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Lift Heavy Things

15 Oct

For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering five questions taken from this Twitter thread. First, does collagen offer anything special above and beyond glycine? Second, what’s the relationship between keto and gallstones? Third, do I recommend eating raw liver, and why or why not? Fourth, why does one reader’s scalp itch when eating stevia?...

09:07 / cooking tips / dear mark / Diet & Nutrition / fasting / Fitness / injury/ailment / keto / Lift Heavy Things / Recent Articles / Weight Loss
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17 Sep

For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering four questions. First, is psyllium husk insoluble or soluble fiber? Second, how do I structure my hex bar deadlift workouts? I give a couple options. Third, what kind of training (and eating) should a person do who doesn’t want to gain much muscle or “get big”—just strong? And...

12:11 / dear mark / Diet & Nutrition / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things
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13 Aug

For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering questions about vitamin K2 and microworkouts. The last two posts on both topics garnered a number of good questions. What’s the best dose of vitamin K2? Should statin users taking vitamin K2, since statins inhibit vitamin K2 activity and production? Can vitamin K2 prevent or reverse arterial...

08:17 / dear mark / Diet & Nutrition / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things / mobility / Pullup/Chinup / Sprint / Supplements
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07 Aug

The fitness industry is in the midst of a renaissance. Flawed and dated strategies like sedentary recovery practices or overly stressful HIIT workouts are being replaced with cutting-edge practices that offer more efficiency and return on investment. Today I’m covering one emerging fitness strategy: performing brief feats of strength in the routine course of a...

10:43 / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things / Low Level Aerobic Activity / mobility / prevention
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14 Mar

For this week’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering three questions from readers. First, is the reduced protein efficiency in older adults due to inactivity, or is it something inherent to the aging process, or both? Second, how does a person know if they’ve actually “earned” any carbs? Does everyone on a keto diet earn...

06:10 / Carbs / dear mark / Diet & Nutrition / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things / Low Carb Diet / Protein
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28 Feb

Jessica Gouthro from Paleohacks is joining us today to offer tips for strengthening glutes and hamstrings without traditional gym equipment. Enjoy, everyone. Strong glutes and hamstrings are more than just nice-looking legs and a booty. The glutes and hamstrings are the strongest muscles in our skeletal muscular system. When we strengthen these muscles, we can prevent strain...

09:45 / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things / mobility
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12 Dec

The scientific literature is awash in correlations between a person’s health status and various biomarkers, personal characteristics, and measurements. As we hoard more and more data and develop increasingly sophisticated autonomous tools to analyze it, we’ll stumble across new connections between seemingly disparate variables. Some will be spurious, where the correlations are real but the...

10:22 / Aging / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things / mobility / prevention / Pullup/Chinup / Pushup
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28 Nov

One of the first things people do when they start working out is focus on their abs—crunches, sit-ups, leg lifts, bicycles, and the like. I mean, who doesn’t want a six-pack? Entire fitness schools have sprung up around the idea of targeting your abs with direct work. Take Pilates. In its purest iterations, it’s considered...

10:38 / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things / Low Level Aerobic Activity / mobility / Planks / Pullup/Chinup
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16 Aug

If you’re looking for an easy way to incorporate a beginning strength training practice (or just a little extra effort) into your exercise routine, wearable weights—which include weighted vests, ankle weights and wrist weights—can seem like a no-brainer. After all, you’re technically investing the same amount of time and doing the same activities but just...

09:29 / Fitness / Lift Heavy Things / Low Level Aerobic Activity / mobility
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