Great sleep, vivid dreams, and mental health: Why I make my own yogurt
If there were one small thing that improved your sleep, kindled vivid dreams nightly, enhanced mental health and assisted weight loss, would you be interested? It won’t cost much; nor will it take up much time. You in? Are you ready to make your own yogurt?
You probably thought I was selling you a pill. Nah, Homie, it’s a yogurt maker. Unfortunately it’s not covered by insurance.
Revo Smart Cupping Red Light Therapy
I’m not a Doctor or a therapist; I can’t diagnose or prescribe treatment; but what I do have are a set of tools, tools I have acquired over a long career, and these tools can mean the difference between being injured (short term) and being hurt. I have a new tool: the Revo Smart cupping red light therapy Massager.
Ice Ice Baby… How cold plunging improves not just my recovery, but my life.
I’m just not able to recover like I used to. Back to back hard runs, hard workouts, and yoga sessions were depleting; seldom invigorating. Thats why I took the cold plunge.
I filled the tank, inserted the chiller, distilled the water down to 44 degrees and stepped in. The water greeted me like a slap in the face. I fought back. I’d done this before. I made it 3 and a half minutes before being mercifully called out during my Wim Hof workshop. I stared at the clock; willing the seconds to pass.
What is K Tape and does it work?
What is Kinesio tape (K tape) and Does it actually work? Let’s get down to it.
How to Lose Weight: sleep
Losing weight is hard. The human experience has drastically changed in our lifetime, and our bodies haven’t adapted yet. If only there were a few easy things we could do to help us lose weight…
The Great Workouts: The Debra
If more people knew what to do at the gym the world would be a fitter, healthier, better place. The great workouts is a series of blogs designed to solve this problem. Simply pick one of the workouts, head to the gym, follow along and know that your time was well spent. Today we’re adding the Debra to this list. All you need is a jump rope, a little bit of space to move around and you’re on your way
The Great Workouts: The Navy Seal Pyramid
The original Navy Seal Pyramid is a progression: start with:
1 chin up
2 push ups
3 crunches.
Olive Oil Fasting- does it work?
Nutritional advice changes pretty quickly. One minute they’re telling us to fast, then fasting can kill us, then, wait a minute, fasting is back; only this time make it an olive oil fast.
From Great to Greater
Megan is using a continjous glucose monitor in an attempt to improve her already formidable fitness. I sent her some questions I had about the CGM. You can read her answers below.
The Best Nutrition Teacher
A few weeks ago I wrote about my colleague Megan’s amazing results using a Continuous Glucose monitor (CGM). She leaned out, improved athletic performance (WON her most recent race) and improved her sleep, anxiety & recovery. She went from great to greater. Naturally I had to experiment myself.