Plant proteins have become more popular recently (ala Game Changers documentary) in part due to environmental concerns or ethical concerns (1, 2). Are plant proteins really better for mother nature? There is some data to support that claim, but it is far from conclusive. Pimentel et al. in 2003 (3) analyzed the efficiency of land
Now, more than ever is the perfect time to be a robust, butt-kicking human by using metabolic flexibility and intermittent fasting. Be harder to kill than a cockroach. This applies to your life, including nutrition. Check out my full talk here on "Survive to Thrive with Metabolic Flexibility and Intermittent Fasting" as part of the
With zero travel on the docket and a little more time to experiment, I decided to run a few metabolic tests from the relative comfort of my garage. Heavy Metal blasting - check. Weird face mask - check. Rower and bike - check. Let's do this. Metabolic Test 1: Post Rower Fuel Use What happens
At 38 years old, I started looking ahead and decided I wanted to be “in the best shape of my life” by my 40th birthday. Birthdays are such an arbitrary day in time, but they keep trainers in business - especially big ones. No stranger to training, I spent an entire decade running marathons, including
With all the uncertainty in the world now, I am doubling down on things that can serve multiple purposes, and Pop-Tarts, through a strategy I call Pop-tart periodization, are at the top of my list. "Why Pop-Tarts, of all things?" you ask. They can be used a food, rocket insulation, and even incendiary devices. Ok,
Here is my 2019 talk from the Ancestral Health Symposium (AHS) on CBD and cannabinoids. Is cannbiondiol helpful? If so, for what? Are there other cannabinoids that are beneficial? With cannabis becoming legal in more and more states, what you need to know? Find out below in my AHS 2019 talk. https://youtu.be/n6HB7-n0M2g I also
I was recently in Costa Rica again at Flo helping with and being in the acute study where we blasted meatheads with lots of volume over 4 days in a row. The gang at Flo in Costa Rica for the 4 day acute training study An interesting thing happened during this study related
Collagen / gelatin before training can help with soft tissue remodeling. The main study(Shaw et al.) had 3 groups 1) placebo, 2) 5 grams and 3) 15 grams. I looked up the amino acid content of gelatin vs collagen and both will work as they are virtually identical. Here is the quote from the study:
Has your fat loss or exercise performance improved since a certain orange faced president with a dead animal on his head was elected? If not, what do you do next? Try harder? Nope. When did simply “trying harder” ever resolve anything? The only thing that got me in the past was injured or my SUV
One of the questions I get a fair amount now that sleep is trendy is: “What happens if I get only one night of very low sleep?" Bella the corgi is ready for bed with PJs on. It turns out that my buddy (and one of the experts featured in the Flex Diet
