AVOID Knee Jerk Reactions
Knee jerk reactions are the death to us all. Not looking at the trends and understanding the data is why we constantly chase something that we never truly OWN. Here’s how….
Why She Seems Heartless (Your HRV is Different)
Okay that is actually a misleading title. Today we’re talking about why female HRV scores are on average lower than male HRV scores. This came up with a (competitive) couple we’re working with, and the female didn’t like that she couldn’t “beat” her partner’s HRV score. The reason women tend to have lower HRV is …
Make Stress Your B**ch (Beach)
Often we try to control our stress by controlling the situation. We clench our fists and work to eliminate whatever is stressing us. Oftentimes that’s not the right approach. A lot of stress is simply out of our control, and seeking to control it is like trying to pick up a beach full of sand: …
How to Use Your Wearable to Never Get Sick Again
We all know the feeling. You wake up with your eyelids weirdly sticking together. Your head lightly throbs as you wake up, your throat scratches at is yearns for water. Dammit, you’re sick. The first thing you’ll want to do is sleep in, of course. Then, you’ll grab for the zinc and vitamin D and …
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Track Something: The Simple Solution for Sustainable Progress
Why should we track something? And what do we mean by ‘something?’ By something, we mean anything. I know, we’re getting very abstract here. Usually when we talk about tracking, we’re thinking about the wearable devices like Whoop Bands and Apple watches (among others a part of the billion-dollar wearable industry) that monitor sleep, physical outputs, recovery, …
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7 Ways to Improve Your Evening Workouts
“What time should I train” is an age-old question. While the morning and afternoons have their own benefits, everyone agrees that training at night is not ideal. Simply, training at night disrupts our circadian rhythm, and floods sympathetic hormones like cortisol and adrenaline when we should be gearing up to unwind and let our parasympathetic …
Cold Water Isn’t For Everyone
It is super important that you know your own data. Now, I’m all for the Wim Hof Method and cold water immersion. But at the right time. In particular, at the right time for you. But the only way we know if it’s right for you is if we have your data and so we can …
4 Steps to shift your energy – How bad wifi almost ruined my day
Crap. The wifi is too slow. Wifi troubles in today’s day and age are like a flat tire. Without it, I couldn’t get to work. The problem was I had an important work call in 20 minutes and I wasn’t within an hour of decent wifi. Frantically looking up coffee shops I could go to …
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Supplements That Help (and Hurt) Sleep
As a caveat to this brief article, I want to make clear that supplements should never be your first line of defense. When it comes to sleep, your main defenses should surround important habits, such as limiting blue light in the evening, exercising earlier in the day, and many other key tactics which I cover in …