
Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time

There’s no good reason to set your fitness goal as being a “well-rounded athlete.”
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
John actually wrote a book about this subject called Osteogenic Loading.
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
Breakfast actually slows you down. Anytime you’re digesting food, your cognitive function is diminished.
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor, meaning it slightly restricts blood flow and stimulates an increased heart rate and blood pressure. It’s a great way to start the day, but not my favorite pre-workout protocol because there are benefits to doing the exact opposite—vasodilating.
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
consistent with research on the aerobic benefits of exercise like X3, which is discussed at length later in this book.
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
John said at the time, “If research shows vegan nutrition drives high levels of muscularity and low levels of body fat at the same time, then that’s what we’ll recommend.”
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
Medical doctors don’t usually endorse weightlifting as they see so many injuries related to it, but they quickly understood the benefits of X3.
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
The fact is, people are in worse shape than ever. Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are full-on epidemics. If current common knowledge about fitness was effective, these problems wouldn’t be widespread.
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
Low weight means traveling greater distances. From a human physiology perspective, this means sacrificing bone density.