Escape Gym Groundhog Day: Why Your Training Needs Seasons
Do you feel like your physical training has gotten stagnant and boring?Like you’ve woken up in a Planet Fitness…
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Are You a Strategist or an Operator?
In the years after World War I, longtime Army colleagues and friends George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower…
Odds & Ends: January 9, 2026
United 93. I don’t know how this one slipped past me when it came out in 2006, but we only just recently…
How to Get Enough Sunlight in the Winter
There’s something about sunlight that really recharges you. If you don’t get enough of it, you feel very much…
Podcast #1,099: Strong, Conditioned, and Ready for Anything — How to Become a…
For decades, fitness culture has tended to break people into two categories: you’re either a strength guy or an…
27 Things You Should Give Up This Year
It’s a new year, which means people everywhere are making resolutions about what they’re going to add to their…
The 2026 Winter Enrollment of The Strenuous Life Is Now Open!
On the Art of Manliness, we talk about many things, from personal development, to physical fitness, to concrete…
Podcast #1,098: How to Use Probability Hacking to Achieve Your Goals
in: Advice, Character, Podcast Brett & Kate McKay • December 30, 2025 Most of us chase goals —…
Podcast #868: Escape the Happiness Trap
Happiness is the subject of thousands of articles, podcasts, and scientific studies. Yet all this focus on…
The Most Popular AoM Articles and Podcast Episodes of 2025
Another year — our 17th in operation — has wound down here at the Art of Manliness. Here are a few highlights…
Christmas Celebration: Embracing the Teddy Roosevelt Spirit
Teddy Roosevelt, the patron saint of the Art of Manliness, had an exuberant love of life. A friend of T.R.’s…
How to Keep Your House Warmer (Without Cranking Up the Thermostat)
When winter settles in, keeping your house warm can feel like a constant battle against drafts, cold floors, and…
Odds & Ends: December 19, 2025
The Holly and the Ivy. If you’re feeling tired of the standard set of classic holiday films, give The Holly and…
How to Do a Fire Meditation
To make winter a more enjoyable time of year, you ought to consider adopting certain practices you only do…
Podcast #1,097: The Idea Machine — How Books Changed the World (and Still Matter)
Books are everywhere. They’re so common, they’re easy to take for granted. But my guest argues that they’re…
Casablanca and the Cure for Cynicism
I finally got around to watching Casablanca this year. I’m a little embarrassed it took this long. I think the…
The 11 Cognitive Distortions That Are Making You a Miserable SOB
Does it feel like the world is out to get you?Does it seem like everyone you know is an a-hole?Does it feel like…
Odds & Ends: December 12, 2025
in: Odds & Ends Brett & Kate McKay • December 12, 2025“Last Christmas” by Jimmy Eat World.…
How to Properly Adjust Your Binoculars
Whether you’re scouting a ridgeline, tracking a bird in flight, or just trying to get a closer look at something…
21 Things Every Man Should Do This Winter
Winter gets a bad rap.I know I often treat it like a season to be endured rather than enjoyed, but there’s…