May '26 AMA

A live Q&A with write-ups and audio.

Welcome to our monthly AMA.

We had some excellent questions submitted in the Two Percent chat.

And because I was in a hotel room in Texas with time to kill, I decided to answer them live on Substack. The audio recording is above, if you’d like to listen to it. (Note: Substack had an issue that led the video to be rather grainy, so I’m running audio only).

Of course, I also cleaned up my responses and wrote them out below for our readers.

I’ll answer the following 15 questions:

• How do you ground yourself in times of great change? -Dianne Kaplan

• How can I do hard things on a budget? The Comfort Crisis is very America-centric. How can people outside the U.S. apply it? -Adrien (I gave this question a bit of pushback).

• Box step-ups vs treadmill ruck: Are they basically the same, or does one have an edge? -DJ

• I cycle often. Should I try to meet specific strength targets in the weight room? -Scott

• How do you make the 2% food choice when you have to decide what to eat multiple times a day? -Brady Baugh

• Comfort Crisis turned 5 (congrats!). What’s one thing you wrote that you’ve changed your mind on? -John Wegman

• I’m flying to with our kids (11 and 15) soon. Any airport tips? Best options for eating? How do you make it not miserable? -Melissa

• Have you seen any strong evidence that supplementing with more than 5g of creatine meaningfully improves performance or brain health? -Nick Smoot

• What actually qualifies as recovery, and how should I approach recovery? -Emily

• My smartwatch broke two months ago and I’m enjoying the freedom. What are the real pros and cons of tracking? -KB

• What’s your air fryer tofu recipe? -Daniel Moyer

• What are your easy go-to weekday meals? -Pat Jernigan

• Beyond exercise, what do you intentionally do to protect, reinforce, and maintain your mental health? -Kate Losowsky

• As a proud member of the Two Percent cult, how can I support your work? -Bradley Bertoniere

• Why do you drink diet soda? It’s so unhealthy. It feels like a 98% choice. -Ron Jones (warning: rant incoming)

Let’s roll …

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