Performance Neuro Coaching

10/31/2023

You ever hear the expression that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity?

One strategy used by grandmaster chess players when problem solving a tough position is to change perspectives.

They will often get up from the table and walk to the other side to view the board from their opponents perspective.

This will often open up a way of viewing their position differently and this changing their strategy entirely.

The same tool can be used for your nutrition or movement practice.

If you train your ass off and got nothing to show for it, it’s likely time to change your perspective.

If you’re eating “clean,” whatever that means to you, and yet you’re still feeling terrible, it’s time for a new perspective.

The major difference with the bioenergetic/prometabolic model of nutrition and health is that you aren’t locked in to anything that doesn’t benefit you.

Furthermore, with the right tools, you can assess your response to your training and nutrition and know, with certainty, when it’s time to adjust something or if it’s time to change directions altogether.

And if you want to learn how to assess your metabolic and neurologic responses to training and nutrition, I am giving you access to my ebook that details how to do exactly that.

Comment the word BOOK below and I will rush it over to you right away.

07/27/2023

07/25/2023

I was recently on a podcast with the one and only Healthy Gut Girl

We started innocently enough but ended up talking for quite a while about some cool stuff.

Be sure to check it out.

https://healthygutgirl.com/251-does-your-brain-feel-safe-and-why-it-matters-w-bryan-thomas/?fbclid=IwAR1cXl99a8CsvRJvhmfKd43vpgvyOgDiqQNrUcQ1Jy5Jnlg08ssmTfzRM3g_aem_AazUMDB0dBy29GA8u5w10OdYdPu_h0Z0M2hUSzYmbMBKIg1D4nNEdEwKie_-wvBl9Hs&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Bryan Thomas has been in the health and wellness world for 20 years and has been coaching prometabolic health since 2014. He has numerous certifications in nutrition, fitness training, hands on therapy, pain science, injury rehab, and applied neuroscience. He has taught nutrition and neuroscience to...

07/24/2023

Podcast alert #251.
Listen now on all podcast platforms or on healthygutgirl.com

Reach out to Bryan here

Bryan Thomas has been in the health and wellness world for 20 years and has been coaching prometabolic health since 2014.

He has numerous certifications in nutrition, fitness training, hands on therapy, pain science, injury rehab, and applied neuroscience.

He has taught nutrition and neuroscience to multimillion dollar corporations and countless private clients.

*neuroscience and metabolism
*brain trauma and hormones
*isometric training & bone health

06/13/2023

It's that time of year here in the northern hemisphere where you're likely to be spending a lot more time out side in the sun.

Sun light is becoming one of those taboo things that people seem to fear that just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Joining the ranks of other healthy things like :
- Meat
- Dairy
- Eggs
- Fruit

Sunlight is a perfectly normal and healthy part of life.

Yet not a day goes by in the summer that people aren't living fearful of it.

What if it wasn;t the sun that was the problem though?

What if it was all the other garbage in the foods we eat and supplements we take that was actually making us more susceptible to damage from the sun?

PUFA, Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids, are a major driver of the reaction we have to sunlight.

Over the last 70 years, we have been steadily adding more and more PUFA to the food supply and accumulating more and more PUFA in our tissues.

Would it also surprise you that we have seen an increase in skin cancer along those same lines?

So what if instead of fearing the sun, we started challenging the idea that those fats in our diet in increasing amounts are safe and benign and we start accepting the possibility that they may actually be part of, if not the bulk of, the problem?

I actually stopped burning and peeling when I started removing PUFA from my diet years ago.

Down here in sunny Texas, we have a bigger sun than most, everything is bigger in Texas, but I don't burn like I used to when my diet was full of nuts and seed oils.

Now, obviously, exercise caution if you are going to be outdoors for hours and hours on end.

Stay covered up, hydrated, and don't overdo it.

Just because you feel invincible on a prometabolic diet doesn't mean you are, even if it gets you damn close.

06/07/2023

Inspired by a post I came across by Patrice Pounders Smith…

05/09/2023

Pain takes place in the brain.

This is not a new idea.

Even Descartes believed there was a pain center in the brain 400 years ago.

While we know now that there isn't a single pain center in the brain, many people still think of pain as something that everyone experiences the same way.

We can say with certainty that they do not.

