So many of us spend all of our free time reading and watching videos about the latest science in nutrition, training, and lifestyle. We carefully calculate how many grams of carbs, protein, and fat to eat in order to lose fat, excel in our … [Read more...]

If you’ve been reading my writing for any appreciable amount of time, you probably know that I like to look at things through an evolutionary lens. I’ve written before that our accelerating rates of chronic disease and obesity might be the result … [Read more...]

Last week we discussed the six areas in which we’ll need to focus in order to be optimally healthy: Food Movement Sleep Stress Management Community Environment To kick off our exploration of each of these a bit further, let’s … [Read more...]

We typically only think of "diet and exercise" when it comes to the factors involved in building a lean, strong, healthy body. While what we eat and how we move are important, they only make up a part of the equation when it comes to improving how … [Read more...]

Last week we explored the idea of stress being any threat to or deviation from homeostasis – the conditions our bodies maintain to ensure survival and reproduction – and covered a couple of examples of how our bodies are equipped to respond, and even … [Read more...]

Over the past few weeks we’ve been exploring the idea of using an evolutionary framework to guide our efforts to get lean, strong, and healthy AF. This framework is based on the following concepts: Our bodies comprise trillions of cells, … [Read more...]

In my last post, we discussed a few of the reasons that there is no “one size fits all" solution when it comes to improving one's fitness and health. At this point, there just begs one question – how in the world do we get started if we’re all so … [Read more...]

You’ve probably already recognized that there are countless different ways different people are improving their body composition, performance, and health status, and you might feel like it’s been a crapshoot figuring out what works best for … [Read more...]

Many of us feel like we’re trapped inside of our bodies - like there’s “us” and then there’s “our body”, and the two don’t always agree or get along. All we want to do is to look good, move well, feel healthy, and get on with our lives, yet we … [Read more...]

So many of us kick off our efforts to improve how we look, feel, and perform by looking for answers. We want to know exactly what, when, and how much to eat. We want to know exactly how often to train, and what kind of training is ideal. We … [Read more...]