How to Get Jacked Without Hiring Me
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How to Get Jacked Without Hiring Me

A friend asked me to help him get in shape. I said no, then wrote him the entire plan instead. Four steps, three real studies and the two weeks of doing absolutely nothing that make the rest of it work. Full breakdown on the blog.

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The Blackberry Bush That Made Me a Teen Athlete Coach
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The Blackberry Bush That Made Me a Teen Athlete Coach

For ten years I said no to every parent who asked me to train their teenager. Then a nine-year-old ambushed me at a blackberry bush in the middle of a pandemic and asked how I'd gotten so many. Five years later she's one of the best athletes I coach — here's the whole story, and what a session with a teen athlete actually looks like.

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Wake Up Your Feet: 15 Years in Barefoot Shoes
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Wake Up Your Feet: 15 Years in Barefoot Shoes

It starts with waking the feet up: going barefoot as much as you safely can, and wearing footwear that lets your feet feel and work the way they were designed to. Time to turn those two concrete blocks on the ends of your legs back into the springy, sensing, force-producing marvels they're meant to be.

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Your Functional Nutrition Advisor — Powered by AI
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Your Functional Nutrition Advisor — Powered by AI

Imagine having a health and nutrition advisor available to you 24/7 — one that doesn't guess, doesn't sell you anything, and draws its answers only from the world's most respected medical journals, research institutions, and clinical databases…

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What Type of Personal Training Do I Offer?
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What Type of Personal Training Do I Offer?

I’m a real-world strength trainer. I help people restore youthful movement, become stronger versions of themselves and upgrade their engine. I train people to handle anything that life throws at them.

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