Lou also opens up about her own transformation and how this has shaped the person she's become. While this has its foundations based in the clothes we wear, there are many synergies in our respective industries and it was great to connect with Lou to discuss this. Lou can be reached at https://louhellerstylist.com/?__s=itg69nbqfhb79nodzojd and https://www.instagram.com/louhellerstylist/?hl=en The style journal: https://louhellerstylist.com/style-journal Contact Mikki: https://mikkiwilliden.com/ ...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 58
This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to to Sandi Nypaver , ultrarunner, ultrarunner coach and one of the most lovely humans about her life as all of the above in Colorado. Specifically they discuss life as a twin, growing into her identity as a runner and how a sliding doors moment for her changed the trajectory of her life. We talk about the skills and techniques that keep her grounded, how she has managed grief and stayed resilient through some super challenging times and her ethos as a coach...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 57
Mikki and Fleur have an in-depth discussion on exercise induced muscle damage, the suggested dose for athletes, how people who are new to exercise could also benefit from taking CurraNZ and the impact of CurraNZ on bacteria on the skin. In this week's show, you also get the opportunity to win one of 5 double packets of CurraNZ by answering the simple question as outlined in the Google Form below. And sign up to the Christmas Edition of Mondays Matter - kicking off December 1st for 28 days of a s...
Nov 23, 2021•58 min•Ep. 56
Dr. Donald Layman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Layman has been a leader in research about protein, nutrition for athletic performance, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health. Dr. Layman has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has received numerous awards for his research from the American Society for Nutrition and the National Institutes for Health and for his nutrition teaching. Dr. ...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 55
Cliff Harvey, PhD, is New Zealand’s expert on the effects of a ketogenic diet in a healthy population, but so much more than that. He has been helping people to live healthier, happier lives, and to perform better since starting in clinical practice (way back...) in the late 1990s. Over this time he has been privileged to work with many Olympic, professional, Commonwealth and other high performing athletes. He has also worked with many people to overcome the effects of chronic and debilitating h...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 54
This week on the podcast, Mikki speaks to Deena Kastor, 3 time Olympian and multiple champion runner across different race distances and terrains, and author of the fantastic book Let Your Mind Run . Deena shares her experiences with running and how she was able to motivate and drive herself throughout her training years using psychological techniques that all of us could benefit from, of which she describes in a step by step fashion in her book. She shares some of her more challenging times (wh...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 53
Mikki is also cohost of Fitter Radio as you know and Bevan is the one that got her into podcasting. Of course we talk about this, but more so we talk about him as a kid, an athlete, a podcast host and an elite athlete coach. Many gems in this one for coaches, athletes and anyone wanting an insight into growing up in NZ in the 1970s. If you like it, subscribe and leave a review! Click here for the link to previous podcasts. Bevan can be found at: https://www.fitter.co.nz/our-coaches?__s=51ovu1tiq...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 52
He was awesome to talk to as we discuss his research looking at the impact that energy expenditure (IE the exercise we do) has on our overall metabolic rate, how little this actually contributes to our overall metabolism (which was so different to what we expected) and what this means for our ability to improve body composition. Make no mistake: exercise is actually king with regards to its health-related benefits) but Herman's research really opened our eyes to the caloric expenditure that does...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 51
This week on the podcast Mikki talks to Stu Phillips a complete guru in the field of protein metabolism and muscle. We discuss protein and ageing, the woefully low protein recommendations (and why they haven't changed), the myths surrounding protein and health (such as kidney health, bone health, longevity) and what Stu recommends is optimal for muscle protein synthesis and ageing. Stuart Phillips is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Musc...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 50
Mike Wardian is quite simply one of the world’s best ultra runners. Name an event and the chances are Mike’s done it. He’s competed all over the globe, raced at the US Olympic Trials, and holds numerous world records. Mike grew up in Virginia, graduating from Oakton High School, where he took part in and won his first ever race – a Turkey Trot with a free school lunch up for grabs. However, Mike’s running story isn’t one of love at first sight. He played lacrosse as a kid and only started runnin...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 49
This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Karen Faisandier , from the Integrative Practice, on chronic stress, the 'endurance phase' of stress and the term languishing - those who have spent a considerable time in lockdown (Australia, I'm thinking of you) this year will be well familiar with the concept. Dr Faisandier is a clinical psychologist with a holistic approach to wellbeing and has just launched her free six week course Project Revive to help you work through optimising wellbeing. Kare...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 48
