Faux Fitness challenges modern workout myths and argues for a radically different path to strength, recovery, and pain-free living. Was there a specific personal turning point that led to this book?

It only took almost thirty years. I knew the answers, but I didn’t have the equations for them, so to speak. I had always been interested in fitness/health, so I watch a lot of YouTube and read a lot of books out of interest. I wasn’t actively looking. And those pieces that formed those equations started to appear.

I suppose a combination of frustration that I couldn’t really go around telling everyone they were exercising wrong and boredom from retirement finally led me to write Faux Fitness. So, not really a specific point per se. The pieces needed came together over time.

How did you land on the term “Faux Fitness”? What separates “faux” health from real health in your view?

The current ideology for fitness is to continually injure yourself, then, without our understanding, our own endorphins would mask the trauma. Injuring yourself, even out of ignorance, isn’t a very healthy fitness model. Injury doesn’t hold a place in health. When we’re injured, we’re not at full health. Real health would mean no injury, no trauma, no endorphins, which might disappoint more than a few people.

How has social media shaped harmful fitness beliefs, and are there trends you think are especially misleading right now?

I don’t think social media is necessarily shaping harmful habits, just reinforcing them. I also don’t think there are any trends that are especially misleading. They’re all lumped together under the same veil. Ways that incur injury, which means endorphins, lather, rinse, repeat. Just new ways to accomplish an old idea.

What kind of mindset should readers bring into the book, and what would you hope they question more deeply?

Well, I would hope people have the luxury of an open mind, but there will be those who don’t. The book mentions this: mostly denial, confirmation bias, etc. People are going to accept (or not accept) the information in the book. All, some, or none of it. I’m not able to make people believe anything. I can only provide evidence. How they choose to accept it is up to them.

But I would hope that they take another look at what they want to achieve and how they may want to achieve it. And maybe decide to adopt a healthier way of doing so.

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Finally: a user’s manual for homo sapiens. Despite what we’ve learned, read, or been told, discover how humans really work, so you can truly understand what health, fitness, and wellness are.

Have we been doing health and exercise all wrong? Faux Fitness explains how you can make distinctive changes so you can live pain and soreness-free, decrease stress, and feel your best at any age.

If you struggle with chronic pain, weight loss, and/or stress, despite doing everything “right,” this book is for you.
With facts, common sense, a touch of science, and a dash of humor, Faux Fitness is full of enlightening information and practical approaches for exercise, diet, wellness, and even sleep.

You’ll learn:
The superpower all humans have, and what it means to be truly healthy.
Simple changes you can make to increase and improve your overall health.
Why being sore after a workout isn’t necessarily a good thing, and a different, healthier way to “crush it” without soreness.

Why you might want to reconsider your perspective on endorphin-producing activities you thought were healthy (such as running, massage, chiropractic care, and even sex).
And so much more.

This book will challenge everything you thought you knew about health and fitness. And if you let it, it will change your life.