Life in the Jungle™

Our Training, Nutrition and Recovery section looks deep inside how World Champion athletes do it. Presented in an understandable, practical and useful manner, we strive to provide you with cutting edge guidance on the path to becoming your best self. Focusing on the big picture, we will put you ahead of the curve when it comes to your fitness and athletic performance. As a special bonus we've included our critical decision making lecture from Medical School from the Street™ Enjoy!

  • Athletic Recovery part 1 of 10

    19m

    Topics include the foundations of recovery, FOMO, social proof, auditing and perceived state of being questionnaires.

  • Athletic Recovery part 2 of 10

    23m

    Topics include nutrition, phyytochemicals, epigenetics, exposome, metabolomics, mitochondria, dopamine, metacognition, planning, hydration and urine concentration.

  • Athletic Recovery part 3 of 10

    16m

    Topics include illness management, injury management, traumatic brain injury, swelling, adrenal fatigue, cortisol and biomechanics,

  • Athletic Recovery part 4 of 10

    17m

    Topics include nutrition, chronic inflammation, load management, building a foundation, forever chemicals (PFAS), toxic air exposure, processed foods, protein requirements and air filters.

  • Athletic Recovery part 5 of 10

    18m

    Topics include sleep management, gut health, inflammation, water filters, wound management, masks and hygeine.

  • Athletic Recovery part 6 of 10

    13m

    Topics include building a foundation, old mule syndrome, toxic frying oil, nutrition, proteins, cortisol and autonomic nervous system.

  • Athletic Recovery part 7 of 10

    13m

    Topics include building a foundation, forest and the trees, nutrition, hygiene, fomites, aerosols, respiratory infections and injury management.

  • Athletic recovery part 8 of 10

    13m

    Topics include shoe wear, manual therapy, nutrition, load management, muscle inflammation, time curves, burn out, stress curve, peak performance curve and receptor burn out.

  • Athletic Recovery part 9 of 10

    12m

    Topics include a negative times a negative equals a positive, microbiome, leaky gut syndrome, probiotics, prebiotics and toxic foods.

  • Athletic Recovery part 10 of 10

    11m

    Topics include 80/20 principle, digital detox, stress management, nervous system recovery, metacognition, synchronization, gratitude exercises, humor and old pack mule syndrome.

  • Muscle part 1 of 8

    8m 30s

    Topics include anabolic, catabolic, foundation, principles, fundamentals and synergy.

  • Muscle part 2 of 8

    8m 20s

    Topics include definition of strength, endurance, history and the fitness revolution.

  • Muscle part 3 of 8

    7m 8s

    Topics include anatomy, sarcomeres, actin, myosin, contraction, contraction summation, neural stimulation, force vs. velocity relationship and strength vs. power,

  • Muscle part 5 of 8

    9m 19s

    Topics include energy metabolism, cross sectional area (csa), neural adaptations, muscle growth signals and mTOR.

  • Muscle part 6 of 8

    8m 5s

    Topics include mTOR, muscle healing curve, tendon healing and open vs. closed kinetic chain.

  • Muscle part 4 of 8

    7m 2s

    Topics include rate of force development, muscle fiber types and fiber type transitions.

  • Muscle part 7 of 8

    6m 7s

    Topics include types of exercises, order of lifting and strength training.

  • Muscle part 8 of 8

    7m 19s

    Topics include strength training volume, rate of progression, tissue adaptability and plyometrics.

  • Nutrition part 1 of 6

    8m 17s

    Topics include reputable sources, forest vs. trees, calories, macronutrients, labels and endocrine effects.

  • Nutrition part 2 of 6

    5m 35s

    Topics include food quantities, food types, carbs, oils, protein and unhealthy foods.

  • Nutrition part 3 of 6

    7m 36s

    Topics include protein, amino acids, muscle synthesis and anabolic response to protein.

  • Nutrition part 4 of 6

    8m 30s

    Topics include protein requirements, carbohydrates, sugars and glycemic index.

  • Nutrition part 5 of 6

    6m 17s

    Topics include glycemic load, glycogen, carbohydrate loading and pre-competition meal.

