It’s the last weekend of the month, so I’m answering your questions in the video above and audio below. In this month’s Q&A, I answered the following questions:
When is your new rucking/weighted walking book coming out, and what can you tell us about it?
After reading The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain, I started to rediscover boredom. What’s the best way to use boredom to improve your life?
I explain the evolutionary underpinnings of boredom, balancing digital media with living well, and how to leverage the power of boredom to enhance your life.
How can we redesign societies and our individual lives to leverage the Two Percent concept?
I cover the data on the health impacts of where you live and what that can tell us about simple choices we can make that improve our health and wellbeing.
What are a handful of day-to-day ways to add more of the Two Percent mindset into my daily life?
I cover a bunch of simple ways to leverage the Two Percent concept. They boost VO2, fix back pain, improve recovery and mental health, and just flat out make us better humans.
What recovery methods give us the most bang for the buck? I exercise often, but always feel sore and tired. What recovery methods help us the most?
I explain the hierarchy of recovery and when exercise may actually be counterproductive for physical and mental health.
What are the long-term physical and mental health impacts of marijuana? The good, the bad, the ugly …
Does listening to books, music, or podcasts erase the benefits of time in nature? What should I do if I want to walk outside while listening to podcasts but also want to get all the physical and mental health benefits of time in nature (which you wrote about in The Comfort Crisis)?
This is a complex topic I’ve changed my mind on recently. I explain how to find the balance and exactly how I use audio to enhance my outdoor time.
What’s the best fitness tracker? And are there any good fitness trackers that don’t have to be worn on the wrist?
I’ve updated my thinking on fitness trackers. I explain more in the video.
P.S.: At the end, I also ask you a question about our monthly Q&As and how you’d like them to be delivered.
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Links, resources, and audio of the Q&A
I mentioned a lot of important posts and studies. I’ve placed them and the audio version of this Q&A below.
