Quick update, Meatheads: 9 of the 15 seats in The Meathead Engine Project are taken.

That leaves six. Enrollment closes tonight, Friday, at midnight Pacific.

Six months of aerobic programming built around your lifting, your recovery, and your current level of conditioning.

Not some recycled cardio spreadsheet dug out of a dusty folder from 2017.

Actual programming from yours truly, adjusted as you progress, with testing on both ends so we can see what the hell actually happened.

We fire up the engines Monday, October 12.

​Grab one of the six remaining seats.​

Before I turn off the lights, three things.

1. Six Seats Left

I'm building these programs by hand.

Not hiring an army of interns to shovel generic Zone 2 prescriptions into TrueCoach while I sip margaritas on a beach somewhere.

You get me.

Fifteen people is what I'm willing to commit to for this pilot.

No secret sixteenth row of seats or stuffing 200 Meatheads into the cargo hold and hoping nobody notices.

2. Lowest Price. Period.

Should I run this again, the price goes up.

And there's a legitimate chance I won't run it again as it all depends on my time next year.

I've spent well over a decade testing, experimenting, and refining the physiology behind this approach.

That part isn't new.

What's new is delivering it to a group of lifters for six months, making individual adjustments, answering questions, and keeping everyone moving toward a better aerobic engine.

I'm committed to everyone who signs up. Hence the cap.

3. Your Job Is Wonderfully Unsexy

Open TrueCoach.

Do the cardio.

Repeat.

I'll handle the initial assessment, programming, weekly adjustments, Carbon Voice questions, and retesting.

No cardio scavenger hunt or spending three hours on PubMed trying to figure out whether your Zone 2 became Zone 3 because Mercury is in retrograde.

Better yet, no asking AI to "build me the optimal cardio program" and getting back a half-hallucinated pile of digital dog poo that has you doing Norwegian 4x4 intervals seven days a week while sacrificing your squat to the aerobic gods.

We're going to build your engine from YOUR baseline.

Progress the work.

Adjust it to your recovery. And keep the lifting you actually give a damn about.

Come spring, I don't want your big achievement to be:

"Well, I did some cardio."

Congratulations. So did the guy chasing the bus.

I want you to have a measurable improvement in your aerobic system.

More work capacity.

Better conditioning.

An engine that doesn't sound like a dying lawn mower every time you push the pace.

Planning a fat-loss phase next spring?

Even better.

Imagine entering that phase with six months of improved conditioning already in the bank instead of trying to build an aerobic engine while simultaneously starving the poor bastard.

Build the engine first.

Then put it to work.

​Join The Meathead Engine Project.​

Doors close tonight, Friday, at midnight Pacific.

After that, I'm done talking about it.

If you're in, grab your seat and we'll get rolling Monday.

Otherwise, zero hard feelings. I'll see your magnificent mug in the newsletter.

Much love, mitochondria, and violent consistency,

Dr Mike

PS- If "someday" has been your cardio plan for the last year, today is an unusually convenient day to murder someday.

Enrollment closes tonight at midnight Pacific. Grab your seat.​

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Mike T Nelson CISSN, CSCS, MSME, PhD
Associate Professor, Carrick Institute
Owner, Extreme Human Performance, LLC
Editorial Board Member, STRONG Fitness Mag

Mike T Nelson is a PhD and not a physician or registered dietitian. The contents of this email should not be taken as medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any health problem - nor is it intended to replace the advice of a physician. Always consult your physician or qualified health professional on any matters regarding your health.

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