Jul
15
The One Crucial Ingredient to Fitness.
My latest piece is going to violate my two iron-clad rules: I try to avoid articles with a numeric
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Joshua Brandt
Jun
18
The Smashing Pumpkins and Subjective Age Bias.
Every once in a while, something happens that crystallizes the passage of time. For me, those moments are usually rooted
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Jun
10
My Favorite Fitness Studies Volume One.
It's one of the most quoted scenes in movie history. In "The Big Lebowski," The Dude
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May
27
On Proust and Push-Ups.
At first glance, reading the seminal novel "Remembrance of Things Past" and push-ups have very little in
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Apr
29
Fitness Myth Busters (Volume One)
There's a dimly lit corner of the Internet that's musky and reeks of sweat. Its denizens
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Apr
15
How Much Weight Should You Lift as You Age?
My longtime friend and client Phil Clevenger came to fitness later in life. Phil has always been data driven, whether
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Mar
25
Three Obvious Signs of Physical Decline — and What to Do About It.
There are many obvious benchmarks of fitness. The ability to run a marathon, for example. Or cranking out a set
5 min read
Mar
11
From the Vault: Exercise and the "D" Word.
Winter is waning. Though hope is eternal in Spring, we live in fraught times. So, I thought this would be
4 min read
Feb
25
The Hard-Bodied Progeny of P.T. Barnum.
Love him or loathe him, legendary showman P.T. Barnum was a singular character in American history. He tapped into
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Feb
11
The Swedish Study and the Legend of Grandfather Heat.
Many years ago, at the dawn of my fitness career, I was approached by an individual with an unusual request.
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