New study finds 81 year old with a Vo2max of 52.8 What's his training? A very simple traditional periodized running program. 1. Build a base with high volume of easy. 2. Add in some intervals at various distances, while keeping some solid volume. It's not rocket science.

10 powerful sentences by Scott Adams navigating failure, ambition, the absurdities of life and more:

Why your recovery sucks compared to “younger you” (and what you can do about it) 👇 Ever notice how kids will just pass out after playing for a few hours? Like fully zonked… asleep in the bumpy car ride home, impossible to wake. Meanwhile, you finish a workout and lie in bed

🚨 Research shows repeated complaining physically rewires your brain to prioritize stress and negativity. The way we speak about our daily challenges does more than just vent frustration; it physically alters the architecture of the brain. When we engage in chronic

MIT just published a paper that quietly explains why LLM reasoning hits a wall and how to push past it. The usual story is that models fail on hard problems because they lack scale, data, or intelligence. This paper argues something much more structural: models stop improving

Exercising outside is better for the brain.

Some thoughts on psychological periodization... Athletes periodize training. Few people periodize their psychology. But they should... Physiology Base → routine, low intensity, slow change, long duration Sharpen → varied stimulus, faster change, short duration Psychology

Does extreme age inherently mean poor health? New researchanalyzed the biological profile of a supercentenarian and found a fascinating paradox: canonical markers of #aging (like telomere attrition) coexisted with powerful protective mechanisms. This suggests #longevity isn't

If it doesn't reduce internal prediction error, it's treated as information noise, and there"s no learning/change/adaptation in the brain. Our brain values predictability above success.

Boredom is a luxury in a world of constant stimulation. Boredom activates the Default Mode Network. Crucial for organizing information, fostering creativity & building a sense of self.

The Troxler effect Stare at the green circle, and the yellow will slowly disappear.

Muscle is more than just aesthetics. It is a vital sign for your longevity. Recent research underscores a powerful truth: Your muscular fitness is one of the strongest predictors of long-term health, shielding you against cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality.

I would reframe, you can't outrun and outdiet a stressed nervous system.

20 years later, An Inconvenient Truth is turning out to be an inconvenient lie. Al Gore’s film shaped an entire generation’s view of climate change. It won awards, filled classrooms, and fueled sweeping policies. But what many never heard is that a UK High Court ruled the

On #AI in coaching... I saw a post the other day: "If you have a job that won't be replaced by AI, what is it?" Maybe surprisingly (with all of the AI assisted training software out there). I immediately 🙋‍♂️ See, for the first 10 years of my 30 years of coaching, the internet

Why do we play this game.

Arthur Brooks drops a brutal truth about modern friendship that hits hard: “Real friends are the useless people in your life. Deal friends are the useful ones.” In this 44-second clip, he cuts through the noise: - Zoom and social media friendships don’t count — they’re not

🚨BREAKING: MIT hooked people up to brain scanners while they used ChatGPT. What they found should concern every single person reading this. ChatGPT users showed 55% weaker brain connectivity than people who didn't use it. Not after years. After just four months. Here's how

🚨 Stanford researchers just exposed a weird side effect of AI that almost nobody is talking about. The paper is called “Artificial Hivemind.” And the core finding is unsettling. As language models get better, they also start sounding more and more the same. Not just within a