by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Jul 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you want to poke the hornet’s nest, just mention ketones and performance. Here is a question I got the other day: “Hey Doc, I read your newsletter yesterday and I have a question. What if I did a keto approach for 5 -8 weeks and then before my performance test day...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Jul 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Longevity, AMPK and Maximal Muscle Today I am going off on a bit of a RANT –Reactive Analytical Neurotic Talk – about muscle gainZ and AMPK. AMP-who? Hold on as we go HARD head first down the nerd chute. If your goal is to add as much muscle as you possibly can, you...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Jun 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the fun things about travel is all the people you meet, especially in the fitness world. I love it. While this one was not with a fitness pro, I do have a fitness lesson at the end for you. My team and I were in GA for the Muscle Nerds Foundations course and...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Here is one of the big ones I hear about CBD (cannabidiol) and recovery. “Yo bro, don’t you know that CBD helps increase growth hormone and lowers cortisol?” Something that bumps up GH and lowers cortisol has the potential for helping recovery from lifting and...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Jun 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
CBD week rolls on here on the blog and thank you for all the wonderful emails about the podcast I did on that topic with Jason yesterday. Super stoked that you enjoyed it. Today, I wanted to address a big problem with CBD…..quality. Since CBD has a high price point...
by Dr. Mike T. Nelson | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ah, commercial gyms…. I typically only lift at them when I travel and one day a week at home for “dude-brah upper” day as I like the machines and DBs. Yesterday, I was doing some DB rows with Fat Grips. I thought I could eek out 1 more rep on my third set with 85 lb...
