I think there's still too much emphasis on the actual numbers.

People think that, oh, if I just had a faster metabolism, I would solve all my issues.

But they forget that the biggest thing that controls the rate of your metabolism is actually neat.

It's called non-exercise activity thermogenesis.

Like how much you walk around, how much your twitch, how much you move, in terms of controllable factors, that's probably the biggest one.

And in most people, unless you're doing a ton of exercise, it's actually higher than formal

exercise.

What is up, my friend?

And welcome back to the legendary life podcast. I'm your host, my friend, and welcome back to the Legendary Life podcast.

I'm your host, Ted Rice, health expert and coach to entrepreneurs, executives, and other

high performing professionals.

Today, I'm super excited to welcome Dr. Mike T. Nelson back on the show for another fascinating

conversation. Now, if you don't know,

Mike, I've had him on the show previously. We've talked about heart rate variability.

We've talked about cardiovascular conditioning and the importance of it. And we've talked about

these things long before Peter Attia came out with his book. I've been doing this podcast for 10

years. Has it been 10 years? It's been like close to 10 years since I've been doing this podcast.

Okay. So it's been a while here. And I say that because there's people who have really been on the

cutting edge of this stuff for a long time and have updated their approach

based on new information. And Mike is just one of those people. In fact, beyond his research

and teaching, Mike is a specialist in what's called metabolic flexibility. He even has

certification for people like me and other

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