This week on the podcast Mikki talks to Dr Dan Plews about life, performance, continuous glucose monitors, HVR, sauna, strength training and optimising wellbeing (among other things). They answer your questions about all of the aforementioned and about his EndureIQ courses and online community, and his TriQ app , a new training platform (June 2002 ADDENDUM - Dan is no longer invilved in TriQ app). This is a long one, perfect for your longer training session (though not just for athletes) and dro...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 47
This week on the podcast Mikki chats to Dr Paul Laursen (The Prof) all about his research in high intensity training and how to apply it, his training platform athletica.ai and his latest thoughts on COVID 19 (Paul and Dr Phil Maffetone appeared in the third episode of Mikkipedia. Paul Laursen is the Former lead of Physiology for New Zealand Olympic athletes and Adjunct Professor of Exercise Physiology at Auckland University of Technology. He is now based in Canada where he contributes to resear...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 46
This week on the podcast Mikki chats to Bob Seebahor , the dietitian that created the term 'metabolic efficiency' and changed the way we viewed fuel for athletes. We discuss his background and how he changed his thinking around nutrition for training and performance to develop concepts around nutrition periodisation and metabolic efficiency. Mikki and Bob discuss what being'metabolic efficient' actually means and how to integrate this into training and racing for optimal health and performance. ...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 45
This week on the podcast I chat to Dr Brianna Stubbs , lead translational scientist at the Buck Institute of Ageing about exogenous ketones for health and performance. Brianna is a guru in this field and it was awesome to talk to her about her athletic career as a British under 23 rowing champion to her academic and professional career investigating ketones in both performance and now in optimal ageing. We also chat about the utility of them in recovery. Dr. Brianna Stubbs, DPhil is a world expe...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 44
This week on the podcast Mikki chats to Jeff Rothschild , former music producer (who rubbed shoulders with some of her faves, including Jon Bon Jovi) and current doctoral student about his work in pre-exercise nutrition interventions and exercise adaptations. Jeff, under the guidance of Dr Dan Plews and Dr Andy Kilding is changing the landscape on nutrition recommendations pre-exercise and they discuss the practical implications for endurance athletes. Papers discussed Impact of different pre-tr...
Aug 24, 2021•59 min•Ep. 43
Simon Marshall is a performance psychologist has a bachelor’s degree in Sports Science, a master’s degree in Kinesiology, and a PhD in Sport and Exercise psychology. He's an internationally renowned expert in exercise and health with a focus on changing people’s behavior. He's well published in both scientific AND lay literature on the science of health behavior change. He's the co-author of the book The Brave Athlete and the co-director of Brave Athlete Coaching with his wife Lesley Marshall, w...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 42
This week on the podcast Mikki talks to Professor Julia Rucklidge about her research around mental health and nutrients, and the recently released book The Better Brain . We chatted about how she got into the field, her early discoveries in nutrients and ADHD before turning her attention to post traumatic stress disorder post the Christchurch Earthquakes. We also discuss why the field of psychology hasn't embraced nutrients as therapy, and the appropriate use of medication for mood disorders. Mi...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 41
Specific topics include Tommy woods and Lucy Maillings - review of flexibility of the gut https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33849977/ PSMF bread https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=331352931878870 Where do you buy bulk collagen from? What are the recommendations for diet for autoimmune conditions Dr michael Rougiot book - healthy gut healthy you https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Gut-You-Michael-Ruscio/dp/0999766805 Julianne Taylor - http://juliannetaylornutrition.com/ What to eat when you have a sweet ...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 40
This week on the podcast Mikki is back with Dr Andrew Koutnik, PhD , researcher at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, for a continuation of their conversation last week about his experience as an adult diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 18 years, and discovering a lower carbohydrate approach as the best practice management for that. Andrew is a passionate guy, and that comes across in the interview as we discuss the pitfalls of type 1 diabetes management and why matching insul...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 39
Andrew Koutnik, PhD is a Research Scientist studying the influence of lifestyle and metabolism on health, disease, and performance. He originally began his research path at Florida State University (FSU) in Exercise Science. During his time at FSU, Andrew was trained in the Human Sciences Cardiovascular Laboratory studying the influence of nutrition, exercise, supplementation, and environmental extremes on health-based outcomes in normal and clinical populations across cardiovascular, autonomic,...
