Tom Broback

@HankFrank Love these updates and your journey. Keep them coming, and rest up!

The update nobody asked for: Was supposed to race a half tomorrow as a tune up for Boston. Wednesday night I got up to use the bathroom one last time before bed. Pitch dark. Stubbed my pinky toe so hard I thought I broke it. Couldn’t walk the next day. It’s still bruised and swollen. Probably broken. I’ll spare you the pictures. The advice I got was buddy tape it and if you can run without it getting worse then run. So I’ve been running. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. It’s uncomfortable but bearable. Walking somehow feels worse than running. Bodies make no sense. Been able to run through it but there’s a difference between running and racing. Not risking it 5 weeks out from Boston. My girlfriend is racing the same half tomorrow as her tune up for Boston. Was supposed to be both of us racing. Now it’s her race. I’ll be right next to her the whole way to make sure she has the best day possible.

Morgan Pearson, America's Best Endurance Athlete, chose Rebel Health Alliance to help him go for Gold in Los Angeles. We're the only physican-led system that runs your entire health stack. Aren't you tired of running yours?

If it's important, you'll carve out the time and space in your life for it. If it's not, you won't. Your true values are ultimately revealed by what gets done.

We’re proud to officially welcome Morgan Pearson to Rebel Health Alliance. This partnership represents a shared commitment to performance, precision, and long-term durability at the highest level of sport. One team. One plan. Fully coordinated care. Road to Los Angeles 2028 starts now. rebelhealthalliance.io/pages/morgan-p…

ANNOUNCING! America’s best endurance athlete joins Team Rebel Health. Morgan Pearson is a two time silver medalist in Triathlon and he’s just inches away from Gold. So he called us. Excited to be on the journey to Los Angeles 2028 with Morgan!

Most companies try to sell everyone. We turn people away. Not because we are precious. Because fit determines outcomes. RHA is a high-performance medical practice. We provide coordinated, physician-led care for people committed to optimizing their health—not just treating illness. This model works exceptionally well for the right people. It fails for the wrong ones. So let me tell you upfront who should NOT join: If you are looking for the cheapest option—we are not it. Our annual membership is $6,970 plus diagnostics. If that creates financial stress, the timing is not right. Function Health offers excellent lab testing for $499/year. Wild Health provides physician-led care for $2,400/year. Both are legitimate options. If you only want lab data—you do not need us. Function Health and InsideTracker provide comprehensive biomarker testing without the physician relationship. We would be overcharging you for services you do not want. If you only want hormones—there are specialists who do it better. Marek Health is the category leader for TRT/HRT protocols. If hormone optimization is your sole goal, they are more focused and less expensive. If you want a magic pill—that is not what we do. We provide protocols, coordination, and accountability. But you have to execute. If you are looking for someone to "fix" you without lifestyle changes, keep your current doctor. If you will not follow through—we would rather you succeed somewhere else. Our outcomes depend on member execution. We will coach you, hold you accountable, adjust protocols. But we cannot do the work for you. Why am I telling you this? Three reasons: First, your money matters. $7,000+ is a significant investment. If there is a better option for your specific needs, you should know about it. Second, fit determines outcomes. Our best results come from members who match our model. Mismatched members get frustrated, and we cannot deliver what we promise. Third, we have limited capacity. Our physicians maintain small panels to provide unlimited access. We literally cannot serve everyone, so we prioritize people we can actually help. So who IS this for? You might be ready to graduate from self-managed health if: You are already tracking—but nothing is integrated. Labs in one app, wearables in another, training logs somewhere else. You are the one reconciling conflicting data. You have multiple advisors who do not talk to each other. Doctor here, trainer there, maybe a nutritionist. Each gives advice in isolation. You are the project manager of your own health. You are spending significant time interpreting data instead of acting on it. The research, the second-guessing, the optimization—it has become a part-time job. You want optimization AND medical oversight. You are pushing beyond standard care—hormones, metabolics, longevity interventions—and you want a physician who actually understands what you are trying to do. Maggie Andrews described this exactly: "Rebel Health meets you where you are at and their staff is committed to your progress and goals. Some people are fit as a fiddle and want to dial in their longevity even more... The team at Rebel Health will set the stage and support you to hit goals and maintain them. The only unknown is if YOU can match their commitment to change and success. The only unknown is if YOU can match their commitment." That is the graduation question. PO came to us already healthy by conventional standards: "I was already in excellent health by today's norms and benefitted none from our acute-focused healthcare system. Thus I was looking for novel approach to healthcare built on data and geared for peak wellness. I found that with RHA." He was not broken. He was ready to hand off the coordination. Dave put it this way after a year with us: "I do not have many medical problems, but for the small issues that I have had, the team has been very helpful. They provide guidance and then follow up with labs to verify and check results, making modifications as needed. They are not simply relying on 'feel.' I am healthier than I have been as an adult. Not simply relying on feel." That is what changes when you graduate from DIY to coordinated care. You stop guessing. You stop being the integrator. You get a team. The decision is simple: If managing your health has become overhead instead of leverage—if it is competing with your actual life and work—it might be time to hand it off. If you are still enjoying the process and have bandwidth for it, stay in DIY mode. There is no shame in Phase 2. But if you are ready for Phase 3—coordinated delegation with a physician-led team running the system—we should talk. We would rather have the right 500 members than the wrong 5,000. If you think you are one of the 500, book a discovery call. We will tell you honestly if we are the right fit—or recommend an alternative if we are not. [SEE IF YOU QUALIFY - LINK IN NEXT TWEET] John Founder, Rebel Health Alliance P.S. — If you join and realize within 30 days that we are not the right fit, we refund your membership. No questions, no friction. We are that confident about fit mattering more than volume.

Your job starts where the health insurance stops.

Your role isn't to replace the PT. It's to complete what they started.

Medical clearance is a signature. Athlete readiness is a system.

Medical clearance is permission. Athlete readiness is preparation.

The gap between rehab and performance is where average coaches hesitate and great coaches dominate.

If the athlete is stuck in the Grey Zone, the team isn't communicating.

Most coaches wait for athletes to feel ready. Elite coaches build them to BE ready.

Being "good enough" leaves little room for error when your athlete gets back on the court.

Doubt whispers during warm-ups and screams during competition.

Owning the Grey Zone means you're the one who turns "cleared" into "confident".

Building the right system solves the "too much too soon, too little for too long" problem.

Pain free doesn't mean back to normal.

The Grey Zone is where medical clearance ends and athletic readiness begins.

The surgeon needs the physical therapist. The PT needs the athletic trainer. The AT needs the strength and conditioning coach. The S&C coach needs the sport coach. The athlete needs all of them.