Book Recommendations 2022
2022 was a great year for reading.I learned a ton, and really grew as a person. Some key things I learned this year: The way Americans eat is totally backward, unhealthy, and not good for the environment. The people running America (often called the “elites”) have long given up on trying to do what’s right […]
Masters and Slaves
A famous book came out a while back, in 1992, entitled “The End of History and the Last Man” by Francis Fukuyama. What Fukuyama meant by the title was not that time, or history, was itself ending, but rather that man’s “progressive” historical struggle was nearing an end. Since history, according to this theory, […]
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Kill Two Birds (or More) with One Stone
Here’s a great tip on how to train smart. We are almost always better off integrating several factors of fitness together in one single exercise, unless we are specifically trying to isolate a certain muscle group. Some examples: Chin ups (underhanded) work your biceps, grip strength, abdominals, and lats. Dumbell curls only work your biceps, […]
Duty, Piety, Honor, Sincerity
I’m a fan of monarchy. It would never work here in the USA, we’re a Republican people, but the most historically successful and stable countries in the world are monarchies. I’ve been to England many times and my last name is as old English Anglo Saxon as it gets so I feel a certain kindred […]
Grapes or Grape Juice?
Grapes, or Grape Juice? That is the question. I get asked a lot about fruits and juices.Picking between them, or refusing both, is an important discussion. Overall though, rule 1 is this: Choose the food which will cause the lowest blood sugar response, so choose fruits over fruit juices, grapes over grape juice. Fruit juice […]
The Therapeutic Modern Self
When you start studying mental health, like I did a few years back when I wrote my book “Movement & Meaning” about exercise and mental health, you can go down quite a rabbit hole. The conception of the self is something that has changed over time. It used to be pretty well set, and rooted […]
John Adams Predicting the Future
John Adams, US President 1797-1801 “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John AdamsI like to take walks outside and think. I never take my phone with me unless I’m listening to an audiobook, because walking is a perfect […]
The Two Keys to Building Muscle
George Hackenshmidt, Famous Estonian Strongman, Bodybuilder and Wrestler. He Understood Muscle-building. “If I wasn’t president of the United States, I’d want to be George Hackenshmidt.” – Teddy Roosevelt The Two Keys to Building Muscle Higher Volume of Weight Lifted Lower Rest time Between Sets Volume of Weight LiftedI’m a big proponent of total volume of […]
The Best Books I Read in 2021
Hey Happy New Year Everyone ! I took a breather after finishing The Quest for Community. Wow what a project that was. It drained me but it was worth it. I hope you had a wonderful 2021, and are going to have an even better 2022. What I’m seeing based on 2021 amongst the disintegration, […]
