Mamilian

Before I get into this, I want to make one thing clear: this isn’t about moral judgement or assigning blame. It’s about being honest when we define the problem. It’s really hard to solve a problem when you define it poorly, and we’re bad at this one as a society. We preach stupid diets, market miracle exercise machines, and blame the people who fail when these things don’t work for very obvious…

Blog January 13, 2026

Sorry, NOW Foods, that’s not good enough

It might be weird for me to do it, but I like to ask the folks who manufacture the supplements I am thinking about taking to show their homework. NOW Foods actually told a good story there. While it’s not NSF certified, they claimed to have an also-ran certification called “Informed Sports Testing”. Great! That must mean something… Actually, it doesn’t… It’s just empty words because when I asked NOW Food to…

Blog October 2, 2025

Is Strava Run By Toddlers?

Strava is a strange company. They are often hostile towards their customers, and oddly, their partners as well. Usually, this exists in the space of relatively minor annoyances. Like when they claim your data as their data… This time though, they have gone after Garmin. One of the major sources of your data in Strava, because and maybe Strava forgets this… they don’t make hardware, and using the app as a data…

Blog July 26, 2025

Is HRT/TRT Cheating?

As a middle-aged man I see a lot ads and noise around testosterone and hormone replacement therapy. Spent some time digging into the research and other scientific data recently, thought it would be useful to discuss some of the nuance that is often missed.…

Guide July 4, 2025

On the road tire mounting hack

This is a solution to mounting tough tires, tubeless or otherwise, when you’re out on the road and get a flat.…

Blog April 8, 2025

My weightlifting routine

I mentioned my gym/weightlifting circuit in the recent video about Zone 2 training, a few people reached out asking for more detail around what I do. This is my workout. Before getting to that, it’s important for me to say that I am not a physical trainer. There are a lot of ways to approach gym work. The best approach for you will depend on what your goals are. If you want…

Blog April 2, 2025

Zone 2 is magic, not a shortcut

I’ve been planning this post for a long time, then a couple weeks ago the NYT posted this article about how Zone 2 isn’t magic. It was all the push I needed… Because it is kind of right, but also mostly wrong. I think the author doesn’t understand how this works, but it’s possible that they dumbed it down so much that it only appears that way because the article is intended…

Blog March 27, 2025

Garmin Connect+ Scares Me, But I Get It

Hear me out before you grab your pitchfork… I was there too earlier today. I understand the feeling. Garmin’s sell has always been that you pay upfront for a lifetime of “free” features. They bundled the cost of these things with a marginal cost (i.e. maintaining the server infrastructure for Connect, mobile app development to support new OS, etc) into the price we paid at the til. In return, you weren’t buying…

Blog March 7, 2025

How do I say this nicely?

OK… I read your blog post Dr. French, and you’re right. I am disappointed in your lack of belief in the basic science around endurance fueling. Also, while you’re not completely wrong, per se. You are, with the bits that matter.…

Blog February 20, 2025

Show MyBikeTraffic some love

I just picked up a new bike computer, and while I was running through the list of ConnectIQ apps I need to install, I noticed that MyBikeTraffic issued a “call for funding” late last month. Having run a few community-gratitude-based FOSS projects in the past, I try to spread the love for things that I find useful. When I find them useful; Keepass2Android guy gets a mega beer, every Oktoberfest🍻.…

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