The Path is Too Deep

In the tech world, there is a concept known as a "System Restore." When a computer becomes bogged down by years of accumulated junk files, corrupted registry entries, and conflicting software, you don't necessarily throw it in the trash. You roll it back. You strip away the bloatware. You wipe the cache. You return the operating system to a point where it actually functioned. I turned 53 this year. In our culture, 53 is often viewed as the beginning of the "End of Life" phase for the "hardware". We are told to expect the proverbial "Blue Screen of Death" at any moment. We are told that the "Dad Bod" is inevitable, that our metabolism has deprecated, and that we should just get comfortable in the recliner and wait for the obsolescence date. "It's too late," they say. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." I am here to tell you that is a lie . 53 isn't the end of the user manual. It’s just time for a ...

 I get a lot of questions about my lifestyle, but one of the most common is about exercise. People hear that I eat only one meal a day (OMAD) in a 2-hour window, and they can't wrap their heads around how I function, let alone exercise . "Chris," they ask, "how can you possibly play a 4-5 hour round of golf on an empty stomach? How do you do your daily calisthenics or go on a 15km weekend walk?" They're asking this because they're used to the old "sugar-burner" rules: "You have to 'carb-load' before a big event." "You need a sugary sports drink to 'refuel' or you'll crash." I'm here to tell you that this is one of the biggest myths in nutrition. My clean keto lifestyle doesn't just make fasted exercise possible ; it makes it optimal . All of my activities - my daily walks, my calisthenics, my 15km hikes, and my 9- or 18-hole golf rounds - are now done in a fasted state, often 16-20+ hours after my...