How old were you when you learned that
“8-12 reps”
Doesn’t mean pick up a weight and get somewhere between those numbers
It means
Start with a weight that you can only do 8 reps on. That you can’t get to 9 with.
And you keep hitting THAT WEIGHT week in week out until you progress. Once you can do 12 reps AT THAT WEIGHT…
Move up to a weight that you can only do 8 reps on. That you can’t get to 9 with.
I think less than 5% of lifters know this
Pranayama is the #1 bio hack on Earth.
It fixes depression, chronic stress, and reverses aging naturally.
Recently, I've been researching its healing benefits. What I found will blow your mind...
Here's what it is and how to perform it the right way (according to science): 🧵
Try: Inhaling via your nose & draw the air “back” parallel to the roof of your mouth) not “upwards”. This reflexively engages deep diaphragmatic breathing which has numerous benefits for your brain & body. Done 2-3x/day you’ll start to default to it in sleep, which is beneficial.
A 40g casein shake before bed can elevate overnight muscle-protein synthesis.
It also piles calories onto the circadian rest-and-repair window, elevates your resting heart rate, prevents your core body temperature from naturally falling in sleep, makes it harder to wind down and fall asleep, and keeps mTOR switched on while autophagy should peak.
It may also aggravate reflux, and long-term cardiometabolic risk.
If at all, use this strategy sparingly and strategically with the following risk mitigation steps
1. Tailor dose to weight: cap at ~0.3 g protein·kg⁻¹ (≈ 20–25 g for a 70 kg adult) and finish ≥ 45 min before lying down.
2. Cycle fasting nights: leave at least two autophagy-friendly, calorie-free evenings per week to avoid chronic mTOR engagement.
3. Favor slower digesting, lower-BCAA sources: cottage-cheese or skyr portions give casein with less leucine spike than isolates.
4. Mind reflux & sleep: if you have GERD, metabolic syndrome, or struggle with sleep onset, shift the protein to earlier in the evening or skip it.
5. Prioritize daytime distribution: hit your daily protein target (≈ 1.6–2.0 g·kg⁻¹) with balanced meals; the pre-sleep dose is optional, not essential.))
Learned preparing for this one that, among other things 90% of what you hear about the vagus nerve and HRV on the internet people have 100% backwards. Tomorrow I’ll explain. And your HRV will thank you.
Living within 1 mile of a golf course (often saturated with pesticides) was linked to 126% higher odds of Parkinson’s.
The farther away people lived, the lower the risk.
Might be time to rethink what we’re spraying on our greens.
Your IV infusions may leach microplastics directly into your bloodstream. A recent study found thousands of microplastic particles in standard hospital IV fluids.
We tested this ourselves.
Our results confirmed IV fluids do contain microplastics. A standard wellness IV drip may deliver up to 40,000 microplastic particles directly into your bloodstream.
Recreational and wellness IV infusions are on the rise, with the global market growing at an estimated 8% compound annual growth rate.
Par on 18
Posts a 8-under 64 and the clubhouse lead of 20-under.
Needs to avoid some crucial putts and shots, but he has a good chance.
Just needs to wait.