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2% With Michael Easter

Join Michael Easter as he covers the information from the 2% with Michael Easter (TWOPCT.com), the internet"s best source for practical and useful health, performance, and mindset information. www.twopct.com

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6:25

Rucking meetings work miracles

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday Michael is covering the power of rucking meetings.Taking meetings while walking with a weighted pack is one of the best ways to sneak in activity and improve your health, fitness, and mindset.\Walking and rucking meetings can decrease your risk of all-cause mortality by 40 percent and increase your work productivity by 8 to 60 percent.You’ll get powerful zone 1 and 2 exercise when you otherwise would have been

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55:30

The downsides of blood tests and full-body MRIs

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/18

New companies allow us to go around doctors and get blood work that checks for 100+ biomarkers or a full-body MRI to scan for cancer when we don’t have symptoms.The idea of taking your health into your own hands and preventing disease with a direct-to-consumer test sounds perfect in theory. But there are some downsides to consider if you test yourself, and knowing those downsides can help you get better health outcomes from the test.To learn more, Michael chatted with Dr. Bobby Dubois—an M.D.,

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11:35

The Expedition: 30-second longevity test, a sleep...

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Expedition covers the most worthwhile and impactful ideas Michael discovered in the last month.This month, we’re covering:* Numbers on:* How much caffeine disturbs your sleep (this surprised me!)* A 16-year-old girl who is as strong as an ox.* Rising rates of pre-diabetes among kids.* How exercise impacts the brain for weeks.* Dipshit fitness influencers.* Environmental pollution changes.* Willie Nelson albums.* How

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8:02

Timing is everything: Circadian science deep dive...

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comLast episode, Michael explored circadian rhythms and how they influence health. That episode was based on a conversation with Lynne Peeples, author of The Inner Clock.Today Michael is following up on some important topics we didn’t get to in that episode.You’ll learn:* Michael’s perfect day and how he’s used and diverged from the advice of circadian science. This has lessons for self-reliance.* How to use circadian science

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19:21

Circadian rhythms deep dive part I

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/11

Circadian rhythms—the 24-hour cycles humans evolved to live and function under—are a hot topic in health and wellness right now.But the field of circadian science also contains a lot of junk science and advice.Michael spoke with Lynne Peeples, author of the new book The Inner Clock, to get the most helpful, high-impact information around circadian rhythms.You’ll learn:* Why modern life works against our natural circadian rhythms.* The link between circadian rhythms and disease, depression, and

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11:10

Gear Not Stuff: Cold weather exercise gear

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comPeople tend to be less active in winter because of cold temperatures—and that hurts our fitness and metabolic and mental health.But the problem isn’t the cold. The problem is gear. We often don’t know the right outdoor exercise apparel and how to layer it as a system to stay warm and dry.This episode covers seven rules of exercising outdoors this winter and teaches you how to build the perfect system to stay warm.Michael

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10:14

3 mindset lessons from the Don't Die event

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comTwo Percent recently held the Don’t Die event in the desert outside of Las Vegas.We covered all sorts skills that are critical for survival in hostile situations at home and abroad. Everything from escaping handcuffs, hotel security, Don’t Die fitness, getting information from others, driving techniques, and staying fit, healthy, and sane in the trenches of daily life. The course included lessons about mindset. That’s

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16:26

Hooked on election coverage

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/04

Most people will tune into U.S. election coverage this week—often compulsively and to the detriment of their time and sanity.Election coverage has become just like a slot machine. It can pull us into The Scarcity Loop, the most powerful habit loop for sucking us into behaviors we repeat over and over and later regret.Michael will explain the architecture of The Scarcity Loop and how it affects our time and attention this U.S. election week. The result: You’ll learn what you can do to avoid the

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9:51

Burn the Ships: November '24 Edition

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/11/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIt’s the first Friday of the month. This means it’s time for Burn the Ships, Two Percent’s monthly, highly effective workout.Over the next couple of months, the holidays may throw your routine off the rails with extended time traveling, entertaining, and prepping for the holidays.So this month’s Burn the Ships workout is an antidote to that.* You don’t need gear. All it takes is your body weight.* You can do it anywhere

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8:19

Be strong enough: Upper body exercises

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comLast week, Michael covered why more strength isn’t always better and why you should aim to be “strong enough.”We featured an exercise that tells you when your lower body is strong enough.You asked for similar “strong enough” exercises for your upper body.That’s what this episode covers—we’re featuring two upper body exercises that tell you when you’re strong enough in two key movements.To access the full episode and video of

