Early Retirement Extreme

— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, resilience, and applied capitalism

The inexpensive home gym – part 1

Published in June 11th, 2025
Posted by in Health
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The Million Dollar Journey had an article on building a home gym that consisted of a power rack with a bench and barbell and a treadmill. While I am positively convinced that treadmills are useless, the power rack combo is one of the best solutions if one desires to focus on the three power lifts. […]

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Why it is so hard for Americans to be healthy and not spend money

Published in June 10th, 2025
Posted by in Health, Philosophy
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The American health care system is broken. The reason is not that employer group plans makes insurance more expensive for those who don’t have an employer. No, the reason that the American health care system is broken is because Americans universally tend to believe that Technology can solve all problems. If you spend enough, you […]

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Endurance events

Published in June 9th, 2025
Posted by in Health
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One possible way of spending retirement is to enroll in marathons, ironmen (or is that ironmans?), ultracycling, etc. all over the country or planet depending on ambition. Last SundayA couple of years ago I completed my first century (actually it turned into 123 miles (197km) since I took a wrong turn at some point) which […]

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