Greetings from Chicago as I am about to give my talk here at the Home Hope conference on performance, healthspan, and avoiding the slow transformation into a human houseplant as you get older. A while back, I asked you a simple question: What's your number one obstacle? The answers came flooding in, and one theme stood out like a powerlifter at a marathon starting line. Time. Not enough freaking time. One person even asked if I could extend it. Another felt their short workouts were selling...
about 5 hours ago • 7 min read
Greetings from ye olde MSP airport, where your favorite nerd is currently mainlining coffee and preparing to board the flying germ tube for a quick hop to Chicago. Why Chicago? I'm presenting Friday and Saturday at the Home Hope Conference, where I'll be diving into one of my favorite topics: Performance as a massive component of healthspan and longevity. Because here's the deal. Living longer is cool. Living longer while being strong, capable, and able to do badass things without needing...
about 18 hours ago • 2 min read
Massive thanks to everyone who filled out the survey, really really appreciate it! It looks like there is interest in the "Done for you cardio for meatheads" which is great since I've been working it in the background for a couple months. More details soon on it. And speaking of cardio for lifters, you are going to love this Flex Diet Podcast as I sit down with Dr. Martin Gibala, Professor of Kinesiology at McMaster University. He is the go to researcher on high-intensity (HIIT) and sprint...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Recently I asked for your help making this the best fitness insider newsletter, bar none. So far, 147 of you have completed the survey. Thank you. Seriously. I spent part of the weekend digging through the responses, and a few things jumped out at me that I wanted to share here. You Are Not A Beginner Audience Almost 74% of you have been training for more than five years. Hell ya! A large chunk of you are coaches, trainers, health professionals, or competitive athletes. Most of you already...
4 days ago • 2 min read
I need your help here as I want to make this the best fitness insider newsletter, bar none. To do that, I need your help on a very quick survey. It will take about 2-3 minutes, goes straight to me. As a thank-you for finishing, you'll get my unreleased, extended 3-part talk on wearable technology — the full version of the short talk I gave at ISSN this year. Go to the link right now below: >> Take the quick survey here → Much love, Dr Mike PS- thank you so much as this is a massive help to...
7 days ago • 1 min read
I got served an ad that hit two of my favorite internet-science buttons at once: Soviet sports science and a recovery claim so precise it practically arrived wearing a lab coat: “In 1978 Soviet Sports Scientists discovered muscles rebuild & recover 2.5x faster with slow breathing immediately after your workout.” Well $hit. Anything old and Soviet must be true cuz SuperTraining… Throw in a grainy photo of some doooode wrestling a bear between squat sets and we basically have enough proof of...
8 days ago • 4 min read
There’s a claim floating around the cardio universe that if you want to maximize stroke volume, you need to do Zone 2. Grab both of your glutes and hold tight as we are going down the nerd chute hard on this one since I don't believe a darn thing anyone claims about Zone 2 anymore, so I pulled a Full Nelson and spent waaaaay too many hours reviewing all of the data related to stroke volume. Here we go! Zone 2 Magic Ah yes. The magical Zone 2, where mitochondria multiply, fat spontaneously...
9 days ago • 5 min read
In this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I sit down with Matthew Paul Clemons, MD, a diagnostic radiologist specializing in nuclear medicine and body imaging. We get into what whole-body MRI can actually tell you, where a quick screening scan has important limits, and why an incidental finding can sometimes lead to a long trail of follow-up testing without a clear benefit. Paul also breaks down how MRI, CT, PET, and DEXA differ; what contrast and radiation really mean; and why a dramatic...
11 days ago • 1 min read
I'm walking out the door in a few minutes to go host a metal night here in town, so I'll keep the setup short. My ears are already ringing in anticipation. If you're local and want to come melt your face off with me tonight, details are here. Come say hi. I'll be the one parked near the speaker stack. Now the actual reason I'm writing. A documentary series I helped with, Dark Night of Our Souls, is finally out. You can watch the whole thing, start to finish, for the first time ever. This one...
14 days ago • 2 min read