outstanding content. i feel like on other health focused channels I keep hearing the same, old regurgitated information. You clearly take time in finding quality guests, ask the right questions and know your stuff. THANK YOU!!! 🙏
Brrilliant, brilliant, brilliant! i am following Dr. O'Mara for 3 years now, and it had quite an impact. For me, even as I enjoy BMI 21, but all the more for my clients. The short term max output changes the habit to lots of things. Yet, i need to mention some yoga poses that are equally intense despite its just isometrics. And just for records: O'Mara clearly states (@54+) that mindset and motivation is all. Everything regarding health starts in the mind. Everything else is risk factors (env. toxins, food industry, lacking education), which can be overcome with a strong mind. Hence, if s.o. wants to get/stay healthy, mindfulness training is mandatory
He’s the best! I went carnivore but followed his advice and implanted the fermented foods. It made the most sense. I am down 43 pounds. I also sprint 2 times a week +3 days a week working out.
Very good interview! The last few videos I've watched from you Thomas where you interview people has been very enlightning. They basically gives you a gameplan of how to improve health, fitness and muscle. Good worrk on getting people to talk to you.
Solid collaboration...First class! Listening while rucking a dirt trail (45 lbs.) in 29-degrees weather while fasting (15 hrs.) with 2 seed capsules in my empty tum-tum. Let's Goooo! Lol.
Dr. Sean completes the circle. The more you learn about visceral fat and how it sits above all downstream chronic illness the better your chances of living in a healthy body will be. Go to his channel and subscribe. Learn and implement if you feel it makes sense. Your most important physical asset is your body. Age well and all the best to you for a long, healthy and useful life in the service of yourself and others!
I'm fortunate to be a patient-client of Colonel O'Mara (we're both military so I refer to him via his rank out of military bearing and respect). As a former special forces operator and combat Veteran, who now operates an international corporation as CEO, I fit into both of their highlighted categories: 1. Hard core dedicated yet suffering from what I call "sneak-up sickness" (cancer, diabetes and heart disease are just 3 of the dozen terminal illnesses I've attracted) yet have begun to reverse accordingly (thx Colonel), and; 2. Having massive business stress, low sleep and doing 2-6 hrs of intense cardio per day, etc., I've brought on tremendous self-imposed disease. Yet, as Thomas says a-types always "excel" in his training as do those same types in the Colonel's medical protocol program. ... Sprinting is the answer: period! Was NOT easy giving up 80-100+ miles a week, but now, you couldn't pay me to run. And I gsiend 20 lbs of muscle as well, once I stopped distance and began sprinting... Start off slow, build up and then become a frigging monster over it! Also, the Colonel's diet protocol, other lifestyle factors are also just as important, absolutely pertinent! They go hand in hand. Forever grateful Sir: Salue! ... Thomas, thx for allowing your guests to speak and for also driving earnestly for the truth, and sharing it with the rest of us. ... If you're very focused, too busy yet have some inkling that you need to make changes and can afford a little concierge medicine, then Dr O'mara is absolutely the way!! Respectfully, Franco
would you mind sharing with us how a sprint workout typically looks for you? & also, happy to know youre doing much better - healthwise. blessings from MD! 🙏🏾
Very good conversation video from Thomas like always. Happily surprised of seeing only 1 of your own ad. Watched the whole video and the ads proposed by youtube to support you
Thought your nasal breathing episode was one of your best. This one is even better. Thankyou for all this amazing advice. I'm still with you on Zone 2 as recovery for my intense efforts. This includes walking to the supermarket to buy the groceries and walking home carrying a weight. 😊🏃🚴🇦🇺
I've been a follow of Dr Sean for a few years now. This interview summarized everything incredibly well. Great interaction - 2 highly motivated people helping the rest of us be the best we can be. I've been sprint on the bike, rowing machine and running for a few years now. Love it so much more than the long slow runs and marathons I used to do. Going to do some workouts to failure - pull-ups, push-ups, low ab crunches, high ab crunches and squats.....
Fantastic interview! I’m currently one month into keto trying to loose baby weight. This is so motivating! I’m 33 and I’m so motivated to just get in the best shape of my life and videos like this really keep me wanting to be a better me. Thank you 🙏 GOD BLESS
Visceral fat's dangers have been known way before 2010. And just because you say something correct but unrelated to your profession, doesn't mean that people should 'listen' to you.
@@johndorianturkelton The guy is responding to the claim that visceral fat isn't being taught in medical school. He's not saying anything about visceral fat or how to deal with it.
@@drjtwoodrowwell most people don’t seem to want to listen to me either. We have got to raise visceral fat real danger above the din of cholesterol Big Pharma wants Health Professionals to talk about.
Visceral Fat Doctor: The 4 Types of Belly Fat & How to Reduce It - Dr. Sean Omara: Ideas and Insights Ideas: - Micro bullets of fat silently degrade health and well-being over an extended period. - Understanding good fat versus bad fat can optimize health, aesthetics, and performance significantly. - Visceral fat is one of the four bad inflammatory fat types detrimental to health. - Brown adipose tissue, known as good fat, aids thermogenesis and can be activated by cold exposure. - Superficial subcutaneous fat is beneficial because it secretes protective molecules against various diseases. - Typical medical education neglects the importance and impact of visceral fat on overall health. - Understanding visceral fat's impact can inform personal health decisions, empowering effective lifestyle changes. - Many chronic conditions correlate with high levels of visceral fat rather than cholesterol levels. - Gut health benefits from probiotics, particularly those with effective delivery mechanisms, like Seed's formulas. - Individuals often are unaware of gradual health degradation caused by accumulated visceral fat over time. - Stress causes higher visceral fat accumulation due to hyperresponsive cortisol receptors in this fat tissue. - The four damaging areas of fat are referred to as The Four Horsemen of inflammation. - Not all subcutaneous fats are equal; visceral and deep ones are harmful while superficial is protective. - Individuals should prioritize improving their body metrics over seeking treatment for chronic health issues. - Implementing high-intensity interval workouts effectively reduces visceral fat far more than steady-state cardio. - Incorporating maximum effort exercise in short bursts yields profound health benefits despite aging. - Visible skin elasticity can indicate overall health and reflect successful fat reduction efforts effectively. Insights: - Long-term impacts of visceral fat are underappreciated, leading to gradual degradation of health and performance. - Visceral fat accumulates silently, highlighting the need for proactive monitoring and lifestyle choices. - Not understanding the different types of fat can hinder effective health optimization strategies. - Superior blood flow is critical for repairing and preventing diseases associated with visceral fat. - Engaging in regular high-intensity workouts may outperform traditional cardio in fat loss effectiveness. - Awareness of diet quality and sleep's impact is critical for managing visceral fat retention. - Proactive education about visceral fat can empower individuals to take charge of their health outcomes. - Adipose tissue secretes inflammatory signals, emphasizing the significance of fat storage locations on health. - Understanding how the body processes stress can refine approaches to fat reduction and health improvement. - People can significantly improve their quality of life through awareness, metrics, and high-intensity training methods. In this video, Dr. Sean Omara discusses the different types of belly fat, specifically focusing on visceral fat and its harmful effects on health. He emphasizes the need for individuals to recognize various fats in their bodies, including good and bad types, and how understanding these can lead to better health choices. The conversation also includes insights into the importance of exercise, diet, and lifestyle changes in managing body fat and improving overall health. Key Points: Types of Fat Dr. Omara outlines that there are four main types of fat in the body, organized into good and bad categories. Specifically, he highlights visceral fat as one of the most dangerous types of fat due to its inflammatory properties. Visceral Fat and Health Issues Visceral fat is linked to various chronic health conditions, and Dr. Omara stresses that most medical schools do not adequately educate on its implications. He encourages viewers to learn more about visceral fat in relation to their personal health. Detrimental Effects of Inflammatory Fat The video discusses how inflammatory fats, such as visceral fat, harm the body over time, leading to a gradual decline in health that is often unnoticed by individuals. Good Fats: Brown and Superficial Fat Dr. Omara introduces the concept of 'good fats,' such as brown fat and superficial subcutaneous fat, which can be beneficial to health, contrasting them with the harmful types of fat. Exercise Importance The discussion includes the significance of short, high-intensity exercises over long, low-intensity workouts to combat visceral fat more effectively. Personal Motivation in Health Dr. Omara emphasizes that motivation and a willingness to change are crucial factors in successfully managing body fat and improving health. Supplements and Gut Health He endorses a specific probiotic brand, explaining the importance of probiotics in maintaining gut health and their role in overall wellness. Lifestyle Changes for Better Health The video encourages viewers to make intentional lifestyle changes, including better dietary choices, effective exercise regimens, and regular monitoring of body health.
