Did you see Saturday Night Live’s viral CouplaBeers skit? Watch it in the post here.

Oddly enough, the skit gets so much right about addiction and bad habits.

In fact, it provides a more useful view than that of the medical establishment.

In today’s episode, Michael will unpack:

* What CouplaBeers gets right about addiction and bad habits.

* How bad habits and a…

F3 is an organization of men who gather to exercise together early each morning.

It started with a group of guys at a middle school football field in 2011 and has swelled to nearly 100k people in 5169 locations today.

Michael spoke to the organization’s current head, Frank Schwartz, to hear about the movement and what we can learn from it.

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Michael just launched a new live show on Substack live called Explore the Edges. Each episode features a fascinating and inspiring guest who can help us live better.

Ethan Suplee was our inaugural guest.

* Ethan is known for his roles in Remember the Titans, American History X, Blow, Mallrats, Chance, and many more great films and TV shows.

Ethan has also gone through major life changes—sobriety, losing 200 pounds, fame—and picked up a lot of battle-tested wisdom along the way. He talks openly about his journey—what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now.

Michael and Ethan chatted about the tactics that finally led Ethan to lose weight, his interesting thoughts on exercise, what he learned from the keto diet, what strategies have helped him most, the acting role that changed him, and more.

Today, we’re running Michael’s conversation with Ethan.

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Michael’s first job was acting as Fitness Editor for Men’s Health magazine.

In that role, he spoke to the world’s top athletes to its greatest health scientists and athletic trainers.

When these experts sent an exercise or workout, Michael had to test it to ensure it would work for Men’s Health readers. He vetted hundreds and hundreds of exercises.

And he’s kept all the best exercises in a file ever since.

Two Percent is running a new monthly series that goes into the file and releases Michael’s favorite exercises of all time.

This is the third volume of the series. It focuses on an exercise that can help prevent one of the most common and chronic lower body injuries.

It’s saved Michael’s butt in the wilderness and on the trails many times, and it can help you age better and stay healthy no matter your favorite activity—whether hiking, tennis, or chasing down kids.

It’s great for anyone who has a body and uses it. That is to say, you.

In today’s episode, Lance Armstrong explains how to stay safe while cycling.

Lance’s advice is pulled from a recent conversation Michael and Lance had on The Forward, Lance’s podcast.

We’re running Lance’s surprising and helpful advice and then breaking down the research on cycling safety. It’ll make you safer and more confident on the roads.

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The Expedition is a monthly journey into thoughts, opinions, ideas, observations, studies, facts, and figures, you can use to live better.

It’s a roundup of all the worthwhile stuff Michael discovered in the last month.

This month Michael is covering:

* Explore the Edge, a new live show he’s hosting on Substack.

* …

Michael covers three highly popular motivational phrases that can do more harm than good. The first example: “Nobody cares, work harder.”

Michael will explain what these phrases miss about the human experience, how they can backfire, and a better framing for each.

He’ll end the podcast with some philosophy around motivational phrases, and how to find ones that help you.

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Today, Michael covers a framework for making better decisions—especially in challenging times.

When we face tough times, we often think more planning is better. We tend to go into planning mode and overthink, searching for the perfect decision to make.

But there are five big downsides of overthinking—and a lesson from combat can help us get out of our heads, act, and win.

The lesson aligns with recent scientific discoveries about optimal decision making.

It also helped launch Michael’s writing career.

Today is the second Friday of the month. Which means it’s time for Gear Not Stuff.

Read more about the idea behind Gear Not Stuff here.

Today, we’re covering protein sources you can eat on the go.

In a perfect world, everyone would get their protein from whole, minimally-processed, single-ingredient sources. Foods like meat, dairy, eggs, and more.

But life isn’t perfect. Whole foods require refrigeration and spoil relatively quickly, so they’re not always easy to eat when you’re busy or traveling.

Today you’ll learn six categories of convenient high-protein foods and my favorite picks in each category.

It’s important to put some thought behind these foods—many use “high protein” as a health halo, but aren’t actually that healthy. We’ll help you find the good ones that actually help you reach your goals.

Guidelines:

* The food must meet the “high protein” requirements we laid out on Monday.

* It must be portable.

* It must not require refrigeration.

* It must have a long shelf life.

* I.e., It’s food you can eat conveniently and while on the go.

Today’s episode covers the death of movement. We’ll look at human physical activity levels—how they’ve changed and why.

You’ll learn:

* How much less active humans are now compared to the past.

* The health impacts of our drop in activity.

* Michael’s best tip for combatting our drop in activity.

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