  • Nutrition part 6 of 6

    9m 15s

    Topics include carbohydrates during and after competition, fiber, fluids and hydration.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 1 of 6

    6m 24s

    Topics include general review of history and anatomy.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 2 of 6

    4m 45s

    Topics include general review of muscle physiology.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 3 of 6

    6m 2s

    Topics include muscle growth and repair, longevity, muscle fiber types and muscle recruitment pattern.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 4 of 6

    6m 45s

    Topics include aerobic and anaerobic energy systems, ATP, Krebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, anaerobic glycolysis, phosphocreatine, creatine, energy systems gradient and skeletal muscle energy metabolism.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 5 of 6

    7m 5s

    Topics include muscle strength, autonomic nervous system, action potentials, cardiorespiratory system, oxygen and carbon dioxide metabolism.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 6 of 6

    8m 59s

    Topics include immune system suppression, endocrine system, adrenaline, testosterone, growth hormone, insulin, cortisol, endorphins and sweat loss.

  • Critical Decision Making Part 1 of 6

    8m 7s

    Topics include an overview, outline, foundations of reasoning, system 1 vs. system 2 (conscious vs. subconscious brain) and brain's response to stress.

  • Critical Decision Making Part 2 of 6

    6m 29s

    Topics include Principles of Philosophy, statistics, bell shape curve and standard deviation.

  • Critical Decision Making Part 3 of 6

    8m 2s

    Topics include statistics, p value, cognitive bias and confirmation bias.

  • Critical Decision Making Part 5 of 6

    9m 32s

    Topics include meta-analysis, systematic review, randomized controlled trials, and observational studies, tools, metacognition cycle, negative times a negative equals a positive.

  • Critical Decision Making Part 6 of 6

    7m 18s

  • Critical Decision Making part 4 of 6

    7m 47s

    Topics include the bandwagon effect, gambler's fallacy, Dunning Kruger effect, framing effect, loss aversion, availability bias and scientific research methods.

  • Energy Metabolism part 1 of 4

    7m 55s

    Topics include definition, efficiency, anabolism vs. catabolism balance, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, insulin, glucagon, gluconeogenesis, ATP, muscle contraction, anaerobic and aerobic metabolism and muscle fiber types.

  • Energy Metabolism part 2 of 4

    8m 10s

    Topics include energy systems, aerobic vs. anaerobic respiration, phosphagen, glycolytic, oxidative systems, Kreb's cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, aeerobic respiration and hemoglobin molecule.

  • Energy Metabolism part 3 of 4

    9m 15s

    Topics include fat oxidation, protein oxidation, metabolic comparisons and carbohydrate requirements.

  • Energy Metabolism part 4 of 4

    7m 55s

    Topics include carbohydrate intake during and after exercise and protein requirements.

  • Periodization part 1 of 4

    7m 1s

    Topics include history, general adaptation syndrome, definition, macrocycle, mesocycle, microcycles and different types.

  • Periodization part 2 of 4

    8m 23s

    Topics include macrocycle, mesocycle, microcycle and tissue adaptability.

  • Periodization part 3 of 4

    6m 53s

    Topics include molecular mechanisms of exercise training, training adaptations, lactate curve, hormonal influences, cortisol and stress response system.

  • Periodization part 4 of 4

    6m 28s

    Topics include circadian rhythm, life balance, domino effect, risk management, peak performance curve and maintaining physical performance.

  • Life in the Jungle™

    44 videos

    Our Training, Nutrition and Recovery section looks deep inside how World Champion athletes do it. Presented in an understandable, practical and useful manner, we strive to provide you with cutting edge guidance on the path to becoming your best self. Focusing on the big picture, we will put you a...

  • Exercise Pathophysiology™

    50 videos

    An introduction to our own creation, the new and revolutionary field of Exercise Pathophysiology. Look deep inside the human body to see what really happens after hard training and competition. Inflammation literally means to 'catch on fire' and lies at the heart of athletic recovery. We explore ...

  • Medical School from the Street™

    83 videos

    Learn how your body works, how it REALLY works! Taught by Dr.Brent Kay, double board certified in Internal Medicine and Sports Medicine, a true expert when it comes to the deepest understanding of the human body, particularly when applied to health, fitness and athletic performance.