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...
about 1 hour 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...
about 16 hours 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...
3 days ago • 1 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...
5 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...
7 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...
10 days ago • 2 min read
Every GooRoo with a ring light and a peptide discount code is screaming from the digital void about the newest shiny object.Maybe it’s a peptide.Perhaps a biohack.Or some fresh study proving your left hamstring must be trained at exactly 37.2 degrees of hip flexion during a waxing moon.Next comes the miracle superfood harvested from a secret Amazon tributary by barefoot monks with three piranhas stuck to their ass.Revolutionary.Game changing.Until next Tuesday. Tune in then. Meanwhile, the...
13 days ago • 1 min read
It is true that dreams come true, as your truly nerdy recently got loose inside Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast for three unsupervised hours. Let me back up to how deep this fandom runs. I first heard of Dave right after he started EliteFTS. A few years later I worked up the nerve to call the Elite sales line — which, in those days, was a phone that Jim Wendler personally picked up. I proceeded to hold the man hostage for an hour. When the smoke cleared I owned a 2x2 rack, a TX power bar, a...
14 days ago • 2 min read
In this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I sit down with Dean Guedo and Jeb Stuart Johnston of Food on the Mind for our yearly "AI in Fitness" check-in. We get into whether creators should disclose their AI use, why deepfaked video is a very different beast than AI-assisted writing, and why so much hard-won fitness expertise never made it onto the internet at all. We also dig into dead internet theory, why LLM writing may have already peaked, and why demanding physical skills may become more...
14 days ago • 1 min read