Coach Ian – Week In Review: (10/04/2020)
Coach Ian – Week in Review: Dreamland Boxing Updates, Donald Trump’s COVID Supplementation, The Importance of Shadowboxing, PerformanceGaines, and air quality tips!
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Community Spotlight: Chris Gaines (PerformanceGaines)
Chris Gaines is the founder/owner of PerformanceGaines. PerformanceGaines is a functional fitness and wellness gym in Palo Alto, CA. In this interview, we talk about Chris’ background in Football, Rugby, and Bodybuilding, his training philosophies, him being part of the crew for John Tarlton a cyclist who biked in RAAM (Race Across America) to raise funds for the Stanford Cancer Center (as featured in the Netflix documentary), his thoughts in minimalist shoes, and various podcasts and books (Muscles and Meridians, Atomic Habit, Art of Possibility, Consilience, etc.) that he’s reading today.
Coach Ian – Week In Review: (9/27/2020)
Coach Ian – Week in Review: Dreamland Boxing Updates, Running Revolution, Big SURreal Updates, and how to engage your glutes for Running
Coach Ian – Week In Review: (9/20/2020)
Coach Ian – Week in Review: Too Legit Fitness interview, Dreamland Boxing Updates, Preventing Shin Splints and reading Air Quality metrics.
Community Spotlight: Bertrand Newson (Too Legit Fitness)
Bertrand Newson is the founder of Too Legit Fitness (established 2011). Too Legit Fitness is a well-known training program in the Bay Area with over 700 members and hosts the official training program for the Silicon Valley Half Marathon and has coached several athletes (including me!) in long distance running and pursuing many different fitness goals of all ability levels.
Coach Ian – Week In Review: (9/13/2020)
Coach Ian – Week in Review: What I’m reading: Sacred Cow: Diane Rodgers and Robb Wolf Humankind: A Hopeful History Something I Tried: On Friday, I did a recovery session with my mom as we practiced some breathwork techniques and yoga. We started off with a 15 minute session of Ujjayi breathing and modified Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (alternate nostril breathwork). We finished up with 30 minutes of yoga. I posted the breathwork and yoga session exclusively for our Dreamland members. You can also get access to this recovery session by becoming a premium member. CGM Data: I’ve been keeping up… Read More »Coach Ian – Week In Review: (9/13/2020)
Community Spotlight: Tony Gonzalez (UCLA Boxing)
Tony Gonzalez is the founder and current head coach of UCLA Boxing. We discuss his journey in founding and growing the UCLA Boxing program.
Coach Ian – Week In Review: (9/6/2020)
Coach Ian – Week in Review: What I’m reading: Sacred Cow: Diane Rodgers and Robb Wolf Humankind: A Hopeful History Product I’m trying: Lynn’s Life Bread – This is a keto/paleo bread that I bought and it tastes great. The only thing I didn’t like was probably the pumpkin seeds in there, but that wasn’t a major issue. And this was CGM tested and confirmed not to spike blood sugar. Raw Egg Yolks – Ha. This one was inspired by Geoffrey Woo, CEO of HVMN, doing it on the fasting episode of the (Un)Well show on Netflix. My Lynn’s Life… Read More »Coach Ian – Week In Review: (9/6/2020)
Coach Ian – Week In Review: (8/30/2020)
Coach Ian – Week in Review: What I’m reading: Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism – Christian Picciolini: I had recently read some articles by Christian Picciolini, a former white supremacist turned anti-racism activist, on NPR and The Atlantic. I find his perspective an interesting insight into how racism is formed and perpetuated amongst. Sacred Cow: Diane Rodgers and Robb Wolf – This one is an important read on the power of regenerative agriculture and the mistruths spread about consuming less meat. Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris Humankind: A Hopeful History Product I’m trying: Sfuels… Read More »Coach Ian – Week In Review: (8/30/2020)
Coach Ian – Week In Review: (8/23/2020)
Coach Ian – Week in Review: What I’m Reading: Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris Humankind: A Hopeful History Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation – Bob Roth A 48 Hour Fast! I had to switch up my training this week due to the current air conditions, and opted to skip my long distance run and to do a 48 hour fast, while tracking my blood glucose levels with a CGM instead. I wrote about my 2-Day Water Fast wearing a CGM here. I found this interview to be a very helpful guide: Dr. Peter Attia… Read More »Coach Ian – Week In Review: (8/23/2020)