Top 10 Favorite Thrive Market Items
Bottom Line Up Front: I have been a member of Thrive Market for many years now and have had such a good experience that I wanted to inform my readers of the company and also my top 10 favorite Thrive…
ZAP
ZAP is an active duty Soldier in the US Army, exercise physiologist, and tech nerd who enjoys throwing around kettlebells, drinking coffee, and smoking fine cigars.
Thoughts on the Army Physical Fitness Test, Current and Proposed
Bottom Line Up Front: The United States Army’s Physical Fitness Test (aka APFT aka PT Test) is potentially undergoing a revision after decades of failing to measure combat readiness. This post will cover the current APFT, a critique of the…
What I’m Up To Now, September 2017
Bottom Line Up Front: This post and the entire series highlight what I am doing/using/thinking as of right now in the areas of fitness & technology. If you care to compare or read the other posts in this series, refer to…
Analysis of Rowing versus Box Step-ups on Cardiovascular Endurance
Bottom Line Up Front: I did a cardiovascular conditioning session this morning that I found particularly interesting after analyzing the results of my heart rate monitor. The main idea is that I found box step-ups to be as effective at…
You Are Living in a Zoo and What to Do About It
Bottom Line Up Front: Many westerners in advanced civilizations are highly disconnected from our evolutionary environment. Our modern problems would be completely foreign to our ancestors or to any indigenous people. This has profoundly unhealthy outcomes and is the root…
Nutrition 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Nutrition
Bottom Line Up Front: I routinely get asked for basic dietary help or to give someone “a diet”. This post summarizes my current advice for someone asking me for help with their nutrition complete with references and specific recommendations. This…
Bottom Line Takeaways from Two Great Tim Ferriss Show Podcasts
I listened to two great podcasts with two great people in the health and fitness industry: Art De Vany and Dr. Rhonda Patrick. Both were on a Tim Ferriss Show recently and dropped tons of knowledge (Dr. Rhonda was out…
Thoughts and Explanation of New Programming Template, March 2017
After my last post about a way ahead using kettlebells regularly each session without it having to be part of a 10,000 swing challenge, I realized this is exactly what Pavel had described in his Simple & Sinister book. Short summary of…