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(Kittanning - SRU - UF- RMU)

[TimBo @ATtimmer]

@SquatUniversity Should the back be arched like the very first plank clip?

[Thyroid Engineer @thyroidengineer]

I was depressed from childhood into early adulthood. Not "sad sometimes" — tired, bedridden, withdrawn from everything, unable to function. It got worse every year.

No medication. No therapy breakthrough. What ended it was changing what I ate.

A 421,000-person genetic study just explained the mechanism.

Genetically simulated inhibition of TNF-α — a major inflammatory protein — was associated with a 12% reduced risk of developing major depression. The effect held across sex, age, prior trauma, and antidepressant use. That's not correlation. That's causal evidence from genetics.

For a meaningful subset of people, depression isn't a brain chemistry problem. It's an inflammation problem.

TNF-α is a downstream signal of chronic immune activation — the kind that builds quietly from gut damage, mold exposure, food triggers, and unchecked autoimmune load. It doesn't care whether the inflammation is coming from a leaky gut, a moldy apartment, chronic gluten exposure, or an immune system attacking your organs. It reaches the brain either way.

In my case: I'd been living on $1 frozen dinners, genuinely unaware that food affected how you feel. Then my environment changed in my last year in college. Someone who understood this started cooking real food with me and forced me to exercise. Within two years, the depression that had been building since childhood was gone. Not managed — gone. No antidepressants. No breakthrough in therapy. Movement and changing what I put in my body did. All of this happened years before my autoimmune diagnoses, which means I was recovering without even knowing the full picture. I wasn’t doing everything right — far from it. But imperfect changes to food and movement did what nothing else had.

Years later I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. I eliminated inflammation triggers, built a protocol, and kept refining it until my TPO antibodies dropped from ~700 to the 100. The residual anxiety I'd carried for years disappeared in the process — not because I was targeting neurotransmitters. Because I was reducing inflammatory load across the system.

The mainstream model for depression is still neurotransmitter-first. SSRIs and SNRIs as default first-line treatment. This paper adds to a growing body of genetic evidence that for a real subset of patients — 421,000 people is not a fringe sample — the causal pathway runs through inflammation, not serotonin. Which means diet, environment, autoimmune status, and gut health are not "alternative medicine." They are mechanistically relevant.

Your doctor is not required to ask what you're eating, whether there's mold in your home, or whether your inflammatory markers are elevated before prescribing an antidepressant. That's not negligence. That's the protocol.
PMID: 41951112

If your depression didn't respond to therapy or medication — what was the first physical change that actually shifted it?

[Gary Brecka @thegarybrecka]

A 10-year study found that people with the highest muscle mass had a 3x lower risk of all-cause mortality than those with the lowest.

Not the leanest. Not the most flexible. The most muscular.

Muscle is your longevity organ. It regulates glucose, stores glycogen, produces anti-inflammatory myokines, and protects your bones.

If you're not resistance training at least 3 days a week, you're leaving your longest health asset untouched.

[Colonial Hockey Foundation @ColonialHF]

Congrats to @RMUMHockey alum Brandon Blandina for making his playoff debut as a referee today! #ColonialsInThePros

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

In honor of a very successful Opening Weekend at PNC Park, we're giving away this team-autographed poster.

RT for your chance to win! 🏴‍☠️

[AHN Sports Medicine & Performance @AHNSportsMed]

Introducing the AHN Starting lineup for today's Pittsburgh Pirates Home Opener! It's AHN's 28th season as the Official Medical Provider for the Pittsburgh Pirates and AHN Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic experts are proud to support athletes at every level! #LetsGoBucs

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

[Mary Talley Bowden MD @MaryBowdenMD]

Isn’t it funny how CDC can tell us precisely how many people have the flu right now but hasn’t been able to update their cancer data since 2022?

[Robert J. O'Neill @mchooyah]

Turns out the tax on your income only pays for fraud. We should get rid of both. We had an Army, Navy and Marine Corps before 1913.

[TimBo @ATtimmer]

@CoachJFirm yesssirrrrr!

[TimBo @ATtimmer]

Steeler wins hit differently these days. I almost don't know how to act, react or think. Late games..texting my bro after a win like that & a call to dad in the AM my entire life. Never know what ya got til it's gone. Cherish the times and memories. #HereWeGo #MissYinz #Stillers

[TimBo @ATtimmer]

What the hell just happened

[Squat University @SquatUniversity]

The TRUTH about cupping! 🤯

[TimBo @ATtimmer]

@CoachStalker Let's gooo

[Colonial Hockey Foundation @ColonialHF]

Congrats to @RMUMHockey alum Justin Addamo for being named to France’s Olympic Roster!

He is the second alum to be selected for the 2026 Olympics, joining former teammate Daniel Mantenuto (Italy).

📸 @JustinBerlPhoto

[Camus @newstart_2024]

An NFL linebacker was told:
“Put your wife in a home. In 12 months she won’t know who you are.”

Frontotemporal dementia. Death sentence at 56.

He looked the doctor in the eye and said:
“Watch me.”

10 weeks later her brain scan looked completely different.
Five years later she was still sleeping next to the man who refused to quit on her.

This is what real love looks like when it goes to war.
(Watch these 3 minutes from Tucker Carlson & Dr. Daniel Amen – pure proof that lifestyle can show up on a brain scan)

[Gary Brecka @thegarybrecka]

If I took away:
- Seed oils
- Sugary drinks
- Late-night scrolling
- Ultra-processed snacks

And added:
- Morning light
- Real protein
- Minerals and water
- 8 hours of sleep

Your “anxiety” and “low energy” would improve faster than you think.

[Drew Shore @Drew22Shore]

HOCKEY NERD TALK:

Every young player should spend some time studying Morgan Geekie’s career development path.

A third-round pick who logged 153 AHL games, Geekie spent his first three full NHL seasons mostly on the 4th line and never scored more than 9 goals. I was healthy scratched with him plenty in Carolina, and his size, skill, and shot were as good as anyone I’d played with.

But he focused on whatever it took to break into the league — being physical, winning faceoffs, defending hard. Then a top-six forward went down in the playoffs in Seattle, he stepped in, and he was fantastic as a top-6 player against the Avs.

Now in Boston, given a real offensive opportunity, he’s taken off.

A lot of players get stuck thinking about what their role should be instead of doing what’s needed to stick in the league. YOU EARN THE CHANCE TO EXPAND YOUR GAME LATER. First, you’ve got to make it.

Biggest takeaways from Geekie’s story:

1. Be versatile — build a skill set that fits multiple roles.
2. Stay confident — sometimes it takes years of work before you get your break.
3. Excel in the role you’re given — even if it’s not the one you want.

@TheHockeyNews @gmoneyslic #NHL

[RMU Volleyball @RMUVolleyball]

Who is ready to pack the house tomorrow? #BobbyMo

https://t.co/61jT1ic2Gj

[TimBo @ATtimmer]

These guys deserve so much credit. Absolutely impressed with the product they put out there every competition. 👏thank you all

[RMU Athletics @RMUAthletics]

🏆 Congratulations to the RMU Production Crew on taking home the Student Production Award - Live Sporting Event at the NATAS Mid-Atlantic Chapter EMMY® award ceremony!
https://t.co/HfkESfSSl1