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Ninety.Six.Days. That’s how long this meathead—yours truly—has been doing cardio.Not by accident. Not occasionally. Not when the weather was nice.Every darn day. In a row. Like some lunatic on a mission to find his VO2 max soul. The streak started on Feb 8, mid-sunburn in Mexico.Three weeks of tacos, tequila, and Zone 2 sweat.Even with spicy food, trying to evacuate my colon like it owed someone money… Cardio. Got. Done. Then we were yeeted back to the frosty armpit of Minnesota. Did I fold?...
This is the single greatest increase in VO2 max I have ever seen published in a trained population. Ever. I have been obsessed with cardiovascular training research since I first cracked open an anatomy textbook in 1993, when cell phones were bricks and creatine was the new magic powder. Since then, I have: ✅ Performed hundreds of exercise tests in labs and at the Extreme Human Performance Center using metabolic carts. ✅ Worked 12 years for a cardiovascular med tech company, buried in data...
The Question: Is there any difference in training men vs women, and will that be covered in the course? At first, my gut reaction was “nah, not really”—but then, because I refuse to let a stone go unturned, I started digging. And wouldn’t you know it, a new study dropped in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise that might flip this whole thing on its head (1). So buckle up, grab some coffee (or ketones, if you're feeling fancy), and let's get weird as we go hard down the nerd chute. The...