You Are Losing Weight on Ozempic. But Are You Losing Muscle Too?
GLP-1 receptor agonists, the class of medications that includes semaglutide (sold as Ozempic and Wegovy) and tirzepatide (sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound), are genuinely effective. The weight loss numbers they produce are unlike anything the medical world has seen from a non-surgical intervention. People are losing 15, 20, sometimes 25 percent of their body weight. […]
How Much Strength Training Do You Actually Need to Live Longer?
If you have ever wondered whether your two lifting sessions a week are actually doing anything for your long term health, a major new study just gave you the most specific answer exercise science has produced in years. The short version: 90 to 120 minutes of resistance training per week appears to be the sweet […]
Everyone Is Doing Zone 2. Here Is Why People Are Still Getting Hurt.
Zone 2 training is having a moment. Podcasts, longevity researchers, endurance coaches, and your coworker who just signed up for his first half-marathon are all saying the same thing: slow down, build your aerobic base, do most of your training at a conversational pace, and watch everything improve. They are not wrong. Zone 2 training […]
Sciatica Isn’t About Your Disc (And It’s Probably Not Your “Alignment” Either)
If you’ve been told your sciatica is caused by a herniated disc or a misaligned spine, you’re not alone. It’s the most common explanation active adults in the Bay Area hear about that sharp, electric pain running from the low back down the leg. It’s also, according to a growing body of research, often the […]
The Most Common Pickleball Injuries (And Why Your Body Isn’t to Blame)
Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports that shows no sign of ending. Courts are packed across the Bay Area, rec leagues are full, and a not-insignificant number of people who swore they were done with competitive sports have rediscovered the feeling of winning a point. It is a genuinely fun game. It is also […]
The Longevity Organ You Are Probably Neglecting
Cardiologists talk about your heart. Endocrinologists talk about your hormones. Orthopedic surgeons talk about your joints. But there is a growing body of research pointing to skeletal muscle as one of the most powerful predictors of how long you live and, more importantly, how well you live. Muscle is not just the thing that helps […]
Why Your Achilles Keeps Flaring Up (And What to Actually Do About It)
It starts as a little stiffness in the morning. You shake it off, warm up through it, and convince yourself it is nothing. Then it is not nothing. Then you are Googling “Achilles tendinopathy” at 11pm and learning more about collagen fiber structure than you ever wanted to know. Achilles tendinopathy is one of the […]
Why Strong People Still Get Hurt (And What Actually Fixes That)
You lift. You run. You train. And then mid-deadlift, halfway through a tempo run, somewhere between box jumps and rope climbs, something goes wrong. Not because you are weak. Not because you pushed too hard. Because there is a difference between being strong and being resilient. And most training programs build the first without ever […]
Six Hours and Forty-Seven Minutes: What My Second Half Ironman Taught Me About Life
There’s something about endurance racing that strips everything down to its essentials. No shortcuts, no distractions just you, the course, and your own mind for hours on end. Last weekend I crossed the finish line of my second Half Ironman in six hours and forty-seven minutes. 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike with 6,000 feet of climbing, […]
Your Tendon Pain Doesn’t Need Rest (It Needs the Opposite)
You’ve had the same nagging pain for three months. The bottom of your kneecap when you stand up from a chair. The back of your heel on your first few steps in the morning. The outside of your hip when you roll onto it at night. You did the obvious thing. You backed off. You […]