Wide-ranging podcast interview with myself & Guy Windsor, wherein we discuss everything from fencing and historical exercise, to Colonel Monstery, to obscure historical sources, as well as my newest book projects: rb.gy/l5hpnj

Huge news: I am very pleased to announce what is certainly my most significant historical discovery to date: the long-lost fitness manual of the legendary Babe Ruth, which includes his exercises with a bat! Available on Amazøn today…

“I probably have had to do more physical training and dieting during the past 15 years than any other athlete. This has given me a world of practical knowledge.” - Babe Ruth, in his “Long-Lost Manual of Physical Fitness”, now available from Hudson Society Press

A sampling of exercises from Babe Ruth’s newly-discovered Long-Lost Manual of Physical Fitness. #baberuth #yankees MLB Baseball by BSmile @bballnostalgist BaseballHistoryNut National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾

Author Ben Miller discusses Babe Ruth's disastrous 1925 season and the changes he made to his diet and exercise routine to bounce back in 1926. Miller is the editor of the new book, "Babe Ruth’s Long-Lost Manual of Physical Fitness." #yankees #MLB #baseballhistory National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾

Thanks to John Fitzgerald of the Irish American Baseball Society for interviewing me about the new book!

As free gift to you fine folks, here is Chapter 1 of Colonel Monstery's swashbuckling autobiographical novel, "King of the Swordsmen." Monstery was a famous 19th century soldier, fencer, and master of the rapier, saber, dagger, quarterstaff, and bayonet. tinyurl.com/3zcmde3f

Lifting a large spiked dumbbell; historical photo from the turn of the century.

In one week, I’ll be participating in my first international academic conference in more than twenty years, and delivering the paper: “Renaissance Origins of Fencing as a Strength-Enhancing Practice.” Please drop by if you’re in town!

This will take place in Austin, Texas, this Friday afternoon, at the Stark Center for Physical Culture.

Come join us for the book launch of Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives by Michael Joseph Gross. Included are the inspirational stories of Dr. Jan Todd & Dr. Charles Stocking!

Dr. David Nolan & I have just published the first academic paper on Irish stone lifting in Economic and Social History Society of Ireland. Stone lifting is a globally historic strength practice that has been 'rediscovered' in Ireland. Learn about its history and practices free to access here: bit.ly/4iHYbUm

If you want to fix your posture, see our YT video, “Is sitting slowly destroying your back? The hidden epidemic affecting modern civilization.”

My academic lecture about the Renaissance origins of fencing as a strength enhancing practice, from the 2025 Physical Cultures of the Body conference, is now viewable online: starkcenter.org/PCotB/2025/Ben…

I constantly see exercise videos on X claiming to “fix” one’s posture. The truth is that NONE of these will work on their own, because none of them gets to the actual heart of the problem, which is that the standard sitting posture used in western civilization for millennia

JFK, Eisenhower, & Teddy Roosevelt on physical fitness.

How did knights and monks work out and stay fit during the Middle Ages? Today we find out!