Being home is in right now. Remote work is the default "want" and "need" of more and more of the workforce--or so we're told. Short commutes sans pants are the so-called ultimate goals to shoot for. Once we get there, we're set, right? Let all the rest of those poor saps decay in their frustrating … Continue reading The Downsides of Remote Work and At-Home Gyms
As more and more research on depression and anxiety comes to the forefront it's interesting how much we can help ourselves with improving our wellbeing. Case in point, I came across an interesting article by Dr. Eva Selhub posted on the Harvard Health Blog by Harvard Medical School entitled Nutritional Psychiatry: Your brain on food. … Continue reading How Food Can Affect Your Mood
The subject of sports and muscle-building supplements is like a greased pig. Always on the move and hard to catch. I can't think of another subject that's so controversial aside from politics. From industry hype, influencer ads, and bro science to lab studies, anecdotal evidence, and personal trial and error supplements continue to be a … Continue reading Which Supplements Are Best for Building Muscle?
Daily writing promptWhat are you passionate about?View all responses One of the cardinal principles in Cal Newport's book So Good They Can't Ignore You is that following your passion is bad advice. Instead, he posits, one should develop and cultivate a specific skill set and then see how that skill set fits into a career. … Continue reading One of the Most Important Things to Be Passionate About
The word diet can be a dirty word these days. Everyone is in their own dogmatic corner preaching their doctrine of choice. And anyone who isn't a fellow believer is flat-out wrong. I'm not here to preach a specific "diet plan." I'm just a huge believer in keeping things simple. I've dieted for bodybuilding shows … Continue reading Diet Plans: How to Build Muscle and Lose Fat
Fitness advice is all over the place right now. Between social media and your local gym bro, it's easy to believe everything and nothing at once. Everyone has an opinion that is preached as fact, but the small army of real, scientifically-backed, results-driven individuals is drowned out by the perpetuating noise. Without droning on about … Continue reading Training Plans: How to Build Muscle and Strength
Daily writing promptDescribe one of your favorite moments.View all responses It's tough to find any spare time in today's world. We are overscheduled and overloaded making us feel endlessly overwhelmed. Finding moments that will stick out, stand the test of time, and ultimately be branded firmly in the "favorites" file in our brains seems fewer … Continue reading What is a Good Moment in Life?
Sometimes we get inside our heads without even knowing we've spent too much time in there. We start innocently enough, but before long we are ruminating over the tiniest, trivial things that would make an onlooker justifiably cringe. It's easy to do and I'm just as guilty as the next person. Without fail, I tend … Continue reading Getting Out of Your Head
With technology proliferating every single aspect of our lives it seems as though we're on a bullet train unable to take in the view out the window. It's all-encompassing and impresses a feeling of obligation in our daily lives. If you're not on, doing, or using X, Y, or Z then you'll be left behind. … Continue reading Will There Be Any Geniuses in the Future?
I recently received a message concerning when to change a training routine once a plateau is looming. I get asked this question rather often and it's one I love to answer. Why? Because I feel like it's one of the most important pieces of advice I can give. And one that has worked for me … Continue reading How Often to Change Your Workouts Because of a Plateau
Brad Borland 