Most meatheads treat cardio like flossing... ...you know you should do it, you feel vaguely guilty when you don't; then once every 2.4 weeks you panic and jump on the treadmill for 17 minutes and pray to the CV Gods that it is good enough. Just like flossing before your dental visit and then mumbling when the dentist asks you how often you floss. Cool story Bro! I've been guilty of this myself in the past too and pushing my own cardio training to another day ad nauseum. However, I can tell...
about 8 hours ago • 3 min read
Hola from S Padre Island as you fav nerd work up today and opted to kiteboard before the storm. I am soooo thankful for the ability that body still works really well at 52 years old as I can send the kite to float up to 18 feet and land 175 feet later. Wahoo! To help you crush all your goals, I have a great podcast here today as I sit down with Harley Pasternak, MSc nutritionist, celebrity personal trainer, and five-time New York Times best-selling author. Does getting in shape really require...
about 21 hours ago • 1 min read
Hola from South Padre, TX, where your favorite nerd is here to rescue your poor, abused carbohydrates from the nutritional prison industrial complex. Somewhere along the way, the fitness industry convinced everyone that carbs are Beelzebub himself and must the avoided to save your metabolism (and sell more diet books). Bread? Evil! Potatoes? Straight to your love handles of course. Rice? Might as well just mainline glucose you addict. Meanwhile, you're dragging your carcass through leg day...
4 days ago • 3 min read
Hola from South Padre Island, where your favorite nerd has been neck-deep in research on one of bodybuilding's most infamous chemical cocktails. Clenbuterol. Ahhhh yes. The legendary fat-burning, muscle-building drug that promises to turn your body into a shredded Greek statue while your mitochondria throw a rave. At least that's what the internet GooRoos would have you believe. But are the claims of this non-FDA approved drug true? I went digging through the actual human research, including...
7 days ago • 2 min read
In this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I sit down with sport scientist and performance coach Jonah Rosner, founder of Marathon Science. Does everyone really need two to three hours of Zone 2 each week? Sport scientist Jonah Rosner joins Dr. Mike T Nelson to explore when higher-intensity work makes sense, how to separate cardiovascular stress from tissue stress, and what heat training and blood flow restriction may add to an endurance plan. We also dig into sprint progression, heat...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hola from South Padre, where Halloween has come and gone, but the leftover candy is still lurking around like a zombie that refuses to die and it is an excuse to subject you to my favorite video of the guys from GWAR going out to get candy HERE. And according to the nutrition police, eating any of that candy after 7 PM means your body will immediately ship those calories straight to your belly fat. Booooo! Apparently, your metabolism turns into a pumpkin at night, and anything you eat after...
9 days ago • 3 min read
Hola from South Padre Island and Happy Halloween, where your favorite nerd is attempting to get his sleep schedule back on track after four days of driving, questionable amounts of caffeine, and enough windshield time to qualify as a professional trucker. And just as I'm getting back into a routine, the government decides to screw with the clocks again. Fantastic. This Sunday, November 1, we fall back one hour. Technically, you gain an extra hour of sleep, which sounds great, right? Until...
10 days ago • 3 min read
Hola from South Padre, TX, where your favorite nerd rolled onto the island late Monday night after 1,566 miles over 4 days, 5 David bars, 4 RTD protein shakes, 6 Ghost energy drinks, 4 mg of nicotine, and enough trail mix to feed a family of squirrels through a cold-a$$ Minnesota winter. Somewhere around the ¾ mark of this automotive circus, I had a rather disturbing realization. Despite managing to squeeze in 3 training sessions along the way, I was living like the typical American. Sitting...
12 days ago • 3 min read
In this episode of the Flex Diet Podcast, I sit down with my friend James de Lacey, a strength and conditioning coach with an MSc in Sport & Exercise Science and more than a decade of experience in professional sport, including professional and international rugby and rugby league. James now focuses on combat sports, preparing fighters through Sweet Science of Fighting. Do fighters really need zone 2? James and I dig into why the "big aerobic base first" playbook may not be the answer for...
15 days ago • 1 min read