Paul Chek is a world-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology, stress management and holistic wellness. For over thirty years, Paul’s unique, integrated approach to treatment and education has changed the lives of many of his clients, his students and their clients.

By treating the body as a whole system and finding the root cause of a problem, Paul has been successful where traditional approaches have consistently failed. Paul is the founder of the CHEK (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA. He is a prolific author of books, articles and blog posts and the host of the popular podcast Living 4D with Paul Chek. (Read More)

My Thoughts:

Paul Chek has been a major influence on my progression as an athlete, student, and man. He covers everything ranging from professional athletics to deep spirituality. I've uploaded below my raw notes from dozens of his videos, blogs, and podcasts. Below are a few important podcasts and videos to watch.

He has a very important concept of working in vs working out that I think is instrumental for elite performance. It follows along with much of my criticism's of the no pain no gain mindset. If you are always taxing the body, then you are only withdrawing from your bodies resources. When are you giving back to your body with proper recovery? Paul Chek shows many programs of workouts designed to give you energy many of which are related to Tai Chi and Qi Gong. They are designed to help you work-in as opposed to work out. This is so important in our modern world where everything is designed to tear us down and not build us up. Remember the goal is to perform your best, not just grind and grind thinking effort guarantees something.

With that said, I have moved on from many training aspects of Paul Chek's teachings in recent years. Specifically seeing how Paul doesn't seem to understand the fascial fitness of world class athletes and how that knowledge should influence training choices. He himself has well-tensioned feet which he's not aware most people don't have. It's another case of you don't know what you don't know. Weightlifting has different effects when you're not playing professional sports and naturally fascial-driven.

He also doesn't seem to understand the harmful effects of artificial lighting which is a concern considering his vast library of knowledge.

Research Excerpts:

*quotes in bold are more important

3pm is best time for a nap; 20 minutes max

Rinse mouth out when you wake up before drinking anything

Lay flat on stone or wood for 15 minutes every day to reset posture

A labor of love is sustainable, anything else is not.

Morning Tai Chi "Working in"

Drink coffee within 10 minites of grinding up the beans. Don't get ground coffee.

Parasympathetic system is responsible for blood flow for erections

Sympathetic system is responsible for ejaculation

Never exhaust stabilizer muscles for workout. Injury rate goes up if you do. You are exhausting the stabilizer muscles that need to be utilized in unison with the larger mover muscles during play.

Never do isolation training until after your more complex moves

Charlie Francis rule: performance must be 1-3% better than previous attempt to make actual improvements otherwise better to rest.

Close eyes and focus on exercise

Contrast training

• Supersetting heavy "slow" weight lifts with lighter weight "fast" exercises
• I.e. heavy deadlift with explosive medicine ball throw

Shaking, slapping, vibration warmup

Superman, HorseStance balance warmup on swissball

Farmer's Carry with kettlebells to improve grip strength

• If looking to improve for deadlift only do 8-12 seconds with appropriate weight
• Usually can't get past 3 plates on deadlift without working on grip strength independently

Water charging with stones

Duck Walk (movement training) https://youtu.be/dGSMgtCmk-A

Boulders, rocks in high places, caves can help balance the chakras

Therapeutic stone jewelry can help balance the chakras

You can charge your water with gemstones and bloodstone

Anytime a physician uses the term syndrome, he/she has no clue what is going on

The body uses 50% more vitamin c per hour (and probably many other nutrients) when it is in any physical/emotional chronic pain

After any core training, lay on a swiss ball and do diaphragmatic breathing to counteract all the forward movements

Pool training decompresses the joints, improves circulation, and as the water moves over the skin and triggers hair because we have so many sensory neurons in our skin. It activates proprioceptive inputs and inhibits pain perception.

Golden teachers 1/3 to 1/2 a gram 4 days on 2 days off. Emotional healing shrooms with psilocybin.

Canola oil is actually rapeseed which is not a food crop, it is an industrial crop so it is not protected by food laws

Nobody's Inteligent with a degree that destroys the fabric of their own existence. Cartels know that you can't kill your customers unlike big pharma

"Great minds are always met with violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Einstein

Its human nature to kill anyone that breaks their paradigm. You can always tell who the pioneers because they have arrows in their back.

No vitamin can be produced in a laboratory like it exists in nature. Vitamins in nature come in complexes involving fats, proteins, carbohydrates, enzymes, minerals, trace minerals, cofactors that provide a harmonious resonance. Food carries information.

Supplements in excess are treated like a foreign invader in the body and excreted. Most people have very expensive poop and piss

Taking one supplement like b6 will cause the body to require the entire complex which will leech from other parts of your body causing other deficiencies and causing a cycle of more vitamins/supplements

What part of a watch tells time? The whole thing, you can't take one part out and expect it to work

Listening:

Notice his feet. He has an extremely prominent Anterior tibialis tendon. Even he is not aware of it even with many decades within the holistic health and performance space. This means that everything he says comes with the caveat that he is a Natural and doesn't exactly apply to everyone.

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FV7eXh6na87IMU8R0XtRR?si=0ff5f2859cba470e

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bB5cozS7yb45Joxh7hWHP?si=f612dc9960fe489d

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ASsWClbrvbUhluxL6D1gQ?si=3d05f4bb7a914ef7

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1YVD3tWZvHJ7q7ZgDms4DL?si=19fd747d3ccf4453