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I cherish listening to Sally. She’s a gift, a beautiful personality and very wise. I can’t wait for the BPN feature video of this race !! Great podcast Nick 🙏🏻
Maybe my favorite episode. Nick is an inspiring dude but to see how his leadership inspires Hope and Tony to be absolute bosses in their domain shows that it works 😤
Over the past 2 years since starting running distance, I have leaned on these two so much. Every video, every podcast. Some people just have that IT FACTOR. That drive, that motivation, that confidence, that grind. Nobody can give you that, you have to find it inside of you. And these two absolutely have that. The true definition of “Mamba Mentality”.
Big fan of Layne. I'm not sure he fully understand autophagy. Lysosomal protein degradation is also quite oversimplified, and his attempts to explain it fail to get into even the most basic nuances of mTORc1/AMPK-ULK1 multi-feedback, Pi3P enrichment, omegasome/autophagasome formation and autolysosome fusion (this is notably macroautophagy, CMA is hellza more complicated). CICO does not fully explain extended fasting benefits assuming we can translate rodent models (if we presume 1 rodent day ~ 4-5 human days... def not 3 weeks, Layne conflates the number of meals rodents eat vs their glucose turnover and hepatic glycogen depletion rate). 24-48 fasted rodents show repletion of myeloid and crypt stem cell regeneration, notably via autophagy of these cells. So upon refeed and spiking of IGF1/mTOR, these new stem cells multiply to help offset older cells at a rate likely disproportionate to normal calorie restriction during a comparable period. It is likely translation from rodents to humans is practical given the evolutionarily preserved mechanisms nutrient stress causes and has caused in our evolution both as single celled and multi celled organisms (we share homologues of these proteins with yeast, Torc1, sir2, atg1, etc) The early atage benefits of Rapamycin (an mTOR inhibitor) on immune function in humans echos this sentiment.
Great episode! It was such a fun race to be part of and this was great insight to the BTS of getting it setup. I can't speak highly enough of the BPN team at this event. They were all so amazing and supportive that it made the suffering from running endurable. Grateful for the opportunity, support, encouragement, self confidence builder....Thank You. Absolutely amazing!
So proud of all the hard work it took for y’all to put on this event, big thanks to the ranch owners and everyone that helped. My son ran it and although it was hard and he had blisters all over his feet he had the time of his life. Thanks BPN!
I'm glad you are still in charge of BPN, Nick. I love your product and would hate to have seen it change in a bad way with private equity involved, as often happens to great businesses. Going one more in New Mexico...
Yo can you explain what your gear stack is... how are you running so much and keeping that much muscle mass... don't give me some "chicken and broccoli and count your macros " bulkshit
This is one of my regrets, after training consistently for over a year towards a sub 3 hour marathon once I’d completed the marathon I stopped running for 6 or 7 weeks and it’s safe to say I’d pretty much lost all the endurance I’d worked hard to get I was gutted. Lesson learnt “never go more than 1 week without running or training” my old Army captain used to tell us before going on annual leave.
I am so glad and grateful that I found your podcast today. Listening to a few of your videos has already helped my mindset and pull me out of a dark mental spot of overwhelm I was in. It started with the simple question of "Can I...?" And with each tiny little task that I questioned out loud, the answer was always "Yes!" and with each little yes came another little goal I accomplished in my day. I could say day, but it started with literally just the next second of life because these tasks were so simple, and it felt good to build on that momentum. Suddenly I had energy to keep going and my entire day changed. ALSO! I wanted to say I had such a craving for pickled beets after this episode, it took me three, count 'em, THREE stores tonight to find cans of pickled beets! :D And now I have some for the week! I appreciated, too, how you go through your day step by step as a parent, auto adjusting your plan if kids didn't sleep well, and how you lay out your supplements for future success with backwards planning. I have gained so much from your podcast already, I am grateful and I look forward to continued gains of tuning into more positive mindset shifts and knowledge in hybrid training, lifestyle, and nutrition. Thank you!
Great video Nick but it would be great if you could be more conversational, it sounds too slow/ stop and start and like you’re thinking on the spot. Trying to make your dialogue flow more freely, it doesn’t matter if you say something wrong or correct yourself. Don’t over prepare and consider style as well as substance ❤
Went on vacation to Disney World. Was worried about not being able to train… walked an avg of 9-13 miles each day at the parks 🤣needles to say it was my first time at Disney world. Had no clue I would be walking that much.
Im 42 and if I use the MAF180 formula it puts me at 138 which is the high end of my zone 3. I’m confused bc I thought we should be focusing on zone 2. I know the zones vary widely from person to person and age and fitness level, but the formula seems off for getting close to someone’s zone 2. I probably just need to go pay for a lactate test.
43:25 The 'courage to be happy' is a significant point from the book mentioned - The Courage to Be Disliked - being brave enough to make choices to pursue happiness rather than linger in the now.
I can’t recommend Jiu Jitsu enough to balance strength/functional fitness. It keeps training fresh as it’s infinite so you’re always learning. I wish I had started 30 years ago. Being fit and jacked is fun but having a useful skill is way better. I was a gym bro from 15-48. I wish I had focused on being functional and capable. Covid was a blessing as it made me open my mind as the gym closed for months. Picked up a go ruck and humped many many miles. That led to a concept rower and sandbags. Now I have a full crossfit garage gym and got my blue belt a few months ago. Jiu jitsu will make the fitness journey way better. Be hard to kill.
For me, who is Brazilian, the way Nick speaks, more slowly, is a relief. I can follow along without having to repeat it several times to understand certain parts. And this is a positive point for it to reach more and more people around the world who do not have English as their main language. Thanks, Nick! Go one more!
