The Epigenetic Endurance Athlete
Being fit and unhealthy is a recurring theme; it delineates effort from struggle – in life and sport. I have never met an endurance
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Genetic Propensities | Nutrition
Genetics plays a key role in determining phenotypes. Your DNA sequence represents propensities – not absolutes. Genetics may program for brown hair but hair
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Genetic Propensities | Hunger and Satiety
WHAT THIS MEANS Appetite is a combination of hunger response and satiety. Many studies have identified DNA variations that contribute to hunger and satiety signaling.
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THE HISTORY OF ULTRARUNNING THAT WILL ENTERTAIN, TEACH, AND SURPRISE YOU: “STRANGE RUNNING TALES”
Guess what: the running boom launching in the 1970s did not create running and jogging. That period followed the much earlier ultradistance boom some
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Genetic Propensities | Sleep
Sleep is the cornerstone of the complex human system. Sleep imbalances profoundly impact your ability to function. Sleep is the foundation of your limitless potential
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Unhealthy Fitness
The beauty of endurance training is that it teaches us awareness. This awareness not only delineates effort from struggle but reality from perception –
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Epigenetic Proprioception
Professional Disclosure Proprioception is the body’s ability to perceive its sense of position in space. It is the perception of the positions of the
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On the Beach of Learning
Essential thoughts, discoveries, and treasures most of us miss lay on the beach oflearning. We walk right by them, mesmerized by oceans and pretty
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Biomechanical Fluidity
Running is the noblest fitness discipline. Running has many benefits whether you hit the pavement, or trails, shred golf course greens [not recommended], or
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Life and Sport Game Changer | Metabolic Efficiency
The foremost nutrition limiter to endurance sports performance is depleted glycogen stores. Reliance by many athletes on carbohydrates [CHO] as their primary fuel source
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The Key is Bioavailability – Vitamins
It is no secret our bodies require vitamins and minerals with food and supplements predominating our nutritive decisions. There has been a reduction in
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The Key is Bioavailability – Minerals
Minerals are vital components of our food. They act as building materials for our bones, influencing muscle and nerve function, and regulating water balance in
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Inflamed Symmetry
The Industrial Age produced the principles of motion economy. It is a set of rules and recommendations designed to increase productivity in the manufacturing
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Sisu
Adversity happens for us…not to us. If you do not embrace this principle your path to self-actualization will likely be a long, lonely journey
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Incandescence
Speech is silver.Silence is golden. This classic 1848 proverb eerily parallels a pervasive societal theme. Discretion may at times be more valuable than eloquent
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