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Stacking old fashioned pensions can be done! By: Christopher Pascale “The old economy with careers and benefits and pensions is gone.” -Chris Sacca The quotes throughout this piece entail the common wisdom of the day. Old fashioned defined benefit (DB) pensions are...

Just the other day, one of my friends (who happens to be really into fitness) came up to me... well, more like ran up to me, because she was so excited to show me her new Smart Watch fitness tracker. She was showing me how it tracks nearly every movement--from...

Financial Independence Is Easy When Your Spouse Is on Board By: Christopher Pascale Around the same time I set my kids on F.I.R.E., I showed a video to my wife. A few minutes in, her reaction was, ‘yeah, I bet they had no kids.’ She was right. The speaker was Pete,...

On any given day, if you really take a moment to notice what everyone else is doing in the weight room, you will find folks performing a variety of routines, using different numbers of repetitions and sets, different exercises, and different form, like full reps vs....

I know it can get frustrating when loved ones are not on the same page when it comes to their own health and wellness. And that’s ok… it’s taken me a while to realize this. You, as their loved one, may feel more invested in their health than they do! That’s ok because...

As we get older, belly fat seems to be ever-present and overstaying its welcome. Well, I don’t know if it was very welcome in the first place. I noticed that once I crossed the big 3-0 birthday milestone, it seemed as though my belly began magically crossing the...

Potassium assists the body with a number of different functions. Its main functions are to: Help maintain the right balance of fluid within our cells Help with the body’s electrochemical conduction system Listen to Dr. Neal address this topic on Episode 590 of the...

I recently wrote a piece for Women’s Health where I discussed potential immune-boosting foods. One of those I just happened to mention: ceylon cinnamon. Listen to Dr. Neal address this topic on Episode 585 of the podcast Optimal Health Daily. Cinnamon happens to be...

VO2 max is term commonly used in the fitness industry. It’s an abbreviation for “volume of O2 max”, where O2 refers to oxygen. Listen to Dr. Neal address this topic on Episode 575 of the podcast Optimal Health Daily. If you're wondering why oxygen is referred to as...