Movement is not exercise, but rather something we do every moment of the waking day. Despite being a critical aspect of our lives, we’re typically unaware of our movements and pay little attention to them. Even though we know that the current form of the human body is a result of hunting, gathering and adapting to various environments over time, we still don’t seem to fully grasp that our daily movement patterns have the ability to impact our physiology. Continue reading →

I was 15 years old when I first stepped into a local chain supplement store. I remember being amazed by all the packaged products adorned with images of perfectly sculpted men and women, alongside buckets of protein powders promising to turn you into the hulk. Amino acids, creatine, testosterone boosters, pre-workout caffeine concoctions – I thought these supplements were modern-day science unchaining us from the limits of our genes and biology. I was into bodybuilding at the time, but I was lifting heavy and I was lifting incorrectly.  Continue reading →