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How does a Springbok survive an international season? The training, the travel, 80 brutal minutes of game time, and then turning up fit and ready again the next week.

Meanwhile someone who plays social touch rugby every second weekend ends up with an injury that takes them out for six weeks.

Rene Naylor has been the Springboks' physiotherapist for close to 17 years, and now consults to Cricket South Africa on high performance. Her job has never been fixing injuries. It has been making sure they do not happen.

Sean Lunn, Faf du Plessis and Dr Michael Mol sit down with her to answer one question: how do you build a body that survives your life?

CHAPTERS

0:00 How do the Springboks do it?
3:44 Keeping players available, week after week
5:18 Load and capacity, explained
6:03 Elite athletes get injured too
7:12 What "listen to your body" actually means
8:56 If you have pain, it is a message
10:18 Faf on the days you do not feel ready
11:10 Feeling great is not the same as being ready
12:57 Why parents are the worst with their kids
16:33 The one number that beats any wearable
22:37 The early warning sign most people ignore
29:44 Weekend warriors and the injuries that follow
31:38 Before the biohacks, there is the work
35:08 The best exercise in the world
36:32 Training your balance while you brush your teeth
37:50 How to survive the dad's race
42:18 Why padel is filling physio rooms
43:37 How training should change through menopause
47:31 What Springbok recovery actually looks like
53:13 The one thing you can do tomorrow

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Rachel Kolisi joins Sean Lunn and Dr Michael Mol to talk about the losses rather than the wins. You did the fast. You did the training programme, the proper one, three times a week for twelve weeks. You did the meal plan. You did all of it right, and it didn't work.Most plans seldom fail completely. Most plans seldom succeed completely. Something less dramatic is usually happening, and almost nobody talks about it.What she stopped chasing, why she got rid of the scale, what she has learned about training through the seasons where nothing goes to plan, and the framework for what to do when an intervention is not working for you.CHAPTERS0:00 You did everything right and it didn't work4:31 The one thing to stop chasing12:48 Sugar cravings and what was actually driving them14:14 Why bad sleep undoes good training15:36 Do you own a scale?19:40 Living with depression, openly20:28 We are all guaranteed a storm21:26 The non-negotiable hour26:47 The blockers nobody checks32:31 Put down the pink weights35:41 When intermittent fasting stopped working38:51 Change the lever, not the category39:52 Give it twelve weeks before you quit47:20 Health is not a default setting50:57 The framework for when it is not working54:29 Rachel's one thingTimestamps are approximate.Products & Resources We Use:InBody Scan — Code: MGD5https://inbodyhomecare.com/Bare Aminos10% discount: https://www.bareayr.co.za/discount/MoZenii Hydrogen Water10% discount: https://zenii.co.za/discount/MGD%2525Arctic Ape5% discount code: MGD5https://www.arctic-ape.co.za/contactIglu Therapy7.5% discount code: FAF5https://iglutherapy.com/?linkId=lp_63NAKD Eyewear20% discount code: GOOD20https://nakdeyewear.com/go/GOOD2030-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEEMore Good Days:https://linktr.ee/moregooddaysofficialJoin the Community:Subscribe for more conversations around health, longevity, performance, and living better for longer.Newsletter:https://www.moregooddays.co.za/Medical Disclaimer:This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your health, supplements, medication, or lifestyle.

This episode is a paid promotion. More Good Days is sponsored by Bare Aminos. All views expressed are our own.Fasting has been called an ancient human superpower. It has also been called eating less with extra steps. In this episode, Sean Lunn, Faf du Plessis and Dr Michael Mol go back to fasting and ask three questions the internet is not asking.Does the research actually hold up? Is the advice given to men the same for women? And what is fasting doing to your muscle while it is doing something to your fat?This is Fasting 2.0.CHAPTERS0:00 The three questions2:17 Fasting and GLP-1s may work on the same switches6:30 The ancient fast8:45 Autophagy is a dial, not a switch16:08 What the New England Journal of Medicine found22:11 Why are you fasting? Know this first27:45 The muscle question29:19 Faf: why has no doctor ever prescribed this?31:22 The 72 hour fast36:41 The risk curve is not flat41:34 When is fasting a bad idea?42:36 Fasting for women53:53 The three essentials to take homeTimestamps are approximate.Products & Resources We Use:InBody Scan — Code: MGD5https://inbodyhomecare.com/Bare Aminos10% discount: https://www.bareayr.co.za/discount/MoZenii Hydrogen Water10% discount: https://zenii.co.za/discount/MGD%2525Arctic Ape5% discount code: MGD5https://www.arctic-ape.co.za/contactIglu Therapy7.5% discount code: FAF5https://iglutherapy.com/?linkId=lp_63NAKD Eyewear20% discount code: GOOD20https://nakdeyewear.com/go/GOOD2030-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEEMore Good Days:https://linktr.ee/moregooddaysofficialJoin the Community:Subscribe for more conversations around health, longevity, performance, and living better for longer.Newsletter:https://www.moregooddays.co.za/Medical Disclaimer:This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your health, supplements, medication, or lifestyle.

