Health and Wellness, Fitness and Exercise, Stress Management, Mental Health, Nutrition and Diet, Sleep and Recovery, Science and Research, Wearable Tech and Devices, Lifestyle and Self-Improv
Devon McGregor
Heart Rate Variability: The Key to Unlocking ...

  • Understanding HRV: The difference between heart rate and HRV

  • The implications of low HRV and its connection to age

  • Identifying a "good" HRV and personal baselines

  • Strategies for improving HRV: lifestyle changes and monitoring

  • HRV's role in understanding stress response physiology

  • Choosing accurate devices for measuring HRV

  • Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System for better health

  • Early illness detection through accurate HRV readings

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) has gained significant attention recently as a powerful tool for monitoring overall health and well-being. Understanding the nuances of HRV can help you unlock your body's full potential, improve your recovery, and manage stress more effectively.

Heart Rate Variability: The Key to Unlocking Your Health Potential
Wellness, Wellbeing, Health, Exercise, Training
Devon McGregor
Breath Taking

When I first started teaching my clients about the importance of breathwork, it was a tough sell. While some immediately embraced the concept, others outright rejected it. After all, it's always there: whether awake or asleep, we take 20,000 per day, or 14 to 20 breaths every minute. Still, the pandemic has taught us that this is an opportune time to take every breath seriously.

Breath Taking
Wellness, Wellbeing
Devon McGregor
THE GUILTY VERDICT FOR DEREK CHAUVIN

“I am angry. It is illegal for me to be angry. Remember: Don't get angry. It is illegal to be a black man and be angry. Right. Got it. I will remember this next time.”

Kara Lee Corthron, “The Truth of Right Now”

On this day, the former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted by his peers of three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Today, a rare thing happened when a white police officer was held accountable and will be punished for murdering a black man while a small group of people - young and old, white and black, man and woman - watched, frustrated by the hopelessness of it all.

THE GUILTY VERDICT FOR DEREK CHAUVIN
Devon McGregor
THE FORCE OF NATURE: KOBE BRYANT

"When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain, it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself, 'You are a failure,' I think that is almost worse than dying."

Kobe Bryant

THE FORCE OF NATURE: KOBE BRYANT
Devon McGregor
Tell me what it’s like. You mean being black?

Tell me what it’s like. You mean being black?

Over the recent weeks, that direct question naturally keeps being respectfully asked of me from well-meaning friends. And I’m appreciative for the genuine interest.

I must candidly confess my immediate thought is firstly an internal question: Is that the first time you’ve had that burning curiosity? You don’t have to satisfy me with an answer to that. Allow me to respond to your question, though.

We’ve been masking for a long time. All people of color have had to wear masks to conceal our authentic voices, faces, emotions and thoughts for much of our lives. And, the clever woman of color, her mask is her foundation. She carefully applies makeup atop her mask.

Tell me what it’s like. You mean being black?

Devon McGregor

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Coronavirus: Town Hall

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Coronavirus: Town Hall

I want to thank everyone who took time on Wednesday, April 15th to meet with Dr. Elaine Chin, Dr. Jimmy Gutman, Dr. Eric Goodman, Donovan Bailey and I during our Coronavirus: Virtually Getting Through This Together town hall. It was encouraging to see so many individuals join in our serious discussions about important issues facing us all during these unusual times. We are also grateful for your thoughtful questions and hope we were able to resolve those queries and perhaps offer some new insight.

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Doctor’s Orders

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Doctor’s Orders

Athletes love and swear by their Sports Supplements. No wonder they’ve become such a big money maker. “We all know the nutrition industry is competitive”, says TDF Sports co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, TJ Galiardi, an NHL forward. “It generates $150 billion annually for a reason”.

The two most important things to know about the Sports Supplement industry is that not all products are created equal, and not all brands are ethical. Like coffee, and beauty products, Nutritional Supplements are paving a similar path to earn your respect and secure your loyalty.

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Exercise Versus Training: An Important Distinction

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Exercise Versus Training: An Important Distinction

The problem with the English language is that we have many words that can be conflated to imply the same thing, yet are quite different by definition. Add EXERCISING and TRAINING to that. You can go to the driving range to hit balls or you can go to practice your swing. There is only one small but significant difference: INTENT. And, that is the difference between TRAINING and EXERCISE. It is important to understand these differences and what benefits we can expect from both. 

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THE HISTORY OF HUMAN FITNESS (PART 1 of 3)

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THE HISTORY OF HUMAN FITNESS (PART 1 of 3)

“A pattern that had been familiar throughout history is that after a war is fought and won, the tendency is for society to relax, enjoy life, and exercise less. … It appears that as societies become too enamored with wealth, prosperity and self-entertainment, fitness levels drop. In addition, as technology has advanced with man, the levels of physical fitness have decreased.” –Lance C. Dalleck and Len Kravitz

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WHAT YOU TRAIN, IS NOT WHAT YOU GET

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WHAT YOU TRAIN, IS NOT WHAT YOU GET

It takes your Central Nervous System lesser time to complete any task than it will take for me to explain it. But bare with me. This is fundamental to why you may not be getting the results you want from training.

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A MOVEMENT FOR MOVEMENT: WHAT'S REPS GOT TO DO WITH IT?

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Some of us enjoy breaking the rules or taking the shortcut, no matter how great the risk, regardless of the potential punishment, especially when for short term gains or self-gratification. After all, from an early age, we've learned that we can get away with it, without repercussions. My warning is this: Mother Nature has been at this for far longer than any of us, and she is a master serial killer, with no remorse for us and our ways. She will pursue balance, at all cost. This knowledge has caused me to begin looking at the teaching of movement and exercise from a different, more global perspective. My discovery is: Much of the pain, discomfort, illnesses and disease facing man, is of our own doing.

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MOVE IT OR LOSE IT

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MOVE IT OR LOSE IT

We are born natural movers, and that is what we are intended to still be. However now, researchers are confused why some of us are not responding to exercise, no matter how hard we try.

"Is your workout getting you nowhere?", is the opening question posed by Ms. Gretchen Reynolds in her Globe & Mail newspaper article published, January 13th, 2017. For far too many, this acknowledgement is a bitter, if not overwhelming pill to swallow. They are discouraged.

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JUST MOVE IT,

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JUST MOVE IT,

For more than 25 years, I've watched, often horrified as the most tragic accidents play themselves out. Hardworking people unwittingly propel themselves into catastrophic physical events disguised as fitness.

Movement is more than a new buzzword, hashtag or a catchphrase. It is a matter of life or death. And while that may seem like hyperbole, the evidence is clear.

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SIX WEEKS, AND LEFT WANTING MORE

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SIX WEEKS, AND LEFT WANTING MORE

The participants entered with open minds and left knowing that there was far more to learn.

From December 1st through to December 6th, 2014, sixteen curious individuals walked into our studio anxious to participate in the Foundation Training Intensive Workshop that I would be conducting.

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