Human performance / Mon Wed Fri
Where mind meets muscle
Three reads a week on what the human brain and body can do next. Frontier science up top, and one thing you can put to work at the bottom.
- Free to read
- 4 minute issues
- Sources on every number
// The Filter
Mon / Wed / Fri
Since 2026
Since 2026
Human performance science runs fast, and most of it does not hold up. Sorting the gold from the junk is a full-time job, so Dex made it his. No hype. No nine-person studies dressed up as breakthroughs. Every claim checked against the original data before it reaches you.
desks read yearly $20k+
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// Two Lanes
Your brain one week, your body the next
The dispatch rotates between two lanes across the week. Both land in the same inbox.
SuperMind
Memory that holds. Focus that lasts an afternoon. Learning speed you can measure.
- Memory
- Focus and flow
- Learning speed
- Neuroplasticity
- Brain-computer interfaces
- Sleep and recall
- Meditation
- Nootropics
SuperBody
Strength past sixty. Sleep that repairs. A heart with room to spare.
- Age reversal
- Muscle growth
- Cold exposure
- Sleep architecture
- VO2 max
- Bone density
- Mitochondria
- Pain tolerance
// Three A Week
Every issue is short, and every issue pays off
Monday opens with the frontier. Wednesday and Friday rotate through the other four.
Frontier
Three breakthroughs in one sitting, straight from the labs building them.
Deep Dive
One topic end to end, from the frontier to the thing on the shelf.
Hack
A single technique, numbered steps, and the study standing behind it.
Myth Buster
A popular claim put against the trial data. Verdict at the end.
Community
Reader questions answered, plus how the week voted.
The Archive
Every past issue, free to read. Pick any day and read it cold.
Every issue reads in about four minutes
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// Latest Issues
Fresh off the desk
Your Run Won't Steal Your Squat
Across 43 trials, cardio left muscle size and max strength intact. One meal put 100 g of protein to work for 12 hours, and frequent saunas track with fewer heart deaths. The catch: jump power can dip, the protein study tested young men, and the sauna data shows a link, not proof.
Read issue ↗Sore Is Not The Score
In one lab study, muscle growth tracked the weeks after the soreness faded, not the week it peaked. The catch: small studies, and soreness still flags a new load.
Read issue ↗Fat Off, Muscle Kept
Two drugs together cut weight by 22.1%, and 92.8% of the loss was fat. The catch: a phase 2 trial, an IV drip, side effects, and a drug you can't get.
Read issue ↗
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Three dispatches a week. Mind and muscle.
Free to read. The frontier sits up top, the move you can make sits right below it.
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