What's my most hated recovery tip? You may be guessing it is some horrible cold water immersion or boring AF treadmill work. Good guess, but nope. My #1 recovery tip..... …..sleep more! It's a paradox since clients universally hated it when I talked about sleep with them; however, they loved the results when they actually did it. Sleep
Imagine you just stepped out of your time machine after being transported back to Muscle Beach in its prime. You arrive to spot the likes of Vic Tanny, Joe Gold (of Gold's Gym fame), Jack LaLanne, Steve "Hercules" Reeves, Jack Delinger, and later, Dave Draper or even Arnold with his friends. They were all hanging
I recently served on a roundtable of fitness experts featuring Dr. Layne Norton, Dr. Jose Antonio, Ben Esgro, Jermey Loenneke, Dr. Gabe Wilson, Dr. Jacob Wilson, and during this discussion, a participant asked a question: “What advice would you give to a fitness enthusiast looking to build muscle and lose fat?” For most lifters, these
…dem's fighten’ words to bros! In the red corner weighing in at 156 lbs looking like an eel shaped rake, posting on forums as “KingDingling78” and suffering unconsciously with a mad case of DunningKrugeritis, is Bro #1. In the blue corner weighing in at 230 lbs at an internet-professed 8% body fat and benching 400
Dr Eric Helms and I talk about setting up your training for maximal gainZ on the podcast today! We chat about how to set up training around goals, periodization and start off with our adventures getting home from Costa Rica as airports and borders started shutting down. https://flex-diet-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/... In addition, I cover: Getting creative with
Some days being in the Fitness Industry, as much as I love it, has me contemplating a short walk off a long pier. I've checked out much more from the ole Flakebook over the last 4-6 weeks. Today, I popped in to see what is going on. Hmmm, not much new. It appears not much
Have you tried using resting metabolic rate (RMR) for fat loss with clients? Ever wonder how accurate the estimations of RMR are with an individual athlete/client? Ever have a client that is trending the wrong way, and you can’t figure out why? Maybe your RMR numbers (if you were using that) were off? New Study
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
*from beyondmacros.com I had a blast talking all about metabolic flexibility, fasting and much more with Matt Walrath from Beyond Macros on this podcast below: I first met Matt at Dr Ben House’s Beginner’s Mind Retreat in Costa Rica where I was teaching and hanging out. Check out the podcast! Dr Mike PS If you
*From Meathead Hippie In this episode, Emily Schromm of Meathead Hippie, interviews little ol' me. I sound like Dr. Frankenstein as I report how I was initially intrigued in the human body when I learned the ins and outs of fascia by studying cadavers! We move to the topic of Metabolic flexibility and she quotes a good
