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What's more important for longevity, cardiovascular fitness or diet quality? Recently I rewatched an episode of the Coach Em Up podcast featuring Zack Telander and Alec Blenis, where they got into a really interesting discussion about longevity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and ultra-processed f…

September marks 12 years of coaching people, and to “celebrate,” I wanted to do what I do best: be a nerd. So I’m sharing five lessons I’ve learned over those 12 years. We’re talking about what I do when someone feels a tweak during a workout, why I think some people could benefit from more intensi…

I’ve had ulcerative colitis for around 25 years, and if you’ve followed this channel for a while, you know I’ve experimented with just about everything trying to get this disease under control.Well, I’m finally in remission.And strangely enough, the two things that seem to have made the biggest dif…

Are barefoot shoes really good for running like many people say they are? This is definitely something I changed my mind on. I used to be a staunch supporter of living your entire life in barefoot shoes. Sleep and dream in barefoot shoes. I was totally bought in, but it wasn’t based on science. It …

Are Jefferson curls dangerous? Are they a safe way to train spinal flexion, or does loaded spinal flexion increase the risk of things like a herniated disc?Jefferson curls have been exploding in popularity over the past couple of years on social media. Some people use their shock factor just to spi…

I wanted to try something different for this episode. I've selected 3 different health and fitness related clips to review.  I'm going to walk through each one using the same evidence-based thought process I always do, separating what's supported by the evidence from what isn't.…

 Dr. Mike reacted to Erling Haaland's hot hypoxic chamber training and made a compelling case for why harder training isn't always better. He's mostly right, but there's an entire field of research that seems to contradict one of his core arguments.  Mike thinks that because hyp…

3 Supplement Scandals You NEED to Know About in 20 Minutes The supplement industry runs on one assumption… That you won’t check under the hood. In this video I’m breaking down 3 of the biggest supplement scandals in recent years that have been documented by independent lab testing and peer reviewed…

Does strength training for runners actually work? I dug into a ton of peer-reviewed research on lifting for runners, and covered injury prevention, performance, and I’m providing some running tips you won't find anywhere else. Along the way I almost got fooled by an AI generated study that doe…