MOTW #109: "Something is better than nothing"

Mind Of The Warrior

Dr Mike Simpson

Mma, Philosophy, Combat, Self-improvement, Education, Nutrition, Mixedmartialarts, Military, Fitness, Health, Society & Culture, Medicine

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.

Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to mind the warrior dock with you here second week in a row that I'm back
0:18.9	feel like I'm on a trend second week back in the gym as well. I did it.
0:23.0	Instagram Live today, talk a little bit about that.
0:26.0	It feels good.
0:30.0	It's a little disheartening
0:32.0	when you've taken the time off and you know what you felt like before and you go back in the gym and you try to get back at it.
0:39.0	And that's how it's felt last week and this week now I've avoided for the most part I've avoided the soreness because I'm not over doing it
0:47.0	You know you get that that soreness that you feel after that you know when you haven't worked out a long time and then you go and you
0:53.8	work out it's a combination of lactic acid we tend to blame lactic acid for all of it but it's not all
0:58.9	like lactic acid it's also micro tears micro damage that you're doing to your muscle fibers to the fascia and the repair that goes on with that.
1:08.3	I remember one time I hadn't worked out in a long time and I went back and I did a whole bunch of curls and pull-ups in the same day and I basically couldn't straighten my arms for about a week. I was in so much pain. Richard Jenny, God rest of soul, the stand
1:26.4	of comedian, used to have a great stand-up routine involved on that. I think if you
1:32.3	Google Richard Jenny
1:35.0	Jim work out or Richard Jenny goes to the gym, maybe you can find it. I'll have to
1:41.3	see if I can dig that up. It was really funny where he was a great
1:43.4	comedian gone too soon of course which is terrible a lot of comedians anyway I'm back in the podcast back state side back in the gym
1:55.9	Fighting that uphill battle back in the gym but
1:59.6	Because I have used the cumulative knowledge of my 56 years on this planet.
2:05.8	Everything I learned as an undergraduate, everything I learned in medical school,
2:10.0	everything I learned is a soft operator. I know how to I know how to approach this I know how to approach this from a diet
2:16.5	perspective from a workout perspective from a sleep perspective rest perspective hydration
2:20.4	perspective and you're going to want to have that knowledge too in order to get that knowledge
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