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Longevity Practice

What knowledge workers get wrong about training

The cardio-versus-strength false dichotomy and the minimum effective dose

For people whose job involves sitting and thinking, exercise tends to be approached as an aesthetic project or a discharge of accumulated stress. Neither lens captures what the evidence suggests should actually be on the calendar.

#exercise #zone-2 #deep-work #vo2-max #hormesis

By Mick

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Longevity Practice

A framework for evaluating supplement claims

Three tiers, one worked example, and a way to keep one's wallet shut

The supplement industry generates tens of billions of dollars in revenue from claims that range from well-evidenced to fabricated. A three-tier framework helps separate what is worth taking, what is worth experimenting with, and what is worth ignoring entirely.

#supplements #evidence #mental-models #biomarkers #habits

By Mick

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