SunsetX

People with bigger calves live longer. A meta-analysis of 37 studies found every 1 cm increase in calf size = 5% lower mortality risk. why? Two reasons: 1. Calves pump blood back to your heart (the soleus acts like a second heart) 2. Calf size = a proxy for total muscle mass. less muscle → more frailty → earlier death If yours are small: 3x20 slow calf raises daily. add weight when it gets easy.

Late night tweet: College football seems like its at some sort of weird inflection point. Half empty stadiums. Season success solely defined by the plauoff. Roster churn has made even well-coached teams sloppy Not sure the sport is in a better place than it was 5 years ago🤷‍♂️

Utah Jazz star Jaren Jackson Jr. has sustained a torn MCL in his right knee and will be sidelined for 6-to-8 weeks, sources tell me and @BannedMacMahon. Jackson will not require surgery.

Crazy that I’m spending $20,500 a year on health insurance and still have to pay $5,400 per person before they cover anything. Make it make sense.

Aaron Rodgers, holding nothing back, explains why he doesn’t trust anyone in government — right or left — and believes it’s all a sham. “There is no MAGA movement. The guy you elected hasn’t done any of his campaign promises. ... When Obama was president, it was, ‘There will be hope and change for a better world.’ Has anything in the Black community gotten significantly better?” (📽️ @NotJustFootball with @CamHeyward)

Samsung is preparing to spend about $1.8 billion on a peptide manufacturer, but the bigger story is what’s happening behind the deal. GLP-1 demand is pushing peptide production from specialist manufacturing into something much more industrial. PolyPeptide, Bachem and CordenPharma are all expanding capacity, while Lilly is committing billions to manufacturing around the next generation of obesity drugs. The peptide boom isn’t just about what’s in the vial anymore. It’s about who can actually make enough of it. New article: Samsung’s Latest Upgrade: $1.8 Billion of Peptides

Ryan Coleman-Williams drops a wide open pass that hit both hands.

“They’re at the beach” “Class hasn’t started” “It’s San Jose St” I don’t care how many excuses you have, this is simply inexcusable for a national brand And a clear sign of things to come down the road