Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to hear your own name in another conversation when you’re at a party? Or why after you hear about a cool topic, you begin to start seeing it everywhere? This is all because of your reticular activating system, which is called the RAS. In today’s episode, we will be discussing how your RAS creates your reality. 

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

If you notice that many of your habits, catchphrases, attitudes, beliefs, and self-talk have been from the people you spend the most time with, you begin to understand that their influence on you has become part of your blueprint and oftentimes we’re not even aware of it. Why is that? In today’s episode, we will be discussing the neuroscience behind why you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

If you want to progress faster, feel better, and avoid overtraining, then you need to start including deload weeks in your training program. In today's Dear Heart and the Brain Podcast episode, we will explore recovery in deload weeks as a strategy to have our body will adapt to grow bigger and stronger and this is a phenomenon commonly known as supercompensation.

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

If you’re working out five times a week for more than an hour at a time with the same exact workout with the same exact weight, sets, repetition, and effort, then your body will not change very much. Progressive overload is the principle that involves continually increasing the demands on the musculoskeletal system to increase muscle growth and strength and also the cardiovascular system that will affect aerobic metabolism and physiological changes. In today's episode of the Dear Heart and the Brain Podcast, we will be exploring the concept of progressive overload and how we must continue making greater demands on your body in order to grow bigger and stronger over time. 

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

CNS fatigue can be described as the inability of our brain to tap into high threshold motor units and subsequently reduce our force, velocity, and power output as a result of not recruiting the largest muscle fibers. In order to get the muscular adaptations that we’re looking to get out of a training regimen, we must understand the principles of fatigue and how to mitigate fatigue in your fitness programming. 

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

Why do squats and bench presses tire us out so much? And why does it take days to recover after a strong workout? That’s CNS fatigue, and if your CNS is fatigued, it has trouble activating your muscles. In today's episode of the Dear Heart and the Brain Podcast, we will be exploring how how fatigue is not merely a sensation. Fatigue is caused by multiple processes inside the CNS and inside muscles and it is not feeling sluggish or unmotivated

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

How can I pay attention to my nutrition after the vaccine? As the foods that you consume play an integral role in your recovery, nutritional planning is a strategy that you can leverage in order to get some degree in your life. In today's episode of Dear Heart and the Brain Podcast, we will be exploring the importance of adequate nutrition after the COVID-19 vaccine and our immune system.

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

If you’re listening to my podcast, there’s a very high chance that you’re someone who is a devoted and ambitious fitness enthusiast to increase your fitness and body goals over time with wonderful habits that you’ve cultivated for yourself. Many folks are questioning whether it’s a good, bad, or neutral idea to exercise in the window before and after vaccines, and in today's episode of the Dear Heart and the Brain Podcast, we will be exploring exercise before or after the COVID-19 shot and its affect (or the lack thereof) its efficacy.

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

Have you scheduled your COVID-19 vaccination? In today's episode of Dear Heart and the Brain Podcast, we will be exploring the importance sleep has on the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and our immune system, as well as research about the timing of the vaccine from previous studies from HepB, Influenza, and Pneumonia vaccines.

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.

Have you ever seen this piece of equipment at the gym that has a barbell attached to some rails? What is the butt wink when we squat? Is there is a neurobiological basis for pain? In today's episode of Dear Heart and the Brain Podcast, we will be exploring the science to answer these provoking questions to gain the appropriate awareness that we need to move our fitness needle forward.

The "Dear Heart and the Brain" Podcast is the podcast for YOU to move you closer to achieving the life that you were destined to lead. Hosted by Certified Personal Trainer, Jess Wong, the goal of every The Brain and the Heart episode is to provide science-backed insight to help you level up your mindset and strategies in your fitness journey, career, school life, business, relationships, future mission, and even the way you perceive yourself.