Catch up on my latest articles and essays on faith, fitness, and fortitude.
The following is the draft preface of Vigorous: 3 Foundational Habits of Exceptional Health, one of two books I plan to publish this year. This book should be available in the spring of 2023, with a second book, Sisu, becoming available in the summer. Four glasses of water, three glasses … Keep reading…
Bigger is better. At least it is when it comes to your muscles. I’m not referring to how muscle looks. That would be an opinion. I’m referring to how it functions to create a strong, healthy, vigorous body. Unfortunately, the way most fitness influencers and personal trainers promote themselves, you’d … Keep reading…
This past week, I came across several testosterone-related research papers, just published this past month. Each study looked at different aspects of how testosterone affects our health, so rather than writing separate articles for each, I thought I’d include them all in a single article with a brief summary. This … Keep reading…
It’s been six months since I fell off my bike, landed on top of my head, and broke my neck and damaged my spinal cord. From the morning after, when I got out of my hospital bed and stood up, we started talking about recovering in six months. When I … Keep reading…
I was working with our grandson, Asher, in our gym the other day. I had him doing box jumps onto and off of our plyo box, working on his coordination, technique, and balance. He’s become a really good downhill skier in his first two seasons, and now that he’s hitting … Keep reading…
Last week, The American Academy on Pediatrics released its treatment guidelines for overweight and obese children. Rather than attacking the dietary guidelines, which prescribe a perfect diet for getting fat, addressing the absence of physical activity in schools, or the lack of sleep kids get nowadays, they came to the … Keep reading…
Besides eating a high-protein diet, few nutrition changes make as big of a difference in people’s health as eliminating calorie-containing beverages from their diets. This includes 100% fruit juice. Unfortunately, on any given day, about half of adults and two-thirds of children consume sugar-sweetened beverages.1Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption among U.S. Youth, … Keep reading…
More than one-third of the U.S. population of women is peri or post-menopause. Driven by a significant change in hormones, many women in this stage of life experience decreased libido, changes in sexual function, difficulty with sleep, and memory decline. A recent study looked at the effects of aromatherapy or … Keep reading…
Have you ever seen one of those videos of somebody in India lying on a bed of nails, with an expression on their face like they’re lying on a Sleep Number bed? I’ve never doubted that they seem comfortable, but I also haven’t been interested in trying it out for … Keep reading…
You probably know someone who lost weight and looked great, and then a few months later had rebounded back to where they’d been before they lost it. Maybe that’s happened to you. Though it’s all too common for people to regain their lost weight and even to gain more body … Keep reading…
Like last week’s essay, the following comes from a draft of a book I’m working on. In the event it doesn’t make it into the final copy, I thought I’d share my ramblings on my blog. I hope this one reminds you of your power to change yourself for the … Keep reading…
The following is an excerpt from a draft of a book I’m working on. It’s about my recovery from a broken neck and spinal cord injury, but also much more than that. As I continue to work on it, I may include other writings and ramblings here on my blog. … Keep reading…