04
Jun
Last December, in the post "Top 28 Books I Read In 2018 (& How I Read A Book A Day)," I filled you in on a recent study by Pew Research in which it...
Brain
08
Jan
A few months ago, in the article "Eat Yourself Smart: 10 Foods That Can Destroy Your Brain & How To Fuel Your Brain With The Best Cognitive-Boosting Alternatives.", I taught you how to support...
24
Jul
Breathing carefully, I clutched the Costco special edition family size 1.5-liter glass bottle of vodka and carefully extracted 10 milliliters with a miniature glass pipette, which I then transferred into a small amber glass...
10
Jul
Apple chips. Coconut flakes. Roasted nuts. Standing in the “natural” section of the airport newsstand with nary a candy bar in sight, I felt proud, self-righteous and uber-healthy. I had not been lulled by...
29
May
Perched atop my indoor bicycle trainer and hammering away in preparation for the South Beach triathlon in Miami, I reached up towards my ears and pressed the button on the high-tech “Beats-By-Dre-esque” headphones wrapped...
17
Apr
Ron Penna, founder of Quest Nutrition and a brilliant self-taught student of human physiology, flexed his python-like biceps and spoke a little faster. “But it turns out most of these so-called breathing experts are...
27
Mar
I realize I've been talking a lot about supplements lately, but as a big fan of better living through science and the use of targeted micronutrients to satisfy specific physiological desires or address specific...
20
Mar
As I've written about before, I'm a complete book nerd, and I read a book a day. As an exercise physiologist, I'm especially intrigued with books that delve into the science of suffering (er,...
26
Jun
The original wearable was an electric torpedo fish.
Yep, that's right. In 46 AD, the personal physician to the Roman Emperor Claudius applied an electric torpedo fish to the Emperor’s forehead to successfully relieve his...
03
Jan
It’s Tuesday and here's another sneak peek at practical, quick and dirty fitness tips from this week’s Get-Fit Guy article.
Each week, over at the Quick & Dirty Tips Network, I produce a free, easy-to-read article,...
21
Nov
Veins on both biceps bulging like pythons, the ripped kid in the t-shirt extended one arm towards me. He opened his clenched fist to reveal a tiny black ziplock bag. He grinned, displaying a perfect set of ivory white teeth...
29
Aug
Two months ago, I visited the Peak Brain Institute in Los Angeles, California for a special type of advanced brain scan and brain mapping system called a quantified electroencephalography, or "QEEG"...
...and I was shocked at...
06
Jun
If you’ve ever laid awake at night unable to sleep, woken up at 2am or 3am and couldn’t get back to sleep, had difficulty turning your brain off so that you could get much-needed...
24
Aug
A couple weeks ago, in my article "Three Ways To Biohack A Sauna For More Heat, A Better Detox & Enhanced Fitness", I used the slightly woo-woo sounding term "chromotherapy".
Upon deeper digging, it...
06
Jul
The word "nootropic" or "smart drug" (yeah, there's a slight difference between the two, as I discuss in this podcast) is quickly becoming a household name, especially due to all the recent media hype...
06
Dec
I recently signed up for the extremely brutal SEALFIT+Kokoro camp in August 2014, along with a handful of Spartan Beast and Super Spartan races. Despite my 10 Ironman triathlons and history of extreme fitness...
20
Aug
Welcome to Chapter 23 of Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life, in which you're going continue to discover the two ways your brain breaks, and exactly what you can do about it.
So let's say...
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