I tested under 300 ng/dL twice in my fifties. Here are the seven natural levers ranked by what the studies say they’re actually worth, and what I did when they weren’t enough.
There has been a flood of workout apps many of which provide some level of AI support. They tend to have a slick user interface, fancy graphs and sometimes even let you chat with you personal AI. Using AI is shockingly easy to use and can be surprisingly effective at creating plausible workout programs. I
Petter Attia has introduced the concept of the “marginal decade”, the last ten years of your life, when your health is typically at its worst. All his longevity work is focused on improving the experience during that time. A similar idea applies to work life. Being in my fifties I have been thinking a lot
According to this Bloomberg article Xi, Putin and Kim had a chat about immortality, repeated organ transplants and people living to 150. Chinese President Xi Jinping commented on the possibility of people living to 150 during a hot-mic moment with his Russian and North Korean counterparts, a rare glimpse of an unscripted chat between three
In an effort to keep muscles during a GLP-1 diet, I tried many post workout meal/shakes/supplements. For a while my goto choices were Cutler Nutrition’s Repair and Fairlife Core Power. However, my favorite is a shake I make at home: A scoop each of Vanilla Ice Cream Whey powder, Cocoa powder, one Oikos Triple Zero
Daily protein intake is crucial to keep muscles when you are on a GLP-1 enhanced weight loss diet. I work out at least 5 days a week in the gym I built in my garage optimized for my 50 year old body. Both my “weight loss advisor” (who my Insurance makes me talk to to
There is a lot of buzz about peptides like BPC-157, TB-500, MOTS-C and obviously GLP-1 agonists in the health and fitness world. Every influencer seems to have their favorite “stack” of them that promise energy, endurance, fat burning and general injury healing. As Matt Kaberlein explains thinking of “peptides” as one thing is silly the
I recently got a pretty comprehensive blood test done (via marekhealth/labcorb). Mostly no big surprises and in line with what I saw in my annual physical. However, I discovered that I had scary low iron saturation. I don’t really know why. Everyone asked whether I had recently donated blood — I had not. I think
After years of not getting a physical (out of laziness and the fear “they will just tell me to lose weight and eat broccoli”), I finally got a physical last October. I knew I had gained a lot of weight but seeing “373lbs” on the scale gave me a profound shock. I had fastidiously avoided
Hey there, and welcome to DadStrengthDaily. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re like me – a dad in your fifties navigating the unique challenges that come with this stage of life. Maybe you’re watching your kids head off to college while simultaneously caring for aging parents. Perhaps you’re crushing it in your career but