When it comes to pain...

"You are a special flower" - Dr. Eric Cobb

This paper illustrates that not only do no two people experience pain the same way, the notion of putting people into a one-size-fits-all rehab protocol makes even less sense.

You need what your brain needs.

One of the best ways you can focus on giving your brain what it needs is to assess and reassess your training often.

If you don't know what I mean, that's fine, I will show you precisely how to start adjusting your training and nutrition based on your individual nervous system.

Type the words FREE BOOK below and I will send you my free ebook that covers exactly that and more.

Keep up the great work, you special flower 🌺, you.

04/21/2023

For those of you who aren’t aware, I wrote a little book and you can have it for free!

Just click the link below:

Come and see what Performance Coaching can do for you! Find your health freedom!

03/28/2023

I was just on the Win At Life podcast discussing sleep with Kitty Blomfield

It was so much fun. She’s super fun and this is a worthwhile podcast to follow.

Check it out.

‎Show Weight Loss For Women: eat more, train less, get results, Ep #204 - How to improve your sleep with Bryan Thomas - Mar 27, 2023

03/24/2023

The absolute coolest part about neuroscience is the concept of neural plasticity.

Neural plasticity is the rule that says neurons will get stronger, or weaker, depending on how you use your brain.

This is major!

Don't like to exercise?

That's your brain's fault and we can fix that.

Can't stick to a diet to save your life?

That's your brains fault and we can fix that.

Wish you could be a better all-around human?

That's your brain creating that thought and we can help you achieve that.

Whatever you do in life, or want to do in life, your brain is going to be there.

Behind every thought, every tear, every breath, every step of the way, so you better be careful not to take it for granted.

If you do, you will likely end up living a life that haunts you with the ghost of your untapped potential.

If you want to start the process of redesigning your life, from your brain on down to your training, nutrition, and supplementation, you absolutely can.

So instead of thinking you can't change, or that you will always feel the way you do, neural plasticity allows us the capacity to shape our futures for the better, if we want to.

Since you made it this far, I assume you don't want to settle for a mediocre life.

I assume that you are tired of feeling like crud because you should be able to do more.

I also assume that you would love to know exactly how to train your brain for the better, and preferably for free.

If my assumptions are correct, type the word BRAIN in the comments below and I will send you my book on exactly that for absolutely FREE!

If not, no worries.

I'm not going anywhere.

03/12/2023

Cholesterol is a life saver.

Cholesterol converts into a hormone called pregnenolone.

Pregnenolone then turns into either DHEA or Progesterone.

These then turn into other hormones such as testosterone, estrogen, cortisol or allopregnanolone.

When you are young and have a rock steady metabolism, you’re making all sorts of hormones.

And when you have a healthy metabolism, you’ll be cranking out active thyroid hormone(T3) faster than you can say “I want to be forever young”

T3 and Retinol, animal-based vitamin A, are necessary to convert cholesterol into pregnenolone and start that hormone cascade.

And as we age, the insults to our thyroid hormone output compound and that converts process slows down.

This will cause cholesterol to accumulate.

Conventional perspective links this to heart disease but that’s been thoroughly disproven.

It’s not the cholesterol that causes the heart disease, rather it’s the decrease in metabolism that causes it.

The decrease in metabolism coincides with an increase in cholesterol.

Did you know you can measure your metabolic status quite easily?

Comment FREE BOOK and I will send you my FREE BOOK which shows you exactly how to do that.

10/19/2022

Summary:
When you have low blood sugar, your brain knows it. Not only does your brain know it, it shows it. It shows it in how you feel, how you think, and how you interact with others. It can even show up in your empathy or your ability to think rationally.

3 things to improve blood sugar for the brain:

1). Eat regularly and don't skip meals. Too little food or too infrequent of food forces your brain to shunt fuel away from areas of the brain involved in logic and reason and towards areas involved with stress.

2) Vitamin B1 will help you use glucose even better. Better glucose usage makes for better brain usage.

3) Pepcid AC, the heartburn medication, may help you store glycogen better in the liver. Better liver stores of glycogen can help you go longer between meals if you must.

NOT MEDICAL ADVICE!!!

For a FREE transcript of this video, head over to:
https://www.performanceneuro.com/blog/youre-not-you-when-youre-hungry