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.
Latest from the blog
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Bank of America Calls Your Health an Investment. Starbucks Calls It a Cost.
Bank of America defends $250M a year in GLP-1 spending. Starbucks cuts it. Inside the employer split over…
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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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There’s No Legal Retatrutide to Buy. Lilly Just Sued Six Sellers of It.
Eli Lilly just sued six sellers of retatrutide. The catch is that the drug isn’t approved anywhere, so…
GLP-1s & Metabolic Health
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There’s No Legal Retatrutide to Buy. Lilly Just Sued Six Sellers of It.
Eli Lilly just sued six sellers of retatrutide. The catch is that the drug isn’t approved anywhere, so…
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Insurance Won’t Cover Your GLP-1? The Drug Price Is Mostly Set. Shop the Prescribing Service: $108 to $1,678 a Year.
When insurance says no, the drug costs what LillyDirect and NovoCare charge, just about wherever you buy it.…
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Three Trials Are Testing GLP-1s on Drinking. None of Them Is Explicitly Aiming at Sobriety.
Oral semaglutide missed its primary endpoint for drinking. The VA’s new 622-person phase 3 is built on the…
Heart & Bloodwork
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I Found a Blood Test Built to Predict Death, Not Disease
MVX tracks mortality across several cohorts, but nobody has shown that lowering the score improves survival, or what…
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I Drove My Inflammation Number to Almost Zero. A Big Trial Says That Wasn’t What Mattered.
ZEUS lowered inflammation exactly as designed and did not cut cardiovascular events. That weakens hs-CRP as something to…
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Lipfendra vs Repatha: Unless You Absolutely Hate Needles, Stick With the Shot
Both drugs block PCSK9 and cut LDL by about the same amount. Repatha is available now and cheap…
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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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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Seven Vaccines After 50, and Nobody Is Keeping the List for You
What each shot is for, how often it comes around, how to pull your own record, and what…
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The RSV Vaccine Age Floor Dropped to 50. Whether It Includes You Is on a Page Written for Doctors.
What changed for adults 50 to 74, where the real eligibility list is kept, and why a 53-year-old…
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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