Tag: Quantified Self
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Tracking Health and Performance Metrics
I remember reading about the Quantified Self movement in the early 2000s. Even though this was something that people were experimenting with for years, I felt that it was a revolutionary approach to understanding and improving our health and well-being. In the early days, it was difficult to collect and analyze all of the data…
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Improving HRV
I was introduced to heart rate variability (HRV) when I got serious about getting in shape. Many people recommended monitoring HRV as a means of knowing when to push a workout further. My HRV has always been low relative to others. Despite this, it was clear that I always felt my best when it was…
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Improving NAD Levels
If you have spent any time in longevity circles or reading about health recently, you have likely come across mention of NAD. What is NAD and why is everyone so focused on it as a means for improving healthspan? I’ll dig into this and discuss ways of improving NAD levels. I’ll also discuss what I…
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Bodyweight Workout Routine
I’ve tried many workouts over the years. Cardio, weightlifting, calisthenics, only playing sports, it’s always been something that kind of annoyed me. Some would work… others, only for a time and then a plateau would reach and no more gains could be made. Eventually, I settled on a bodyweight workout routine that I’ve been able…
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Intro to Breathwork
Breathing… we all do it. Most of us probably don’t pay much attention to how we go about it either. Unless you do, you probably also don’t realize that some subtle awareness when it comes to your breathwork practice can likely make a radical difference in your day to day health. I was the same…
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Apollo Neuro Review
When I finally got serious about ‘getting fit’, I bought my first Oura ring. At the time, I primarily wanted to fix my sleep issues. A happy side effect of this purchase was that it made me more aware of my Heart Rate Variability (HRV). I always considered my HRV on the lower side, but…
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My Alcohol Dichotomy
I love beer… but I also strive to live the healthiest possible lifestyle. I often encounter people that think I’m embellishing my beer resume since I guess I don’t look/act like the typical 40+ year old beer drinker. I have enough proof that I’m not beefing up this resume 😁 Read on if you’re interested…
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Viome Review
More and more research points to the importance of the gut microbiome on many areas of health. In my quest for improving my fitness, I was hitting plateaus that I suspected could have been related to a least than ideal gut microbiome. I didn’t want to blindly start trying to ‘improve’ something that I wasn’t…
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Sauna Protocol and Benefits of Sauna Use
Fairly early on in my journey toward better health, I kept running into all the research touting the benefits of sauna use. None of these prescribed a specific sauna protocol, but noted that there seemed to be many benefits that correlated with regular use of sauna. Sauna use wasn’t really foreign to me. I had…
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Examine.com/Examine+ Review
I often get a common set of questions after making new ‘Health’ posts or reviews. “How do you research publications related to what you’re writing about?” “How do you determine the experiments you conduct in order to reach your goals?” Part of the answer to both of these questions is: Examine.com/Examine+. Read on for my…