Time flies, even during hard times. 8 years ago, almost to the day, I did my PhD Defense . . . . . . and passed. To say that I was sweating bullets about it is an under statement. The overall PhD process from when I started through class work, teaching, lab assistant, completing
Lifting performance is the unheralded key to both body comp and adding lean body mass/muscle, especially as you get older. I am 46 years old now and I really wish someone would have pulled my eel-shaped 6'3" 155 lb carcass to the curb almost 30 years ago and told me this method. Not sure
Yes, cardio! The pendulum swings hard from one side to the next in a blink of an eye in the fitness world. My prediction is that doing cardio will be the thing for all lifters. For a while, cardio was frowned upon as it was the king destructor of gainZ, and even made you
S___ Happens! Stress that is! Below you can see my HRV reading from this AM. Eeek! Since it was just a single low (red) reading, I am not going to freak out. Today was already scheduled as an off day since I am up at my parents' place. The great part of heart rate
The other day I talked about the intrinsic process of homeostasis - the ability of your body to hold a specific parameter of physiology within a tight range - despite being exposed to a wide variety of stimulus. The example I used was core body temperature staying very close to 98.6F even when subjected to
It is true that you can learn a fitness lesson from blind mice. Before I get to that point, a short primer on the role of light and your sleep which affects your gainZ. Your circadian rhythm is regulated primarily via light (photons) entering into the bottom part of the eyeball. This sends a signal
Want to reach your fitness goals? (Heard any of the statements before???) Just work harder. Not doing HIIT? Start doing Tabatas 3 times a day? you lazy pile of poo. =) Only lifting Mon, Wed, Fri? Start lifting every day. We all know that volume is the key driver since 7 PhDs and 4 meta-analyses
It is your fav nerd writing to you from sunny and amazing Nosara, Costa Rica. We wrapped up meetings for the Special Forces Experience the other day and are on our last full day here before some go back home. Jodie and I are hanging in Liberia with fancy internet for 1.5 days of work then off
Hola! from Costa Rica post 48-hour digital detox here. It was great to spend time relaxing and watching time just go by. I found it interesting that time seemed to slow to a crawl. One of the ongoing improvements I am working on (and have been for several years) is the feeling of “there is
Happy 2021! Wahoo, you made it through 2020. Today I was thinking back to my time in Costa Rica exactly one year ago. I was there helping to run an acute study to see what happens when you pound meatheads with lots and lots of volume Each day for 4 days in a row, our
