running. What's essential is a thorough warmup, which this supposed expert didn't do at her CrossFit gym. But, now she owns a stretching emporium…
New York Times: Stretch Your Muscles. Not.
Few things in sports and fitness are as persistently stupid as the idea that stretching, per se, offers some kind mystical, magical benefit. The entrepreneurs quoted in this piece strike me as complete idiots. How flexible do you need to…
A 5 Point Checklist For Filtering Sh*t People From Your Life
This is a great post from someone willing to speak truth. If you are offended, you are most likely one of the immutable snowflakes he’s trying to educate.
I get it, you want this year to be good. You told everyone on Facebook how well you did last year. You grew. You fought. You came back better and stronger. After everything life threw at you, you still stood up straighter…….
But did you really, motherfucker?
Or did you just write that out because you saw more than 50% of the ‘friends’ you follow do the same? Did the words flow because in your head you’d love to believe them? See, I can type anything here and try to convince you I’m anything but unless you meet me or know me, you’d be foolish to believe a word of it.
What am I getting at?
If you want to tell the world you’ve changed, try actually fucking changing instead of repeating the same shitty old doomed habits that kept you moaning in 2018. You can wrap shit up in…
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Podcast Episode #17: Dr. Stu McGill | StrongFirst
Great StrongFirst podcast with spine expert Stu McGill. Well worth the listen. I love how he ever-so-politely disses yoga. He also speaks very clearly about how proximal tension produces distal power...vital to nearly every sport you can think of, including…
BarBend: 7 Downsides of Being Crazy Lean
The team at Bar Bend produces some really good fitness and nutrition stuff. Here is a good example, on the potential harms of being too lean or trying to maintain a very low body fat percentage all the time. If…
