View Post

Breathing Methods During Exercises

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Terry asks: “I’m looking for a way to improve on my breathing during exercise, particularly moderate to high intensity exercise. Breath holding is very natural for me during more intense exercise, yet ideally more controlled breathing is ideal, although I am not convinced that is feasible for moderate to high …

View Post

Breathing into Body Parts

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Daniel asks: “When someone says “breath into your <non-lung bodypart>” through intent or visualization, what is actually happening physiologically?” Good question. It is mostly a visualization exercise. And by that I’m not just meaning visual only, but with a focus on feeling. I don’t know if this has been studied, …

View Post

MODULAR Training

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

No two people reading this email, despite the thousands that get these emails, do the same workouts. There are big variations and small variations. But think about that for a moment. No two people are doing the exact same thing. So how am I supposed to teach you what YOU …

View Post

Gyms and Masks

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Daniel asks: “Some gyms require masks over both nose and mouth while working out. What are the implications of this and how can we mitigate any problems from it?” Well, on masks in general I gave my opinions in a podcast a few weeks back. You can listen to that here, …

View Post

To Hold Your Breath or Not Hold Your Breath

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Daniel asks: “Taoist breathing exercises are very big on NOT holding the breath and having an even in-out. Yogic breathing exercises include plenty of breath holds. Some say it helps saturate your body with oxygen. Thoughts?” I’m all for holding the breath. It’s a natural thing we humans can do, …

View Post

Breath – Key to Super Powers?

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Did you know that my start in real fitness began with breathing exercises? Sure, I played football in high school and did some weightlifting around that. But I was not strong, nor athletic despite doing so. That speaks to how you can just spin your wheels if you’re missing the …

View Post

Recharging Your Fitness Goals After a Pandemic

In Guest Articles by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

We have all just recently lived through a pandemic, a worldwide lockdown, and a global crisis. These are crazy circumstances we’ve all gone through and it has been difficult to manage everything that’s been thrown our way. It’s quite reasonable to have slipped a little on our personal fitness goals …

View Post

More Science Behind Breathing

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Yesterday, we picked some fun at the skeptical lunatic charlatans at Wikipedia for denying the science of breathwork because it doesn’t fit into their model of the world. Today, I want to get into the science that DOES exist about the many benefits of breathing exercises. There is quite a …

View Post

Breathwork is Pseudo-Science

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

…at least if you believe Wikipedia. Here’s the start of their entry on Breathwork:  “Breathwork is a New Age term for various breathing practices in which the conscious control of breathing is said to influence a person’s mental, emotional or physical state, with a claimed therapeutic effect. Breathwork has no …

View Post

Density by Time vs Density by Set

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Density is one of the great yet underused methods of progression in training. In the 2nd Edition of Master Keys to Strength & Fitness I label it as one of the secondary methods of progression, but that is only because you must understand the primary methods of intensity, set and …

View Post

Foundational Foundation: Breath

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

Yesterday, I covered how important the quality and quantity of water was to your health. And by health, I mean it’s impact on every single cell and system in your body. (If you missed it, you can find it on the blog here.)  Improve your water supply and you’ll reap …

View Post

Foundational Foundations

In Health-Mastery by Logan Christopher2 Comments

Health is on my mind a whole lot. Lately, I’ve been thinking about a big overarching framework that covers everything…as well as how to really boil it down to the simplest basics. Or as I’m calling it here the foundational foundations. As I’ve said before, when it comes to health, …

View Post

One Exercise Session Alters 9815 Molecules

In Health-Mastery by Logan ChristopherLeave a Comment

New research shows that nine minutes of aerobic exercise alters a whopping 9,815 molecules in your blood. Researchers at Stanford University attempted to look at everything that changes in the body from metabolism to genes, from proteins and fats to microbiome, from immune response to hormones and more. With 36 …