Welcome to the first newsletter from Argent Alpha. Our sole focus is making Men Over 50 Harder To Kill.

Each weekend I'm going to send 1 tip that, if implemented, will make you Harder To Kill. If you implement each of these tips, over the course of the year you will transform your health, fitness, mindset and overall performance. The result: you become Harder To Kill.

For the first newsletter, let's get some of the low hanging fruit out of the way. Avoiding the items on the list below automatically make you harder to kill:

Texting and driving

Drinking and driving

Smoking

Drinking beyond moderation

Drugs

You get the point. We've all heard this advice and we don't cover these behaviors. They are self evident but if any apply to you, start there.

So let's get to the first tip.

Start the process of reducing your body fat to less than 20%.

Today, 77% of Men over 50 are overweight or obese. And this number is rising. This leads to a litany of health issues, metabolic syndrome being a huge threat.

According to the Mayo Clinic, metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together, increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. These conditions include increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels.

For the 23% of Men over 50 who aren't in this group, you are losing 1% of your muscle mass every year. If you are over 60, this number can jump to 3% per year. This involuntary loss of muscle mass and strength is called sarcopenia.

Note: that muscle loss stat also applies to the 77%. Double whammy.