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Cardio Hacks for MMA
Wim Hof Check out the Wim Hof Breathing Technique, this will increase the strength and power of your lungs, providing a better ‘base’ for your MMA specific cardio. Baking Soda Baking soda buffers lactic acid, allowing you to grapple and fight at a higher intensity before getting a burning sensation in your muscles. Start…
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How to Grow New Brain Cells (6 Potent Hacks) 🤓
MMA is a new sport, established in the 90s (although Vale Tudo & NHB fighting has been around a lot longer). It’s still a bit of an unknown, in terms of the long term health implications. With ex-fighters in their 40s, like Big Daddy Gary Goodridge, developing a range of quite severe brain & mental…
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January 2018 Goals
Outcome Goal – Increase wellbeing with Earthing Process Goal – Make sure I walk/sit barefoot in the garden everyday, even if it’s just for 1 minute or train barefoot on the beach near work More on grounding/earthing here. Increase Shoulder Mobility – Clasp hands behind back by February 2018 Process Goal – Keep…
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Psilocybin Mushrooms & Meditation
Meditation, is a way to control the ‘chimp brain’. The annoying little fucker that gives narrative to your life and judges everything and creates ‘ANTs’ – Automatic Negative Thoughts. Meditation enables you to dissociate from thoughts and emotions and just watch them go by… Psychedelic chemicals such as psilocybin appear to work in a similar…
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Jocko Willinks – Extreme Ownership
This is a pretty cool video and book about taking ownership when things go wrong. This relates to the psychological state of ‘learned helplessness’ which is defined as: “a condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one…
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Earthing / Grounding for Health & Recovery
Interesting scientific paper on this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/ The research done to date supports the concept that grounding or earthing the human body may be an essential element in the health equation along with sunshine, clean air and water, nutritious food, and physical activity. Apparently, it’s all to do with the vast supply of…
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Psilocybin for Depression & Anxiety
Psychedelics & Mental Health Psilocybin is found in ‘magic mushrooms’ Disclaimer – eating the wrong mushrooms can kill you! Research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine demonstrated that people showed a long term positive increase in mood after a controlled session with Psilocybin 46 participants, average age 46, received either a fake/placebo or psilocybin. 94%…
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Magnesium Supplementation for Anxiety & Muscle Recovery
Anxiety, Neck Tension & Headaches As someone who has suffered for years with constant headaches (first world probs), I’ve tried everything from turmeric to cbd oil. Cbd oil does actually work pretty well, as it’s an effective muscle relaxant it works well to remove the tension from my neck and back which appears to cause…
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Journaling Gratitude for Wellbeing & Mental Health