: Episode 1301 – On this Friday show, Nelson Dellis, memory champion, joins Vinnie and the two talk Nelson’s experience as a mountaineer, learning how to remember, his book
Remember It!, the connection between memory and brain health, and more on this fantastic podcast.
- Nelson is a memory expert
- Also a mountaineer
- Has climbed all around the world
- Everest, Alps, Andes, Alaska, and tons more!
- Goal of his to summit Everest
- Â From Miami – one of the flattest places to live, ironically
- Check out his philanthropy, Climb For Memory
- Remembering is a learned skill
- Don’t need to have the highest IQ, anything like that
- Check out his book here
- Nelson was good at languages, but wasn’t always so into memory and brain health
- Became really involved when his grandmother passed from Alzheimer’s
- Started looking into memory tips, etc
- Became addicted to the feeling of controlling something he felt he could not previously control – his memory
- Memory and brain health are intimately connected
- He’s pretty good with cards, but the math is more important in things like blackjack because of the frequent shuffling
- He feeds his brain – takes Omega 3-DHA
- Trains super meticulously
- Stays a little hungry on performance days
- Being a little hungry may improve your cognitive function
- Whole 30 is what Nelson does
- Cutting sugar out helps your brain
NELSON’S RECORDS
- Memorizing the most names in 15 minutes – 217 names
- Memorizing the most words in 15 minutes – 256 words
- Memorizing the most digits in 30 minutes – 907 digits
- Memorizing the most decks of playing cards in 30 minutes – 9.02 decks
- (former record) Memorizing the most digits in 5 minutes – 339 digits
- (former record) Memorizing a deck of cards in the fastest time – 40.65 seconds
