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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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Energy & Recovery

Stress isn't the enemy — chronicity is

The hormesis curve and why acute and chronic stress look identical at the cellular level

A hard workout, a cold plunge, and a difficult problem trigger almost the same physiological response as chronic financial worry. What separates beneficial from damaging is not the magnitude of the stressor but its duration and the recovery that follows it.

#stress #hormesis #recovery #hrv #neuroscience #sleep

By Mick

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