A Men’s Health Manifesto

For too long, men’s health has been reduced to concerns about erectile dysfunction and low testosterone. Meanwhile, men keep getting fatter, sicker, and sadder. The obesity rate among men continues to grow, along with depression, diabetes, and much more. And as time goes on, more and more men are feeling stuck in a life they don’t want, a life geared toward comfort and consumption, when they really long for a life of authenticity and freedom.  

It is time for us to reclaim our health.  It is time for us to embody health as not just a list of diagnoses and drugs but as total well-being. Our health is the totality of how we live our lives. It is the function of our bodies, the peace of our minds, the compassion of our hearts, and the freedom of our souls.  It is the work we do and the lives we change. Great health is our birthright, and it is time for us to start living in great health.  

At B1 Men’s Health, we believe in health as total well-being.

We believe all men deserve to live as the men they’re meant to be.  

We believe a man of great health consistently strives to live the life of his dreams.

We believe a man of great health is a comprehensive man, who attends to his physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and relational health in due measure. 

We believe a man of great health provides no safe harbor to hate. We reject cruelty and violence as incompatible with being a man of great health.

We believe a man of great health is characterized by acceptance, encouragement, and support of those around them. A man of great health has developed the strength within himself to lift others.

We believe a man of great health gets up every day and tries to get better, knowing he will always fall short of his ideal destiny. But still he tries.