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Clay Skipper

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Clay Skipper is a writer and host of the performance psychology podcast Excellence, Actually.

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Gone Fishin’ With Ben Simmons

The passed-up dunk. The Philly fallout. The mental battles. The public pile-on. The back surgeries. The vanishing act. Now, from the deck of his boat off the coast of Miami, Ben Simmons is finally talking—about pain, peace, and a possible comeback.

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Young Guys Are Popping ED Drugs—But It's Not for the Reason You Think

BlueChew, Rugiet, Ro—so many brands now offer direct-to-consumer erectile dysfunction meds over the Internet. Young men are eating the stuff up. This can’t be a good idea…right?

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Are Super Gyms the Future of Health Care?

Gyms are providing members with access to physicians and nutritionists and trainers for upwards of $50K per year. Expensive? Yep. Genius? Just ask these guys.

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The Silent Expedition into My Anxious Brain

These days, the world is noisier than ever. In an attempt to get out from under its constant, anxious hum, one chronically overstimulated guy headed to a silent meditation retreat—no reading, no writing, no communicating, no eye contact—to spend ten days tuning into his psyche. That’s when the real noise began.

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Colton Underwood, Spermageddon, and the Journey to Daddyhood

Sperm counts are declining globally, and nearly one in six people will experience infertility at some point in their life. Former Bachelor star Colton Underwood is one of them. What’s really going on with guys and their fertility, and why aren’t we talking about it?

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