Flex Diet Podcast

Listen in for more on:

• [2:07] My #1 forgotten method to increase strength
• [4:12} How VO2 max can limit your lifting capacity
• [8:10] How to test your VO2 max without fancy equipment
• [12:09] How to improve VO2 max
• [18:48] My #2 forgotten method to increase strength
• [21:07] Basic tasks to increase grip strength
• [29:10] Longevity and grip strength

VO2 max test calculators

• Concept 2 Rower
• Cooper Run Test

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Listen to hear:

• [4:52] Travel, fatigue, stress, and immunity
• [11:33] Any rules for traveling?
• [13:54] Dr. Davidson discusses his aggressive fat loss phase
• [17:33] Dr. Mike asks: "How much of the setting up, especially the fat loss phase, do you think is related to your personality?"
• [23:09} Weight training during fat loss
• [34:40] Lower rep training in a caloric surplus?
• [44:05] How science is always evolving
• [56:56} Time-tested methods
• [1:13:33] Dr. Davidson's obsession with maintenance

Connect with Dr. Pat Davidson:

• The Dr. Pat Davidson Podcast
• Instagram
• Website

About Pat

Pat Davidson, Ph.D., is an independent trainer, consultant, author, and lecturer in NYC. Pat is the former Director of Training Methodology and Continuing Education for Peak Performance, and former Professor of Exercise Science at Springfield College and Brooklyn College. Pat is also a former 175-pound strongman competitor who finished in the top 10 in the U.S. twice, competed in two World Championships, and finished in the top 10 in the world once. Pat is interested in all realms of human organism improvement, and is relentless in pursuing education.

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Listen to hear:

• [14:40] How Zach instructs high school athletes to eat
• [19:53] Why are young kids looking so unhealthy?
• [20:44] How parents are confused about nutrition
• [25:55] Knowing where you food comes from
• [33:00] Building the right environment for kids
• [37:45] Functional training and bodybuilding for teens
• [45:11] National High School Coaches Association
• [50:26] Promoting what's good for you

Connect with Zach:

• Newsletter
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Website

About Zach

Zach Even-Esh is one of the leading authorities in the strength & conditioning field today. Zach started The Underground Strength Gym in 2002 and has been coaching & consulting with Adults to Tier 1 Military, Youth Athletes to D1 Athletes and Garage Gym lifters from all around the world. Zach is also the Author of The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength.

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Listen in to hear my answers:

• [2:30] Question 1: At what point does zone 2/3 cardio become like beating a dead horse?
• [12:30] Question 2: How would you recommend to train clients with ‘long haul covid’ more specifically postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome? (POTS) is a condition that affects blood flow?
• [23:54] Question 3: How do you deal with low blood pressure and exercise?

More Ask Me Anything on the Flex Diet Podcast:

Flex Diet Podcast Episode 170: Reverse Dieting, Lumen for Better Metabolic Flexibility, and Sports Supplements: Ask Me Anything with Dr. Mike T Nelson

Flex Diet Podcast Episode 160:  Ask Me Anything (AMA) – NMN and NR, Metal Music, and How To Increase Heart Rate Variability with Dr Mike T Nelson

Submit an Ask Me Anything Question here.

Flex Diet Sponsor:

This podcast is brought to you by the Flex Diet Certification. Go to flexdiet.com for 8 interventions on nutrition and recovery and to join the waitlist to be notified when enrollment o

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Listen in to hear my answers:

• [2:52] Question 1: How do you deal with clients who've spent years eating low calories?
• [13:00] Question 2: Is there any evidence that the Lumen device to measure your metabolism is useful or correct?
• [26:49] Question 3 from Mario: How do you decide whether to trust a supplement brand?

More Ask Me Anything on the Flex Diet Podcast:

Flex Diet Podcast Episode 160:  Ask Me Anything (AMA) – NMN and NR, Metal Music, and How To Increase Heart Rate Variability with Dr Mike T Nelson

Submit an Ask Me Anything Question here.

Flex Diet Sponsor:

This podcast is brought to you by the Flex Diet Certification. Go to flexdiet.com for 8 interventions on nutrition and recovery and to join the waitlist to be notified when enrollment opens.

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Timestamps: Listen in to learn more about:

• [6:39] Dr. Dee explains her background
• [16:55] Coming out of the "foot-on-the-gas" state
• [23:14] Being okay with just being in the process
• [29:22] Dr. Dee's thoughts on choosing to do hard things
• [35:30] Managing the parasympathetic and sympathetic responses
• [51:00] The concept of expansion and contraction in the body
• [57:55] Learning to trust and surrender in the process
• [1:02:57] Dr. Dee's transformative Costa Rica experience
• [1:15:46] Where to find Dr. Dee

Connect with Dr. Dee

• Website: https://www.drdaniellemcginnis.com/
• Instagram: @drdaniellemcginnis

About  Dr. Dee in her own words

I help individuals tune into the psyche's unspoken voice in order to help them navigate difficult transitions and integrate past experiences of trauma in order to provoke the soul's movement.

