by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Oct 3, 2026 | Newsletter
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, because we are going down the nerd chute hard on this one. I don’t believe a darn thing anyone claims about...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Oct 3, 2026 | Newsletter
I was sitting in the flying germ tube at 30,000 feet, heading home from Columbus, Ohio, after checking off a goal so big I had to read the invite three times to make sure my brain wasn’t cooking itself. I had rolled into the elitefts compound in London, Ohio. Yes,...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Oct 3, 2026 | Newsletter
Most training programs answer this question with the cold confidence of a Soviet parking meter: Rest 3.5 minutes. Fine. But why? Why three and a half minutes? Why not two minutes and 17 seconds? Are you actually recovered, or did the stopwatch simply finish counting...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Oct 3, 2026 | Newsletter
Your metabolism is not a tiny campfire hiding behind your pancreas. You cannot turn it into a blast furnace with lemon water, maple syrup and spicy peppers. Eating six miniature meals per day does not keep it roaring like a steel mill. And no supplement is going to...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Oct 3, 2026 | Newsletter
The internet has found a perfectly useful physiological metric… …and turned it into a religious war fought by GooRoos with ring lights. One camp treats VO₂ max like the final boss of human health. Get it higher. Then higher again. Keep going until your...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Oct 3, 2026 | Newsletter
Theory and PowerPoint slides are cute. Instagram GooRoos pointing out how another GooRoo is wrong is quite hilarious. But results? Results pay the bills. So instead of me ranting about stroke volume until the cows come home… …let’s look at actual humans....
