Thriving in a Balanced Life

Episode 511 – Chris Kelly, cyclist and wellness expert, joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Friday episode of the Angriest Trainer podcast.

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

• Can’t call a flight attendant a stewardess or a house keeper a maid
• Everyone is offended too easily!

CHRIS KELLY

• Website nourishbalancethrive.com
• Similar story to Vinnie but is smarter and figured it out quicker
• Chris started falling apart (brain fog, fatigue, low libido) once he came to the US and started eating in the cafeteria at work
• Was riding bikes and racing a lot
  • Was nearly a pro mountain biker (Category 1)
• Full-suspension bikes are fun!
• Doctors were not helping him so he had to find out things for himself

GETTING SICK

• Chris had incredible fatigue — not normal athlete fatigue
  • in the afternoon he couldn’t keep his eyes open, but at night being incredibly hyper
    • Vinnie remembers this too
  • would have to sleep at work

• Both made excuses for the reason they were feeling so tired and passed it off as normal
  • what IS normal these days?
• Cortisol follows circadian rhythm, highest in morning, lowest at night — therefore, a good and normal sleep schedule is necessary
  • To fix one’s circadian rhythm, one must realize what first affects it
    • Exposure to sun, blue light, etc.

DIET

• He was eating lots of sugar and grains
• Took him awhile to figure out that they were hurting them due to the fact that a high carb diet is preached to athletes
• Went cold turkey
• Bloating went away almost immediately, started to feel better
• Had some left over symptoms that resolved as he kept with it

A DAY IN THE FOOD-LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER KELLY

• Doesn’t insist on eggs for breakfast
  • Eats leftovers for breakfast
• Eat what you have!
• Vinnie doesn’t eat lunch often because he has big breakfasts and his body is using the fat
• Intense athletes have to be careful that they are eating enough even if they aren’t hungry