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.
GLP-1s & Metabolic Health
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Retatrutide Isn’t Approved Yet. America Started Without It.
Retatrutide isn’t FDA approved, but it has a street name, a grey market with customer service, and Wall…
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GLP-1s May Make Movement Easier. They May Also Make You Want It Less.
A new study found people on GLP-1 drugs took fewer steps after starting. I lost the weight and…
Heart & Bloodwork
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A Single Shot That Cuts Your LDL by 62 Percent. The Catch: It Edits Your DNA.
Eli Lilly’s VERVE-102 gene-editing therapy cut LDL by 62 percent at the highest dose in Phase 1, with…
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My Wife Just Bought Calcium Chews. A New BMJ Paper Says I’d Skip Them.
My wife bought a pink tub of Viactiv calcium chews because that’s what you do for your bones.…
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Reading Your Cholesterol Panel at 50: A Plain-English Guide to the New 2026 Guideline
Your cholesterol panel at 50, decoded. The six numbers, the new 2026 guideline targets, the coronary calcium scan,…
Strength & the Rebuild
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The Strength-Training Number Your Doctor Skips: 90 Minutes a Week
A 147,000-person, 30-year Harvard study gives a rough number for the strength-training half of the exercise guideline: around…
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Caffeine After 50: What I Actually Take Before I Train, and What I Skip
Caffeine is the most-studied performance drug in sport, and it works, modestly. What matters after 50 is the…
Preventive Health
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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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My Friend Got Sober and Stayed That Way. The Cravings Didn’t Leave.
My friend is sober, goes to AA, and just started the Wegovy pill for the cravings that never…
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A Cigarette Company Designed Lunchables. The Science Since Then Is Messier.
Lunchables was engineered inside Philip Morris using the cigarette playbook. That part is real and damning. The case…
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The 170-Pound Rebuild
The food noise went quiet. Then I had to rebuild the rest.
GLP-1 Pipeline Tracker
Every approved and pipeline drug, updated.
Home Gym & Gear
The exact setup I actually use.
The Newsletter
One evidence-minded email each Sunday.