Influencers are currently pushing the narrative that taking creatine first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is useless because you will “just pee it all out” unless you load it with carbohydrates and sodium. This is another example of alarmist, unscientific content designed to drive engagement by inventing problems that do not exist.…
In a world obsessed with looking younger, true anti-aging isn’t about quick fixes or miracle creams. It’s about extending your healthspan — the years you live with energy, strength, mental clarity, and independence. Here are the five most impactful things you can do right now to slow aging and optimize your long-term health. Each is…
Interval walking is a structured cardiovascular training method that alternates between periods of high-intensity, fast-paced walking and periods of lower-intensity, recovery walking. While simple in concept, it leverages the principles of Interval Training to improve aerobic capacity and metabolic efficiency more effectively than steady-state walking at a constant speed. The Core Mechanism The primary goal…
The NYT came out with an article last week, “How Little Exercise Can You Get Away With?” In it, they mentioned “new research” and discoveries that we have been doing at X Gym since 1998. It’s nice to see mainstream catching up, even if it is more than a quarter-century behind X Gym. Here are…
At X Gym, we believe in training smarter, not just harder. While your chronological age simply marks the passage of time, your Metabolic Age offers a far more insightful look at your body’s true vitality and efficiency. It’s a powerful metric that shows whether your metabolism is performing like someone younger, older, or exactly your…
The Metabolic Matrix: Why “Getting in Shape” is a Multi-Variable Equation Every New Year’s “resolutionary” wonders how long it will take them to get in shape. The same question comes up with most new members at X Gym. As a functional medicine biohacker and anti-aging researcher, I have to explain that your body is not…
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