Two of the most common nutrition questions I get are: 1) “Should I do a keto diet?” and 2) “Are ketones useful?” I think 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 is more
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
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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
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
I had a great time jumping down the nerd chute with Jason Leydon on the Conquer Athlete Podcast this week! Check out my interview, as we talking all about cold water immersion, psychedelics and testosterone. We discuss: What a typical day looks like for me My thoughts on cold water immersion: how
I had the honor of joining Matthew DesRoches on the Oxidative Potential Podcast. Check it out! >>>Listen Here<<< We discuss: My early research on heat transfer How I got into researching metabolic flexibility and heart rate variability The concept of physiologic flexibility Blood glucose Temperature changes When to pull the physiologic
On today's episode of the FlexDiet Podcast, Dr. Chester Soko and I talk about how to get bigger muscles, what to do in the gym, nutrient timing, muscle damage, and metabolic flexibility. Episode Notes Intro to Dr. Soko and his dissertation and post-doc work How
