Nathaniel Mosher

Husband. Father. Sports Physical therapist. Lifelong learner.

[CoffeeBlackMD @CoffeeBlackMD]

I don’t see a single kid peddling a bike anymore.

There needs to be a constitutional amendment.

[Nathaniel Mosher @NathanielMoshe2]

@jcissik @jcissik Preach!

[GuruAnaerobic @GuruAnaerobic]

For people who just want to get fitter and a bit stronger, there is zero need for complicated or ornate sessions which look like science projects. Just basic routines, consistently applied.

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@NickHoopes_ Agree!

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@KyleBaileyClub This trend needs to fade away.

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@kcrehabguy 100% @kcrehabguy. We stopped travel sports just after Covid. All three of my kids play multiple sports for the school and that’s it. We’re all much happier since the decision.

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@AshleyWenskTV I hadn’t seen the SU women play before watching that first half yesterday. They couldn’t break the full-court press by UConn, their offense was stagnant and looked intimidated, and poor passing/shoot selection was prominent. Maybe they were better than that, but not yesterday.

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@Super70sSports Welcome to post-2020 “customer service.” I can’t think of one area of business that is better in customer care over the past 6 years. Everything stinks.

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@CoffeeBlackMD Love early mornings as the first one up…best time of the day.

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@Fred__Duncan Stop being so reasonable, @Fred__Duncan. 😆 Don’t you know there is a streamer out there who needs to sell a course and you’re ruining it with logic?!

Seriously, we’re old enough to remember the real masters before performative BS took over! 👍

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

Excellence is not hustle-culture bullshit. It's not waking up at 4 AM to cold plunge and telling everyone about it, restrictive diets, sacrificing your soul, or bending the knee to make as much money as possible.

As someone who wrote the book on excellence, it feels imperative to clear the air once and for all.

People are longing for purpose and achievement. This longing has led to the rise of what I call internet excellence. At the extremes of internet excellence you get influencers who peddle steroids and other unregulated substances.

Slightly less extreme are the complex protocols and fads that change every week: breathe this way, exercise that way, eat this not that, and on and on and on.

Whenever you see a bunch of shallow influencers herding around a topic, it's because there's a real need to exploit. In this case, people—perhaps especially young men—feel numb and directionless. They're desperate for purpose. And right now, performative nonsense is winning.

All humans have foundational psychological needs. We need to belong, participate in meaningful activities, feel competent, and have a direction to follow.

In short: we need sources of mastery and mattering.

In a chaotic world where people don’t know where they belong or where they are headed, they grasp onto groups and ideologies that make them feel good in the short term but backfire over the long haul. Without better alternatives, the Andrew Tates of the world fill the gap.

Most influencers don’t know what they’re talking about.
But they are world class at converting existential anxiety into attention and tribal loyalty. They turn someone’s genuine longing for more purpose and aliveness into a superficial feeling of being destined for greatness, even if it is built on a flimsy foundation of elaborate online kabuki.

Instead of alpha, high-T, lion-mentality garbage, we need to model what true excellence actually looks like, especially for young people:

- Hard, honest work
- Showing up consistently
- Caring deeply
- Nailing the fundamentals
- Staying patient
- Developing focus
- Practicing discipline
- Building community
- Failing and trying again

If there is any battle, it is that of a performative excellence that benefits nobody but the grifters who are peddling it versus a more genuine and authentic version that benefits us all.

Winning it will take role models stepping up at all levels: from teachers and coaches to award-winning artists and professional athletes.

I’m trying to do my part. Please do your best to do yours.

[Nathaniel Mosher @NathanielMoshe2]

@chrisboettcher9 True. Now wait until “kid pitch.” 🤣

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@jcissik Become consistently savage with the simple.

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@joshstrength Dr . Squat was a genius because he knew the science behind his training, but could apply it practically as well. Without a doubt, one of the greats in the strength world!

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@AdamArchuleta @joshstrength Same here, @AdamArchuleta. I still have his Power book in my library. It was ahead of its time, but I didn’t appreciate that as a kid.

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@Super70sSports That was my driver’s ed car in high school. Only difference was that car was green. Aced the damn road test after driving that beast! 😆

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@jcissik 💯%!

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@drantbradley @ewillis333 Yeah, I did a double-take when I thought I heard the announcers saying the average age was 24 as Indiana was being introduced. ChatGPT says it’s 23.4 years. Either way, it’s “older.”

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@kcrehabguy Terrible, @kcrehabguy.

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@Super70sSports Bears fan since I was a kid. Bear down, @Super70sSports! Let’s go!!