Sleep Is The Fountain Of Youth
How often do you hear a personal trainer recommending more sleep? The reality is that better sleep is one of the single most important things you can do for your health, fitness, productivity, and intelligence.
There's No Such Thing As A Hardgainer
A non-responder is someone who, for some reason or another, isn’t seeing results from exercise. While most people think genetics are to blame, research tells us that true genetic non-responders are very rare, and points out a much more likely culprit.
Why You Can't Just "Move More" To Lose Weight
It’s commonly believed that we can just continually increase exercise (“move more”) to manage our weight - the reality is that this approach, while possible, is far from optimal.
The Argument Against Debate
Philosophers have argued for the virtue of free speech and debate in the “marketplace of ideas” - good ideas evolve and improve, and bad ideas are disproven and forgotten. However, I think the rules have changed, and that debate is no longer as productive as it used to be.
Exercise Is A Science, But More Importantly, It's An Art
Writing an exercise or diet program is an art as much as a science. While we can use evidence as an important set of guidelines for avoiding bad practices, there’s a lot out there that we don’t know with any degree of certainty.