About Gymsanity Blog

I began this blog in 2007 to share the humorous contrast between my serious approach to fitness and the chaos I saw all around me at commercial gyms. Today, the staple of my blog remains the reporting on the unpredictable gym experience, but it’s also time to get serious about health. The corrupt and incompetent response to COVID, along with the shocking decline in population health and health information, has become a central theme of my writing.   

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My latest Posts

You Can’t Handle The Truth

This week, a long article about the inevitability of AI took social media by storm. The prediction (and engagement farming) is that in short order AI will bring about the End Times. Nevertheless, in my experience, AI sometimes works, sometimes not. In the fields of law and medicine, AI botches answers all the time. In…

Fitness Hacks to Avoid Getting Fit

One fascinating aspect of gym behavior is the effort people make to avoid doing the work. The cold plunge particularly seems to draw out the best (worst) in people. For example, at one recent plunge session, the weirdo in the tub next to mine demonstrated an impressive feat of strength and balance. She hooked her…

The Best Investment for Your Health in 2026

One of the ways I am trying to drive traffic to my blog is by subscribing to a reporter network called Quoted. Reporters in need of quotes from experts post their query to the website, which then blasts out the request to email subscribers based on whatever keywords you’ve selected.  I’ve replied to a few…

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