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Jon Finkel

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Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel is the award-winning author of 1996: A Biography, Hoops Heist, The Life of Dad, Jocks In Chief, The Athlete, Heart Over Height, “Mean” Joe Greene and more. His books have been endorsed by everyone from Mark Cuban, John Cena and Tony Dungy to Spike Lee, Kevin Durant and Chef Robert Irvine. He has written for GQ, Men’s Health, Yahoo! Sports, The New York Times and has appeared on CBS: This Morning, Good Morning Texas, Good Morning Chicago, and hundreds of radio shows, podcasts and streams. Jon was recently profiled in The New Yorker about the awesome community he’s built around his Books & Biceps newsletter. They describe him as “a gym rat’s Reese Witherspoon”.

His newest book, Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage, is available now.

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My BOOKS & BICEPS newsletter is simple. It’s like if you had a bookstore in a gym: Timely reading recommendations plus sports and fitness motivation/articles, all delivered right to your inbox. Every Friday at 11:11AM. Directly from me (your favorite meathead/author) to you.

Books & Biceps Q&A w/ Jonathan Goodman

I’ve been friends with Jonathan Goodman for a while now and it’s not just because we’re both bona fide “Jonathans” and we both still collect 80s and 90s baseball cards and we’re both super jacked dads who write – although all those things are definitively true haha. I actually started following Jon because he was […]

The Fine Art of Old Dude Forgiveness

This week I witnessed what I’m calling the fine art of old dude forgiveness. It was a moment so impactful, yet so understated, all I can do is describe the scene and you can decide for yourself. Here goes: I’m writing at a coffee shop and I notice an older guy sitting by himself waiting […]

How ESPN’s SportsCenter United a Generation in the 90s

Dads and 90s kids, here’s a fact: We had it so good with ESPN’s SportsCenter and we didn’t know it…. How could we? We didn’t know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV… then the Internet and social media and YouTube… During that […]

A Quick Intro to Jon Finkel

Hey! To paraphrase Jay-Z, you could have visited any website or blog in the world and you’re visiting mine. I appreciate that. Here’s a quick intro to Jon Finkel: I’m a husband and father and dog dad and ocean swimmer and a guy with a sweet garage gym, AKA, The Flex Factory: I grew up […] Read More about A Quick Intro to Jon Finkel