Imagine an eight-lane freeway in Los Angeles that’s bumper-to-bumper with Teslas and SUVs. Everyone’s in a hurry, but nobody can get anywhere until everybody gets somewhere. The ones who try to beat the odds with frantic, occasionally dangerous lane changes are greeted with middle fingers and four-letter words. In that context, telling people to
Studies like this should peak your interest (1). Insulin is not “good” or “bad.” In fact, simple ole insulin is much more complex than we currently appreciate. I get nervous when I hear a simple story + simple descriptor. Stories like . . .. CarbZ are bad. Protein is good. High intensity interval training is
Hola from Minnesota . . . where I am back upright after getting hit with a nasty cold. Ugh. I was down for the count this past Friday and Saturday. While getting a cold sucks, I will heal and have a better resistance to those little critters. Travel can be a massive pain in the
I was up at 4 am the other day as I am back home from another epic trip with the wonderful wifey. At the end of the trip, we were in San Clemente the other day, we got to see one of our favorite humans – none other than Markus from www.gymbreakthroug.com! He took us
HRV Data from 7 Days of Intermittent Fasting (n=1) Here is some data from a client that did a medically supervised, water only, fast for 7 days in a row. We had a great baseline before too. You will notice that HRV went down and resting heart rate went up. This is to be expected
My AM conversation with a 5 year old last week when we were at AHS . . . 5 year old: "You are a carb eater." Me: "I am? How can you tell?" 5 year old: "I can just tell." Me: "Is that a bad thing?" 5 year old: "Yes, carbs are bad." Bawhahhaha. I
Anatomy Trains Course "Moving through trauma” with Tom Myers July 2019: Notes from Mike T Nelson Note- These are my ramblings that I wanted to share with you and represent my interpretation of the what I learned. When there was a direct quote, I placed it in quotes. I would highly recommend the course, so
I am back in Minnesota for a couple days as we head out to the Ancestral Health Society conference this coming Wed night since I am presenting there Thurs AM on the use of CBD. Hit me up if you are going to be there. This past few days I was in Maine doing a
Another factor that you may have not considered is your current VO2 max This goes by other names such as "aerobic base" or 'aerobic capacity." I am not going to split a hairy rat's butt hairs about the difference. Typically you can get a VO2 max test done with fancy equipment, but what if you
Travel is great since it provides you perspective via a different environment. For example, when I was in Baja Mexicos this past January, bolted upright in bed the first day with 21 things running through my head. For a kiteboarding trip, this is pretty normal as I fly straight up out bed and look at the window to
