The 170-Pound Rebuild
The food noise went quiet. Then I had to rebuild the rest.
GLP-1, Strength & Conditioning
Medicine 3.0, Preventive Health
I Quit Drinking in My Forties. The Science Finally Caught Up.
Federal researchers buried a study showing no safe level of drinking. The red-wine myth, and what alcohol quietly costs your sleep, testosterone, blood pressure, and training recovery after 50.
Strength & Conditioning, Supplements, Training
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 dose, the timing, and whether the label tells you the number.
GLP-1, Nutrition, Protein
Whey Protein Shortage: Blame GLP-1 (and Me)
Wholesale whey protein is up fivefold in three years and suppliers are sold out. GLP-1 users chasing protein targets repriced the market, and the same drug is shrinking cheese demand that whey depends on.
GLP-1, Strength & Conditioning
A New Shot to Keep Your Muscle on GLP-1s. Does It Keep You Strong? Not Yet.
Updated September 17, 2026 with the FDA’s September approval of Isembyld (apitegromab), the trial numbers behind it, the fracture and fertility safety data that came with the label, and where the drug can actually be prescribed. The tabloids are calling it the cure for “Ozempic butt.” But it saved lean mass on a scan, not
Healthcare, Preventive Health
A Pharmacist in the Barber’s Chair
The drugs were ordinary. The result wasn’t: a 27-point blood-pressure drop in men medicine usually fails to reach. A colleague mentioned this interesting hypertension treatment project to me almost in passing, so I looked up the study. A group in Los Angeles turned Black barbershops into blood pressure clinics. Men came in for haircuts and,
Medicine 3.0, Preventive Health
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 moved the most was not the one I expected. My LDL cholesterol improved, which I was working on. But the marker that fell off a cliff was my hs-CRP, a measure of low-grade inflammation in the body.
Medicine 3.0, Preventive Health
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 year of my own Apple Watch data and the evidence showed.
GLP-1, Healthcare, Investigations
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 a sales funnel in a white coat. Here is how to tell the difference.
Fitness, Strength & Conditioning
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 problem was not my body. It was the scoreboard.