Meat only diets for runners, bone benefits, and pre/post run strength | Dec TTT
After this newsletter I'm gonna go even deeper!
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šš½ Hello to the new folks who signed up and a hi hi hi šš½šš½šš½ to all the ones that have been on the journey.
TLDR about whatās coming up;
Should you do strength training before or after a run?
Mike Trees has a strong opinion about the meat-only diet fad for runners - and we need to listen!
Growth & Gains
Semi-big announcement. I rarely do these but eff itā¦
Soā¦ Iāve been doing this TTT format for a while. Itās cool, and itās fun, but Iāve evolved and I want to showcase a few more things that are rattling around in my head.
Moving into 2023 the format will changeā¦ a bit. Iām not dead set on the change as I know it will grow and constantly morph into whatever it needs to. The objective is to publish two newsletters per month (thatās why I say āmonthly-ishā).
One newsletter will be the fast and fun pace that youāre used to (aka TTT but with a new-ish name); a quick roundup of links and learnings, my own training updates, and a few (cough: lots) of silly jokes, gifs, memes, etc. It will be based on one of my favorite themes and concepts; time - and in the particular present, past, and future.
Then the second newsletter will be one thing (might call it One Thing Wed cuz I love me some alliteration). Iāll be focusing on one topic or idea. Think of a personal āhave you ever thought about thisā letter to you. This is where I might have guests write in and then give my hot take on what they said, etc. Not sure exactly whta this will be, so it will be a work in progress. It may never be anything and just a space for me to do something ālong formā (aka longer than 1 min to consume) as the world spirals into short 5-second content bites.
The overall goal has and always will be to make this newsletter as valuable as possible to you while giving me an opportunity to be creative, have fun and do something that I can look at years from now and go āyoā¦ that was dope!ā. Basically, I want to spread out the good long/deep conten cuzā¦ life is long if you live it right, right?!
I also will be starting up a Patreon that will have a bonus podcast (video?!) episode and newsletter/blog post in there. So that means if you really like me and want to support all this content Iām making, you can get up to four communications into your inbox each month. Thatās a 400% performance increase just by sticking around. ANDā¦ ff your fitness, career, and life arenāt changed by at least 10% or more after consuming all of this content - you can get your money back (well.. most of this is free so yeahā¦ RIP the lost time in reading/listening/watching my stuff).
Alrightā¦ onto the 3 things that will help you become a MASTER OF SOME.
Feeling this? Why notā¦
šThing One: Your Bones Do More Than You Think
Your bones do more than we give them credit for. I mean I never really thought about this. Like your bones have a hormone that makes your cells more sensitive to insulin so it regulates the amount of sugar in your blood to make them suck more of it out of your bloodstream. And at the same time, that hormone might trigger cells in your skeletal muscle to use energy more efficiently.
In other words, itās your BONES that make you perform better at the end of a 5k race. Not your brain, not your musclesā¦ your bones! #MINDBLOWN
And here I am just thinking they were there to hold us up and stay strong when Iām sprinting at the end of that same 5k race. š¤·š½āāļø
Check the video below or click here to find out more.
šš½Thing Two: Should you do strength training before or after a run?
When runners first get into strength training this is a question I get a lot as a coach. And the answer isā¦ well, depends. (If you didnāt know, thatās the answer for most exercise science. Not too many absolute truths here).
It depends mainly on your objective. As runners, we strength train to support running. Running faster/further/better is the objective. But for most people, the goal is building lean muscle mass.
I personally like to lift after a run. Mainly because getting the run done is my objective but also because I like running on fresh legs and lifting after being extremely warmed up from said run (ie: no wasted time in the gym warming up).
Learn more here about the science and interpretation of the studies about this question.
š„©Thing Three: Mike Trees (@run.nrg) thoughtās on meat-only diet fads for runners
Guest Post From Mike Trees (See I told you he would sometimes be on here!)
āI saw a podcast the other day, that suggested Americans would be heather if they stopped eating vegetables and just ate meat. I could not believe my ears!
Amongst their arguments was that sugar is a vegetable and sugar is bad for you.
They also argue that processed foods such as cakes are bad as they are made of vegetables. To argue that vegetables are bad for us goes against all of modern science. Itās the processing of food that makes it bad, not the natural raw ingredients. Processed meats are bad for us too!
Suggesting humans only eat meat is also a very dangerous thing to do. Humans are āomnivoresā this means that genetically we are designed to eat well from both animal and plant origins.
While it may technically be possible, It would be necessary that some of the meat, especially the liver, be eaten raw, but we would struggle to stay healthy, which is what they stated on the podcast.
A meat-only diet is even sillier for runners, as nearly all the current research suggests that running all distances up to a marathon (and more), should be fueled by carbohydrates and they only come from plants.
Runners, before you become a full-time carnivore, please bear in mind, there are no carbs in meat! š±
Rather than pick holes in their argument, I want to keep my posts and comments positive and run-related, so if you want to learn more about some of the best eight science-backed foods I think are awesome to help runners recover, why not click the link here.ā
- Thanks, Mike! As usual, sage advice, mate!
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