Big facts. And if it does heal people, it's tied to a medication or an expensive procedure, most likely. Tis' the reason why I am going yo.nursing school and will have a business on the side as a health coach and will get extensive education(factual), outside of the US dietician curriculums!
Much easier to deal with it via a pill vs. the time and effort required to educate the masses. In reality, something that might be best taught in grade schools - before bad diets and lifestyles becomes a set pattern for life.
Dr Sean Omar’s is one of my favorites.. I’ve added sprinting and feel so much better Big Thanks to Sean! Sprint Carnivore diet (with fermented foods) Sunshine =you will be healthy & you’ll find the fountain of youth 😊
Good vs. Bad Fat: The distinction between good and bad fat is crucial. Brown fat, for example, is beneficial as it helps with thermogenesis and energy expenditure, while visceral and myosteatosis fat can have detrimental effects. Dr. O’Mara advocates for increasing good fat stores while minimizing harmful fat deposits through lifestyle changes. Chronic Disease Prevention: The overarching theme of the video is the prevention of chronic diseases through an understanding of body fat and its implications. By targeting visceral fat and adopting healthier lifestyle choices, individuals can not only enhance their appearance and performance but also reduce disease risk, ultimately leading to a better quality of life.
Much easier when engaged as a preventative strategy vs. when your metabolic machinery is compromised due to hormonal impacts of aging, not to mention being on the wrong side of the metabolic curve of health. ; )
Great looking forward to this one! I wonder about the effects of GLP1’s on good fat? Chinese Medicine calls the general inflammatory condition “dampness” akin to a swamp with no flowing water. You drain damp by pee, poo or sweat aided by various things.
I started sprinting a few months ago and even though I'm only doing 3 sprints once per week I lost a lot of visceral fat and put a lot of muscle on my whole body, not only on the legs.
I found Dr O’Mara about Six months ago on his own You Tube site he goes into how to start with out injury’s🤞 I stared doing sprints with my walking in a cemetery where it was flat with no car traffic or any one to laugh. I am 65 female in okay shape put not an athlete . I stared slow three sprints throughout my walk and now I am up to 6 sprints . I count to 30 while I sprint, l thought about to timing my sprints so I don’t get slower as I go!!
absolutely loved this ,very informative and interesting ,will be changing my exercise routine and will hopefully start to feel the difference, thanks guys
Used Dr Berg's keto info for approx 18 months and no question it had a very positive impact on my health ,which was OK anyway . I now carb cycle which is the best for me as a do a lot of road cycling. Big fan of keto for improving people's health ,it just works.
Dr. Peter Atilla says the #1 variable predicting longevity is VO2max, which aligns with your position that sprinting, high-intensity workouts drives nitric oxide and other systems we need. Paired with that, Zone 2 work is also necessary.
This fellow, conversing with you - fantastic. However, what about, say, guys pushing 70, probably 30 lbs overweight (largely visceral fat) and probably insulin resistant etc. -- I like to push myself, but wonder about some risk lately with risk of great exertion - it would be wonderful if you could more often address the broader, aging population, those (any!) of us who are not looking for "easy" per se, BUT who wish to do it right from a progression/safety perspective. (THANKS for all, Thomas. Superb stuff, superb guests!) :-)
Based on related experience - fix your diet first and work on basic low level cardio and resistance training. Get a clean bill of health, including a ECG etc. to rule out potential 'safety hazards'. Personally, I found low impact elliptical to be very good for both basic cardio and even sprint-like HIIT. Not because it was ideal or the only solution, but happened to be the more obvious go-to vs. all the rest of my gear. Otherwise, possibly that much more challenging since your hormones are not going to be as obliging as they are up until the reputed step increase of aging ~60 - more like the 4rth 'winter-phase' of our finite lifespan, the 3rd, transition to 'fall' being at male/female menopause ~44.
Started riding 10 km on exercise bike 7 days a week first thing in morning before eating mid-morning. Is this duration too long? Also work-out different muscle group 5 days a week before dinner. Fasting 14 hours after dinner. Have lost 15.5 lbs in 6 weeks. 66 years old. Target loss is 35.5 lbs.
"The ROM machine is a workout machine that uses your body mass in a four minute session of safe, non-impacting high intensity interval training." USD $6,299.00 🤑 FWIW, it's kinda like how I engaged my elliptical machine, using my lower body weight/legs to make it harder to pump the arms - where I was focused on upper body HIIT workout. Easy enough to reverse the exercise, using my upper body and arms to counteract the legs ability to push the pedals. Otherwise, the ROM machine uses active centrifugal braking which increases with any attempt to go faster. Plus, it works out both arms simultaneously, on both push and pull stroke. Not sure how the lower back responds to that sort of stress but on the elliptical, even putting everything I had into it, I did it most every evening without any issues. Being a fixed resistance machine, The one limitation is where your body eventually adapts to it, making self-limiting in terms of net benefits vs. the ROM ramping up resistance.
Humans are persistence hunters, that's where our extended zone two advantage over other animals makes a difference. See pg 210 -212 of Daniel Leiberman's book "Exercised". So the zone 2 endurance may not make a difference for fighting or fleeing, but it helps a human bring home the bacon. Which is also an important aspect of survival.
I've known that long distance stuff causes loss of muscle and increased visceral fat. Known this since early 1980's. Stopped doing long distance stuff and focus on sprint type exercise.
Hello Thomas, I am a 70 year old male that has gone from 240 at 5'9" to 208 and working to get to 185. I'm pretty muscular for my age but suffer from the dreaded belly fat. After watching this video what would you consider a "sprint" that loves to lift weights and works out 5 days per week. Thanks in advance.
