Resilience is normal (podcast)
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael covers the new science of resilience. Psychologists used to think people weren’t inherentl...
Muscle and Women's Health (podcast)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the deepest dive into how muscle impacts women’s health.Michael will cover the sho...
The Time Audit (podcast)
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael covers the infamous time audit. It’s one of the most effective ways to discover the time y...
My Badass Mom (podcast)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Mother’s Day this Sunday, I’m sharing a story I wrote about my mom.We can all learn a lot fr...
6 Sleep Myths (Podcast)
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world of sleep is tainted with misinformation, and it’s driving up sleep anxiety. Michael dove...
4 ways to find belonging (podcast)
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Michael covers belonging and how to find it. Belonging is linked to greater happiness and bet...
Gear Not Stuff: Outdoor Gear
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comPost Summary* We’re co...
Beyond Limits: Lessons from Mountaineering with Melissa Arnot Reid (Podcast)
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In May of 2016, Melissa Arnot Reid became the first American woman to summit Mount Everest without s...
Call the F**king Vatican (Podcast)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comWe live in a world where...
17 Reasons to Explore More Now
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re speaking with Alex Hutchinson about his new book The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Chal...
How I trained for an 800+ mile hike (podcast)
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comMichael is currently on ...
Announcing: A big hike (podcast)
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’ll be in the wilderness on a hike for the next 45-ish days.Two Percent will run as always—post...
The Expedition: Step counts, endurance secrets, dirty supplements, the ideal human diet, and more (podcast)
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Expedition is a mont...
17 Years of Wisdom About the Good Life (Podcast)
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael is speaking with Brett McKay, founder of the Art of Manliness and Dying Breed.Brett has spen...
Gear Not Stuff: Home Health Tech
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday is the second Frid...
SUPERMEDIUM Calculator (Podcast)
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comMichael explains the opt...
The Two Percent Pack System (Podcast)
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael’s work as a journalist takes him all around the world—from the streets of Baghdad and ju...
CouplaBeers Is So Right (Podcast)
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comDid you see Saturday Nig...
F3: Empowering Men Through Fitness and Community (Podcast)
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
F3 is an organization of men who gather to exercise together early each morning.It started with a gr...
Explore the Edges: Ethan Suplee (podcast)
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comMichael just launched a ...
My Favorite Exercises Volume III
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comBecome a Member at TWOPC...
Lance Armstrong's Cycling Safety Tips (podcast)
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Lance Armstrong explains how to stay safe while cycling.Lance’s advice is pu...
The Expedition: The truth about VO2, a hard pullup variation, shoe tips, the Dead, and more
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.com*Member episode* Become ...
3 Motivational Phrases That Suck (podcast)
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comMichael covers three hig...
Do Something (podcast)
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Read this post and get all of our life-enhancing info at TWOPCT.comToday, Michael covers a framework...
Gear Not Stuff: Protein Sources (podcast)
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday is the second Frid...
The Comfort Crisis: Physical Activity
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday’s episode covers...
Protein Myths Part II (podcast)
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Protein Myths Part I, published Wednesday, Michael examined at how much protein is enough for goa...
Burn the Ships: February 2025 Edition (podcast)
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIt’s the first Friday ...
Protein Myths: Part One
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comProtein is having a mome...
The 5 Types of Wealth (podcast)
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Two Percent, Michael speaks with Sahil Bloom, the author of The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transf...
The four wellness pillars and other lessons from the Two Percent New Year Challenge (podcast)
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Two Percent New Year...
My favorite exercises part II (podcast)
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comBecome a Member at TWOPC...
How algorithms make people, places, and ideas boring (podcast)
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Become a subscriber for free at TWOPCT.com. Michael speaks with Kyle Chayka, who is one of his favor...
Motivate yourself to do anything + Fix shift work harms: AMA (podcast)
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comWe pulled the wise and p...
How to lose more fat (podcast)
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comMichael reveals surprisi...
The quest for perfect sleep (podcast)
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After two months of truly terrible sleep, Two Percent writer Emily Pennington went on a scientific j...
The Expedition: A core strength test, alcohol and cancer, recommendations, and more (podcast)
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.com*Member episode* Become ...
Your Rucking Advice (Podcast)
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.com*Member episode* Become ...
Ozempic: A surprising side effect
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New GLP-1 drugs are booming in popularity—12.5 percent of Americans have tried them. The figure is...
Gear Not Stuff: Best Home Gym Strength Equipment
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.com*Member Episode* Become ...
7 ways to leverage the power of silence (podcast)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.com*Member episode* Become ...
The benefits of silence (podcast)
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have increased the world’s loudness four fold. Yet we evolved in relatively silent environm...
Burn the Ships: January 2025
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIt’s the first Friday ...
The Case for Doing Hard Sh*t (podcast)
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join our tribe at TWOPCT.com.Modern humans have engineered the world for comfort and ease. Most peop...
11 top articles of 2024 + Thanks (podcast)
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To send out 2024, Michael is highlighting the 11 bests stories he published on Two Percent (TWOPCT.c...
The Two Percent New Year Challenge
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to actually make some big improvements in your health, fitness, nutrition, and mindset this yea...