Cortisol is not the villain wellness culture made it out to be.Cortisol gets blamed for almost everything online.- Weight gain.- Anxiety.- Poor sleep.- Burnout.- Belly fat.- Stress.But most of the cortisol conversation may be missing the point.In EP 16 of More Good Days, Sean Lunn, Faf du Plessis and Dr Michael Mol unpack the truth about Cortisol and Anxiety.Cortisol is one of the body’s most important hormones. It helps wake you up, supports blood pressure, helps you respond to stress and follows a daily rhythm that matters deeply for sleep, energy and mood.The question may not simply be: “Is my cortisol too high?”The better question may be: “Is my cortisol rhythm out of sync?”In this episode, we cover:0:00 Cortisol is the most blamed hormone in wellness. Almost none of it is true.0:50 Faf: nerves are the entry ticket to the arena4:55 Anxiety is not something you can think yourself out of7:20 Why morning light sets your entire day8:43 Blue light at night is waking your body back up11:05 What cortisol actually is and how it works12:32 Chronic anxiety isn't too much cortisol. It's the wrong rhythm.13:56 Your amygdala vs your prefrontal cortex19:32 Dial 1: morning light within 30 minutes20:05 Why coffee in the first 90 minutes works against you23:58 Dial 2: the physiological sigh, 90 seconds a day30:41 Alcohol, sleep and the vicious cycle32:34 Dial 3: exercise and the double whammy on anxiety36:03 One in six South Africans will struggle with anxiety this year37:19 When to stop self-managing and see a professional38:10 Sean's story: the fire, the SSRIs, and what actually helped42:04 Dial 4: protect your cortisol dip48:01 Is cortisol directly related to how long you live?50:52 Cortisol, stress eating and visceral fat52:08 The one takeaway from each of usWHO estimates that 359 million people had an anxiety disorder in 2021.In South Africa, research has reported roughly 1 in 6 adults experiencing a common mental disorder in a 12-month period, with anxiety disorders the most common broad category in that study.This is not just a wellness conversation.It is a body, brain, sleep, stress and longevity conversation.👍 Like, subscribe and join us for evidence-based conversations on health, longevity and performance.PRODUCTS & RESOURCES WE USE:InBody Scan — Code: MGD5https://inbodyhomecare.com/Bare Aminos10% discount: https://www.bareayr.co.za/discount/MoZenii Hydrogen Water10% discount: https://zenii.co.za/discount/MGD%2525Arctic Ape5% discount code: MGD5https://www.arctic-ape.co.za/contactIglu Therapy7.5% discount code: FAF5https://iglutherapy.com/?linkId=lp_63More Good Days:https://linktr.ee/moregooddaysofficialJoin the Community:Subscribe for more conversations around health, longevity, performance, and living better for longer.Newsletter:https://www.moregooddays.co.za/IMPORTANT:This episode is educational and is not medical advice. If anxiety is affecting your sleep, work, relationships or daily life for weeks or months at a time, please speak to a doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist.Medical Disclaimer:This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your health, supplements, medication, or lifestyle.#cortisol #stress #longevity #healthscience #podcast

In EP 15 we joined with James Raaff, a certified Integrative Clinician with 27 years experience. He brings exceptional expertise in Advanced Translational Genomics and Healthy Longevity Medicine, accredited by the Longevity Education Hub and the ACCME (USA).

Peptides are one of the biggest trends in health right now. But here's the question almost nobody is asking...

What if the same peptide that transforms one person's health could be completely wrong for someone else? This isn't another conversation about miracle injections or quick fixes. It's an evidence-based discussion about why your genetics, biomarkers, lifestyle and health history determine whether a peptide helps you, does nothing or could even put you at risk.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction: The Biggest Myth About Peptides

01:00 Meet James Raaff: Longevity, Genomics and Personalised Medicine

05:35 Why Peptides Are Suddenly Everywhere

07:47 Peptides in Professional Sport and WADA Rules

10:58 What Are Peptides?

18:45 Why the Peptide Boom Is Happening Now

22:45 The Risks of Buying Peptides Online

24:53 Why Peptides Don't Work the Same for Everyone

29:28 Retatrutide: The Next Generation Weight Loss Drug 33:35 Are Online Peptides Safe?

36:07 The Longevity Pyramid: Lifestyle Before Peptides

38:10 The Biggest Mistakes People Make on GLP-1 Medications 40:11 Why Insulin Explains Everything About Peptides

42:18 Your Biology Is Unique

43:45 Which Peptides Should You Avoid?

47:39 When Peptides Can Change Lives

49:03 The Importance of Testing Before Treatment

51:00 Why Quick Fixes Often Backfire

Final Thoughts: Personalised Medicine Is the Future 👇 We'd love to hear from you. What's your biggest question about peptides?

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