https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ_Udumb3ig 00:00:02If you listen to the series with Dr. Andy Galpin, you may recall our discussion about the Sugar Kane, which is so named after our friend and expert trainer, Kenny Kane and it is a very efficient, yet somewhat brutal way to increase your cardiovascular output. So the Sugar Kane is the type of protocol that you would incorporate once in the period of a week, but certainly not every week.00:00:24 It’s the kind of thing that you might throw in once every two weeks or […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2TX1SDTTV4 00:00:02The research paper I’d like to discuss briefly that beautifully embodies the runway that led to the discovery of growth mindset is a paper from Dr. Carol Dweck, as well as her colleague, Claudia Mueller.00:00:15 And the title of the paper essentially says it all. The title is Praise for intelligence can undermine children’s motivation and performance, right? That should be surprising that praise for intelligence can undermine motivation and performance.00:00:32 I would’ve thought, and I think many people probably believe that if you tell a […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha1ZbJIW1f8 00:00:08I think one of the most important findings  in the last few years in neuroscience is that   while the molecule dopamine is associated with  reward it’s more about motivation and craving   there’s a really classic experiment now that  people use to demonstrate this take two rats  00:00:30and the rats independently separate cages can  lever press for food or when they can access food   there’s a little bit of dopamine that’s released  anytime they get some food so we always thought   that food like many other rewards like […]