On this episode of The Paleo View, Stacy and Sarah revisit the topic of exercise performance and general movement, and how to optimize these two things to support your health goals and a healthy gut.
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The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 151, Exercise Performance & Gut Health
- Intro (0:00)
- News and Views (0:56)
- Stacy’s love for Tove Lo
- The women’s soccer team win and the pay gap
- ESPN bodies issue
- Inspired by this ESPN article, this week’s show will be focused on activity and how it plays into your overall health
- How Stacy and Sarah work on incorporating general activity into their day, and not just with dedicated exercise time, but general movement patterns throughout the day
- The challenge with incorporating consistent movement
- Science with Sarah (17:32)
- The need to avoid really intense exercise, but how individual that intense point is from one person to the next
- The connection between intense exercise and a leaky gut (for more on leaky gut see this episode and The Paleo Approach)
- Strategies for mitigating a leaky gut when we are doing a more intense exercise
- The longterm perspective on how to become stronger and more agile, without undermining your health
- What Stacy does to support her intense lifts
- Questions & Answers (29:45)
- Natalie – what is the right rule of thumb when it comes to water intake when lifting weights or participating in HIIT, like CrossFit?
- Melissa – how much is too much exercise?
- Thank you everyone for listening – we will be back next week!
- Outro (55:22)
Cat says
Hi
I am wondering if you have any thoughts on bikram yoga. I have hashimoto’s thyroiditis. I have noticed that since starting bikram again after a long time away (3 years while pregnant and looking after a little one) my TPO antibodies have increased. I don’t know whether it is the bikram yoga or perhaps some stress I was experiencing at work but am thinking that it might be a little intense for me.
Kiersten Peterson says
It’s pretty impossible to tell you that yes that’s the problem, or no that’s not the problem. But in general doing a form of exercise that is too intense for where you are at the moment could cause issues. Often with autoimmunity, you have to work up to different forms of exercise far more slowly than those without autoimmune conditions. Stress of course could also be a factor. I discuss physical activity with autoimmune conditions on page 158 of The Paleo Approach.