Episode 379: Physiologic Flexibility Certification Open: Temperature, pH, Fuels, and Breathing for Performance

About this episode

This episode discusses the Physiologic Flexibility Certification and the key systems that drive physiologic flexibility for performance.

In this episode, I talk about the Physiologic Flexibility Certification open from April 20 to April 27 and where to get all the details. At the core is physiologic flexibility, which is your body’s ability to adapt, perform, and recover across different stressors, not just optimize one thing. I break down the four key systems that drive this: temperature, pH, fuels (carbs, fat, lactate, ketones), and breathing (O₂/CO₂), and how they all work together. We also get into why AI can miss the physiology, how a 30-second Wingate hits all four pillars, and how to apply this to real-world training with 40+ practical takeaways.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Mike T Nelson

Topics covered

• physiologic flexibility
• performance
• temperature
• pH
• fuels
• breathing
• real-world training

Keywords

• physiologic flexibility
• temperature
• pH
• fuels
• breathing
• performance
• training

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Wingate

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