2024 has been quite the year for my practice, my health and sharing all of the lessons therein!
Here is a summary of what I think are the most important principles to keep you pain free and bulletproof into 2025 with some expanded details to consider.
In 2025 I will be starting a course of BPC-157 to address my elbow function. I had some bloodwork to check for any red flags and found a few values that might be correlated with its use – that is to say, I am optimistic I will get some performance benefits as a result!
A recap of everything I know about peptides. I will document this journey as it unfolds.
I think a core principle that is very elusive for people undertaking this journey is how to navigate and work through pain. This very-human-problem is exactly what led me to hurting myself! What if you can’t stop hurting yourself? How should you approach this problem?
Directly correlated to that is how we spend our time on things that simply don’t work (or, my understanding is that they have a minimal impact to your outcomes).
Revisiting this list I think is mandatory reading at least twice a year to not fall back into old traps and habits.
And finally, a conversation that comes to the forefront all too often – what if I am losing my gains? People are generally terrified to take time off. I’m terrified to take time off.
But I want to give you some hope that it isn’t as bad as your fears will lead you to believe.
As an update to this post – I recently ventured back into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for the first time in 3 months. I was terrified I would be completely out of shape. I was worried that my cardio would be so bad that I would barf on the mats. I was worried that I would be so unbelievably sore the next day that I would not want to go back.
NONE of it happened. It was like I took no time off at all. I think joint care spared me of the misery I was anticipating. I think a strong foundation of cardio prior allowed me to maintain some semblance of a baseline
And, if my joints are working, I am NOT working as hard in turn. Thus, my cardio gets spared.
Here is to wishing you incredible pain free results in 2025!