Category Archives for "Health & Performance"

Let Your Individual Transformation Become Collective Change in 2022.

As these two years of ‘interesting times’ come to a close, it is fair to say most of us have a heightened desire for positive change . . . yet, how many times do we make that New Year’s Resolution and fall short?  Incremental Change Versus Fundamental ChangeThe crux of the matter is not straightforward because […]

Emerging from the Shadows and into the Light in 2022

This is what I call running in the light and shadows of the trail. Something Ansel Adams spoke about climate quite vividly portrayed in his photographs that nature and sunlight and all this were running in this beautiful kaleidoscope of light and shadows. And all the elements are converging to make those unique light and […]

The Health Delusion – Where is the Outrage?

As the fear and frustration instilled by this panicdemic continues to simmer and occasionally boil over, people are being divided. You cannot help but see this in the mainstream , alternative, and social media outlets, as well as our day to day interactions.Humanity rises above its biological imperatives when we unite, cooperate and collaborate, ironically, […]

Peak Performance vs. Peak Health – is there a tradeoff?

Like most things in life, achieving both peak performance and peak health at the same time is not quite as simple as we want it to be. It is far from black and white, so to “bust this myth” requires context. In the context of High Carb FuelingIt’s a commonly held belief that you cannot achieve […]

Looking to Nature for Answers to your Health & Performance Needs

A big part of what I do has to do with “myth busting” these conventional paradigms of our modern man-made world and today’s vlog is no different. While I’m going to talk about several natural compounds which have had enormous impact on human health & performance, it is as much to mythbust the conventional paradigm […]

Your Metabolic Health – Getting Back to the Basics

What does teaching my kiddos how to use the brakes on their bicycles have to do with your metabolic health & performance? …A LOT!  This impromptu vlog came together during my run on Case Mountain Road a few days after spending an afternoon teaching my kiddos some basic cycling skills. It’s one of those serendipitous ‘Ah Hah’ […]

Eliminating the Marathon Wall with OFM

Today, I’d like to bust through the Marathon Wall Myth.If you are watching this as an OFM Fat Adapted Athlete, you already know this wall disappears through fat adaptation and/or using VESPA, but today you will learn the ‘why’. If you are new to Vespa or OFM and an endurance athlete, you probably know this ‘wall’ […]

Myth Busting Health and Diet Buzzwords

Buzzwords annoy the crap out of me, so today I’m going to Myth Bust a few buzzwords so I can have a good rant, get this out of my system and in the process, help you hang on to your mind and your money! BuzzWords: Mental Gateways to StupidityLet’s start by framing the situation: Today’s […]

A New Chronic Disease: Sedentarianism

Sedentarianism is a term I concocted for a person following a sedentary lifestyle. Now I don’t have to convince you that a sedentary lifestyle is not particularly healthy but, because it is so pervasive in developed countries, there is an acceptance of being sedentary as ‘normal’ and people can be healthy simply through ‘Diet’ and […]

Busting the Myths to Health and Performance

In an effort to bring you solid content you can sustainably apply to YOUR life and sport, I will sprinkle our weekly content with various myths about diet, nutrition, training, physiology and metabolism. It is hard to change a belief systemTo be able to make that paradigm shift in thinking you have to be willing to […]