The goal of The Win Your Life Podcast is to illuminate the intersection between prevention and performance. The fitness industry is focused on performance and not always concerned with prevention. On the other hand, our health care system is focused, by necessity, on combatting the overwhelming amount of disease, illness and injury in our society. At the intersection of prevention and performance, there is a group of coaches, medical professionals, business leaders, athletes, and thought leaders that are working to help you Win Your Life.

In this series, we are addressing the idea of 'Universal Prescriptions', the notion that there is a best way for us all to exercise, eat, sleep, breath and live. 

In this episode, I sat down for a conversation with University of St. Thomas Psychology Professor Dr. Jhon Wlaschin. Jhon and I share a passion for data, fitness, and performance. I wanted to get Jhon's perspective on these topics as a Professor of Psychology. We also discuss Jhon's own journey with health and fitness, including his heart surgery and passion for the sport of squash. 

1:52 social psychology 

3:00 history of squash 

3:44 cholesterol and heart health 

4:43 triple bypass surgery 

5:56 whoop 

9:00 Lipitor and heart health 

9:00 smoking and heart health 

13:15 plant based diet for heart health 

13:30 Mediterranean diet for heart health 

13:31 psychology of weight loss 

14:11 carnivore diet 

19:58 ptsmn, plucinski, Dan Buettner 

20:45 power 9 and plant slant 

21:45 cholesterol and plant vs animal based foods 

21:48 fiber and plant vs animal based foods 

22 cholesterol myths 

24 David Diamond on 'Deception in Cholesterol Research'

24:10 cholesterol and plaque stability 

25:48 side effects of statins 

26:48 CHIP 

29:50 flow

31:48 Maslow 

34 characteristics of flow 

34:30 skill and competency and 4 stages of skill acquisition 

37:57 thinking fast and slow

46 10 general skills 

49:30 strain 

61 Michael Phelps pregame routine 

1:03 Conscientiousness  

1:06 sleep schedule 

1:07 alcohol and recovery 

1:19 parasympathetic and sympathetic balance, tunnel vision

1:25 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance