I had the honor of joining Michelle Welcome on her podcast. I came on to talk about the disconnect of basic physiology and the things bodybuilders do that just don’t make sense. Michelle says, “It’s a fun listen with Dr. Mike’s quirky sense of humor. Give the show a...
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 101 [9:40] Stress response [12:10] HRV 101 [20:20] Sleep 101 [29:34] 5 action items [33:30] Q&A To learn more about how...
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 useful. It just depends on what you’re doing. The fact that you can take a ketone supplement and get into ketosis (e.g.,...
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 has to regulate both core temp and blood pH very tight. Small deviations = no bueno. Since your body is...
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 them in the Flex Diet Podcast or the Daily Fitness Insider Newsletter. Click here to send Dr. Mike your...
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 not useful at all for adding muscle. Is this true? Thanks.” – Mark If you are old like me, you remember back to the stone...
