As I write this, a lot of people are walking around with their nervous systems pinned at redline. Not in some dramatic, movie-scene way. More like the slow burn kind. Jaw tight without noticing. Sleep getting lighter. Breathing shallow enough that you don't realize it until you sigh and feel your shoulders drop an inch. Doom-scrolling late, waking up wired, and wondering why patience feels thinner than it used to. Here's what most people don't connect: When your nervous system is...

I didn’t set out to create a “rule.” Rules are for hall monitors and people who say that everyone gets a trophy. I was just watching too many smart lifters quietly bleed out progress. Good training.Decent food.Enough discipline to scare the patrons of the hallowed purple halls of PF. …And yet their recovery felt like sand in the gears. Strength crawled. Hunger was like a feral cat at night if it was smoking with Snoop Dog. Everyone had that same haunted look, like they were doing everything...

Cold plunges have gone from “old-school recovery tool” to full-blown biohacker religion. Some people swear by them.Some people swear they’re killing your gains. And almost nobody is asking the only question that matters: What does the physiology actually say? In this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I sat down with Dr. Cass Fuchs from Maastricht University to break down the real science behind cold water immersion and what it does to: Muscle protein synthesis Recovery and performance...