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We have a new podcast episode out: Rest, Recovery, and Exercise Addiction. 

Overview:

Paul and Howard talk about rest, recovery, and exercise addiction. We range across its causes, diagnosing it, and its consequences. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here, as well as—drum roll!—a tool we created to help you assess how fatigued you are from your exercise program.

Topics:

• What is exercise addiction? Who has it?
• How do I know if I'm fatigued?
• What is rest anyway?
• How is rest different from recovery, if at all?

Readings:

• Enhancing your exercise recovery
• Training errors and other causes of tendinopathy in runners 

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

• Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3562-crossing-the-chasm
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

This is only an excerpt. To listen to the entire episode, as well as see show notes and full transcripts, subscribe at simplavida.com.

In the second of a two-part series, Paul and Howard talk about metabolic syndrome, in particular about how its effects can be reduced, and even eliminated. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here.

Topics:

• What metabolic syndrome is, a review
• How "area under the curve" influences fixing the problem
• The relative role of diet, exercise, drugs, and surgery in managing some of the causes of metabolic syndrome

Related Readings:

• How diet affects our metabolic health
• Metabolic syndrome

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

• Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3562-crossing-the-chasm
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

This is only an excerpt. To listen to the entire episode, as well as see show notes and full transcripts, subscribe at simplavida.com.

In a continuing series, Paul and Howard talk about parts of the body that sometimes hurt. This time we're on about Why Knees Sometimes Hurt. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here.

Topics:

• What pain in the knee means
• Where the most common injuries mean
• Why surgery isn't generally required
• Arthritis and the knee

Related Readings:

• Knee injuries and treatment information
• Exercise and knee arthritis pain 

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

• Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3562-crossing-the-chasm
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

This is only an excerpt. To listen to the entire episode, as well as see show notes and full transcripts, subscribe at simplavida.com.

In this episode, Paul and Howard talk about fitness and heart-related measures, from resting heart rate to heart rate variability. We will get into this topic in much more detail in some upcoming episodes. 

Topics:

• Recovery heart rate: Why it matters and how to measure it
• Resting heart rate's importance in health and fitness
• Heart rate variability as a proxy for stress and fitness

Related Readings:

• Heart rate variability (HRV) for monitoring health
• Zone 2 heart rate training for longevity and performance

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

• Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3562-crossing-the-chasm
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

This is only an excerpt. To listen to the entire episode, as well as see show notes and full transcripts, subscribe at simplavida.com.

AMA (Ask Me Anything), with Paul and Howard.

Topics:

• Zone 2
• Rest days
• Recovery
• Best home exercises

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

• Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3562-crossing-the-chasm
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod
   Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan
   License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

This is only an excerpt. To listen to the entire episode, as well as see show notes and full transcripts, subscribe at simplavida.com.

In this episode Paul and Howard talk about fitness and heart-related measures, from resting heart rate to heart rate variability. We will get into this topic in much more detail in some upcoming episodes. 

Topics:

Related Readings:

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode

In a continuing series, Paul and Howard talk about parts of the body that sometimes hurt. This time we're on about Why Knees Sometimes Hurt. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here.

Topics:

Related Readings:

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode

In the second of a two-part series, Paul and Howard talk about metabolic syndrome, in particular about how its effects can be reduced, and even eliminated. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here.

Topics:

Related Readings:

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode

We have a new podcast episode out: Rest, Recovery, and Exercise Addiction. 

Overview:

Paul and Howard talk about rest, recovery, and exercise addiction. We range across its causes, diagnosing it, and its consequences. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here, as well as—drum roll!—a tool we created to help you assess how fatigued you are from your exercise program.

Topics:

Readings:

In the first of a multi-part series, Paul and Howard talk about metabolic syndrome, from its rise, to its prevalance, to its causes, and its consequences. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here.

Topics:

Related Readings:

Bios:

Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

Music & Disclaimers:

Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.