Evidence-minded strength, weight loss, and longevity for men over 50.
I lost 170 pounds, rebuilt in a garage gym, and write about what actually works: lifting, GLP-1s, cardio, sleep, and reading your own bloodwork. No hype, no guru worship.
Investigations
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How a Hacked North Carolina Town Website Funneled Google Searches to Peptide Sellers in China
A hacked small-town government website is ranking on Google for real peptide brands and redirecting searchers into a…
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Sam Sulek’s NewBioRx Sells “Research Only” Retatrutide. A NewBioRx-Branded Site Showed You How to Inject It, Until This Weekend.
Sam Sulek’s peptide company sold retatrutide in a pre-filled pen “for research use only,” while a site under…
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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…
Latest from the blog
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How Long to Fast Before a Blood Test? For Most Tests, It Barely Matters
How long to fast before a blood test: a JAMA Internal Medicine study of 101,148 patients found 8…
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BPC-157 Is Finally Getting a Placebo-Controlled Trial on Torn Rotator Cuffs
A University of Arkansas trial will test BPC-157 against saline after rotator cuff surgery. It’s small and hasn’t…
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Lilly Accelerates Its Brenipatide Trials: Betting Millions on the First GLP-1 for Alcohol and Depression
The brenipatide Phase 3 program is Lilly’s bet that it can reach an alcohol and depression label before…
GLP-1s & Metabolic Health
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Lilly Accelerates Its Brenipatide Trials: Betting Millions on the First GLP-1 for Alcohol and Depression
The brenipatide Phase 3 program is Lilly’s bet that it can reach an alcohol and depression label before…
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Brenipatide Side Effects: What’s Known and What Isn’t
Updated September 26, 2026 with Lilly’s first Phase 1 safety data and a note that the drug is…
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Retatrutide Cost: No Price Yet, and My Estimate Is $450 to $650 a Month
I paid Lilly’s self-pay price for Zepbound for months, and retatrutide has no announced price yet, so here…
Heart & Bloodwork
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How Long to Fast Before a Blood Test? For Most Tests, It Barely Matters
How long to fast before a blood test: a JAMA Internal Medicine study of 101,148 patients found 8…
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The First Big Lp(a) Drug Trial Missed Its Main Goal. It Put LDL Back at the Top of My List.
Pelacarsen missed its primary endpoint in the Lp(a)HORIZON trial. Here’s what’s actually known, what two doctors think happened,…
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Heart Attacks Were 43% Lower With a Statin in Adults Over 70. Cardiovascular Deaths Were Not.
I do not take a statin. I got my ApoB to 59 with about 170 pounds of weight…
Strength & Conditioning
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Big Toe Arthritis Surgery Won the First Real Trial. My Doctor Still Says Wait.
I’ve got severe big toe arthritis. The first real trial on big toe arthritis surgery beat waiting. My…
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Cold Plunges Got the Hype. Saunas Got the Evidence.
Cold plunges get the attention, but the sauna is the one with decades of hard-outcome data. What the…
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GLP-1 Muscle Loss Scared Me Into the Gym. The Fear Was Overblown.
The GLP-1 muscle loss panic scared me into training at 50. It turned out overblown, but the habit…
Preventive Health
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How Long to Fast Before a Blood Test? For Most Tests, It Barely Matters
How long to fast before a blood test: a JAMA Internal Medicine study of 101,148 patients found 8…
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Lilly Accelerates Its Brenipatide Trials: Betting Millions on the First GLP-1 for Alcohol and Depression
The brenipatide Phase 3 program is Lilly’s bet that it can reach an alcohol and depression label before…
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The panel that decides which of your screenings are free hasn’t met in 18 months
Only USPSTF grades A and B must be covered by most insurance plans at no cost. What that…
Hormones & TRT
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I Take Testosterone. One Low Number Shouldn’t Put You on It.
A single low testosterone reading isn’t a diagnosis. I’m on TRT, and here’s how low testosterone is actually…
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Legal Doping: How TRT and GLP-1s Let Normal Men Get Fit and Strong After 50
I take two drugs that would get an Olympian banned: testosterone and a GLP-1. I will never compete,…
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What TRT Actually Did for Me at 53
I was diagnosed with anxiety in 2021, hit 373 lbs in 2024, and started TRT in 2025. The…
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