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What VO₂ max is—and what wearables are estimating

The single number that gets thrown around most in this project, and the gap between a lab test and a watch guess.

Zone 2 without the mythology

What "easy pace" actually does physiologically, and where the internet-fitness version overreaches.

Coming soon

Planned, not yet produced. Each will follow the same structure as the two above — one-sentence answer, evidence, uncertainty, sources — and won't publish until it can meet that standard.

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Why resting heart rate can be useful and noisy

Where a low number earns its reputation, and where it's just noise.

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Marathon fitness versus longevity fitness

Training for 42.2 km and training for a long healthy life aren't quite the same target.

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What body-composition tests can and can't tell us

What a bioimpedance scale is actually estimating, and where it guesses.

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Why endurance training might affect muscle and strength

What an aerobic-heavy block might cost a lifter, and why.

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Blood glucose in active people

Where the “exercise cures blood sugar” claims hold up, and where they don't.

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Heat, hydration, and training in Singapore

Why an easy Singapore run doesn't feel easy.