*This was originally sent out to those subscribed to the Body [re]Build newsletter. Click here to subscribe* Let’s help some men escape dad bod prison. It’s not that most men don’t want to get healthy, lean, or jacked. Or to move from ‘dad bod’ status to ‘that dad’ status. You might say you don’t care…
This article was originally sent to my newsletter. If you want weekly articles like this to your inbox, click here to subscribe. Where are you getting too attached to a process at the expense of the outcome? I call this the illusion of progress in health and fitness. This might seem backwards from things I’ve…
This article was originally sent to my newsletter. If you want weekly articles like this to your inbox, click here to subscribe. What if you didn’t have to stay on the hamster wheel of always trying to get healthy? What if you could just always be healthy, fit, and confident no matter what was going…
This article was originally sent to my newsletter. If you want weekly articles like this to your inbox, click here to subscribe. Do you ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels with very little to show for it? I spent a lot of my first 15+ years working out from this place of diluted focus…
Build Your Body What’s optimal for your body or your fitness might not be what’s best for your day to day life. The goal is to find the overlap between what works best for your body and what you can actually stick to. Most people fail not from a lack of doing the right things,…
Build Your Body Burning fat and getting lean isn’t as complicated — or as time consuming— as you might think. When done right, fat loss should only take up about a third of your year at a maximum. The other two-thirds? That’s where you focus on maintaining, building muscle, and boosting performance. Losing weight shouldn’t…
Build Your Body It’s easy to overlook how much your small, daily choices matter. This works both ways: Shortcuts in the smaller things will cut short your success in the bigger things. Avoiding shortcuts might be the one thing that finally gets you where you want to go. The bad news? One shortcut can trigger…
Build Your Body Energy balance (fat loss and gain) occurs over weeks, months, and years – not in a 24 hour period. If you need 2,000 calories to lose weight, you don’t start gaining weight at 2,001. You also don’t start losing it at 1,999. The body is smarter than that and plays on a…
Build Your Body Adding lean muscle is the number one thing, within your control, to improve your metabolism. More muscle means more calories burned at rest. More calories burned at rest means less time wasted with extreme diets or excessive working out. More muscle is the easiest and most enjoyable path to looking better and…