How to Build Endurance in Your Brain & Body
This episode I discuss endurance: our ability to perform effort over extended amounts of time. I describe the four kinds of endurance: muscular endurance, long duration (single-set) efforts, and the t...
7 Juni 20212h 1min
Science of Muscle Growth, Increasing Strength & Muscular Recovery
In this episode, I describe how our brain and nervous system control muscle tissue and how to leverage that for muscle maintenance, growth (hypertrophy) and recovery. I explain how neurons control mus...
31 Maj 20212h
How to Lose Fat With Science-Based Tools
This episode I describe the science of fat loss, including how fat is mobilized and oxidized (burned) and how to increase fat burning by leveraging the nervous system. Most people don't realize it, bu...
24 Maj 20211h 49min
How to Learn Skills Faster
This episode I discuss the science and practice of learning physical skills: what it involves at a biological level, and what to focus on during skill learning at each stage to maximize learning speed...
17 Maj 20211h 47min
Supercharge Exercise Performance & Recovery with Cooling
This episode I explain the science of heating and cooling the body, a process called thermoregulation-- and how to apply that knowledge to significantly improve physical performance. I describe the th...
10 Maj 20211h 20min
Boost Your Energy & Immune System with Cortisol & Adrenaline
This episode I describe the biology of two essential hormones we all make: cortisol and adrenaline (also called epinephrine). Cortisol and adrenaline powerfully regulate our levels of energy, focus an...
3 Maj 20211h 42min
How to Control Your Metabolism by Thyroid & Growth Hormone
This episode discusses metabolism and how our thyroid hormone and growth hormone control our metabolism. I also clarify that metabolism isn't just about burning energy, it’s about converting energy fr...
26 Apr 20211h 46min
How Hormones Control Hunger, Eating & Satiety
This episode I discuss how hormones from our gut, liver, pancreas and brain control our appetite--and the specific tools we can use to adjust those hormones in order to achieve specific goals. I expla...
19 Apr 20211h 39min
