Cardio zone for low VO2max.
According to my wearable device, my VO2max is 24. My goal is to get it above 50. Rationale: I remember the coined saying “50 over 50” on an episode. I am currently doing zone 4 (5?) for 150 minutes weekly. Method: staimaster. I target my HR to go to low 170s. If I hit 180 HR, I take it down a notch. If I hit high 160s, I take it up a notch. Rationale for HR target: 220 minus 44 is 176. Also the stairmaster is easier in my knees & I don’t get “shin splints” like I do from jogging or sprint intervals. My question: would zone 2 cardio, 150 minutes weekly, like HLP discussed, be better at increasing VO2max than the aforementioned stairmaster method? On a side note, maybe sprint intervals and the shin splints that go along with sprinting may help prevent osteopenia? And also to increase VO2max, better than stairmaster? Maybe it’d be better to suck up the pain from shin splints, to prevent osteopenia, if not already started at age 44.
RFK on your podcast?
Considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be part of the future presidential team would you be interested in inviting him on your podcast to discuss issues with drug safety tests, dedicating more resources to practical research in humans? What is his vision and steps on making America Healthy Again? Thank you
Is the future of science at Risk?
Hi Andrew, I'm a young guy who's recently been accepted into a Master's program in Neurosciences. Recently with the election of Trump, there is a lot of discourse that funding into science or the future of science is in doubt. I've seen a lot of people with PhD's start to say that academia might not be a good investment. I love alternative ways of healing like breathwork and other means, but it sounds like they are putting a hit out on Western methods (starting to say it is ineffective or manipulated). I love learning about the brain and am going to do the course anyway, but if you could share any of your thoughts on this, that would be great. Cheers, Luke.