Today's guest, Michol Dalcourt, is an internationally recognised leader in health and human performance. He is the founder of the Institute of Motion, inventor of ViPR PRO and a former Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco. 

Michol has given hundreds of international lectures and has been a featured speaker at most of the world’s top fitness conferences, fitness clubs and at many colleges and universities around the world.

He also consults with many of the fitness industry’s biggest companies - including Equinox, Microsoft and Nike and is a treasure trove of exercise information.

This is part 1 of a 2-part podcast.

You can explore some of Michol’s work at instituteofmotion.com and see his product, the VipR Pro, and associated exercises at Vipr.com

In this episode, we discuss:

2:02    Why developmental biology is relevant to exercise 

7:27    Pro’s and con’s of traditional weight training

9:59    Training for performance vs health and longevity – why they are different

14:55 Michol’s 4Q model of training and recovery

24:43  Why most HIIT training is not HIIT – it’s HISS

34:35  Why some types of exercise & nutrition can shorten longevity and increase cancer risk 

45:30 Recommendations for exercise planning using the 4Q model