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GQ|August 2019

One of the key pieces in the summer iteration of our quarterly Best Stuff Box is this pair of sunglasses by the Southern Californian brand Raen.

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We chose Raen’s Remmy sunglasses because they’ll look good on absolutely everyone (and because they offer 100 percent UVA and UVB protection).

Our Summer box also includes goods from:

Harry’s Boka Tani USA Marvis More

LOOKING AT Joe Holder, you might be surprised to learn that he doesn’t love hitting the gym. “I’m not like The Rock, God bless his soul,” he says. “It’s rare that I’m super pumped to work out—it’s like an accountant having to do his own taxes.”

With all due respect to accountants, Holder has a bit more clout. In the seven years since his football-playing days at Penn, he has developed a wellness philosophy that has made him a highly sought-after (and Instagramfollowed) personal trainer. He consults for brands like Smartwater, leads private Nike training sessions in Northern Italy, and whips into shape a client list that includes Naomi Campbell and Virgil Abloh.

All that influence goes back to his refreshingly practical vision for a more holistic kind of wellness. “With the body, everything adds up over time,” he says. “People spend all this time at the gym but don’t really care about what they eat or how much they sleep. If you just do a little better in every aspect of your day, the body loves that. That’s better than ‘I crush workouts.’ I don’t think that’s the future.” For example: Instead of burning every last ounce of energy at the squat rack, save some juice so that when you get home you still have the fortitude to avoid ice cream.

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