Proud Boomer Press Hello Reader, Gus is a fifty-five-pound Bernedoodle who has decided the far side of the yard is where he needs to be right now, and the leash is my problem, not his. I used to end that pull sitting on the ground. Now I plant my feet, brace, and walk him back to the porch like I meant to do that the whole time. I did not get faster. I got stronger. That's the whole story. For years I ate to hit a number on a scale or a size on a tag. Every diet in that cabinet I cleaned out...
about 6 hours ago • 2 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Reader, Kim asked me today why I was staring at my laptop, grinning like an idiot. I told her the group is finally live. She said, "The what now?" So, formal announcement. Proud Boomer Health & Wellness is open. It's a Skool community built for people who want to get stronger, move better, and stop pretending that getting older means giving up. It's free. No catch, no fine print, no upsell buried in paragraph four. Just a group of people figuring this out together,...
4 days ago • 2 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Reader, Kim asked me the other night what I wanted for my birthday. I told her I wanted people to stop finding out about sarcopenia the hard way, the way I did, in a doctor's office at 58, hearing the word "decline" like it was a diagnosis instead of a choice. She said that wasn't a gift, that was a mission statement. Fair. But it's also why every Kindle book I've written is 99 cents this week. No catch, no funnel, no upsell waiting on page two. Just the price dropped...
5 days ago • 3 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Reader, Gus started limping on his back left leg two weeks ago. Before I let anyone put a needle near him, I wanted to know what was in it, where it came from, and whether anyone had actually studied it on a dog his size. The vet appreciated the questions. Most people extend that kind of scrutiny to their dog and skip it completely when it's their own arm. An FDA advisory committee voted to widen access to four peptides after its own staff scientists recommended...
9 days ago • 3 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Reader, Eight weeks into a training block, I stepped on the scale expecting a win. I'd been consistent. Three sessions a week, protein at every meal, none of the shortcuts I used to take when I was younger and could get away with it. The number on the scale hadn't moved. Not an ounce. My first reaction was the same one most people have: annoyance, then the beginning of an excuse to quit. Then I put on a shirt I hadn't worn in two months, and it fit differently across...
11 days ago • 3 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Reader, For years I told myself I'd start training once things calmed down. Work, the house, whatever fire needed putting out that week. Things never calmed down. What actually got me moving wasn't more willpower. It was a six a.m. slot at the gym with a training partner who'd text me if I didn't show. Once the slot existed, I stopped arguing with myself every morning. Time without a plan doesn't stay yours. Ask most people to walk you through an actual day, not the...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Friend, The Not Done Yet series is now 4 books strong, each one building off the first one. Not Done Yet builds the framework. You are not done once you reach the age of 50. In fact, you are just getting started. The 12-week Program takes the workout plans a bit further, laying out a training plan that meets you where you are. On Stage delves further into the competition portion of the book, in case that is something you would be interested in learning. Not for...
13 days ago • 1 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Reader, I tried to film a clip for this newsletter. Wanted twenty seconds of a clean deadlift, decent lighting, the whole setup. Gus had other plans. He wandered into frame around rep four, sat down center stage, and stared at me through the rest of the set with a look that said Get off the floor and feed me. No hero shot. No perfect angle. Just a sweaty 62-year-old and a Bernedoodle who has never once cared about a ring light. I kept the footage anyway. It's more...
13 days ago • 2 min read
Proud Boomer Press Hello Friend, Kim caught me the other night, standing in front of the open pantry at nine o'clock, not even hungry, just standing there as if the shelf owed me an answer. She didn't say a word. She just looked at me, so I closed the door and went back to my chair. That's the moment that tells you everything about what happens after you hit your goal weight. Nobody warns you that the hardest part of losing weight isn't the losing. It's the part where the scale stops moving,...
16 days ago • 2 min read