When I started the Masculinist, the church was a barren wasteland for advice on sexuality. I barely saw anyone else writing constructively about even the most basic issues—things like attraction, the differences between men and women, marriage, divorce.
Trigger warning: there is a lot of talk about obesity pharmacotherapy below. I know, some people don’t like this. New paper, pretty interesting, couldn’t resist…
In the past I’ve said there are many pathways to obesity & diabetes; not one common cause, and this would result in many different phenotypes and quite possibly different effective treatment modalities.
For example, some people get impaired fasting glucose but normal glucose tolerance; others maintain normal fasting glucose but impaired glucose tolerance.
Some people a large part of their annual weight gain (about half) in a short period around the holidays and either just not lose it the rest of the year or gain at a much slower rate.
Stress, injury, sleep,,, many factors.
There’s something called “restrained eating.” It’s where some people can have a cookie and be fine while others will have a cookie and think they’ve blown their diet for the day and follow it with an entire package of cookies. I got blowback for pointing out that this accounted for about 20% of people with obesity. I know some low carbers who think that number is closer to 100%, but it’s not. Maybe 30%. Not 30% of all people, but 30% of people with obesity.
Now this:
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The GOP here thinks it’s clever. Last week the Biden administration got less than stellar economic news, and the GOP is trying to pile on. However, they’ve managed to self-own themselves. They’ve worked themselves into the position of wanting to separate children from their mothers. Getting mothers back to work, because the “economy” is more important than the family.
The GOP is denigrating motherhood and putting children in poorly run government schools to own the libs. An anti-family movement is growing in the GOP; we’ve posted about that before.
I have a traditional Christian perspective. Because of that, I am admittedly more sympathetic to the Republican party. In the recent past, the GOP used to show lip service to the idea of “family values” or caring about families. But boy, is it hard to support the GOP when it puts out tweets like this.
Neither major party supports families or wants to see families flourish. The GOP, which we thought would stand for these issues, has a strong current within it that’s more interested in owning libs than actually seeing this country succeed.
Keep that in mind when supporting politicians or going to the voting booth.
Skeletal muscle fibres can be divided into about a million cell types based on a variety of characteristics, but for the purpose of simplicity, I’m just gonna talk about type 1 & type 2 fibres…
And a fascinating story about the implications of forcing the utilization of one fuel over another.
In brief, type 1 muscle fibres are slow twitch and reddish in color. Type 2’s are fast twitch and whiter. The speed and color have something in common.
And how #kaatsu bands may be an interesting avenue in this context.
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Keto Chicken Piccata = heaven in a skillet. Seriously, it’s SO good and so comforting. This classic dish is super easy to make and can be on your table in less than 30 minutes. It will quickly become a family favorite.
Piccata is a word that describes a preparation method. In this case, meat pounded flat then sauteed in a sauce of butter, lemon, and parsley. Traditionally, Italian Piccata uses veal whereas the Americanized versions most often use chicken. There’s a debate as to where the dish originated but it’s obviously Italian with a strong Italian immigrant influence.
For the breading & chicken:
For frying and the sauce:
We all know how indisputably good exercise is for you. Yet a lot of folks still find it a struggle to engage in much physical activity. To understand the reason that this conflict and tension exists and how to overcome it, it helps to understand the lives of our human ancestors. Though, not the way the popular culture understands them, but the way someone who’s actually studied them understands them.
My guest is such an expert guide. His name is Daniel Lieberman, and he’s a Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology and the author of Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding. Today on the show, Daniel shares what we can really learn from our ancestors as to our modern relationship with exercise, while debunking some of the popular myths about our hunter-gatherer history. We begin by talking about how very recent, and actually quite weird, the whole concept of exercise is. We then discuss the fact that our ancestors were not the natural super athletes we typically imagine, what their state of physicality was really like, and how understanding their lifestyle can help us understand the competing interests going on in our own minds and bodies that can leave us feeling ambivalent about getting up and moving around. We then discuss if, as it’s been said, “sitting is the new smoking,” and the less and more healthy ways to sit. Daniel unpacks whether we’re evolved for running, how our ancestors’ strength compares to our own, and whether or not exercise helps us lose weight. We end our conversation with how this background on the past can help us in the present, by showing us the two factors that are critical in helping us moderns make exercise a habit.
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When I started the Masculinist, the church was a barren wasteland for advice on sexuality. I barely saw anyone else writing constructively about even the most basic issues—things like attraction, the differences between men and women, marriage, divorce.
It works (P<0.05).
The most basic intervention: #kaatsu walking.
Muscle size and strength are increased following walk training with restricted venous blood flow from the leg muscle, Kaatsu-walk training (Abe et al., 2006)
6 days a week for 3 weeks: 2 minutes walking with 1 minute rest, five “sets.” So about 15 minutes a day. The #kaatsu bands provide ~200 mg Hg pressure, so it feels like getting your blood pressure measured, and as of yet, there’s no evidence suggesting tighter = better.
Growth hormone. Wild!
Strength & hypertrophy: remember, the intervention was barely anything. 15 minutes of walking with or without #kaatsu bands.
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Broiled salmon = less mess than frying on the stovetop + it’s easy to cook many fillets at once. We love broiling salmon fillets for quick meal-prep options that last a few days and our cast-iron sheet pan comes in perfectly handy. Whereas you can maybe pan fry two fillets at once, a sheet pan can do at least 6 so it’s great for larger families and those of us who like leftovers!
Don’t have a cast-iron sheet pan? No worries! You can grab one for a few bucks here, or you can use a broiler-safe sheet pan that you already have on hand.
For this recipe, we’ve used our basic lemon herb marinade but you can also keep it simple and just drizzle the fillets with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper before broiling. You can also come up with your own marinade option. Let your freak flavor flag fly.
This Keto Broiled Salmon is quick and easily made on a sheet pan resulting in a mess-free kitchen and stove!!
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: seafood
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 368kcal
Preheat oven broiler to high (500° F).
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve listened to music while working out.
When I lifted weights with my football team back in high school, Metallica and DMX usually blared over the crappy PA system in our dank weight room.
When the iPod came on the market while I was in college, I created a workout playlist consisting of an eclectic mix of indie rock and Rage Against the Machine.
When I got my garage gym, I put a Sonos speaker in it so I could crank up the tunes while I lifted weights. Over the years, my workout playlist changed. I had a Rage Against the Machine phase early on in my garage gym years. When I got tired of that, I went through an ‘80s hairband phase and a Taylor Swift phase. I passed through a period heavy on the Bleachers. There was even a time when all I listened to were the soundtracks of 1980s cop shows.
While the soundtrack of my regular training sessions changed, I always blasted The Killers when I was going for a PR. Specifically, “All These Things I’ve Done.” I don’t know how many PRs I’ve hit while Brandon Flowers was chanting “I got soul, but I’m not a soldier” in the background.
Music and exercise were inseparable for me.
That is, until this past year. I can’t remember the last time I had music playing in the background while I exercised.
And, strangely enough, I’m digging the silence. Here’s why you might hit the off button on your audio player too.
When you see people working out, 95% of the time, they’ve got headphones on. And the near universality of listening to music during exercise isn’t too hard to understand.
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