#05 - Eoin Lacey - Take Control of Your Health.

Human Regeneration Project

Eoin Lacey, expert in Nutrition, Strength and Conditioning, Health and Wellness from the Irish Strength Institute, has built a career around helping people achieve their health and fitness goals, from the average person seeking weight loss, to the elite and Olympic level athlete chasing world records.

Today Eoin speaks with Dan about the importance of taking an individualised approach to your health, setting proper goals and plans, and the steps you can take to regain control of your own body and make the improvements you have been yearning for in your own life, even if the aim is just to simply feel good.

Show-notes:

0.35 - Eoin Lacey describes his own background, and how he started out his career in commercial gyms.

3.30 - Eoin set up the Irish Strength Institute with John Connor.

5.05 - In government departments, you are very restricted in terms of courses you can study or develop.

7.58 - The GTI principle applied by Eoin, what is the objective of the training?

9.20 - Be specific about whatever it is you want to do or achieve.

10.40 - Get advice on training before starting, don't think you can simply show up and start training with no advice or experience.

15.10 - Treadmills force you into extension and do not mimic a normal running pattern, and can actually hamper performance.

17.00 - You don't want all show no go, you want to apply the training to the activity.

18.30 - If you're not testing when it comes to training, then you're guessing.

19.25 - If you are calorie deficient on a diet, then you will definitely be low in micronutrients.

21.10 - The thyroid gland is affected by cutting calories.

22.05 - On the standard American diet it takes 5 years to recover the nutrients lost during pregnancy.

24.55 - Dr.Joel Evans has a book called Dead Execs Don't Get Bonuses.

25.06 - The absence of disease doesn't mean the presence of health.

31.00 - It is always important to give a client what they want as a motivational factor.

32.41 - Dan calls these treatments a 'break in the clouds' which can help people get over the hump or obstacles to change.

33.00 - Some people respond well to crash diets, it provides a form of motivation when they see results.

33.28 - Most people don't realize what it is to actually be healthy or feel good.

34.00 - You are 100% responsible for where you are in life.

34.34 - The things and people you surround yourself with in life have a direct effect on you and your health.

38.16 - Eoin failed with clients, and that motivated him to learn more and develop successful techniques to help people.

39.05 - Is your health your priority? You have to make time to take care of yourself.

39.38 - A lot of trainers just give general advice to cover themselves.

40.40 - You cannot be a generalist with health, you have to be specific.

41.50 - Corporate Health Medical with ISI gives you useful information.

43.25 - Polypharmacy is rife, taking many medications generally causes a bunch of other side effects.

50.20 - Eoin discusses the importance of sleep, and how approaching sleep has to be so individualized.

51.45 - The body does 2 things while you are asleep: detoxifies and regenerates.

54.15 - CPAP machines are given to people to address sleep problems, but there is no coaching or follow up provided.

55.15 - Eoin discusses mouth taping to help train people to breathe through the nose.

55.58 - The Oxygen Advantage provides good information for nasal cleansing techniques.

57.00 - Eoin gives seminars and talks for industry professionals on health, wellness, fitness etc.

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