Take Control of Your Health with Eoin Lacey – Episode #05

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.

5.46 – The ISI has 6 locations currently.

7.04 – As a normal person hoping to achieve a goal, where exactly should you start?

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

8.30 – To improve at something you need to test it.

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.

12.18 – Crossfit gets you good at doing crossfit. Some Crossfit centres don’t prepare their members properly for the demands of the discipline.

13.11 – Eoin says there is no such thing as true functional training as it is traditionally understood.

14.00 – The Period Of Delayed Transmutation is the time it takes for a training effect to carry over to a sport, which is generally about 6 weeks.

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.

17.42 – Match your training to your athletic endeavour.

18.08 – It’s not all about macros when it comes to changing your weight.

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.

19.58 – Mean Corpuscular Volume refers to the sie of your red blood cells and the ability to transport oxygen effectively.

21.10 – The thyroid gland is affected by cutting calories.

21.40 – Irish women tend not to take care of themselves properly.

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

23.40 – People generally aren’t living the lives they need to live to achieve the results they want to achieve.

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.

25.40 – How are you going to improve your sleep? What are you going to do?

26.08 – The cortisol awakening response is a test used to measure your reserves after sleep.

26.34 – Process S and Process C are sleep and hormone drives that can be measured to assess your sleep.

29.40 – All of the treatments available are just puzzle pieces that are part of a bigger picture.

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.

36.20 – Discipline is important for progression.

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 usable information.

42.30 – People need to take control of their own health in order to see change.

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

43.38 – Taking the contraceptive pill will cause a deficiency in B vitamins and Co-enzyme Q10.

 44.30 – Eoin spoke recently with Paddy Holohan on his podcast about supplements. Any food that wasn’t alive at some stage is a supplement.

45.30 – Eoin uses a focus planner and rituals to organise his day.

47.45 – We all wear different hats, a brother, a husband, a father, a lover, don’t half do something, invest in it properly.

49.00 – Eoin is a qualified phlebotomist, he can take bloods for analysis.

49.35 – Whey protein, dairy and acne are highly correlated.

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.

53.15 – The glymphatic system is the drainage system for the brain.

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

54.50 – Sleeping on your side is important for glymphatic drainage.

55.15 – Eoin discusses mouth taping to help train people to breathe thought 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.