Pierini Fitness gives more weight to his own anecdotal experiences in chasing age-adjusted upper percentile fitness, health, and wellness, and for good reason. I seem to be, thus far, better served by it in my gracefully aging journey. My experiences seem more believable than the “might laced” news articles gibberish sprinkled with the powerful words of “research suggests (insert your favorite content) might be beneficial for you.” Ditto for vitamins and other supplements’ advertising and testimonials. I’m tired of this “might” word.
Spend some time surfing the
internet for articles about new fitness, health, and wellness research
studies. Then spend some additional time
going to the source and as a minimum reading the research abstract; generally, you’re
able to do this. Then, see if you can access
the entire published research document and read it; often you can’t without
paying for it, but sometimes you can. If
you’re able to access the published research document, attempt to read it but
know that it may be difficult to comprehend without careful study because it’s
written by highly educated researchers for other highly educated researchers in
the same field. There’s generally not a meathead version for people like you
and me.
I’ve read research abstracts
and have gone further in some cases when able to do so and read parts of the
published research document. Invariably,
the “might” word will appear along with a concluding statement that “additional
research is needed.” The latter tends to
give more power to the “might” word and is a job security plea suggestion to
fund additional research for the researcher.
Vitamins and supplements’
advertising and testimonials are not better, and they use the “might” word more
generously to tantalize the fascination of their potential customers with their
fountain of youth elixirs, muscle builders, libido enhancers and everything
else under the sun that many people are lacking in their lives.
Therefore, Pierini Fitness has chosen to continue being a fitness, health, and
wellness data geek in his pursuits. He
has kept a data-rich workout training journal for years, daily weighs himself
and keeps a detailed food journal, and periodically captures other data about
his fitness, health, and wellness. He
studies this data and turns it into useful information to serve as a map for
his continuing fitness, health, and wellness travels.
My anecdotal experiences have served
me well and I’ve never gotten lost in my journey. They’ve been a better guide in my fitness,
health, and wellness journey rather than reading news articles, published
research studies, vitamins and supplements’ advertising and testimonials, all laced
with the powerfully weak “might” word.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum
