On this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I welcome back Dr. Bill Campbell for a fascinating exploration of diet breaks and refeeds, focusing on their role in muscle hypertrophy, performance, and body composition. Drawing from his extensive research, Dr. Campbell
I want to discuss the rare times where prolonged distress may be useful. As discussed yesterday, I like a mainly eustress model for nutrition, training, and even recovery items like sauna, cold, fasting, etc. Stressors that are acute. Every so often, a prolonged, massive distress – if done correctly – can provide a huge
Ah, home sweet home! In a bit, two former M3 online clients will be here for a fun day of learning, lifting, assessments, and much more. Wahoo! One of the “fun things” we will do is cold water immersion (CWI) in the sealed chest freezer in the Extreme Human Performance Center filled with 47
No, I am not talking about rumored super strong windows on the Tesla Cybertrunk – which as a side note, appears to be available mid-next year, according to Elon. I am talking about the period post-training where the bro-logic sayZ that you need to consume protein and carbs immediately or else all the lean
It appears a few people on el internet were upset as they thought I was dissing on carb cycling chaos via my article on metabolic confusion. Nope. I do like carb cycling for advanced clients. The benefits from it are not from “metabolic confusion” though. In the Flex Diet Cert for the Carbohydrate Intervention, I discuss the
Hola from South Dakota where the wonderful wifey and I are visiting her family. Feels weird that this is our first trip since March 23. ...and speaking of odd, many in the fitness world (not you, you know what is going on), view using BOTH fats and carbs as odd. Today I have a new
Last week, I had tons of fun at the neurologist as we played with lasers, Gyrostim, and other fun tools to help my eyeballs. Just realized that this theme of light continues with my latest episode of the Flex Diet Podcast. My good friend Dr. Dom D'Agostino and I nerd out on several topics during
I was cleaning the other day and found these random thoughts from 2013 and thought it would be fun to post them here. Note, these are my thoughts and are not currently backed up by much science. Doing low-intensity treadmill work after lifting heavy stuff is stupid. You are pulling your body in the wrong
On October 12, 2019 a massive world record did not just get beat but got crushed! Eliud Kipchoge is now the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. Eliud Kipchoge (photo: wiki) He actually did it in 20 seconds under the 2-hour mark. He ran in a time of 1:59:40 in the
Ketogenic Diets Suck for Speed and Power More data just in case you needed it as a brand new study has found some shocking conclusions (1). They took 16 young men and women, and tested them over 4 days under: 1) a low carb condition of less than 50 grams per day and 2) a
