When Stress Changed the Protocol
A week of jet lag, bad news, disrupted sleep, family meals, and emotional strain forced me to change my training and nutrition approach. Instead of forcing the ideal protocol, I fo
Lounge Isn’t Food: Travel Fitness Field Notes
This week was a test of systems: Zone 2 under travel stress, lounge temptations, transit failures, and one costly timing mistake. The win wasn’t perfection—it was recovery: ste
WbMT Weekly Journal — 2026-W08
A travel-heavy week with low training and fragmented sleep pushed my willpower to the edge—until a muddy walk to Neefapark, a small community bridge project, and a simple decisio
Marathon Training
Base training isn’t “slow season.” It’s injury insurance and performance compound interest—especially when travel breaks your routine.
Mitochondria Don’t Need a Reboot — They Need Better Inputs
Most “stuck metabolism” content is a mash-up of real biology and wishful storytelling. This post separates signal from noise: why plateaus happen, what metabolic flexibility ac
The 3 Types of Hunger (and My 15:30 Trap)
Winter snacking in the home office hits hardest at 15:30. Here are the 3 types of hunger and simple resets that break the loop.
The Week I Stopped Guessing: My VO₂ Baseline, My Zones, and a Very Nervous Fitbit
A busy week… and a smarter kind of progress This week felt overwhelming—because it was. A lot of in-house work during the day, then evenings (Wednesday through Saturday) spent
Six-Pack Challenge — Recomposition Under Constraint (Work in Progress)
This Six-Pack Challenge is still running. The goal hasn’t been abandoned, but the timeline has been recalibrated. Over the last months, abdominal fat has fluctuated up and down u
Metabolic Reset Protocol — Stabilizing Before Performance
Performance doesn’t collapse from lack of effort — it collapses from inconsistency. This metabolic reset protocol was designed to reduce volatility before increasing endurance
Post-Holiday Bloating and Brain Fog: You Might Not Need a Detox
Feeling bloated, foggy, or just “off” after the holidays? You may not need a detox. This post explains why post-holiday bloating and brain fog often come from disrupted routine
