by Michael Rucker | Jun 30, 2010 | Well-being
Fartlek training focuses on giving an athlete an effective and efficient form of endurance conditioning. Fartlek was introduced by the Swedish coach Gösta Holmer back in the 1930s for runners. Over the years, a lot of other endurance sports have adopted it as a part...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 29, 2010 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hello Everyone, The summer is upon us and, as such, it is time for another volume. As expected, it has been an eventful few months for me. A lot of things are in the works. I am helping HAPPYneuron launch a new iteration of their brain fitness website. Plus, on the...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 27, 2010 | Thought Leader Interviews
Ed Baker is known for his expertise on growth. He is the former co-founder and CEO of Friend.ly, a site acquired by Facebook in 2011. Ed has been working on viral growth for the past fifteen years across multiple mediums, including email, SMS, IM, and Facebook. Since...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 27, 2010 | Thought Leader Interviews
Gear Fisher is the Chief Operating Officer of Peaksware, a company that has been evolving since the late 1990s to provide coaches and athletes innovative tools to monitor, plan and analyze athletic performance. Gear is responsible for managing all business processes...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 15, 2010 | Functional Supplements
Tea has theanine and caffeine, and although both coffee and tea have caffeine which offers a certain level of stimulation; it is tea that contains the relaxant, theanine which has a synergistic effect when paired with caffeine. Theanine (chemical name:...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 10, 2010 | Well-being
Both lactate threshold and VO2 Max are both important concepts of mitochondrial adaptation. Let’s look at both. Lactate Threshold Lactate threshold (LT) is the point at which lactate production and release into blood by the muscles exceeds lactate clearance from...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 10, 2010 | Functional Supplements
To understand caffeine addiction, let’s first look at what caffeine is. Caffeine is an organic compound which, in its purest form, is white crystal-like powder. Primarily serving as a stimulant, caffeine can be found in varying amounts in approximately 60...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 10, 2010 | Functional Supplements
Pyrroloquinoline quinone, also known as PQQ, is a novel factor found in a variety of different foods. In humans, the benefits reported from taking a PQQ supplement range from improvements in cognitive function to an overall reduction in internal inflammation. Recent...
by Michael Rucker | May 4, 2010 | Entrepreneurship
Want to be an Entrepreneur? “Stop Watching F… ing Lost!” stated Gary Vaynerchuk, the author of the book Crush It! If you are a would-be entrepreneur working a normal day job, I encourage you to watch his YouTube video below… Although I’m still...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 23, 2010 | Thought Leader Interviews
Lloyd Nimetz is a successful serial social entrepreneur. He has worked for Prosper, Ashoka, Endeavor, the UNDP and the IADB. Before obtaining his Masters of Business Administration from Stanford University in 2008 he was one of the founders of HelpArgentina which is...
