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.
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.
Raw Water Wasn't A Thing
Raw water is supposedly a dangerous new health trend, but I have my reasons to be suspicious.
Why A Good Coach Is Like A Bottle Of Wine
Why is it that we often spend exorbitant amounts of money on things we could get much cheaper? Why do we value an expensive fitness coach or bottle of wine? Most interestingly, the people who spend the money almost always think it's worth it. Here's why.
Calories Matter, Even When You Think They Don't
It's common to doubt the validity of the calories in, calories out model by saying "well, this worked for me." The reality is that CICO is always in play, whether you realize it or not - it's a basic framework that explains how diets work, not necessarily a dietary approach in and of itself. Here are a few ways that the CICO model may seem less accurate than it actually is.