@@AngeliaMeow Check out OCEAN psychological personality profiles and associated 'personal projects'. Also, Ayurvedic Doshas, particularity Vata, with dietary recommendations to balance it. Another key is learning to trigger 'relaxation response' by Vagus Nerve stimulation (active), or, more traditionally, via meditation (passive), will change your brain to become inherently more focused. Failing that, becoming older will tend to slow you down to where you will mellow out naturally. ; )
I LOVE this video, but I almost turned it off because I saw the same irritating commercial at least 8x!!! Is there a way to do something about it??? thanks
Just curious if a daily session of HIIT on the elliptical would be sufficient in place of sprinting? Early last year ~60+, I lost 40 LB's doing HIIT on my elliptical - also in combination with moderate fasting and low carb whole food omnivore diet - virtually nothing processed and minimal if any grains/dairy. Note, due to metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, I found it harder to do prolonged fasting. Otherwise, I hit a wall vs. where I needed to lose 10 more LB's - still carrying too much subcutaneous and visceral fat. Likely, still producing too much insulin that interfered with burning of the last bit of fat - though perhaps due to where they say toxins are stored therein, which the body doesn't necessarily want to deal with. After it became obvious I wasn't gaining anything further with that strategy, I reverted to a combo of 20 min air stepper - though not that 'Raw(??) Machine' demoed by Dr. O'Mara, then doing push ups, body dip/raises, bench press and seated leg raises. That looks to have converted some of the remaining weight to lean tissue which slowly but surely, has been burning off the visceral fat - more obvious to me around the facial features. Somewhat reluctant to go full carnivore, though I guess it would get me over the hump that much quicker in terms of burning off visceral fat? Otherwise, HBa1C is good, or so I'm told @ 5.4% with two tests 8 months apart. While much better, it's still a concern so would like any other insights on how to move forward and rid the remaining excess fat.
Two layers of subcutaneous fat is news to me! Looking forward to learn what to do about it. Btw I saw a scan of a sumo wrestler several years ago -- slim on the inside, i.e. NO visceral fat, plenty on the outside. (Does the abbreviation SIFO exist, I wonder?)
I would like to have an experiment like real zone2 endurance training 10h/week + full body weight training 2x per week, and no sprinting. My guess is, most benefits would be present. And the all-important mitochondrial function is built with low endurance. For instance, triathletes have below 10% body fat, and I have never seen more good-looking people in one place as in a triathlon event. (Marathon is different, they only use a very limited amount of their muscle, often with many structural deficits and bad technique.) Problem with many average people, they do their running, rowing etc. rather in zone3, i.e. too fast for fat burning, too slow for high intensity - and then this is called endurance exercise. There is no good education about polarized training, although it is rather simple: 95% zone2 + 5% zone4, like going fast sometimes uphill, or overtaking a swimmer in your lane. And many endurance athletes have terrible eating habits, supported by a huge industry.
@@keyman6385 ...yes, a lot of bang for your bucks, that's for sure. The argument I'm just not following 100% is that HIIT really mirrors the dominant exercise patterns of our ancestors (and even then - that it automatically means this would be the best way to use our body). Okay let's say we killed an animal in a big effort. But then we had to carry it for hours back home, and this would be like +120 HR - perfect zone2. Looking for fruits, digging roots, carrying infants, constructing a housing, or working with any kind of domesticated animals etc. are all activities with more than your easy walking HR. All of these strenious activities are done mechanically today, and we are left with sitting and walking. Endurance exercise, done intelligently, is a good way to compensate this. (Yes, running 10k every day with bad technique and 160 HR certainly isn't)
@@daniels.9446 Everything else is a bonus and certainly adds numerous benefits of flexibility, squatting, longer term aerobic endurance vs. short term anaerobic exertion. If nothing else, certainly a different lifestyle than what we lead today - save for some better known examples, like the Hadza tribe etc. Certainly not as epic as when our evolutionary ancestors hunted mastodons/mammoths or whatever was present during our evolution. Theoretically, that's what led to the related genetic adaptations and responses we rarely engage, apart from as part of a training and exercise regiment.
Why would there be a need to teach this in medical school? Are you telling me that people have become so incredibly stupid that they believe eating processed food and being fat is OK? Five year-old children have this basic level of intelligence. For a full grown adult to say “they need to teach this in medical school” “this is so profound” is truly pathetic. It is so easy to have a great life, but unfortunately, basic common sense, logical thinking, and taking personal responsibility for your life is incredibly rare.
You just did - apart from diet and managing stress to help minimize excess cortisols which generally promote inflammation and fat. As you hint at, depending on your circumstances, where there can be more to it. Otherwise, if your body and overall health is primed and ready for it, Sprints are #1 for promoting visceral fat loss.
QUESTION: what would you do with an older person who has major physical issues that prevent them from performing any kind of intense exercise…..I assume focus more on the things they are consuming and stress reducing actions. Anything else?
Has Seed been tested by FDA? Also, it seems like the Dr was preaching the gospel of HIIT. What duration of exercise does he recommend? 1 minute on 1 minute off ?
What great insight, love these long form interview you do Thomas. Does the maximal effort have to be done solo, or can it be part of a longer zone 2/3 workout? ie, running or cycling for 90-120 mins w/ some hill sprints mixed in along the route?
He doesn’t advocate for longer exercise like that. Longer periods of moderate exercise increases stress on your body, increases cortisol and basically reverses all the good hormones and effects of just doing short intense exercise.
There’s a few things wrong in my opinion. It’s not just about whether they are driven, success is often also about privilege, positioning and the ability to leverage your skills and talents which can be about all sorts of micro aspects of power. Gender demographics etc. So if you’ve been privileged enough to have your skills and abilities acknowledged and rewarded, then you’ve got the motivation towards another situation. As the book of ecclesiastic says, the race is not always to The Swift. There are many wonderful people who don’t get rewarded by institutions because institutions can have a lot of corrupting factors. That’s why social media and personal enterprise are equalising factors. I think we have to be careful before we subscribeeverything to merit. Life is in a meritocracy. You are more correct when you moved away from personality and talked about pairing compensation with performance. It’s not about average performance, it’s about below average compensation and acknowledgement. That’s why I work for the Lord Jesus Christ and not for human compensation.
I'm trying to wrap my head around the question you asked about stress. Someone please tell me if I have this right. Viseral fat increases due to stress, then this viseral fat excretes more cortisol increasing stress, which induces more stress which increases more viseral fat. So reducing viseral fat breaks the cycle of stress induced fat gain? Am I making sense?
Is it normal to feel adrenaline rushes doing this kind of exercise? Or would it be a healthy goal to shoot for to workout the way Dr. Sean did until we enter into fight or flight mode?
Same difference where you actively engage a somatic exercise to trigger sympathetic activation of the nervous system, as does the fight or flight mode? The more important factor is how your body responds to it in terms of recovery - how long it takes to resume normal heart rate. If it's longer, that means prolonged stress and cortisol levels during the prolonged recovery period. That's more like 'overtraining'. Otherwise, a balance between doing too much vs. too little to see the net benefits vs. where elevated cortisol levels are associated with inflammation which promotes visceral fat - stress eating and so on. Commonsense approach is to fix your diet and ensure your body is conditioned to be ready, willing and able to engage SIT, HIIT etc. Namely to avoid any 'catastrophic failures' - torn muscles, ligaments, possibly an aneurysm etc.
AI says that TRT with a bad diet can promote visceral fat vs. where O'Mara recommends (at the very least) a wholefood diet, if not even carnivore. Otherwise, TRT with resistance training promotes muscle growth which helps burn fat and carbs. It's basically what Dr. Jeffrey Life went with when he found the lack of hormones at ~65 resulted in fewer benefits in response to his resistance training. Before then, along with his version of a 'healthy diet', resistance training and exercise were far more effective in restoring and maintaining his metabolic health. TRT is convenient but as with steroids, they come with associated risk factors - whereby you're introducing something that promotes a lot of grown which could bypass the normal checks and balances. Possibly where aging itself helps purposely slow down growth, to balance out related risks that come with aging biologies and our inherently limited lifespan.
