74: Optimize Your Brain with Dr. John Ratey, Part 1
Today is all about taking an integrated approach to our running and to our minds. If you have not been able to exercise, Dr. John Ratey, author of April’s Book Club Book Spark, tells us exactly what to do. We start out the conversation with very important topic of depression.
Every month, through November, one of our Runners of the Week is the person who donated the most money to Team Kari and Serena when we run the Chicago and NYC Marathons for Action for Healthy Kids. Johnny Gillespie hosted a Balanced Athlete class in Boston after the marathon and raised money for Action for Healthy Kids. Not only does Johnny share his running story, he also shares A LOT OF INFORMATION about how we can become a balanced athlete and strong runner.
Serena answers a listener’s question about what milk to choose.
Dr. John Ratey
Where you can go to find information about depression including Dr. Ratey’s book, Shadow Syndrome
When visiting a doctor about depression, the person who is depressed and a friend and/or relative ideally attends the appointment
The best way to start when fighting depression
The new way researchers and doctors are looking at the brain
How exercise immediately hits the reset button in your brain
What heart rate zones are the best when fighting depression
How HGH affects our mood
What chemical needs to be raised to fight depression
How to distract your mind from “racing”
Check out the mini trampoline, Dance Dance Revolution, and Electronic Plates
Ratey’s recommendation to an injured runner
What piece of exercise equipment REALLY doesn’t like
The hight rates of obesity leading to Alzheimer’s
Ratey’s favorite piece of equipment for when a runner can’t run
Johnny Gillespie, Runner of the Week discusses:
How he “broke” his body in his 20’s
How to start running and how to set goals in the beginning
His passion in life
What he turned to when his body was “broken”
Look at movement as integration and not body parts moving together
How the study of movement has evolved over the past years
Johnny’s view on weight training for runners
Check out Dr. Romanov
Why to look at your running technique and what he recommends for running shoes
Serena Marie, RD, comes in and sets us straight on:
The best milk to drink (hint Organic milk from a cow that was raised on a pasture)
Second best is coconut milk, hemp milk and then almond milk
Serena is NOT a fan of soy milk AT. ALL.
Grain milks, such as rice and oat milk are shock full of carbs and not protein or fat for satiety
Always purchase unsweetened types of drink
Other ways to get Vitamin D such as dark and leafy greens - kale, spinach, bok choy and canned anchovies with the bones
Why cereal isn’t a good source of Iron and how it’s hard to have it bodily available when you consume it
Contact:
John Ratey:
Website: JohnRatey.com
Facebook: The Ratey Institute
Twitter: @jratey
Johnny Gillespie:
www.empoweredyoga.com
www.balancedathlete.com
www.plexusfitness.com
Facebook: /johnnygillespie3
Serena Marie, RD:
Website: www.SerenaMarieRD.com
Facebook: /SerenaMarieRD
Twitter: @SerenaMarieRD
Instagram: SerenaMarieRD
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