Following The Money
There's a lot of free services out there - but almost all of them are making money somehow. One valuable skill for sorting the good info from the bad is the skill of "following the money", figuring out how these free services make their money. Money has a powerful ability to bias the type and quality of information that people provide.
Paying Not To Go To The Gym
How often do new members actually use the gym? One study found that new exercisers are consistently overconfident about how often they'll actually use the gym, causing them to choose sub-optimal membership plans and pay a lot more than they should per gym visit.
Why I'm Tired of Writing About Fitness
This post is a sort of retrospective on 2017, as well as a look forward at 2018. This past year has been amazing, and this coming year will be more amazing still.
Bodybuilders Train Less Than You Think
It's commonly believed that it takes hours per day, many days per week, to build world class muscle. However, I've consistently found that such a training regimen is far too taxing to recover from. A recent study suggests even pro bodybuilders train a lot fewer hours per week than you'd think.
Raw Water Wasn't A Thing
Raw water is supposedly a dangerous new health trend, but I have my reasons to be suspicious.