@jciake crushed dinner last night.
Steak from @butcher_box and a Brussels sprout salad she made with shredded Brussels, sun dried tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, bacon, ranch, and some spices / @redmondrealsalt.
An example of how easy and delicious a keto aligned meal can be while implementing a ketogenic strategy to improve your brains health and performance while also improving body composition, energy levels, and disease risk.
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2 years ago I hopped on a plane, flew across the country and walked into a hotel room in Santa Monica, California to record one of the first episodes of the āUnstoppableā podcast with @kerwinrae and thatās when I met @mattiasholmbom.
2 years later, Mattias gave me a tour of Kerwinās office and showed me the podcast studio.
This was after attending Kerwinās āNail It & Scale Itā 3-day workshop on how to grow your business and fulfill your purpose even further with social media.
Crazy what can come from non-stop action, a belief, and staying in integrity with you purpose every step of the way.
The fact I got to meet these two guys and record a podcast was an honor in itself. To be invited to Kerwinās event as a guest, bring 2 friends to tag along, and get a tour of the office was a whole other level.
It meant the world to me to hang out with both @mattiasholmbom and @kerwinrae and to be able to share that Iāve been putting their advice into action, observing their actions, and manifesting my goals.
I look forward to the next time (2 months away) Iām in Sydney with the K2 herd!
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Choices people, CHOICES.
Keto is NOT hard, unsustainable, or unhealthy.
You know whatās hard?
Suffering from a disease. Having your skull cut open to remove a tumor trying to kill you. Dealing with cancer. Loosing someone in your life. Feeling physical pain from things that could be avoided.
The list goes on.
That said, thereās a ton of context involved around those statements and itās why I do all I do. From coaching to speaking, to investing my time, money, and energy into creating content that brings you all value.
All my efforts are context based and I believe we all have potential the become as healthy, happy, and successful as we believe we can become.
Itās all in our choices.
If anyone wants to prioritize the health of their brain and allow it to perform better and become more resilient to disease, utilizing the power of ketones as a tool and/or lifestyle can be a game changer.
Thereās also a ton of support for body composition, energy, recovery, inflammation, oxidative stress, and so much more from ketones themselves along with the consciousness of all areas of life that keto has shown me.
Hereās an example of a dialed keto meal taken from Eastern: lamb, Brussels, and a zucchini boat stuffed with an artichoke spinach dip.
Some clean protein, non-starchy veggies, and plenty of fats.
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Happiness is a choice.
Fostering a perspective of gratitude along with a mentality of āshit could always be worseā is my key to not letting the times of adversity keep me down.
Iām not happy every single moment of every single day, otherwise I wouldnāt be human.
I feel all the emotions just as all of you but my focus is on the vision for my life I created and I wonāt let anything stop me from at least TRYING to obtain that vision.
That said, I put in the mental and physical work every single day as I audit my choices on a constant basis always thinking…
āhow can I succeed in this effort?ā
āwhat would it take?ā
āwhat can I learn from this experience?ā
what do I truly want?ā
And really focus on the life Iāve been given and all the abundance within it.
In order to have light, we must have darkness just as if we say thereās an up then there has to be a down.
Itās the Hong and yang aspect of life and in order to have success, we must have tribulations, āfailuresā, and hardships.
Itās not easy, itās SIMPLE.
With daily practice, just as any muscle becomes stronger, the mind builds strength and the actions we take on our visions manifest into our realityās.
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Incredibly grateful for this woman bringing Danny and I into the world.
Grateful for the amazing things sheās instilled in us from working hard, not judging others for anything other than their character, how to budget but also how to reward ourselves appropriately, how to be strong and positive even when facing the hardest times in our lives, how to treat others we care about, and how to love life as much as we can.
Grateful for her being my number 1 fan and supporter my entire life and never allowing me to doubt myself no matter what I was going through.
My mom has always told me āgo big and fly highā and has never let me not see the possibilities for my life when I give it my all and donāt give up.
To say I love and appreciate this woman is, of course, a given but doesnāt come close to expressing the true love and appreciation I have for my mom and all sheās been through in her life and all sheās done for my brother and I.
I love you, mom.
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I wouldnāt be where I am without my BMX bike.
The friends, the travels, the life lessons, the opportunities, the experiences, the ups and downs, and the challenge of getting to a top professional level of competition was an amazing journey.
All I do today is with the utmost respect for what BMX has done for me and what @DaveMirra did for the sport and my life directly.
Even tho Iāve removed myself from the competition side of riding and the BMX industry for the most part, BMX is still in my heart.
All I do today is with the backend thought BMX will be positively exposed to crowds that have never seen it properly, heard of it, or maybe didnāt take a second look at the sport for what it really is.
When I share my video and experiences on stage, people are always amazed by what we can all do on our bikes along with the mindset that fuels those actions we dismiss as itās just what we do.
Today, BMX is a vehicle that carries my voice and story around the world and contributes to my journey moving forward to serve and support others as much as I can. Itās also a valuable educational tool I use to reflect on all its taught me over the years and how to apply those lessons in my life today with my business.
Iām incredibly grateful I found something at such a young age that consumed my being because had it not been for that focus, I wouldnāt be here today on a lot of different levels.
Itās why I believe everyone MUST have something they are passionate about and can progress with. Itās a great outlet for many purposes and keeps you pushing for something.
@joerogan referred to this as ācreating your own struggleā on @aubreymarcus podcast. Itās so true. Rather than wait for some struggle to come at you despite what you want, create your own struggle to overcome like working out, sobriety, a clean diet, a project, that business you always wanted to start, and so on.