Certainly helps with general cardiovascular health and general fitness - especially with a healthy diet. Otherwise, VO2 max is more about pushing the body to engage exercises that force it to adapt and upregulate the capacity to absorb, transport and delivery Oxygen. e.g. High Altitude Training or the HIIT, if not a combination of aerobic and high altitude etc. The latter being more how some olympic athletes train but possibly where some have viscous blood, requiring them to move every few hours in order to prevent complications. It's not a normal lifestyle or adaptation - much like how some extreme marathon runners experience enlarged hearts as result of prolonged stress forced adaptations.
Belly fat is subcutaneous and that that cause the swollen abdomen pressing against internally is visceral fat. Then there is organ fat like fatty liver also part of internal swelling against the abdomen???
@@flcps yeah so that’s the same thing for last 15 years. Unfortunately his tech are things the average joe can’t measure. Guess just use good ol accu measure with a caliper.
@@davesanders9203 Dave visceral fat is likely been accumulating inside of you for decades. It’s not gonna go away in just a few short weeks. The average person takes about one to two years when focused and highly motivated to get rid of their visceral fat and this is after they’ve come to me working with me one on one. It’s not an easy thing to do on your own without guided expertise. 🙏👊
Idk I heard O'mara before and I tried his suggested sprint routine but I found myself getting pain and injuries in my legs faster than my love handles were shrinking. Im not very overweight or particularly unfit either 15% bodyfat last time I checked. When I did long slow runs it seemed like I was just burning more calories and was getting leaner overall, maybe not specifically in the stubborn regions hes taking about though. Im curious what is the most practical way to preferentially burn visceral fat.
@@helios4425 There's literally no one who hasn't heard that a million times by now, its not a very inciteful or useful thing to say one of Dr. Omara's point was that's it possible to preferentially burn visceral fat
Having worked with Dr Sean for about a year, I'd suggest you start with diet (calorie dense, high satiation, low inflammation foods) your environment (sleep with the sun, get fresh air, sunlight on skin, and ditch devices as much as possible) Avoid anything that tastes sweet, or contained carbs in any meaningful way, and introduce as much living beneficial microbes as you can. Add max effort exercise last, you might start at a walk. Or you might sprint uphill, but know it's not exercise in a vacuum that works. It needs a holistic environment of diet, nutrition, and rest to thrive. Down 46 lbs fat, muscle mass up 8lbs, skin tone is way better... sleep, mental focus, eyesight, all improved noticeably. Looking forward to the next day, every day, you can see the changes.
Be careful when accelerating and decelerating, do it slow, you are not in a race, I never sprinted in my life but last year I listened to one of Sean's videos and started sprinting(I only did 3 sprints once per week) and I lost a lot of visceral fat and put a lot of muscle despite not doing anything else. And so far I haven't had an injury yet but I always accelerate slowly.
You talk about nitric oxide in the video. Just wondering, would it be helpful to take nitric oxide as a supplement, say before a workout to help get the blood flowing?
Like pop a viagra? Likely not. At most people take a bit of caffeine, though if it boosts your cortisol levels, you have to wonder how to not overdo it with a net gain of excess fat?
@@DrSeanOMara You and a few other TH-cam doctors gave me the knowledge to totally transform my 59 year old visceral fat packed body on 7 daily meds to a 62 year old GreekGod that now is 52 pounds lighter and prescription free. No complaints from me guy.
Thomas, you get the best guests for your Podcasts. Thanks
Thomas really does get great guests because who he is. He was the consummate professional the entire show & behind the scene.
Dr Sean!! Thank you so much for having him on!!! He's no-nonsense, yet caring. You can tell he really cares about his patients / clients.
Thank you Kristy and I do care about my client patients and really everyone and so does Thomas after my time with him.
Big fan of Dr. Sean and have benefited from his channel. Big thanks for bringing him on and exposing him to your followers.
outstanding content. i feel like on other health focused channels I keep hearing the same, old regurgitated information. You clearly take time in finding quality guests, ask the right questions and know your stuff. THANK YOU!!! 🙏
This guest is too recycled all over ytube... But i have no problem sometimes hearing new view angles.
Brrilliant, brilliant, brilliant! i am following Dr. O'Mara for 3 years now, and it had quite an impact. For me, even as I enjoy BMI 21, but all the more for my clients. The short term max output changes the habit to lots of things. Yet, i need to mention some yoga poses that are equally intense despite its just isometrics.
And just for records: O'Mara clearly states (@54+) that mindset and motivation is all. Everything regarding health starts in the mind. Everything else is risk factors (env. toxins, food industry, lacking education), which can be overcome with a strong mind. Hence, if s.o. wants to get/stay healthy, mindfulness training is mandatory
Very well said ! Agreed !!! Thank you.
He’s the best! I went carnivore but followed his advice and implanted the fermented foods. It made the most sense. I am down 43 pounds. I also sprint 2 times a week +3 days a week working out.
Very good interview! The last few videos I've watched from you Thomas where you interview people has been very enlightning. They basically gives you a gameplan of how to improve health, fitness and muscle. Good worrk on getting people to talk to you.
Solid collaboration...First class! Listening while rucking a dirt trail (45 lbs.) in 29-degrees weather while fasting (15 hrs.) with 2 seed capsules in my empty tum-tum. Let's Goooo! Lol.
Dr. Sean completes the circle. The more you learn about visceral fat and how it sits above all downstream chronic illness the better your chances of living in a healthy body will be. Go to his channel and subscribe. Learn and implement if you feel it makes sense. Your most important physical asset is your body. Age well and all the best to you for a long, healthy and useful life in the service of yourself and others!
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Another great discussion by Dr. O’Mara.
I'm fortunate to be a patient-client of Colonel O'Mara (we're both military so I refer to him via his rank out of military bearing and respect). As a former special forces operator and combat Veteran, who now operates an international corporation as CEO, I fit into both of their highlighted categories:
1. Hard core dedicated yet suffering from what I call "sneak-up sickness" (cancer, diabetes and heart disease are just 3 of the dozen terminal illnesses I've attracted) yet have begun to reverse accordingly (thx Colonel), and;
2. Having massive business stress, low sleep and doing 2-6 hrs of intense cardio per day, etc., I've brought on tremendous self-imposed disease.
Yet, as Thomas says a-types always "excel" in his training as do those same types in the Colonel's medical protocol program.
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Sprinting is the answer: period! Was NOT easy giving up 80-100+ miles a week, but now, you couldn't pay me to run. And I gsiend 20 lbs of muscle as well, once I stopped distance and began sprinting...
Start off slow, build up and then become a frigging monster over it!
Also, the Colonel's diet protocol, other lifestyle factors are also just as important, absolutely pertinent! They go hand in hand.
Forever grateful Sir: Salue!
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Thomas, thx for allowing your guests to speak and for also driving earnestly for the truth, and sharing it with the rest of us.
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If you're very focused, too busy yet have some inkling that you need to make changes and can afford a little concierge medicine, then Dr O'mara is absolutely the way!!
