Darren Beattie

Darren Beattie

Aug
09
Fat is Essential - You Should Eat Some

Fat is Essential - You Should Eat Some

Fat used to be demonized. Now it's trendy (Keto anyone?). Like so many other topics there's more nuance than good or bad. This is about that nuance.
26 min read
Aug
01
Barely Games For Fitness

Barely Games For Fitness

It turns out there is a type of (barely) game you can leverage to keep fitness interesting for yourself. Here are some ideas on how ...
6 min read
May
23
You Should Eat More Vegetables

You Should Eat More Vegetables

It turns out your mom was right about eating vegetables. Here's why they are so important for staying trim and healthy. And how much you should eat!
10 min read
Apr
18
Help! I Can't Put On Muscle

Help! I Can't Put On Muscle

Follow along as I answer a reader's question about struggling to gain mass. There is probably something in here that will help you too!
14 min read
Sep
07
Is Joint Clicking a Problem?

Is Joint Clicking a Problem?

Do your joints click, pop or crack when you lift or participate in certain exercises? It's probably not that big a deal, find out why...
5 min read
Jun
28
Dairy: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

Dairy: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

People often ask me what my thoughts are on Dairy, Meat, Eggs, blah…blah…blah… and to be honest I’
19 min read
Mar
16

The 'Laws' of Medicine

> “In his 1934 book, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, the philosopher Karl Popper [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_
12 min read
Feb
23

How 'Fitness' Genes Work

[https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15027555]I got to view a wonderful TED 2016 [https://conferences.ted.
12 min read
Jan
26
The X Split Routine

The X Split Routine

When it comes to 2-day splits, most people think of the upper/lower split. But there might be another way to mix that in, and this is one of my favourites.
11 min read
Dec
16

Optimal vs Practical

[https://www.skillbasedfitness.com/?attachment_id=4761]I’ve been spending more and more time lately reading research. I’ve
6 min read