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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Who’s Really Writing Your Online Prescription?
You order a prescription online and it arrives in days. Some of it is real care. Some is…
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GLP-1s and Cancer Spread: A Striking ASCO Signal, and Why I’m Not Changing Anything Yet
I take tirzepatide. So when the headline came through this week that GLP-1 drugs might slow the spread…
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Body Recomposition After 50: How I Lost 44 Pounds of Fat and Gained 9 of Muscle at the Same Time
I’m 53 years old and 170 pounds lighter than I was a year and a half ago. That’s…
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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I’m in the Best Shape of My Life, and the Internet Still Makes Me Feel Like I’m Losing
After losing 170 pounds and getting into the best shape of my life, I still felt behind. The…
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How I Started Lifting at 50 After 30 Years of Doing Nothing
I started lifting at 50 after thirty years of nothing: the dumbbells in my office, the gym that…
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Body Recomposition After 50: How I Lost 44 Pounds of Fat and Gained 9 of Muscle at the Same Time
I’m 53 years old and 170 pounds lighter than I was a year and a half ago. That’s…
Preventive Health
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The Lung-Cancer Blood Test I’m Watching, Not Ordering
I have spent the last year and a half watching my own bloodwork change, and the number that…
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Sleep After 50: My Data Didn’t Say What I Thought It Said
After 50, better sleep came down to two boring things: enough hours and a steady schedule. What a…
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Colon Cancer Screening Just Added a Blood Test, and It’s the One I’d Pick Last
The American Cancer Society just added a blood test and new stool tests to its colon cancer screening…
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The 170-lb Rebuild
How I lost the weight and got strong after 50.
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.