Archive for October 2025

Sedona’s entire economy runs on “healing.”Vortex crystal retreats. Chakra realignment. Breathwork to manifest “abundance.” It’s a comfort culture moonlighting as enlightenment—people with more time and disposable income than discipline. And thanks to the self-help industrial complex, this mindset has gone nationwide. Therapy culture has not only made perpetual venting acceptable, but made you a Neanderthal…

by- Josh Bryant Josh doing cheat front raises in 2006 at Metroflex Gym One of the biggest mistakes I ever made in my strength career wasn’t skipping workouts, eating junk, or being lazy. It was the opposite. I worked harder than an ugly stripper but I put my intensity in the wrong place. I majored…

by- Josh Bryant Never Miss a Rep – Bulletproof Your Bench with Josh & Mark Bell In parts of Appalachia, a boy’s rite of passage wasn’t a trophy or a certificate—it was Pawpaw leading him down a muddy creek bed with a mason jar and a grin. You’d wade through Laurel Fork or Tug Fork,…

Most people think memory loss comes from bad food, being a booze hound, bad sleep, or just Father Time kicking your ass! A 2024 Chinese study (424 adults, PMID: 40457276) found something more sinister: :Repetitive negative thinking. The mental loops of stewing, worrying, and overthinking crank stress hormones that torch your hippocampus—the same way saltwater…