The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

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Strength training at seventy, week by week

Three sessions, five movements, and a rate of progress slow enough to keep. What to lift, how heavy, and what goes wrong in the first month.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 22, 20266 min

Your first twelve weeks under a barbell

Three sessions a week, five movements, and a way of adding weight that still works in month three.

Food5 min

Why your Sunday cooking tastes dead by Wednesday

Fitness6 min

A two-day barbell plan built to survive small children

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 22, 20265 min

What actually changes about lifting in your forties

The weight on the bar isn't the problem. The time it takes to be ready for it, and to come back from it, is.

GuideFoodDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

One roast chicken and the four dinners it should give you

Get the bird right, strip it while it's still hot, and you've bought yourself three more dinners and a pot of stock.

Fitness6 min

Conditioning without ever going for a run

Life5 min

Knock on the door before you need anything

GuideBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 22, 20265 min

Keeping standards on the days nothing is due

Deadlines and bosses do most of the work for you. Take them away and what's left is the actual man.

GuideFitnessMarcus ValeSep 22, 20265 min

The home gym under a thousand dollars that covers everything

What to buy, in what order, and the three things people waste money on before they own anything that makes them stronger.

Life5 min

Give them the skill, not just the Saturday

Be a Man5 min

A standard you'll drop under pressure was never a standard

GuideFitnessMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

If you eat oily fish twice a week, skip the fish oil

The capsules aren't magic and they aren't a scam. The only question that matters is what you actually ate in the last seven days.

GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 22, 20266 min

Go to the funeral, and stay for the sandwiches

Nobody remembers what you said at the worst moment of their life. They remember whether your car was in the driveway.

Be a Man5 min

The men worth copying are rarely the loudest in the room

Fitness6 min

Twelve weeks from nothing to a real strength base

GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 22, 20265 min

How to start a standing night that lasts ten years

Pick the day before you pick the activity, keep the bar on the floor, and don't cancel for low turnout. The rest is just showing up.

Be a Man6 min read

How to hold your ground when you're losing an argument

Composure is a skill, not a personality trait. Here's what to do with your voice, your body and your mouth when the conversation is going against you.

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