Intro, Work

What Company to Work for before retirement

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 […]

Longevity

Xi, Putin and Kim pursuing immortality

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

Nutrition, Protein

Delicious Post-Workout protein fruit shake

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

Body Building, Nutrition, Protein

Daily Protein to keep muscles on GLP-1

Daily protein intake is crucial to keep muscles when you are on a GLP-1 enhanced weight loss diet. Both my “weight loss advisor” (who my Insurance makes me talk to to get Zepbound prescribed) and my fitness coach tell me the most important Macronutrient is Protein. Supposedly it helps with avoiding muscle loss when losing

Peptides, Weight loss

Peptides — the new Wonder Drugs?

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

Bloodwork, Medicine 3.0

Check your bloodwork (regularly)!

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

Weight loss

Reality hits at annual physical

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

Intro

Welcome to DadStrengthDaily: Building Resilience in Your Prime

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

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