Evidence-based nutrition
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Myths we killed
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You need 10,000 steps per day for health
Weights don't count as cardio — you need the treadmill
You need 150 minutes of cardio per week minimum
Zone 2 is the best cardio — anything harder is suboptimal
What the evidence says
The papers we actually read
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Training
Your muscles had their own route to cardiovascular fitness — one that never required a single minute on a treadmill.
Your Weight Training Already Builds Cardiovascular Fitness
Training
You could go harder. The treadmill would let you. Your legs would accept it. But you hold the pace, keep your heart rate below the line, and trust that the easy effort is doing more for your cells than pushing past it ever could. The deliberate restraint — holding back when your body would happily run faster — feels like a specific kind of discipline.
Your Zone 2 Pace Might Be Too Easy for Your Mitochondria
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