The Power of Traditions
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
**Become a Member of Two Percent at TWOPCT.com**Today’s episode is about the power of traditions. ...
The Expedition: A scientific prescription to run faster, epic soup recipe, downsides of optimization, seed oils and cancer, etc.
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Expedition covers th...
The 15 best comments on Two Percent and my responses
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThis is a free preview o...
The Cult of the Healthy Lifestyle (Podcast)
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about the limits of diet and exercise with Dr. Adam Cifu.Adam is one of our na...
The Two Percent Holiday Gift Guide (Podcast)
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday’s episode is the...
Make recess great again (podcast)
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comChildhood obesity has mo...
Food myths: organic food, diet soda, red meat, eggs, and more
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today Michael is speaking with Tamar Haspel one of his favorite, no-BS thinkers about food, nutritio...
Workout: Burn the Ships December '24 (podcast)
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIt’s the first Friday ...
My favorite exercises
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael’s first job was acting as Fitness Editor for Men’s Health magazine.In that role, he spok...
Why minimalism doesn't work
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Friday was the biggest Black Friday of all time, and Americans bought more stuff than ever. We spend...
7 proven strategies to combat holiday weight gain (and still enjoy yourself)
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe holidays are the mak...
The healthiest Thanksgiving food
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The humble potato is the original superfood. Eat potatoes on Thanksgiving and many more days after a...
Misogi for beginners AMA
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comA Misogi is an epic chal...
Rucking meetings work miracles
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday Michael is coverin...
The downsides of blood tests and full-body MRIs
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New companies allow us to go around doctors and get blood work that checks for 100+ biomarkers or a ...
The Expedition: 30-second longevity test, a sleep trick, Mike Tyson, 4 qualities of resilience, etc.
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Expedition covers th...
Timing is everything: Circadian science deep dive part II
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comLast episode, Michael ex...
Circadian rhythms deep dive part I
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Circadian rhythms—the 24-hour cycles humans evolved to live and function under—are a hot topic i...
Gear Not Stuff: Cold weather exercise gear
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comPeople tend to be less a...
3 mindset lessons from the Don't Die event
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comTwo Percent recently hel...
Hooked on election coverage
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most people will tune into U.S. election coverage this week—often compulsively and to the detrimen...
Burn the Ships: November '24 Edition
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIt’s the first Friday ...
Be strong enough: Upper body exercises
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comLast week, Michael cover...
A quick favor + 5 rucking tips
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael needs your help, questions, and ideas for a big new project on rucking/walking with weight.H...
AMA: alcohol + how to get fit in one year
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday Michael is answeri...
Be strong enough
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comWe often think it’s be...
The health benefits of gathering
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The places where people gather and connect are changing—and that’s impacting our health and soci...
The Expedition: A killer core exercise, Ozempic hot take, Las Vegas blowing sh*t up, and more ...
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Expedition covers th...
Why steps are as important as exercise
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comSteps are critical for y...
My Wife: The Insane Walker
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael’s wife, Leah, got a treadmill desk earlier this year. Now she steps far more than Michael....
Gear Not Stuff: Avoid Microplastics
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday is the second Frid...
Walk, Duh
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comWalking might be the bes...
The 3 Best Recovery Practices
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The recovery phase after your workout is when you build back better and improve your health and fitn...
Burn The Ships: October '24 Edition
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIt’s the first Friday ...
10 Ways to Avoid Microplastics (And Not Go Crazy)
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comOn Monday, Michael cover...
Microplastics and Your Health
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re covering six topics you need to know about microplastics and your health.Earlier this year, ...
AMA: Plant vs. Animal Protein, Caffeine and Exercise, More VO2 Tests
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIt’s the fourth Friday...
Don't Die: Test Your VO₂ Max
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comVO₂ max, a measurement...
Don't Die: Bulletproof Your Ankles
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today Michael is covering how to bulletproof your ankles.Ankle sprains are one of the most common, d...
The Expedition: DEXA scans, hotel room exercises, marijuana, etc.
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Expedition covers th...
How Much Muscle Do We Really Need?
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comStrength is linked to li...
The BMI Deep Dive
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BMI—a measurement that estimates body fat based on your height and weight—has recently come unde...
Gear Not Stuff: Trail Shoes
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday is the second Frid...
The Truth About Ultrarunning Tribes
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comThe Tarahumara tribe bec...
Trail running vs. road and treadmill running
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the weather cools, Michael and his dog head into the Mojave desert. We run a network of fantastic...
Burn The Ships: September Edition
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday we’re covering o...
5 exercises for bricksh*thouse strength
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday we’re covering w...
Put labor back into Labor Day
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about Labor Day and why modern jobs are hurting our health in new and insidiou...
The best d*mn leg exercise on Earth
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comToday we’re covering a...
The 14 best comments on Two Percent
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comWe’re starting a new q...
3 steps to build good habits
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael covers a powerful three-step process to build good habits and break bad ones. You’ll learn...
AMA: minimum amount of exercise, knee pain, don't die, rucking
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.comIn today’s AMA, we’l...
Rucking calorie burn
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.twopct.com“How many calories did...