Jul 20, 2021•53 min•Ep. 38
While they chat briefly about the race, it was much more around the habits, behaviours, training and nutrition that keeps Ruth strong, fit and awesome. Ruth Croft: https://www.instagram.com/ruthcrofty/ Dirt Church Radio https://www.dirtchurchradio.com/dirtchurchradio/2021/7/7/episode-150-ruth-croft-2021 Western States 100 https://www.wser.org/ The Brave Athlete: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Athlete-Calm-Down-Occasion/dp/1937715736 How to Change Your Mind https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-C...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 37
Brodie Kane Brodie is currently based in her home city of Christchurch and is working through some very exciting projects, like the re-launch of her very successful podcast, The Girls Uninterrupted (previously Girls On Top), and a new podcast called Kiwi Yarns, and is also working on a number of content creation projects for various brands and within the media industry too. Brodie loves to keep busy with MC duties, public speaking, basically anything thrown at her. An award-winning journalist, B...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 36
Mikki and Ethan talk about how he became interested in studying time restricted eating (TRE) as a cardiologist. He talks about his introduction to low carbohydrate diets for type 2 diabetes (and his role as an advisor at Virta Health ( https://www.virtahealth.com/ ) which changed his mind about the efficacy of low carbohydrate approaches for type 2 diabetes. Ethan describes his own n=1 experience of changing to a low carbohydrate diet and transitioning to TRE as a tool for weight loss, and how t...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 35
Dr Mark Mattson is now retired, but was a professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. He’s one of the foremost researchers in the area of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Previously, he was chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program (IRP) at the National Institutes of Health since 2000. Dr Mattson spent his career investigating cognitive function an...
Jun 22, 2021•54 min•Ep. 34
Lara has an evolutionary biology background and a strong science base for her work; we talk about her recommendations for women entering perimenopause and menopause (or as Lara calls it, Second Puberty). This is full of so many practical take home tips, including Women's thoughts about going into menopause (and Chapter 2 of Lara's book, The Hormone Repair Manual) Grandmother Hypothesis What happens to our hormones as we head into perimenopause What changes occur (and what to expect) Problem with...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 33
Mal has inspired countless people to chase their own adventures as he turned his love of trail running and adventure into philanthropic ventures, raising over $800,000 for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ and Mental Health NZ with his 7 in 7 campaign (running 7 Great Walks in 7 days) and the High 5-0 challenge (running up 50 peaks in 50 days) before turning his attention to building a solid community of trail runners online, with Wild Things. Mikki and Mal talk about this and how to build a found...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 32
Dr Dan Plews is the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon age group world record holder with a blistering 8:24 set in 2018, that’s 8hrs and 24mins! By way of bio alongside Dan’s own athletic achievements, he has a PhD in exercise physiology, which looks at heart rate variability to assess training adaptation. He’s coached three professional Ironman triathletes to sub eight hours, including Terenzo Bozzone, Jan van Berkel and Tim van Berkel. Dr Plews has consulted with New Zealand rowing and currently serves ...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 31
This week Mikki talks to Michelle Yandle, nutrition coach, author and creator of the Empowered Eating Centre, where she delivers the Empowered Eating course, designed to help people rediscover their health and recover from yo-yo dieting. Mikki and Michelle talk about Michelle's journey in nutrition, and how indigenous nutrition principles informed her personal journey with diet and how she relates these now to helping others regain their health without rigid rules and dietary restriction. We tal...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 30
This week is a deep dive into insulin resistance, and what causes it, who is at risk, the other disease processes that it underpins and how to identify it. Mikki and Ben also discuss dietary protein and fat, ketosis and neurological disorders, including epilepsy, Parkinson's and migraines, and talk about the impact of a lower carbohydrate approach on thyroid function. Dr Ben Bikman does a great job at translating science into information that everyone can understand and take action on. This was ...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 29
