The entire package comes in a black drawstring bag with the Mandrill Workout logo screenprinted on it, including their monkey face mascot. A card came inside welcoming me to Mandrill Workout and professing that “Bobo” is the founder. There is apparently an ebook instruction manual, which I have not read, but I’m going to, for…

One of the philosophical considerations of increased longevity is the so-called problem of overpopulation. This is controversial and has been hotly debated by zero population growth advocates like Bill Gates and his parents, as well as conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones who propose that an elite group wants to limit population to themselves and a…

Meal prep is a great way to eat healthy, check out this episode to find out why. Breakfast is important, and not really complicated. I have steel cut oatmeal almost every day. Steel cut oats are healthy because they have a high glycemic index and are a whole grain, and our bodies are wired to…

Today I join my best friend and new dad Robert for my first visit to Lake Weddington. This is a not a state park, but is a “recreational area” which I believe is federally designated, because recreation.gov says it is part of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests. Recreation.gov claims to be a gateway to new…

Why do we need so much money? Why not go do a job I love that pays peanuts? Some of the jobs in which you can make a difference or pursue a passion are not the best paying jobs. For example, acting. The average member of the screen actors guild makes $1000 per year. Musicians?…

Why women and men? You may not know this, I didn’t for a long time — but women have testosterone and men have estrogen. It is produced by the sex glands, the testes in men and ovaries in women. Men have 7-8 times more testosterone than women and produce 20 times more on a daily…

Back in episode 140 I talked about the different kinds of fat, saturated, unsaturated, trans fat and omegas. I said that in general, saturated fat is bad because its consumption leads to a higher risk of heart disease. But there is at least one exception. Coconut oil. Turns out there are a number of benefits…

How many times have a stated that stress is a vicious killer, a slayer of men, a menace to all earthly life? Today I want to talk about how to avoid it, so we can live longer, happier, healthier lives to the very end. But we all have stress. It is a part of life….

There is a lot of noise about sleep. Unfortunately there is also a lot of noise in this episode of the podcast due to the overwhelming presence of cicadas in the park. So apologies for that. For example, back to the figurative noise, another podcaster called Jocko always recommends getting up early to get more…

Most of us can’t afford our own private gym. So we have to share with others. That means curtesy is important, as it is everywher humans gather. But in the gym there are a couple of particular things we can do to help keep the peace with our fellow gym members. One is racking weights…