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By the time you read this, I’ll be in the dark about what’s going on in the world. Literally. From May 17th-27th, 2022, I’ll be in Oaxaca, Mexico, participating in a fairly intense meditation retreat. During this time, I’ll be spending 10 days alone in total darkness. Why the heck would I do such a … Read more
Key Points: 1. Tracking your eating, movement, and self-care habits can be done instead of or alongside calorie counting. It will be much more effectively sustainable than calorie counting alone. 2. Building your “Nutrition Owner’s Manual” helps answer two crucial questions. “What should I eat?” and “When should I eat?” These are highly personal and … Read more
Key Points: 1. Nutrition is incredibly personal. Fad diets aren’t. 2. I’ve provided two unique tools that will help you figure out the best strategy and tactics for you, specifically. 3. Strategy is the overarching plan behind the goal you want to achieve. Tactics are the specific actions you take to achieve it. Estimated reading … Read more
Key Points: 1. Counting calories is the only weight change method that’s guaranteed to work if done correctly. 2. However, doing so correctly is not easy, and tracking meticulously for months on end is a recipe for misery. 3. I recommend tracking calories for 6-12 weeks to gain insight into your habits and patterns, then … Read more
Key Points: 1. It takes courage to be open to the possibility that our current training methods may eventually be considered horribly outdated. 2. Only relying on scientific studies to validate your training methods is NOT the answer. 3. “You are a lifelong experiment of one.” Test everything, and remember that nothing that works for … Read more
Key Points: 1. The Fitness Industry is still quite new and is evolving quickly. 2. So, people often sort themselves into “fitness religions” and deny themselves the benefits of well-rounded training. 3. We should avoid becoming overly attached to any particular training method. There isn’t a “best” one! Estimated reading time 4-8 minutes Given its … Read more
Key Points: 1. A “hard set” is defined as “taken to or near technical failure/form breakdown.” 2. Ten hard sets is the maximum any muscle group can handle in one day. 3. There is no weekly limit to hard sets, but anything over 20 is probably more than you need. Estimated reading time 5-10 mins … Read more
Key Points: 1. Nordic Hamstring Curls will help you run faster and avoid knee injury. 2. No other exercise comes close to training the hamstrings as effectively. 3. Fewer than 1% of people can do a single rep, but the right training program can help you achieve one in a matter of months. Estimated Reading … Read more
Key Points: 1. When coaches yell at their athletes to “Stay up!” between bouts of cardiovascular exercise, they’re simply wrong. 2. You should bend over between sprints. Doing so helps you recover faster. 3. This is because bending over lets your body expel carbon dioxide more quickly. This needs to happen in order for you … Read more
To answer the question you’ve been waiting for…what was it like spending 10 days in the dark? Well, let me paint you a picture first. Check out this 1-minute video so that you can see my accommodations during my time in Mazunte. Below, you can see what they looked like from the outside. As a quick reminder, … Read more