April 2026

  • Why the Fitness Industry Has Been Selling Women the Wrong Workout

    Why the Fitness Industry Has Been Selling Women the Wrong Workout

    The fitness industry has a research problem that it has been slow to acknowledge and slower to correct. The majority of the foundational exercise science that informs mainstream fitness programming, from optimal rep ranges to recovery timelines to the cardiovascular protocols on the back of every treadmill, was developed using male participants or mixed-sex cohorts…

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  • Research Shows Loneliness Ages You Faster Than Smoking

    Research Shows Loneliness Ages You Faster Than Smoking

    The comparison to smoking is not rhetorical. It is drawn directly from a meta-analysis that quantified the mortality risk associated with social isolation and loneliness and found it comparable in magnitude to smoking fifteen cigarettes per day, a finding that has since been replicated across multiple large datasets and that has prompted the World Health…

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  • Preventive Medicine Is the Most Powerful Drug We Keep Ignoring

    Preventive Medicine Is the Most Powerful Drug We Keep Ignoring

    If a pharmaceutical company developed a single intervention that reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease by 35 percent, type 2 diabetes by 58 percent, certain cancers by 30 to 50 percent, dementia by up to 40 percent, and all-cause mortality by 30 percent, with a side effect profile limited to mild discomfort during initiation and…

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  • Does Intermittent Fasting Actually Work? What the Research Says

    Does Intermittent Fasting Actually Work? What the Research Says

    Intermittent fasting has been one of the most discussed dietary approaches of the past decade, and the conversation around it has been loud enough and long enough that almost everyone has an opinion on it. Advocates describe it as a metabolic reset that produces fat loss, improved insulin sensitivity, cognitive clarity, and longevity benefits that…

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