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…
Willpower is a limited resource. It runs out fast (but does grow with use), and requires an enormous amount of energy. This is why people can’t depend on it, and often avoid tapping into it because of the “effort” involved. There is a better way, though. Rewiring your brain to think like a healthy person…
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…
Science Got it Wrong: New Data on Intensity Rewrites Longevity Guidelines For decades, public health guidelines have operated under a metabolic assumption: 1 minute of vigorous-intensity activity (VIA) is equivalent to 2 minutes of moderate-intensity activity (MIA). This 1:2 ratio, based on estimated energy expenditure or METs (Metabolic Equivalents), focused on calorie burn rather than…
How Oxidative Priority Dictates Fat Storage – Not CICO As an anti-aging expert and founder of X Gym, I’ve seen countless people frustrated by the mainstream advice that reducing body fat is a simple equation of “Calories In, Calories Out” (CICO). This oversimplified model—the idea that a calorie is just a calorie and weight loss…
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