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In my post The Economics of “Messy” Gyms, I discussed how proper gym etiquette seems to have disappeared over time. Now, with fewer young staff members working at gyms, we're seeing the consequences:...
Read more →Twenty years ago, I was living in a gated community near San Diego. One of the homeowners on my block was named Mike. He was about 20 years older than me. One day we were having a brief conversation...
Read more →Back in 2013, I posted Approaching Nutrition From An Investor’s Mindset. It was a very popular post where I framed some of the nutritional debates as an investor would. We can also use an investing...
Read more →As someone that has had to give up gluten twice now, I want to share some wisdom with those of you that are having to deal with this issue. STOP TRYING TO REPLACE YOUR GLUTEN BASED DIET WITH THE...
Read more →Back in 2012, I posted what would end up being one of the most popular posts on this blog. It was titled I No Longer Give a Squat About The Squat. It has been almost seven years and I still stand by...
Read more →Today in the sauna, there was a man that was about to turn 71 chatting with his friend who I would guess was maybe 60 years old. They were both to my left. To my right was a bulky overweight man...
Read more →I've had this analogy I've been thinking about for a long time now regarding successfully losing weight and then keeping that weight off. It has to do with dogs and cats. Dogs are easier to...
Read more →The worst health mistake I've made in my life was that I didn't start lifting weights until I was 24. I should have started at 16.\ Whenever you see an amazing male physique, you almost learn they...
Read more →Gather around my fellow ectomorphs. I have something to say about weight training. My belief is that our goals got mixed up when we started following the bad advice of genetically gifted mesomorphic...
Read more →If you do a Google search on the phrase "Eat Less Move More", it will return over 9 million results. If you listen to most health care professionals and personal trainers they will say that the only...
Read more →About a year ago I had an idea for a post. I'd list and rank my worst nutritional mistakes. There would be the usual suspects, such as the vegetarian phase and The Zone Diet. Then I started thinking...
Read more →Even though I am always checking out cookbooks from the library, the majority of ideas I get for cooking come from doing web searches. I get an idea, do a search and find a recipe. But I rarely just...
Read more →Yesterday I went for a 20 mile urban hike through Seattle. The city was covered with snow and the winds got pretty intense at a few points. But I made it and I still had enough energy to spend an...
Read more →This will be a quick post describing what happened after I ended the Tales From the Glitter Gym series in January after getting linked from Metafilter and receiving a huge amount of negative...
Read more →I'm going to share my dark embarrassing secret. My bench press sucks! Since I started lifting weights in 1994, there have only been three periods where I could bench more than my weight. And then I...
Read more →I just finished reading The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley. It is an excellent book on the economics of sex from a genetic point of view. I'm not going to review the...
Read more →When it comes to coffee, my favorite drink for years has been espresso. No milk, no sugar. To me and others, espresso represents coffee at its ultimate potential. When I'm hosting an event for the...
Read more →Last week Fred Fornicola from Premiere Personal Fitness sent me a copy of his e-book Strength and Fitness For a Lifetime - How We Train to review. Strength and Fitness For a Lifetime is a collection...
Read more →Usually, I don't mind waiting a few months or years to get my hands on a library copy of a book. Not right now though. Here are four books that either just came out or will be coming out before the...
Read more →For the past two years, I have done numerous posts on nutritional topics. I've documented and shared the huge improvements in my health that I've had once I adopted a lower-carbohydrate and more...
Read more →Over the past 15 years I've been known to say something like this: > Weight training is like a 401k. You don't see the results right away, but over time they add up. Cardio is like a weekly paycheck....
Read more →There are numerous blogs that discuss nutrition and fitness. Many of which fall into the same camp as me, which is a lower carbohydrate mostly paleo approach. If I had to name one thing that was...
Read more →Back in April, I wrote the post An Urban Version of the 48 Laws of Power and broke my own rule about endorsing something before it even came out. Is the book The 50th Law as good as Robert Greene's...
Read more →Back in April 2007, I reported how I injured my back doing a dead lift. It was and still is (by far) the worst pain I've ever experienced. There hasn't been a single gym visit since that I haven't...
Read more →Last week, I brought the coffee group to a new venue. The turnout was great and everyone seemed to have a great time. Or so it seemed. On Friday, I received the angriest vile email directed at me and...
Read more →I'm really feel ill equipped to write a fiction book review, but I will say I did enjoy this short fable. !Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition, The The Alchemist is by Paulo Coelho is a book about...
Read more →If you are looking for guidance and direction with the creative process, I have a book recommendation. !A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative A Whack on the Side of the Head:...
Read more →Evey since I saw Star Wars as a child I've liked stories involving a mentor and a student. I guess that is why decided to read this book. Until I wrote this blog post, I had no idea they had made a...
Read more →A pal of mine recently told me that I should read the 1922 investing classic: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. !Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics) Reminiscences of a...
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