Antibiotics and Aerobic Capacity
Every good scientific experiment starts with a question. Such as, “Does Joannie love Chachi?”. Followed by stating a hypothesis. My hypothesis states that “Joannie does, in fact, love Chachi.”
Optimal Conditions = the Death of Progress
Greetings from rainy, cold (well, it is 53 degrees now) which would be a heatwave if I was in Minnesota . . . overcast, and did I mention pelting
HRV, Stress, Strength: Dr. Mike T Nelson for the 2019 Granite Games Summit
Tune in to hear my 2019 Granite Games Summit on Recovery: Aspects of Sleep and HRV. Learn more about: [5:57] Stimulus and response [8:27] Stress
The Great Keto Con
Two of the most common nutrition questions I get are: 1) “Should I do a keto diet?” and 2) “Are ketones useful?” I think The Great Ketones can be
The Real High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for Mad GainZ
Here is an overlooked system to train for increased recovery ability and to be more robust. The first system was temperature and the second system is pH. Your body
Ask Me Anything
Here is your place to submit your questions to Dr. Mike about anything - from metabolism to metal music to performance. He will pull from these questions and answer
How To Build More Muscle: The Battle of EAAs vs BCAAs
Poke around the internet and it gets confusing in the land of supplements Here is a question I got the other day. “Hey doc, I heard that BCAAs are
Massive Distress
I want to discuss the rare times where prolonged distress may be useful. As discussed yesterday, I like a mainly eustress model for nutrition, training, and even recovery items
Cold Water vs. GainZ and Aerobic Work
Ah, home sweet home! In a bit, two former M3 online clients will be here for a fun day of learning, lifting, assessments, and much more. Wahoo! One of
Anabolic Window
No, I am not talking about rumored super strong windows on the Tesla Cybertrunk – which as a side note, appears to be available mid-next year, according to Elon.
The Bleeding Edge – Qualia Senolytic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Poke around the ole interwebZ, and you will find no shortage of hacks and easy ways to avoid the basics. Newsflash Brosky – you can’t escape the basics. They're
Does the Moon Really Affect You?
One thing I love about my friends is the questions they ask. This past Spring, a friend asked a great question that I could not get out of my
How to Recover from an Injury in Record Time
I recently returned from the epic ISSN meeting, and it was back to “normal” (if anything I do is really “normal”) Monday. I was tired and after a bit
3 Step Process to Dominate Any Lift in the Gym
Steven Pressfield had a great short video the other day in response to the many questions he had received about how to write a book. Stay with me here,
HIIT….The Correct Way
The Concept 2 rower is the perfect tool for some hideous high-intensity interval training (HIIT); just ask my M3 online clients. Out on the ole internetZ, everyone goes bonkers
Bioenergetic BS – Is the Body Ever Truly Anaerobic?
As you know, I love helping you too with some solid info here that can go against the grain at times. One of them is that the standard method
5 Zombie Protein Myths
Nutrition has its fair share of myths out there, and despite tons of research, protein myths abound. My buddy Lou Schuler calls these “Zombie Myths” since they just never