Evidence-minded strength, weight loss, and longevity for men over 50.
I lost 170 pounds, rebuilt in a garage gym, and write about what actually works: lifting, GLP-1s, cardio, sleep, and reading your own bloodwork. No hype, no guru worship.
Latest from the blog
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Seven Vaccines After 50, and Nobody Is Keeping the List for You
What each shot is for, how often it comes around, how to pull your own record, and what…
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The RSV Vaccine Age Floor Dropped to 50. Whether It Includes You Is on a Page Written for Doctors.
What changed for adults 50 to 74, where the real eligibility list is kept, and why a 53-year-old…
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The First mRNA Flu Shot Is Here. It Did Not Use mRNA’s Biggest Advantage
Moderna’s mFLUSIVA was approved on August 5. The most interesting thing about it is what its own approval…
GLP-1s & Metabolic Health
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Insurance Won’t Cover Your GLP-1? The Drug Price Is Mostly Set. Shop the Prescribing Service: $108 to $1,678 a Year.
When insurance says no, the drug costs what LillyDirect and NovoCare charge, just about wherever you buy it.…
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Three Trials Are Testing GLP-1s on Drinking. None of Them Is Explicitly Aiming at Sobriety.
Oral semaglutide missed its primary endpoint for drinking. The VA’s new 622-person phase 3 is built on the…
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My Zepbound Will Go Generic. Lilly Is in Court to Make Sure Retatrutide Doesn’t.
The fight that decides what you will pay for the strongest obesity drug yet seen in large trials…
Heart & Bloodwork
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I Found a Blood Test Built to Predict Death, Not Disease
MVX tracks mortality across several cohorts, but nobody has shown that lowering the score improves survival, or what…
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I Drove My Inflammation Number to Almost Zero. A Big Trial Says That Wasn’t What Mattered.
ZEUS lowered inflammation exactly as designed and did not cut cardiovascular events. That weakens hs-CRP as something to…
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Lipfendra vs Repatha: Unless You Absolutely Hate Needles, Stick With the Shot
Both drugs block PCSK9 and cut LDL by about the same amount. Repatha is available now and cheap…
Strength & Conditioning
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Cold Plunges Got the Hype. Saunas Got the Evidence.
Cold plunges get the attention, but the sauna is the one with decades of hard-outcome data. What the…
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GLP-1 Muscle Loss Scared Me Into the Gym. The Fear Was Overblown.
The GLP-1 muscle loss panic scared me into training at 50. It turned out overblown, but the habit…
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VO2 Max Predicts Longevity. Just Not the Way Podcasts Say It Does
The “five times the risk” number is real. The useful lesson for a fifty-year-old is smaller, less sexy,…
Preventive Health
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Seven Vaccines After 50, and Nobody Is Keeping the List for You
What each shot is for, how often it comes around, how to pull your own record, and what…
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The RSV Vaccine Age Floor Dropped to 50. Whether It Includes You Is on a Page Written for Doctors.
What changed for adults 50 to 74, where the real eligibility list is kept, and why a 53-year-old…
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The First mRNA Flu Shot Is Here. It Did Not Use mRNA’s Biggest Advantage
Moderna’s mFLUSIVA was approved on August 5. The most interesting thing about it is what its own approval…
Hormones & TRT
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I Take Testosterone. One Low Number Shouldn’t Put You on It.
A single low testosterone reading isn’t a diagnosis. I’m on TRT, and here’s how low testosterone is actually…
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Legal Doping: How TRT and GLP-1s Let Normal Men Get Fit and Strong After 50
I take two drugs that would get an Olympian banned: testosterone and a GLP-1. I will never compete,…
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What TRT Actually Did for Me at 53
I was diagnosed with anxiety in 2021, hit 373 lbs in 2024, and started TRT in 2025. The…
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