Respectfully,
Franco
would you mind sharing with us how a sprint workout typically looks for you?
& also, happy to know youre doing much better - healthwise. blessings from MD! 🙏🏾
Great video! You should do more educational videos like this from doctors.
Very good conversation video from Thomas like always. Happily surprised of seeing only 1 of your own ad. Watched the whole video and the ads proposed by youtube to support you
Like he gives a crap
Finally! I've been waiting for this to come out! Yay! We love Sean! Why didn't you get a scan first? That would be so great in spreading the message.
Agree
I've seen Dr Sean showing his scans in some of his other videos
Dr O'Mara and Thomas that was brilliant.... I have followed Dr O'Mara for some time now. Great stuff.
Really great guest, Thomas. And really valuable information for me. Thank you. I’m over 70.
Thought your nasal breathing episode was one of your best. This one is even better. Thankyou for all this amazing advice. I'm still with you on Zone 2 as recovery for my intense efforts. This includes walking to the supermarket to buy the groceries and walking home carrying a weight. 😊🏃🚴🇦🇺
I've been a follow of Dr Sean for a few years now. This interview summarized everything incredibly well. Great interaction - 2 highly motivated people helping the rest of us be the best we can be. I've been sprint on the bike, rowing machine and running for a few years now. Love it so much more than the long slow runs and marathons I used to do. Going to do some workouts to failure - pull-ups, push-ups, low ab crunches, high ab crunches and squats.....
I was riveted.Thanks Thomas and your guest.
Credit all to @thomasdelauer who reached out to me to have this important conversation 🙏🙏
Fantastic interview! I’m currently one month into keto trying to loose baby weight. This is so motivating! I’m 33 and I’m so motivated to just get in the best shape of my life and videos like this really keep me wanting to be a better me. Thank you 🙏 GOD BLESS
That was a Masterclass ! Thank u !
We learned about visceral fat and its inflammatory implications in Chiropractic school, and that was back in 2010...
But no one wants to listen to us.
The goal of these channels is to make the viewer feel like they know something the majority of people don't.
Visceral fat's dangers have been known way before 2010.
And just because you say something correct but unrelated to your profession, doesn't mean that people should 'listen' to you.
@@johndorianturkelton The guy is responding to the claim that visceral fat isn't being taught in medical school. He's not saying anything about visceral fat or how to deal with it.
@@drjtwoodrowwell most people don’t seem to want to listen to me either. We have got to raise visceral fat real danger above the din of cholesterol Big Pharma wants Health Professionals to talk about.
Visceral Fat Doctor: The 4 Types of Belly Fat & How to Reduce It - Dr. Sean Omara: Ideas and Insights
Ideas:
- Micro bullets of fat silently degrade health and well-being over an extended period.
- Understanding good fat versus bad fat can optimize health, aesthetics, and performance significantly.
- Visceral fat is one of the four bad inflammatory fat types detrimental to health.
- Brown adipose tissue, known as good fat, aids thermogenesis and can be activated by cold exposure.
- Superficial subcutaneous fat is beneficial because it secretes protective molecules against various diseases.
- Typical medical education neglects the importance and impact of visceral fat on overall health.
- Understanding visceral fat's impact can inform personal health decisions, empowering effective lifestyle changes.
- Many chronic conditions correlate with high levels of visceral fat rather than cholesterol levels.
- Gut health benefits from probiotics, particularly those with effective delivery mechanisms, like Seed's formulas.
- Individuals often are unaware of gradual health degradation caused by accumulated visceral fat over time.
- Stress causes higher visceral fat accumulation due to hyperresponsive cortisol receptors in this fat tissue.
- The four damaging areas of fat are referred to as The Four Horsemen of inflammation.
- Not all subcutaneous fats are equal; visceral and deep ones are harmful while superficial is protective.
- Individuals should prioritize improving their body metrics over seeking treatment for chronic health issues.
- Implementing high-intensity interval workouts effectively reduces visceral fat far more than steady-state cardio.
- Incorporating maximum effort exercise in short bursts yields profound health benefits despite aging.
- Visible skin elasticity can indicate overall health and reflect successful fat reduction efforts effectively.
Insights:
- Long-term impacts of visceral fat are underappreciated, leading to gradual degradation of health and performance.
- Visceral fat accumulates silently, highlighting the need for proactive monitoring and lifestyle choices.
- Not understanding the different types of fat can hinder effective health optimization strategies.
- Superior blood flow is critical for repairing and preventing diseases associated with visceral fat.
- Engaging in regular high-intensity workouts may outperform traditional cardio in fat loss effectiveness.
- Awareness of diet quality and sleep's impact is critical for managing visceral fat retention.
- Proactive education about visceral fat can empower individuals to take charge of their health outcomes.
- Adipose tissue secretes inflammatory signals, emphasizing the significance of fat storage locations on health.
- Understanding how the body processes stress can refine approaches to fat reduction and health improvement.
- People can significantly improve their quality of life through awareness, metrics, and high-intensity training methods.
In this video, Dr. Sean Omara discusses the different types of belly fat, specifically focusing on visceral fat and its harmful effects on health. He emphasizes the need for individuals to recognize various fats in their bodies, including good and bad types, and how understanding these can lead to better health choices. The conversation also includes insights into the importance of exercise, diet, and lifestyle changes in managing body fat and improving overall health.
Key Points:
Types of Fat
Dr. Omara outlines that there are four main types of fat in the body, organized into good and bad categories. Specifically, he highlights visceral fat as one of the most dangerous types of fat due to its inflammatory properties.
Visceral Fat and Health Issues
Visceral fat is linked to various chronic health conditions, and Dr. Omara stresses that most medical schools do not adequately educate on its implications. He encourages viewers to learn more about visceral fat in relation to their personal health.
Detrimental Effects of Inflammatory Fat
The video discusses how inflammatory fats, such as visceral fat, harm the body over time, leading to a gradual decline in health that is often unnoticed by individuals.
Good Fats: Brown and Superficial Fat
Dr. Omara introduces the concept of 'good fats,' such as brown fat and superficial subcutaneous fat, which can be beneficial to health, contrasting them with the harmful types of fat.
Exercise Importance
The discussion includes the significance of short, high-intensity exercises over long, low-intensity workouts to combat visceral fat more effectively.
Personal Motivation in Health
Dr. Omara emphasizes that motivation and a willingness to change are crucial factors in successfully managing body fat and improving health.
Supplements and Gut Health
He endorses a specific probiotic brand, explaining the importance of probiotics in maintaining gut health and their role in overall wellness.
Lifestyle Changes for Better Health
The video encourages viewers to make intentional lifestyle changes, including better dietary choices, effective exercise regimens, and regular monitoring of body health.
You were nothing short of thorough! Thank you for this very detailed summary of the video.
Thank you!
💯💯👌👌👌👌
Wow! This is one of the best summaries I have seen for a while. Thank you very much!
Did you type this yourself or did you get AI to generate it?
Dr. Sean Omara has a great sense of humor!
Ha. Looking for my wife to show her this comment. 🙏👊😁
I got every joke! Thomas kept a straight face on every one. You’re the man I’m gonna start sprinting in my workouts
THIS IS WHAT I CALL A REALLY DEEP SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION ❤ GREAT THOMAS
Mad Respect to Thomas for making this happen.
Best video ever on the subject!!!
Glad you appreciated it Jeff.