​I’m an archetypal embodiment practitioner.

I have my Master's degree in Depth Psychology with an emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal studies and I am currently continuing my masters education into my third year as a PhD student at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

I am also an advanced level Somatic Experiencing Practitioner student, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and host of The Embodied Podcast.

I’m a light hearted introvert who loves to explore the mysteries of the unconscious psyche.

I am here in the cosmic soup with you and I have dedicated my life to the exploration and construction of the bridges between science and the sacred, the inner and outer, and the mind and body.

Flex Diet Podcast Sponsor

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If you're outside the enrollment window, you can still go to heartratevariability.net for more information and to sign up for the waitlist.

For more on this topic:

Flex Diet Podcast Episode 111: My Plant Medicine Experience with Ayahuasca and Kambo in Costa Rica

Flex Diet Podcast Episode 154: Managing High Stress Situations and Growing from Trauma with Kristina Hoyer

Flex Diet Podcast Episode S2_47: Tools to Down-Regulate in Response to Stress, an Interview with Rick Alexander

The Special Forces Experience

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Timestamps - Listen in to learn more about:

• [6:47] Ali's experience with Perform Better training seminars.
• [11:36] Ali's most recent talk on "The Metabolic Male"
• [14:36] Reasons men's testosterone levels are trending lower
• [23:00] Ali's actionable tips related to training?
• [30:19] Ali's first steps when training an new client
• [43:08] Ali's thoughts  on whether online trainers should have in-person experience
• [46:06] What are the big nutrition items related to hormones and body composition?
• [57:44] How does someone know if they are eligible for TRT
• [1:11:12} Where to find more from Ali

Connect with Ali:

Instagram: @thealigilbert

Website to launch in the next few months: Aligilbert.com

About Ali:

Ali graduated Springfield College in 2003 with a degree in exercise science. From there she worked for Velocity Sports Performance. She then began training people in her hometown of Greenwich, CT, which led her to specialize in golf fitness becoming a 2-time Golf Digest Top 50 Golf Fitness professional, as Greenwich had 9 golf clubs.

This brought her a primarily male clientele, and eventually landed her in the mens health arena. She lectures nationally and internationally on testosterone, TRT, and her approach to coaching men online. She has been featured in Muscle & Fitness, T-Nation, + various podcasts for her work in mens health. Certifications include CSCS, SFG, FMS, FRC, TPI.

Ali in her own words:

Hi, I’m Ali. I am a wife, dog mom, meathead, and I fucking love a good steak. And fast Jeeps. I normalize boner talk. 

I help busy men get jacked, look great naked, optimize testosterone + conquer nutrition. I do this by helping guys sift through the bullshit and provide them with structure + a plan that works for their lifestyle. 

I’m the one men hire when they have taken themselves as far as they can alone. I offer a highly unfiltered, truthful approach. I have coached thousands of attorneys, doctors, other coaches, CEO’s, executives, veterans, current military, and any dude looking to optimize his health. 

I have a true passion for men’s health + have made it my life’s work to help dudes find the solutions to all their fitness nutrition + hormone needs.

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Timestamps: Listen in to learn more about:

• [4:30] Akshay's recent Iceland expedition
• [6:50] How he keeps his mind from going in a downward spiral when things get hard
• [14:51] The duality of fear and nirvana
• [19:26] How Akshay spent 10 days in utter darkness
• [29:39] Learning to accept the unkowns
• [34:10] Akshay's thoughts on psychedlics to guide enlightenment
• [41:00] Developing a positive relationship with suffering
• [43:45] Progress and the development of new problems
• [45:59} Ways to suffer better
• [54:54] Praising effort not the result
• [1:00:27] The work lies in the day-to-day
• [1:03:06] Akshay's next adventure in Antartica

Connect with Akshay

Website: Fearvana

Instagram: @fearvana

Akshay's book: "Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear Into Health, Wealth and Happiness."

About  Akshay from Fearvana.com:

After moving to Austin, Texas from Bombay, Bangalore and Singapore, I overcame a lifestyle of drug addiction that killed two of my friends in high school. When I then decided to join the United States Marine Corps, two doctors told me that boot camp would kill me, thanks to a blood disorder I was born with. But I wasn’t about to let that stop me. Not only did I complete boot camp (with a twisted ankle, no less), but I was chosen as the honor graduate in Infantry school and went on to spend 7 months in Iraq where my job was to walk in front of our vehicle convoys to find explosives before they could destroy our vehicles.

