Fitness in Young Men

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What Nicoya does all day beats what you do for an hour

A Costa Rican peninsula where men in their eighties still swing a machete has something useful for a guy with two kids and forty minutes.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your first elk hunt is decided four months before opening day

The fitness, the calling and the pack out, from a guy who learned the hard way that killing the elk is the easy part.

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GuidePlayMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Your first mountain is a timing problem, not a fitness test

Pick the right peak, start stupid early, and set a turnaround time you actually honor. The summit is the easy half.

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The Forties Checkup List You Have To Bring Yourself

Most of what matters in a mid-forties physical happens because you asked for it. Write these down before you walk in.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

After Forty, Your Self-Defense Plan Has to Change

The body you had at twenty isn't coming back. Train for the eleven seconds you'd actually get, and build a life that avoids most of them.

GuidePlayMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Start climbing at the gym, end up on real rock

Rent the shoes, learn to belay, keep your fingers attached, and know exactly what the gym never taught you before you touch stone.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Long-lived people don't work out, they just never stop moving

The shepherds and gardeners outliving the rest of us never did a single bench press. What they do instead fits inside a Tuesday with a job and two kids.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Guide100 ThingsCal Brennan23 Sept 20267 min

100 Things Every Man Should Know About His Health

Your numbers, your sleep, your back, your head, and the appointments you keep putting off until something hurts.

GuidePlayMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Back on a bicycle at forty, without the first week wrecking it

The bike in your garage needs eleven dollars and an hour. Everything after that's saddle soreness, seat height, and picking a road that won't kill you.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The longevity stuff that works and the stuff that just sells

Cold plunges, NMN, zone 2 dogma and the supplement shelf, weighed against the handful of habits that genuinely buy you good years.

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your First Eight Weeks Under a Barbell

Three days a week, five lifts, one hour a session. No apps, no machines, no guesswork about what to do on Monday.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuidePlayMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Why pickleball keeps catching men over forty

The court is 44 feet long, the ball goes slow, and somehow you'll be out there four nights a week. Start right and skip the torn calf.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Ikaria runs on a garden, a hill and a 25-minute nap

The Greek island famous for long lives never scheduled a workout. What it did instead translates surprisingly well to a job, a mortgage and three kids.