Wow! I think this might be my favourite video of yours Tom! Such unique and valuable content 👊😎
Mad Respect to Thomas for reaching out to me. 👊🙏
Love how Thomas puts it all into perspective…..the absence of sprint workouts…..not just eliminating zone 2 workouts. Perfect 😍
Great interview TD!
This is another sharp angle of deep understanding, motivating 👍👍
Just finished- this was great! Thx TD 👍👍
Just finished- this was great! Thx TD 👍👍
Love this interview and info. Dr Sean is amazing! Thanks Thomas🎉❤🎉
Im really not suprised they dont teach this at medical schools. Just like nutrition. Its not about healing people. Its about profit
Big facts. And if it does heal people, it's tied to a medication or an expensive procedure, most likely. Tis' the reason why I am going yo.nursing school and will have a business on the side as a health coach and will get extensive education(factual), outside of the US dietician curriculums!
there is no ROI for healthy people
Yea they do not give af about us bro. We are on our own, thats why we are all here self educating on youtube
Much easier to deal with it via a pill vs. the time and effort required to educate the masses. In reality, something that might be best taught in grade schools - before bad diets and lifestyles becomes a set pattern for life.
@@keyman6385 even if it was taught in school we would have the same scenario as with the food pyramid
Dr Sean Omar’s is one of my favorites.. I’ve added sprinting and feel so much better
Big Thanks to Sean!
Sprint
Carnivore diet (with fermented foods)
Sunshine
=you will be healthy & you’ll find the fountain of youth 😊
WOW! Best guest, best information, best video!
Dr. Sean is really great
Thanks for bringing on 'the Belly Fat Man'
Fantastic information! I never get tired of listening to Dr Sean.
Conclusion is explained and I find that it was expressed well & totally makes sense.
The tools were laid out on what to do & not to do to do better 🎉
Good vs. Bad Fat: The distinction between good and bad fat is crucial. Brown fat, for example, is beneficial as it helps with thermogenesis and energy expenditure, while visceral and myosteatosis fat can have detrimental effects. Dr. O’Mara advocates for increasing good fat stores while minimizing harmful fat deposits through lifestyle changes.
Chronic Disease Prevention: The overarching theme of the video is the prevention of chronic diseases through an understanding of body fat and its implications. By targeting visceral fat and adopting healthier lifestyle choices, individuals can not only enhance their appearance and performance but also reduce disease risk, ultimately leading to a better quality of life.
Much easier when engaged as a preventative strategy vs. when your metabolic machinery is compromised due to hormonal impacts of aging, not to mention being on the wrong side of the metabolic curve of health. ; )
4th Jan! Great time for this video Thomas! 😃👍
Great looking forward to this one! I wonder about the effects of GLP1’s on good fat? Chinese Medicine calls the general inflammatory condition “dampness” akin to a swamp with no flowing water. You drain damp by pee, poo or sweat aided by various things.
Good question - likewise how about Berberine? Both claiming to reduce visceral fat.
I started sprinting a few months ago and even though I'm only doing 3 sprints once per week I lost a lot of visceral fat and put a lot of muscle on my whole body, not only on the legs.
How do you do your sprints?
@delmardebus2260 run at maximum speed for a few seconds, accelerate slowly to prevent injury, that's it.
I found Dr O’Mara about Six months ago on his own You Tube site he goes into how to start with out injury’s🤞 I stared doing sprints with my walking in a cemetery where it was flat with no car traffic or any one to laugh. I am 65 female in okay shape put not an athlete .
I stared slow three sprints throughout my walk and now I am up to 6 sprints . I count to 30 while I sprint, l thought about to timing my sprints so I don’t get slower as I go!!
Another one of your "Best Videos"!
This is so helpful! Thankyou!
Amazing interview...great job
absolutely loved this ,very informative and interesting ,will be changing my exercise routine and will hopefully start to feel the difference, thanks guys
Used Dr Berg's keto info for approx 18 months and no question it had a very positive impact on my health ,which was OK anyway . I now carb cycle which is the best for me as a do a lot of road cycling. Big fan of keto for improving people's health ,it just works.
awesome interview, this is next level bro-science
Really thank you for this extraordinary valuable and precious informations 🙏❤️
Love your channel, so glad I found it.
Fantastic guest. Very knowledgeable. thanks.
Great guest. Very conversational.
Great video, Thomas. Thank you.
Excellent talk. I really learned a lot.
Thanks for the video, very interesting. Is it helpful if one can perform a liposuction procedure?
Liposuction doesn't reach visceral fat, which is under the abdominal wall.
Dr. Peter Atilla says the #1 variable predicting longevity is VO2max, which aligns with your position that sprinting, high-intensity workouts drives nitric oxide and other systems we need. Paired with that, Zone 2 work is also necessary.
Maybe this is why the true Tabata Protocol is so effective?
Very informative episode👍
This fellow, conversing with you - fantastic. However, what about, say, guys pushing 70, probably 30 lbs overweight (largely visceral fat) and probably insulin resistant etc. -- I like to push myself, but wonder about some risk lately with risk of great exertion - it would be wonderful if you could more often address the broader, aging population, those (any!) of us who are not looking for "easy" per se, BUT who wish to do it right from a progression/safety perspective. (THANKS for all, Thomas. Superb stuff, superb guests!) :-)
Start very slowly accelerating which is the highest injury potential. Sprinting g up hill is better if older or sprint swimming.
Based on related experience - fix your diet first and work on basic low level cardio and resistance training. Get a clean bill of health, including a ECG etc. to rule out potential 'safety hazards'. Personally, I found low impact elliptical to be very good for both basic cardio and even sprint-like HIIT. Not because it was ideal or the only solution, but happened to be the more obvious go-to vs. all the rest of my gear. Otherwise, possibly that much more challenging since your hormones are not going to be as obliging as they are up until the reputed step increase of aging ~60 - more like the 4rth 'winter-phase' of our finite lifespan, the 3rd, transition to 'fall' being at male/female menopause ~44.
Dr. Sean O Mara has worked with many men who are in your age group. I think his oldest client was 84 and he was killing it.
Started riding 10 km on exercise bike 7 days a week first thing in morning before eating mid-morning. Is this duration too long?
Also work-out different muscle group 5 days a week before dinner. Fasting 14 hours after dinner. Have lost 15.5 lbs in 6 weeks. 66 years old. Target loss is 35.5 lbs.
Best hybrid is wrestling
"The ROM machine is a workout machine that uses your body mass in a four minute session of safe, non-impacting high intensity interval training." USD $6,299.00 🤑
FWIW, it's kinda like how I engaged my elliptical machine, using my lower body weight/legs to make it harder to pump the arms - where I was focused on upper body HIIT workout. Easy enough to reverse the exercise, using my upper body and arms to counteract the legs ability to push the pedals. Otherwise, the ROM machine uses active centrifugal braking which increases with any attempt to go faster. Plus, it works out both arms simultaneously, on both push and pull stroke.
Not sure how the lower back responds to that sort of stress but on the elliptical, even putting everything I had into it, I did it most every evening without any issues. Being a fixed resistance machine, The one limitation is where your body eventually adapts to it, making self-limiting in terms of net benefits vs. the ROM ramping up resistance.
Humans are persistence hunters, that's where our extended zone two advantage over other animals makes a difference. See pg 210 -212 of Daniel Leiberman's book "Exercised". So the zone 2 endurance may not make a difference for fighting or fleeing, but it helps a human bring home the bacon. Which is also an important aspect of survival.
