McGwire and Steroids: Together Again
Back on the original Male Pattern Fitness, at the original louschuler.com, I wrote from time to time about steroids, particularly steroids in baseball, and most particularly the Golden Age of steroids...
View ArticleThe Perils of Bargain Shopping
Two months ago, I decided to join some friends in an adult baseball league for geezers 45 and older. This represents a huge leap of faith for me. I haven’t played on any organized team, in any sport,...
View ArticleA Whole New Ballgame
A year ago, my right knee was in such bad shape that I could barely run. I had to wear a knee brace for almost everything I did, including golf. In September, Keith Scott, a physical therapist, used...
View ArticleIn Praise of Minor League Baseball
Two nights ago, I took my son and older daughter to see a AAA game at Coca-Cola Park here in Allentown. The local team, the tragically named Iron Pigs, lost to the Syracuse Chiefs, 3-2. But I didn’t...
View ArticleWhy You Need to Read Fitness Research
I remember the first time I forced myself to think about exercise science in a critical way. It was the late ’90s, and I was just getting settled into my new gig as fitness editor at Men’s Health...
View ArticleHow to Fix Baseball
I spent last weekend in Kansas City for the ninth annual Fitness Summit, which is both my favorite fitness event of the year and a great opportunity to visit my family. My mother and two brothers live...
View ArticleSports
My history as a sportswriter was short and unhappy. I had a single part-time job covering high school sports for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the early 1980s. I got fired. Lesson learned. But I still...
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