Hello Reader! I've always been fascinated by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Over the years, I've tried acupuncture, herbal concoctions, and a variety of other practices I can no longer remember. I kept wanting to believe it held the key to me finally having heaps of energy. Unfortunately, my body never seemed particularly impressed. Eventually I developed my own highly unscientific theory: maybe TCM just didn't sync with my very not-Asian ancestry. According to my DNA report, no one in...

Hello Reader! Use it or lose it. It’s an annoyingly common phrase that isn’t exactly wrong, at least where physical conditioning is concerned—stop exercising and eventually your fitness will decline. But it’s not completely accurate, either. Newer research suggests something more complicated—and more encouraging. When people stop exercising, some of the changes they've built can stick around longer than you might expect. And those things may not all be measurable with a blood-pressure cuff or...

Hello Reader! I’ve been watching an embarrassing number of fitness videos on YouTube lately. Trust me—I don’t need workout ideas. I literally design workouts for a living. I’ve been a health and fitness coach for more than 20 years and I know how resistance training works. I know the importance of protein, recovery, consistency, progressive challenge—all of it. And yet I keep scrolling through YouTube because I keep hoping someone will tell me I'm doing something wrong. That sounds strange,...