Welcome to the world of performance, where chaos is king, and the only thing standing between you and that PR is a concoction of science, grit, and a questionable amount of caffeine. Forget the half-baked gimmicks and overpriced “super supplements” your buddy’s been pushing on you—today, we’re diving into the real deal, the tried
I joined PNOE co-founder Apostolos Atsalakis to discuss about everything you want to know regarding metabolic analysis, including resting metabolic rate, Vo2 max, fat-burning efficiency, training zones, and fuel source utilization. Enjoy! Rock on! Dr. Mike T Nelson Dr. Mike T Nelson
Last week, I discussed my favorite subject - Metabolic Flexibility - on the Nourishing You Podcast by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. Check it out! Find more info at: NANP’s website NANP’s Facebook page NANP’s YouTube channel NANP’s LinkedIn NANP’s Instagram page Rock on! Dr. Mike T Nelson
From the Coach Catalyst Podcast: On this Podcast Episode, we have a great speaker, Dr. Mike Nelson. Our speaker talks about how he got a degree and eventually a Ph.D. in engineering. He further discusses his interest in weight training, physiology, and fitness. He also takes us through his transition from
I sat down with Daniel Debrocke of the Statcked Strength podcast. We talked about defining recovery, stimulus-recovery-repeat, breathing, shifting between sympathetic and parasympathetic, eye focus and recovery, optic flow, recovery modalities, workload, nutrition strategies, glycogen depletion, stretching, social isolation, having fun and improving quality of life, cold therapy,
Greetings from rainy, cold (well, it is 53 degrees now) which would be a heatwave if I was in Minnesota . . . overcast, and did I mention pelting rain? But there is wind! And you know what I do when there is wind? Go kiteboard, of course! Now, you may be rightfully thinking
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 thumbs
I had the honor of talking about several of my passions on the Sweet Science of Fighting podcast this week. Check it out! Timestamps 0:00 - Mike's background 7:00 - Reflexive performance reset (RPR): What does it do? 18:07 - Optimizing hormones: does sauna work? 25:42 - Testosterone
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., raise ketone levels
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 an amazing adaptive organism, you