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16:16

A quick favor + 5 rucking tips

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/28

Michael needs your help, questions, and ideas for a big new project on rucking/walking with weight.He wants to to hear:* Questions you have about rucking/walking with weight. * Tips that have helped you do it better.* Any other thoughts/anecdotes you’d like to share.* Fill out this quick, three-question form if you’re up for helping.This episode of Two Percent would be truly parasitic if it were just Michael asking you for a favor. So as a thanks for filling out the form, we’ll also cover five

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7:27

AMA: alcohol + how to get fit in one year

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday Michael is answering the following questions from Two Percent readers:* What’s your opinion on the health effects of drinking, and if I’m drinking too much, how do I stop?* How can I get really fit in one year?Here’s why these questions matter. The alcohol question:* The debate over the health effects of alcohol is hotter than ever. * Many health influencers now say you should have a zero-tolerance policy with alcohol,

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7:35

Be strong enough

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comWe often think it’s best to be as strong as possible. But chasing strength for the sake of it can backfire. It’s likely better for your time and long-term health and performance to be “strong enough.”Michael will explain what “strong enough” is and how to reach it safer and in a way that translates to better performance and health. He’ll also highlight a great leg exercise that gets you “strong enough.” See a video of the

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51:08

The health benefits of gathering

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/21

The places where people gather and connect are changing—and that’s impacting our health and society.There’s a good case for going down to the bar, or church, or volunteer club, or (insert any place where you gather with others).Today on Two Percent, we’re speaking with Gwendolyn (Wendy) Bounds, author of the Not Too Late Substack and a book called Little Chapel on the River that dives deeply into this topics. Wendy and Michael covered:* What Wendy learned about community, connection, and resilience

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12:04

The Expedition: A killer core exercise, Ozempic hot...

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Expedition covers the most worthwhile and impactful ideas Michael discovered in the last month.This month, we’re covering:* Numbers on:* How many minutes of TikTok gets kids hooked.* A new marathon world record.* The amount of money pharma companies paid to influence studies.* Your odds of dying if you regularly ride a motorcycle* How mental health issues impact longevity.* How much your genes influence your body fat.*

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13:02

Why steps are as important as exercise

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comSteps are critical for your health—step more, die later.But until now, some popular activity tracking companies like WHOOP have resisted steps and proudly proclaimed they don’t count steps. Yet WHOOP recently caved and started counting steps.Today Michael will cover why steps are uniquely valuable and different from exercise, and why knowing your step counts can be like gasoline for:* Overall health, wellness, metabolic

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19:16

My Wife: The Insane Walker

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/14

Michael’s wife, Leah, got a treadmill desk earlier this year. Now she steps far more than Michael. And probably you. And, the studies suggest, even more than the most active people on Earth. It’s wild, it’s crazy—it’s the Two Percent mindset at its finest: Finding ways to make something you’re already doing just a bit harder to get more. Embracing short-term discomfort for a massive long-term benefit.But we need to be finding ways to step more. And a treadmill desk is a good solution. This episode

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12:04

Gear Not Stuff: Avoid Microplastics

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday is the second Friday of the month—which means it’s time for Gear Not Stuff, the internet’s best gear column. We feature only gear, never stuff.This episode follows up on two recent episodes that covered microplastics:* This episode explained the basics of microplastics and how they harm your health (six things you must know).* This episode revealed 10 ways you can avoid microplastics.Today’s episode reveals 8 pieces of

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8:00

Walk, Duh

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comWalking might be the best act to for recovery between workouts, building a foundation of health, and strengthening your mindset.Today’s episode is a quick primer on the power of walking—which you should do. Ideally outside. Daily.We’ll tell some wild stories and cover the impressive science around the power of walking. You’ll learn:* Why humans are built to walk.* The body benefits of walking. * The brain benefits of

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16:06

The 3 Best Recovery Practices

2% With Michael Easter ·

2024/10/07

The recovery phase after your workout is when you build back better and improve your health and fitness. But the rise of the “recovery” industry has led to recovery practices that take longer than the workout itself. Ain’t nobody got time for that. How you recover from a hard workout doesn’t have to be as labor intensive as the workout itself. This episode covers:* The two most important recovery practices.* Three other no-effort recovery practices that’ll help you recover quicker.The result: You’ll

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