Itāll make you stronger, mentally and physically, and may bring more than you ever fathomed into your life. šø @jciake
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On a mission.
What started out as a dream of becoming a pro BMX athlete turned into a new purpose driven by a dream to change the way we view the world, our lives, and our š§ health.
A brain tumor diagnosis in 2010 started my obsession with how to optimize my brain.
Along the journey, Iāve learned a bunch about diet, mindset, injuries, toxins, meditation, and fitness and their roles on the brain.
A new tool in my arsenal is SPECT imaging, which looks at blood flow and emotional circuitry. SPECT allows us to see the damage occurring in the brain from the former mentioned above.
This allows us to incorporate lifestyle changes to help change, heal, and further protect our brains.
Whatās rad is that we have just learned how exogenous ketones help support these areas of the brain along with exercise, meditation and breathing, and diet.
An important step, and some blood markers we should all know are mentioned on picture 5.
Along with lifestyle changes, knowing your blood markers from said blood tests (photo 5) is blood glucose and ketone numbers via @ketocoachx (ketones) and Any quality glucometer for blood glucose.
What steps are you taking to improve your brains health?
Photo by @jciake
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Weāve always been told that wearing a helmet is important for our brains.
After @davemirra being diagnosed with CTE, Iāve become even more obsessed with š§ health and sharing with the BMX community and all of you.
Although Iām an advocate for helmets 100%, they donāt do much in terms of concussions and preventing CTE. They do protect the skull from fractures, tho, which is amazing!
š¤But, when we talk about the brain in regards to concussions, we have to understand the brains development, how the brain actually sits in the skull, and how a concussion occurs.
Iāve seen many of my friends out cold while wearing a helmet.
š§ @scottycranmer was wearing a helmet when his life altering TBI occurred.
š§ Iāve seen @vincebyron out cold several times with a full face helmet on, the last gnarly one resulted in blood seeping out of his nose and ears.
š§ @davemirra crushed his face through his full face helmet one year at a contest.
š§ I myself have had a few concussions where I had a seizure and my heart stopped, all while wearing a helmet.
šš¼ That said, this isnāt a post advocating for not wearing a helmet. Very much the opposite and helmets serve an amazing tool for protecting our skull and mitigating issues if a head injury were to occur.
šš¼ This post is to understand the implications of hitting our heads. It takes time or it can be immediately.
šš¼ Part 2 from my trip to @doc_amen with @ryanplowery to get SPECT scans of our brains comes out Friday at 330pm EST!
Dr. Ali will be explaining this topic much more along with our scan results with exogenous @justpruvit ketones and without, what the scans mean, why we are the way we are, and how we can change our brains with and without exogenous ketones.
š¤Comment any questions or concerns and Iāll do a LIVE to answer those questions.š¤
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A month off my bike and I am feeling good!
For those that donāt know, or didnāt see my posts about this, I took about 6 months off from BMX before my follow-up SPECT scan with @doc_amen in October.
I did this for 3 reasons:
1) for my own health.
2) to not have any issues with the research weāre doing involving exogenous ketones (@justpruvit) and how our brains are in fact able to be changed in a positive manner. Even for someone like myself with a past of many TBIās and multiple brain tumors that came with surgery, treatments, and mental health battles.
3) to focus more on the changes Iāve been pursuing in my life to create an entirely new reality that Iām seeing manifest more and more everyday.
To be honest, I donāt miss it much.
That said, I still love BMX. I know Iāll pick it right back up. And I still think about it and envision riding all the time.
But, the itch to ride isnāt quite there. Mainly, because I donāt have any goals around BMX now that Iām not competing and donāt have any sponsor obligations.
The sponsorships and support Iāve acquired are built around me as a person, the value Iām providing, and the purpose in fulfilling.
If I want to ride, cool. If I donāt, thatās cool too.
Itāll be interesting to see how these next 5 months go and when that follow-up SPECT scan is complete.
I understand what Dave Mirra told me years ago when he retired when he said āJosh, my hearts just not in it anymore. I have nothing to prove. I have no goals within BMX. And, honestly, itās not worth my or my familyās well being.ā
I was confused thinking ābut, Dave. Youāre, Dave Mirra. How can you not rideā?
Itās all perspective and my perspective is one of gratitude for my past and all BMX has done for me. But, after 17 years on my bike, Iām excited to see where this new route and my efforts take me.
Iāll for sure ride again after the 6-month mark but to what degree, no clue.
Itās all love tho and I hope youāre all following exactly what you feel deep down.
Josh P. šš§ āļø
I would complain about things in my life, let alone what was outside of my immediate and selfish perspective that I would then complain about.
I lived my life fueled by anger, spite, and on a mission to prove abusive people in my life wrong.
After many wake up calls (3 brain tumor diagnosis, my main bike sponsor dropping me out of the blue mid ACL recovery, multiple TBIās, debt, etc.) I decided to stop making excuses for why I couldnāt do or have something I desired.
I then took accountability for my life and started making small shifts that led to massive changes.
I sacrificed what I had left after my sponsor giving me the boot and set myself on a path fueled by gratitude and love with a very clear reason as to WHY I was doing what I was doing.
That why was PURPOSE.
A purpose to help others reach their full potential with health, happiness, and success, without the suffering we choose upon ourselves.
The reality is, we all face some sort of shit in our lives.
Perspective is essential, tho!
It could always be worse.
Anyone reading this, especially from a smart phone, is winning.
The belief we choose about our life and limitations dictates our reality and we become a slave to external sources when we’re all incredibly capable of manifesting a life we belief we deserve.
What do YOU believe is the life YOU deserve and what are you willing to do for it?
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