This week, I’m talking about strength training - not from a research-heavy, “optimize everything” angle, but from a personal one.

You can look up the physiological benefits anywhere. Smarter people than me have that covered. Instead, I share three simple reasons I keep coming back to lifting weights:

1. It’s empowering.
   Strength training is a direct way to do things with your body—move better, feel stronger, or work toward how you want to look or feel. You want to move that thing? This helps.
2. Mental clarity, space, and mood.
   No matter what I’m dealing with mentally or emotionally, lifting helps. I always feel better afterward - physically and mentally. Every time.
3. Sleep.
   I’ve had lifelong challenges with sleep, and strength training consistently helps me sleep better. Better sleep makes everything else easier.

To close the episode, I also give a quick review of Is This Thing On?, a film partly about stand-up comedy that also touches on marriage, mid-life crisis, and identity.

Thanks for stopping by this week! Let me know how your strength training is going! We'll definitely talk more about it moving forward.

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