076 - How much intensity is too much? | Why tracking your workouts matters
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First up, Jocelyn and David talk about their latest family challenge of keeping phones out of the bedroom. This means we're reading actual paper books!
Jocelyn - Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life by Gerald Pollack
David - Dopamine Nation by Anne Lembke
We take a question from the community: What do you know about gout?
Back on the topic of dopamine, we talk about the balance of pleasure and pain and how to leverage this effect for good and not evil. High Intensity workouts definitely feel like pain... followed by feel-good rewards and health benefits, but how much intensity is too much? When we say CrossFit is "high intensity" is that the same thing as max intensity?
Finally we link this into the importance of tracking your workout results. If you are doing a fitness program, you should be getting fitness and the only way to know if this is happening is to gather data.
00:21 No Phones in the Bedroom experiment
02:57 Diving into Dopamine Nation
09:41 question from the community: what do you know about gout?
13:20 Intensity in CrossFit Training
25:42 Knowing When to Pump the Brakes: Avoiding Overtraining
26:15 The Importance of Mechanics and Consistency
27:08 The Athlete's Responsibility
29:11 Burnout vs. Injury: The Real Risk
29:56 Adjusting Intensity for Sustainable Progress
34:56 Tracking Your Progress: Why It Matters
37:26 Facing Reality: Logging Your Fitness Journey
38:23 The Value of Data in Fitness
47:27 Adapting to Life's Phases
49:36 Celebrating Small Wins and Overall Fitness
51:32 Final Thoughts: Fitness for Life
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