Life in the Jungle™

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!

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Life in the Jungle™
  • Athletic Recovery part 1 of 10

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

  • Athletic Recovery part 2 of 10

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

  • Athletic Recovery part 3 of 10

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

  • Athletic Recovery part 4 of 10

    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

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

  • Athletic Recovery part 6 of 10

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

  • Athletic Recovery part 7 of 10

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

  • Athletic recovery part 8 of 10

    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

    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

    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

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

  • Muscle part 2 of 8

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

  • Muscle part 3 of 8

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

  • Muscle part 5 of 8

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

  • Muscle part 6 of 8

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

  • Muscle part 4 of 8

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

  • Muscle part 7 of 8

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

  • Muscle part 8 of 8

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

  • Nutrition part 1 of 6

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

  • Nutrition part 2 of 6

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

  • Nutrition part 3 of 6

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

  • Nutrition part 4 of 6

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

  • Nutrition part 5 of 6

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

  • Nutrition part 6 of 6

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

  • Exercise Physiology Part 1 of 6

    Topics include general review of history and anatomy.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 2 of 6

    Topics include general review of muscle physiology.

  • Exercise Physiology Part 3 of 6

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

  • Exercise Physiology Part 4 of 6

    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

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

  • Exercise Physiology Part 6 of 6

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

  • Critical Decision Making Part 1 of 6

    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

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

  • Critical Decision Making Part 3 of 6

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

  • Critical Decision Making Part 5 of 6

    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

  • Critical Decision Making part 4 of 6

    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

    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

    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

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

  • Energy Metabolism part 4 of 4

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

  • Periodization part 1 of 4

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

  • Periodization part 2 of 4

    Topics include macrocycle, mesocycle, microcycle and tissue adaptability.

  • Periodization part 3 of 4

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

  • Periodization part 4 of 4

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