Got to start Thanksgiving Day in the best way possible, with a special training session with Renato Babalu Sobral at his gym.
It was a great training session and he helped me drill a guard recovery technique using inversion when my guard is being passed (which happens a lot more than I’d like).
He then taught me a sequence working with the De La Riva guard transitioning to a back take from an opponent on his knees and then from De La Riva guard to side control against someone who is standing.… Read More
The lovely BJJ Cavewife has been putting up with me while I’ve been doing my n=1 experiments and purchasing all kinds of gadgets and supplements for quite a while now and has been incredibly supportive throughout the entire process, and I’m definitely lucky to have found such an understanding spouse. But she recently said two things that I wanted to write about:
1. While eating dinner with the BJJ Cavewife, I excused myself to go to the restroom, and when I returned she had a huge grin on her face. … Read More
I’m currently in the midst of an experiment for fat loss and body recomposition using a variation of a cyclic ketogenic diet called the Carb Nite Solution, which essentially has me in ketosis for the entire week with a single day where I am required to do an aggressive carb re-load within a window of 6-8 hrs.
I wanted to provide an update on the effects of this diet on prurigo pigmentosa, which is the rash that many of us have discovered appears when we are in a state of ketosis.… Read More
Epic Bars Review
I first heard about these through Mark’s Daily Apple when he offered them as a prize for one of his contents.
Since I’m on the road so often I was eager to try these out since they seemed like the perfect paleo snack.
Grass fed, gluten free, preservative free, antibiotic free, hormone free, low glycemic, dairy free, and low glycemic. The ingredient lists are also filled with items that I recognize and can pronounce.
The company even lists ‘ketogenic’ on its website. … Read More
What is n=1?
In basic statistical parlance, the letter “n” denotes the sample size, ie how many people are measured within a study. So in a study 100 people, the n=100. Typically the larger the sample size, the more “statistical power” a study or experiment has, meaning the conclusions that they draw carry more weight.
While the conclusions from a high-powered study are more likely to apply to you, is this always the case? No.
Here is where the true strength of n=1 comes in. The 1 is you. … Read More
I was poking around Dr. Tara Dall’s website one day and came across this case study that surpisingly reminded me of my own case (I’ve uploaded a copy here just in case her link breaks).
Dr. Dall is the lipidologist I visited to help me review my cholesterol situation. Here are links to the posts documenting my consultation with her:
In fact, it was through my meeting with her that I learned that I am both a cholesterol hyper-synthesizer AND a hyper-absorber, and that I have an ApoE 3/4 genotype. … Read More
Got to start Thanksgiving Day in the best way possible, with a special training session with Renato Babalu Sobral at his gym.