That was just the beginning of my understanding of the positive power of fear and struggle. In 2012, I left a comfortable corporate job to drag a 190-pound sled 350-miles across the world’s second largest polar ice cap for a month. I’ve swam through underwater caves, almost been killed by a falling boulder while glacier caving, experienced severe altitude sickness while climbing in the Himalayas, and suffered through heat exhaustion while running across countries. But my greatest struggle came many years after the war. I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and consequently struggled with depression and alcohol addiction that drove me to the brink of suicide. I then spent years studying neuroscience, psychology and spirituality to not only heal my own brain, but figure out what does it take to live a happy, succesful and meaningful life.

That is when I rejected the label of PTSD assigned to me and created a new one – Fearvana. I define Fearvana as the bliss that results from engaging our fears to pursue our own worthy struggle. I then wrote a book about the concept called “Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear Into Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

Flex Diet Podcast Sponsor

This podcast is brought to you by the Physiologic Flexibility Certification course. In the course, I talk about the body's homeostatic regulators and how you can train them. The benefit is enhanced recovery and greater robustness. We cover breathing techniques, CWI, sauna, HIIT, diet, and more. Enrollment opens Monday, September 5 and closes at midnight Monday, September 12.

For more on this topic:

Human Outliers Podcast: Keto & 2700 km Through Antarctica - Akshay Nanavati & Dr. Mike Nelson - Episode 282

Aubrey Marcus Podcast: Akshay Nanavati On The Advantage of Fear | AMP #234

Special Forces Experience: Pilgrimage in Costa Rica (plant medicine and more)

Flex Diet Podcast Episode 111:  My Plan Medicine Experience with Ayahuasca and Kambo in Costa Rica
 

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• [1:16] Overview of the Physiologic Flexibility Certification Course
• [5:36] Special bonus podcast coming up
• [7:15] My experience with cold water immersion
• [12:15] Cold water immersion and hypertrophy
• [17:10] What is limbic friction?
• [19:00] Benefits and drawbacks

Bonus

Get my FREE guide to learn how to build your own cold water immersion using a freezer.

Flex Diet Podcast Sponsor

This podcast is brought to you by the Physiologic Flexibility Certification course. In the course, I talk about the body's homeostatic regulators and how you can train them. The benefit is enhanced recovery and greater robustness. We cover breathing techniques, CWI, sauna, HIIT, diet, and more. Enrollment opens Monday, September 5 and closes at midnight Monday, September 12.

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Timestamps: Listen in to learn more about:

• [6:35] Dr. Cohen's philosophical "aha" moment
• [13:00] What is the cause of age-related decline
• [28:03] How do you prioritize health aspects that increase longevity
• [35:00] The role of mTOR, AMPK, and fasting
• [39:04] The importance of breath and sleep
• [41:12] Dr. Cohen's experiments with the LiveO2 system
• [49:09] How Dr. Mike's theories of metabolic and physiologic flexibility fit in with Dr. Cohen's experience
• [59:28] Fasting, mTOR, sarcopenia, and research
• [1:07:05] What would Dr Cohen try to target in terms of increasing longevity?

Connect with Dr. Cohen

• Website: Pure Clean Performance
• Email: [email protected]

Guest Bio

Dr. Rick Cohen, M.D. is a leading authority in the fields of nutrition, sports performance and longevity medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering with honors of distinction from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Over the past 20 years, Rick has used his knowledge to create innovative health and performance protocols and specially-formulated nutritional products to bring thousands of sport enthusiasts and elite athletes to higher levels of performance. Rick’s passion for athletics extends beyond his work; in fact, it is a major part of his personal life satisfaction and well-being. He played ice hockey in college and competed on the world stage in the sport of luge, his wife is a nationally-ranked triathlete and his kids both were college athletes. So he personally understands how frustrating it can be to balance family, career, and an athletic passion. That experience is exactly what led him to create PureClean Performance.

Flex Diet Podcast Sponsor

This podcast is brought to you by the Physiologic Flexibility Certification course. In the course, I talk about the body's homeostatic regulators and how you can train them. The benefit is enhanced recovery and greater robustness. We cover breathing techniques, CWI, sauna, HIIT, diet, and more. Enrollment opens Monday, September 5 and closes at midnight Monday, September 12.

For more on this topic check out:

• Flex Diet Podcast Episode 164: How to use testing to improve your metabolic health: An interview with Sam Miller
• Flex Diet Podcast Episode 144: Peptides - bleeding edge performance, muscle, and recovery with Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Ryan Greene

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