I am 82, I hate jogging and love sprinting, so being old hasn't sent me to jogging
how do you start? what is the play book for sedentary overweight over 50 man or female? we want to improve but don't want to cause injury.
I've known that long distance stuff causes loss of muscle and increased visceral fat. Known this since early 1980's. Stopped doing long distance stuff and focus on sprint type exercise.
Hello Thomas, I am a 70 year old male that has gone from 240 at 5'9" to 208 and working to get to 185. I'm pretty muscular for my age but suffer from the dreaded belly fat. After watching this video what would you consider a "sprint" that loves to lift weights and works out 5 days per week. Thanks in advance.
Images are helpful
Love this❤
Thank you!
So the ways to reduce bad fat is high intensity training and not stressing out?
That's fantastic results your getting at age 82...🎉
& inspiring too 🎆🤙🏻 science has real help all of us learn more tools to apply better out comes🎉
@patriciamayjudge5212
Great content
Seed is NOT the only one, Life Extension has one.
i'm often stressed and rarely sleep well.. i need to fix myself lol
Yes fix those issues right meow !
well and what does stress mean? What does good sleep mean? yada yada...
@@gary1488 overthinking is another issue !!! Hahaha
@@AngeliaMeow Check out OCEAN psychological personality profiles and associated 'personal projects'. Also, Ayurvedic Doshas, particularity Vata, with dietary recommendations to balance it. Another key is learning to trigger 'relaxation response' by Vagus Nerve stimulation (active), or, more traditionally, via meditation (passive), will change your brain to become inherently more focused. Failing that, becoming older will tend to slow you down to where you will mellow out naturally. ; )
@@gary1488What does "mean" mean? What does "what" mean?
Thank you for typing this out, much better than watching Thomas trying to sell me something, lol, I don’t mind that either. I love his channel.
Dang dude
I LOVE this video, but I almost turned it off because I saw the same irritating commercial at least 8x!!! Is there a way to do something about it??? thanks
Just curious if a daily session of HIIT on the elliptical would be sufficient in place of sprinting? Early last year ~60+, I lost 40 LB's doing HIIT on my elliptical - also in combination with moderate fasting and low carb whole food omnivore diet - virtually nothing processed and minimal if any grains/dairy. Note, due to metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, I found it harder to do prolonged fasting.
Otherwise, I hit a wall vs. where I needed to lose 10 more LB's - still carrying too much subcutaneous and visceral fat. Likely, still producing too much insulin that interfered with burning of the last bit of fat - though perhaps due to where they say toxins are stored therein, which the body doesn't necessarily want to deal with.
After it became obvious I wasn't gaining anything further with that strategy, I reverted to a combo of 20 min air stepper - though not that 'Raw(??) Machine' demoed by Dr. O'Mara, then doing push ups, body dip/raises, bench press and seated leg raises. That looks to have converted some of the remaining weight to lean tissue which slowly but surely, has been burning off the visceral fat - more obvious to me around the facial features.
Somewhat reluctant to go full carnivore, though I guess it would get me over the hump that much quicker in terms of burning off visceral fat? Otherwise, HBa1C is good, or so I'm told @ 5.4% with two tests 8 months apart. While much better, it's still a concern so would like any other insights on how to move forward and rid the remaining excess fat.
Two layers of subcutaneous fat is news to me! Looking forward to learn what to do about it.
Btw I saw a scan of a sumo wrestler several years ago -- slim on the inside, i.e. NO visceral fat, plenty on the outside. (Does the abbreviation SIFO exist, I wonder?)
Just 💃 dance 🕺 guys ❤
Totally agree!! 😊
I would like to have an experiment like real zone2 endurance training 10h/week + full body weight training 2x per week, and no sprinting. My guess is, most benefits would be present. And the all-important mitochondrial function is built with low endurance. For instance, triathletes have below 10% body fat, and I have never seen more good-looking people in one place as in a triathlon event. (Marathon is different, they only use a very limited amount of their muscle, often with many structural deficits and bad technique.)
Problem with many average people, they do their running, rowing etc. rather in zone3, i.e. too fast for fat burning, too slow for high intensity - and then this is called endurance exercise. There is no good education about polarized training, although it is rather simple: 95% zone2 + 5% zone4, like going fast sometimes uphill, or overtaking a swimmer in your lane. And many endurance athletes have terrible eating habits, supported by a huge industry.
I gather HIIT is all about the least amount of time and effort required to achieve the desired end results - as long as you can handle it.
@@keyman6385 ...yes, a lot of bang for your bucks, that's for sure.
The argument I'm just not following 100% is that HIIT really mirrors the dominant exercise patterns of our ancestors (and even then - that it automatically means this would be the best way to use our body). Okay let's say we killed an animal in a big effort. But then we had to carry it for hours back home, and this would be like +120 HR - perfect zone2. Looking for fruits, digging roots, carrying infants, constructing a housing, or working with any kind of domesticated animals etc. are all activities with more than your easy walking HR. All of these strenious activities are done mechanically today, and we are left with sitting and walking. Endurance exercise, done intelligently, is a good way to compensate this. (Yes, running 10k every day with bad technique and 160 HR certainly isn't)
@@daniels.9446 Everything else is a bonus and certainly adds numerous benefits of flexibility, squatting, longer term aerobic endurance vs. short term anaerobic exertion. If nothing else, certainly a different lifestyle than what we lead today - save for some better known examples, like the Hadza tribe etc.
Certainly not as epic as when our evolutionary ancestors hunted mastodons/mammoths or whatever was present during our evolution. Theoretically, that's what led to the related genetic adaptations and responses we rarely engage, apart from as part of a training and exercise regiment.
The whole fasting training thing is interesting in men, but is being strongly contested in women (see Dr Stacy Sims). Thoughts?
Why would there be a need to teach this in medical school? Are you telling me that people have become so incredibly stupid that they believe eating processed food and being fat is OK? Five year-old children have this basic level of intelligence. For a full grown adult to say “they need to teach this in medical school” “this is so profound” is truly pathetic. It is so easy to have a great life, but unfortunately, basic common sense, logical thinking, and taking personal responsibility for your life is incredibly rare.
24:57 how does this square with low intensitiy excersise like walking for a long period?
Walking is great!
I want to know more about visceral fast and how to rid my body of it!!
You just did - apart from diet and managing stress to help minimize excess cortisols which generally promote inflammation and fat. As you hint at, depending on your circumstances, where there can be more to it. Otherwise, if your body and overall health is primed and ready for it, Sprints are #1 for promoting visceral fat loss.
was a good one
Is it ok to do high intensity on leg day?
QUESTION: what would you do with an older person who has major physical issues that prevent them from performing any kind of intense exercise…..I assume focus more on the things they are consuming and stress reducing actions. Anything else?
Has Seed been tested by FDA? Also, it seems like the Dr was preaching the gospel of HIIT. What duration of exercise does he recommend? 1 minute on 1 minute off ?
What great insight, love these long form interview you do Thomas. Does the maximal effort have to be done solo, or can it be part of a longer zone 2/3 workout? ie, running or cycling for 90-120 mins w/ some hill sprints mixed in along the route?
He doesn’t advocate for longer exercise like that. Longer periods of moderate exercise increases stress on your body, increases cortisol and basically reverses all the good hormones and effects of just doing short intense exercise.
