by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Sep 29, 2026 | Newsletter
In 1990, researchers did something wonderfully deranged. They took 12 pairs of identical twins, fed each man an extra 84,000 calories over 100 days, kept them mostly sedentary and watched the metabolic dice roll across the lab floor. Everyone gained weight. Shocker, I...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Sep 26, 2026 | Newsletter
After two days in Reston, Virginia, I was fired out of the flying germ tube and deposited back home. You know the machine: a pressurized aluminum Petri dish where a stranger coughs directly into your neck for three hours and the beverage cart contains the only...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Sep 26, 2026 | Newsletter
I got a great question from a 45-year-old lifter. He trains full body 5–7 days per week, keeps moving between exercises and rarely sits around. RDLs. Bench. Leg extensions. Rear delts. Walk to the next station, recover, smash another set. His heart rate stays elevated...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Sep 26, 2026 | Newsletter
You’ve probably heard of the Norwegian 4×4. Four minutes hard. Three minutes easy. Repeat four times. VO₂max can go up. Everybody from longevity podcasts to cardio GooRoos loves it. And for good reason. The original study was legit… …but the way most...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Sep 26, 2026 | Newsletter
On Monday, October 12, just 17 days from now, I fling open the gates of the Physiologic Flexibility Certification for 1 week only. Why should you care? Hold your glutes with both hands as I answer you via a story of Optimizing Otto. Spreadsheet so gorgeous it should...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Sep 26, 2026 | Newsletter
A documentary series I helped with, Dark Night of Our Souls, is available to watch from start to finish. This one took years to make. Literally years. Film projects stretch time like taffy, so I’m a little fired up that it’s real and you can see it. What it’s about...
