About
How We Keep It Simple
Three columns for a week, one set of checks for every product, and a short list of things we refuse to do. This page is the whole method.
Three columns, one week
Fitness advice fails normal adults in one of two ways: it asks for too much, or it is so vague that nothing happens on Tuesday. We organize everything on this site into three columns so a week has a shape you can actually keep. Every product and every routine sits in exactly one of them.
Do
Something to do most days. Short routines, a walking plan, and the few pieces of gear (bands, a mat, one kettlebell) that make a session at home possible. Consistency counts for more than intensity.
Fuel
Something sensible to eat and drink around it. Protein powders, bars, creatine, electrolytes and a magnesium capsule, read from the label rather than from the marketing.
Recover
A way to show up again tomorrow. Easy days, sleep, rolling and stretching, and the recovery gear whose evidence we keep in proportion.
Honesty
What holds the columns together. Dated prices, labels read literally, evidence hedged to match the study, and no promises about what your body will do.
How a product earns a page
Every product entry, whether it is tagged FUEL or GEAR, has to pass the same checks before we write it up. If it fails one, it does not get a page.
- An established brand with a live listing on Amazon.com. We open the listing ourselves and confirm the title, the brand's store, the exact size or variation, and that it is in stock. We do not write about products we could only find through a search page or a reseller.
- The label or spec sheet, read literally. For Fuel, that is the Supplement Facts or Nutrition Facts panel from the listing and from the manufacturer's own page: grams of protein, sugar, sodium, serving count. For Gear, it is the spec sheet: dimensions, materials, weight, battery, noise. We report what is printed, and we say when a claim on the box is not backed by much.
- A price with a date on it. Every price on this site says when we saw it, which size and which seller. A price is only true on that day. We never write "currently", and we ask you to check the Amazon page before buying.
- Certifications checked at the source. A seal appears in an entry only if we found it on the listing or the manufacturer's page and, wherever the program publishes one, in the certifier's own directory. USP Verified, NSF Certified for Sport and Informed Choice are different programs, and "made in a GMP facility" or "third-party tested" are not seals at all. We keep those distinctions.
- Evidence in proportion. Where a product makes a claim, we look for the primary sources: the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, PubMed and PMC, the U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines, and position stands from bodies such as the ISSN or ACSM. We describe what those sources actually found, with the hedges left in.
- A place in the week. Each entry says which column the product belongs to, with one honest sentence per column, and gives a short numbered sequence for fitting it into a simple week. The steps say when to use it, not what will happen to you.
How we make money
Fit Simple Life earns money in exactly one way: the Amazon Associates program. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Every product button on this site goes to that product's Amazon listing, and if you buy through it we receive a small commission from Amazon at no extra cost to you.
There is no other affiliate program, no direct-seller link, no sponsored post, no paid placement, and no free product accepted in exchange for coverage. A brand cannot pay for a page here, and the commission rate on a product plays no part in whether it gets one or in what the entry says. The full version is in our Affiliate Disclosure.
What we do not do
- We do not run lab tests. We are a small editorial team without a laboratory. When testing matters, we name the certification program and check its directory, or we say plainly that the testing status is not disclosed.
- We do not give medical advice. Nothing here is written for your particular situation. If you take medication, are pregnant or nursing, or have any existing condition, talk to a clinician before changing what you eat, take or do. That caution sits on every relevant page on purpose.
- We do not promise what your body will do. No body photos, no timelines, no body goals, no numbers on a scale. A routine here is a sequence you can repeat; what it does for you depends on you.
- We do not target conditions, ages or body types. Routines are written for a healthy adult who already moves a little. We do not write "for people with" anything.
- We do not invent people. The byline on every page is Fit Simple Life Editorial Team. There is no fictional doctor reviewing entries and no named athlete, trainer or influencer, because we would rather you judge the sourcing than a face.
- We do not sell or ship anything. Every purchase happens on Amazon under Amazon's own terms. See Shipping and Returns.
Who writes this
Fit Simple Life is published by Aurora Group Platforms LLC, a Wyoming company. The pages are written and maintained by a small editorial team of ordinary adults with jobs. We are not clinicians, dietitians or certified coaches, and we do not claim to be. What we bring is a process: open the listing, read the label, find the primary source, date the price, write it plainly, and say when we could not confirm something.
Corrections
If something on this site is wrong, we want to fix it: a price that has moved, a serving size we misread, a study we described too generously, a certification that has lapsed, a link that has died. Write to us through the Contact page with the page address, the sentence or number you believe is wrong and, if you have one, a source we can open ourselves.
When we confirm an error we correct the page and update its review date. If the correction changes what the entry actually says about a product, we add a short note on the page saying what changed. We do not quietly rewrite history.
How often pages are reviewed
Every product entry and routine carries the date it was last reviewed. Our working rule is to re-open every Amazon listing we link to at least once a quarter, confirming that the ASIN still resolves to the same product and variation, that it is in stock, and that the label has not been reformulated, and to re-check a price whenever we touch a page for any reason. Between reviews a listing can change without telling us, which is why the date on the page is the only date that counts. If you are relying on a price or a label detail, check the listing first.
Publisher
- Publisher
- Aurora Group Platforms LLC
- Address
- 30 N Gould Street
Sheridan, WY 82801, United States - [email protected]