@@dr.forrestbale4132way to go Dr. Bale! 👊👊
There’s a few things wrong in my opinion. It’s not just about whether they are driven, success is often also about privilege, positioning and the ability to leverage your skills and talents which can be about all sorts of micro aspects of power. Gender demographics etc. So if you’ve been privileged enough to have your skills and abilities acknowledged and rewarded, then you’ve got the motivation towards another situation. As the book of ecclesiastic says, the race is not always to The Swift. There are many wonderful people who don’t get rewarded by institutions because institutions can have a lot of corrupting factors. That’s why social media and personal enterprise are equalising factors. I think we have to be careful before we subscribeeverything to merit. Life is in a meritocracy. You are more correct when you moved away from personality and talked about pairing compensation with performance. It’s not about average performance, it’s about below average compensation and acknowledgement. That’s why I work for the Lord Jesus Christ and not for human compensation.
I'm trying to wrap my head around the question you asked about stress. Someone please tell me if I have this right. Viseral fat increases due to stress, then this viseral fat excretes more cortisol increasing stress, which induces more stress which increases more viseral fat. So reducing viseral fat breaks the cycle of stress induced fat gain? Am I making sense?
Not quite. Stress produces cortisol which contributes to both the production & retention of visceral fat especially with a poor diet & lifestyle.
Is it normal to feel adrenaline rushes doing this kind of exercise? Or would it be a healthy goal to shoot for to workout the way Dr. Sean did until we enter into fight or flight mode?
Same difference where you actively engage a somatic exercise to trigger sympathetic activation of the nervous system, as does the fight or flight mode? The more important factor is how your body responds to it in terms of recovery - how long it takes to resume normal heart rate. If it's longer, that means prolonged stress and cortisol levels during the prolonged recovery period. That's more like 'overtraining'.
Otherwise, a balance between doing too much vs. too little to see the net benefits vs. where elevated cortisol levels are associated with inflammation which promotes visceral fat - stress eating and so on. Commonsense approach is to fix your diet and ensure your body is conditioned to be ready, willing and able to engage SIT, HIIT etc. Namely to avoid any 'catastrophic failures' - torn muscles, ligaments, possibly an aneurysm etc.
Please help me understand. I believe the doctor said that he is unclear if TRT causes the muscle fat “marbling”. Is this a correct?
AI says that TRT with a bad diet can promote visceral fat vs. where O'Mara recommends (at the very least) a wholefood diet, if not even carnivore. Otherwise, TRT with resistance training promotes muscle growth which helps burn fat and carbs. It's basically what Dr. Jeffrey Life went with when he found the lack of hormones at ~65 resulted in fewer benefits in response to his resistance training. Before then, along with his version of a 'healthy diet', resistance training and exercise were far more effective in restoring and maintaining his metabolic health.
TRT is convenient but as with steroids, they come with associated risk factors - whereby you're introducing something that promotes a lot of grown which could bypass the normal checks and balances. Possibly where aging itself helps purposely slow down growth, to balance out related risks that come with aging biologies and our inherently limited lifespan.
so how about my long walks.?? . i go 3 or 4 times a week.. 2 hours orso.. i have been doing that to improve my VO2max..
I’m wondering the same about my daily 1 hour walk
Certainly helps with general cardiovascular health and general fitness - especially with a healthy diet. Otherwise, VO2 max is more about pushing the body to engage exercises that force it to adapt and upregulate the capacity to absorb, transport and delivery Oxygen. e.g. High Altitude Training or the HIIT, if not a combination of aerobic and high altitude etc. The latter being more how some olympic athletes train but possibly where some have viscous blood, requiring them to move every few hours in order to prevent complications. It's not a normal lifestyle or adaptation - much like how some extreme marathon runners experience enlarged hearts as result of prolonged stress forced adaptations.
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Belly fat is subcutaneous and that that cause the swollen abdomen pressing against internally is visceral fat. Then there is organ fat like fatty liver also part of internal swelling against the abdomen???
I wish the scan was clearer so I could better follow the types of Fats..
this all sounds good but what are practical ways to achieve results?
Eliminate processed foods from your diet. No sugar. Optimize your sleep. Hit type of exercise. Manage stress. No or low alcohol.
@@flcps Already did ALL THAT and still have "Belly Fat" Still looking for a solution for me. Just came off 6 day water fast. Still belly fat!
@@flcps yeah so that’s the same thing for last 15 years. Unfortunately his tech are things the average joe can’t measure. Guess just use good ol accu measure with a caliper.
@@davesanders9203you must have some other medical issue that you must fix first, keep researching and I hope you will find the root cause.
@@davesanders9203 Dave visceral fat is likely been accumulating inside of you for decades. It’s not gonna go away in just a few short weeks. The average person takes about one to two years when focused and highly motivated to get rid of their visceral fat and this is after they’ve come to me working with me one on one. It’s not an easy thing to do on your own without guided expertise. 🙏👊
Idk I heard O'mara before and I tried his suggested sprint routine but I found myself getting pain and injuries in my legs faster than my love handles were shrinking. Im not very overweight or particularly unfit either 15% bodyfat last time I checked. When I did long slow runs it seemed like I was just burning more calories and was getting leaner overall, maybe not specifically in the stubborn regions hes taking about though. Im curious what is the most practical way to preferentially burn visceral fat.
Eat in a calorie deficit. The mass has to come from somewhere
@@helios4425 There's literally no one who hasn't heard that a million times by now, its not a very inciteful or useful thing to say one of Dr. Omara's point was that's it possible to preferentially burn visceral fat
Having worked with Dr Sean for about a year, I'd suggest you start with diet (calorie dense, high satiation, low inflammation foods) your environment (sleep with the sun, get fresh air, sunlight on skin, and ditch devices as much as possible)
Avoid anything that tastes sweet, or contained carbs in any meaningful way, and introduce as much living beneficial microbes as you can.
Add max effort exercise last, you might start at a walk. Or you might sprint uphill, but know it's not exercise in a vacuum that works. It needs a holistic environment of diet, nutrition, and rest to thrive.
Down 46 lbs fat, muscle mass up 8lbs, skin tone is way better... sleep, mental focus, eyesight, all improved noticeably. Looking forward to the next day, every day, you can see the changes.
Be careful when accelerating and decelerating, do it slow, you are not in a race, I never sprinted in my life but last year I listened to one of Sean's videos and started sprinting(I only did 3 sprints once per week) and I lost a lot of visceral fat and put a lot of muscle despite not doing anything else. And so far I haven't had an injury yet but I always accelerate slowly.
It may be because you were already fit, rather than starting from the usual sedentary position.
You talk about nitric oxide in the video. Just wondering, would it be helpful to take nitric oxide as a supplement, say before a workout to help get the blood flowing?
Like pop a viagra? Likely not. At most people take a bit of caffeine, though if it boosts your cortisol levels, you have to wonder how to not overdo it with a net gain of excess fat?
What is GEAR?
Steroids.
Looks like track marks following his vein on his right arm🤣 I know it's not though. I subscribe to this guys TH-cam channel and he's very interesting.
Honestly you are kind. Many think I am just weird. 🙏
@@DrSeanOMara You and a few other TH-cam doctors gave me the knowledge to totally transform my 59 year old visceral fat packed body on 7 daily meds to a 62 year old GreekGod that now is 52 pounds lighter and prescription free. No complaints from me guy.