There seem to be many views on what should be the goal of exercise!  Should you aim, above all, at flexibility, or should it be cardiovascular ability?  Or should you shoot for a balance of strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular (a...

One piece of misinformation that has been around for a long time is the idea that strength training workouts need to be…LONG!  And I mean HOURS long…I fell for this myself in my younger days.  I mean, if 1 hour of in...

I have worked out with weights, and then with calisthenics for many, many years.  Starting in my teens, and continuing now, as I prepare to turn 73 in April.  My results have been phenomenal, and as I continue to work out daily, I hav...

Our country has been failing, for quite some time.  The democrats have become a new party, completely: from the “party of the working man”, which was never really true at all, they have fallen to the level of a totally leftist, soc...

I think this is a sane recommendation for any person: work out sensibly for one hour, every day of your life!  Not too extreme, and not wimpy- you need this hour for strength and flexibility training, not mindless cardio, where you run lik...

As we age, standard medical practice expects us to give up all common sense, and self-determination.  They want to “take over” everything, and we are supposed to just acquiesce…I am here to tell you to vehemently protest,...

We all want to live a good life.  We NEED to live a good, successful, in harmony with nature and our neighbors type of life!  But, what sort of life should this be?  Should we live in accordance with modern tradition, by moving t...

We talk here about what to do to optimize our health and wellness.  And rightly so!  Eat right, a strongly protein-centric diet.  Plenty of micronutrients, from a paleo type of diet.  Good sleep, every night, in a dark room,...

Ever since the paleo diet hit the news and the internet, different iterations and ‘spins’ on that format have appeared endlessly.  Even at the supermarket, I see magazines in the checkout lane, screaming KETO in large print!  “Eat FAT...

As you go through life, some things are constant.  Working out is one constant: your body needs to work out, consume healthy foods, and get ample sleep every day of your life.  These things remain the same!I...

Most Americans nowadays are severely overmedicated, malnourished, and sick!  This sounds like an extreme statement, but is nevertheless true.  Most adults are on a number of drugs, from anti-depressants, stati...

An Easter Story

Chapter 3

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A Barbarian in Chicago full audiobook by Jay BowersThis episode, I decided to include the audio readings of my book.  I write under the names Jay Bowers, and Jess Thornton.I hope you enjoy it!

I know, you’ve heard it from standard medical advice your whole life:‘You don’t need supplements!  Everything your body and mind needs is in the food you eat!’Well, this might have been true, even a couple of hundred years ag...

New Year New YouNow I don’t mean that each year you should try to become a brand new person!  Not at all.  What I expect of each of us is to gradually learn about ourselves and our environment, and by self-obs...

Your daily workouts are crucial for your body, and mind!  Not only in the gym, or your living room, but outside and in the woods, roads, and park.  They don’t need to be written down or chronicled, or obsessed over....

You don’t have enough magnesium!  Probably, because almost no one does.  The levels have been dropping in food sources for decades, and the diseases and illnesses caused by this lack are growing by leaps and bounds:  high blood p...

Perhaps you’ve heard that our ancient Cro-Magnon ancestors in Europe of perhaps 35,000 years ago and more tend to have near-perfect dentition, despite not having toothbrushes, floss, or dentists…Why do you suppose this is?  And it’s...

Let’s say you are young, 18-22 or so, and just starting out in life.  You are hopefully well educated, and undoubtedly have some ideas of what you want to do, and how to support yourself, hopefully along with a family before too long. &nbs...

Hopefully you’ve heard by now of the Carnivore Diet!It is very easy to understand; this is part of its charm.  You can’t go wrong- you only eat meat.  For some, like Jordan Peterson and his daugter, you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a6nfG69c9gI read and hear all the time about how we all should do certain things when we reach a certain age.  If not, we are being irrespons...

I just fell down, hard!I went out to the garage, in the rain, and slipped on the mud around our new sidewalk landscaping project.  It’s been dry here for so long that I think I forgot how to walk on mud, and my leg...