Michael Easter—author of The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain—published an article on his Two Percent blog yesterday exploring whether exercise is actually effective for improving
5,649 steps. Not 5,000. Not “roughly 5,500.” Five thousand, six hundred and forty-nine. There’s some authority to a number that specific. A round number sounds
Four years ago I wrote a tip about the American history class I took my Freshman year in college. The short version: it was a
Last weekend I participated in an indoor rock climbing competition—Adventure Rock’s Quick on the Draw. It’s an annual event that I’d done a few times before,
Which of these two gentlemen do you think is stronger? If we’re talking about mental strength or grit, it might be a toss-up. But if
You’ve almost certainly heard about the stereotypical story of lottery winners. Summarized and abbreviated, it goes something like this: Win lottery. Buy stuff. Go broke
How much time do you spend outside each day? If you’re like the average American, chances are that it’s not much. According to a survey
Solvitur ambulando. I saw that phrase for the second time in my life last Friday as I was reading one of the weekly newsletters that
In the previous two weeks’ tips I’ve discussed some reasons to prioritize strength development and high-level concepts about how to develop strength. This week I’m going to take
Inspiration arrived from two sources as I was thinking about how to begin today’s tip. The first source was a note that I had saved