If physiology cared about your plans, coaching would be easy.

You’d set the variables.
Your body would comply.
Everyone would clap.

…But adaptation doesn’t work that way.

I often joke that physiology is associated with every “bad” engineering word as it is nonlinear, anisotropic, messy, and constrained by stress, recovery, and timing in ways no spreadsheet can fully capture.
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This is why many lose fat for three weeks and then stall.
Why performance jumps and then inexplicably dips.
Why the “perfect plan” suddenly stops working.

At the cellular level, adaptation responds to signal strength and signal duration.

The same intervention that creates change at week two can become background noise by week six.

This is where rigid systems collapse and go to die and many turn normal physiology into a personal failure.

The Flex Diet was built with this messiness in mind.

It assumes adaptation will change.
It assumes stress will fluctuate.
It assumes psychology will interfere.

…And instead of pretending otherwise, it gives you decision rules for what to do next.

That’s not magic.
That’s respect for physiology and psychology.

Full details below, plus you'll receive my private email address once you enroll to ask any questions. I'm there to help you, full stop.

​https://miket.me/fdc​

Much love and met flex,
Dr Mike

PS: Here's what Ryan Baxter, a software engineer turned health and fitness enthusiast and coach in New Hampshire, had to say.

He now owns RJB Health Coaching and works with athletes looking to optimize their performance, health, and wellness using primarily online ancestral health.

“The Flex Diet Certification Course has given me a framework to construct a foundational daily routine that anchors most of my health and wellness practices.

It has influenced everything from the movement I do throughout the day when I do certain exercises, the food I choose to eat, and how I wind down in the evening; pretty much all aspects of my day have pieces of what I have learned from the Flex Diet course.

As an athlete, it has given me the knowledge on how to fuel my workouts properly. Adding more carbohydrates to my diet has allowed me to push myself harder in my workouts and therefore increase my performance adaptations. At the same time I can continue to do easy aerobic exercises in a fasted state and continue to improve my aerobic capacity.

As a coach, the Flex Diet course gave me an outline as well as actionable steps I can use with my clients to continue to improve their metabolic flexibility and help them achieve their own goals, whether that be fat loss, muscle gain, or increased performance.

With my technical background and interest in knowing the details of how things work and why, I appreciate the detailed sections of each module.

Dr. Mike provides all the references and science for everything he teaches in the course, and I appreciate that. He also summarizes each module with 5 action items that you can use right away on yourself or your clients.

He does a great job of explaining the science and then showing you how you can apply it in real life, and that is a huge help.” – Ryan Baxter, owner of RJB Coaching

​https://miket.me/fdc​

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Mike T Nelson CISSN, CSCS, MSME, PhD
Associate Professor, Carrick Institute
Owner, Extreme Human Performance, LLC
Editorial Board Member, STRONG Fitness Mag
​​Mike T Nelson is a Ph.D. and not a physician or registered dietitian. The contents of this email should not be taken as medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any health problem - nor is it intended to replace the advice of a physician. Always consult your physician or qualified health professional on any matters regarding your health.

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