Reduce Blood Glucose Up To 52% With Soleus Push Up

Reduce Blood Glucose Up To 52% With Soleus Push Up 'Soleus pushup' fuels metabolism for hours while sitting (uh.edu) 319 points by lend000 87 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 195 comments digdugdirk 87 days ago | next [–] There are a lot of callouts of "This is BS" in regards to this article. Look at it from a different perspective. I would HIGHLY prefer this to a short press release blurb that allows pop-science clickbait aggregators (or even worse, the "science" sections of CBS/CNN and the like) to have first crack at it. This was produced by the university themselves, and provides a concise yet accurate and detailed overview of the biochemistry involved, as well as a nice short embedded youtube video demonstrating the movement in question and going over the main points of the research. Yes, improvements could be made, and yes, follow up studies will need to be performed. But this is head and shoulders above the "ONE SMALL TRICK, DIETICIANS HATE HIM" alternative we would have gotten otherwise. lock-the-spock 87 days ago | parent | next [–] Exactly. Essentially the trick is not "use this muscle". It rather is "do this specific movement with this muscle. I can describe it quite simply, but to truly learn it you'll need a biofeedback device and you need to know what you're working towards." There are a lot of surprising skills that we could learn if we just knew how and put in the effort. See e.g. the blind mountainbikers using echolocation to 'see' the path, or method of loci/other memory techniques. Tenoke 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] >I can describe it quite simply, but to truly learn it you'll need a biofeedback device and you need to know what you're working towards. I don't know, some gifs from different angles would sure have helped more given our lack of devices (though yes, the video does show one important angle). At any rate the complaints aren't so much in the description but in it being yet another simple trick, of which we see thousands and few if any pan out especially to the level claimed here. m463 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Related, back in the 80's I tried a friend's small biofeedback device and learned in a short time how to really relax. The device was a galvanic skin response device that looked like a mouse. You put your fingers on it and it would make a tone that would decrease in pitch with less muscle tension. I laid down and tried to decrease the tone and I gradually learned where I was holding tension and how to relax. As the tone got deeper I would get closer and closer to falling asleep. search for GSR biofeedback on amazon (not affiliated in any way) ZephyrOhm 86 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] My adblocker hid the video. So glad I came here and read your comments. I was looking for a video aatd86 86 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Shhh... This is a way to people to stop skipping training their calves. It's funny how they call it a soleus pushup but this is the basic movement called seated calf raise. ksaj 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] It's actually not. The reason he mentioned what's going on on the inside is not what you think is going on by looking from the outside. Sit in that same position, and then do a lift part way. At some point, you'll find a "spring" balance, where you can autonomously drum your leg. The muscle that is doing that triggered flex is the only muscle you are focusing on with the Soleus Pushup. Except for the SP, you are triggering it with a pause instead of letting your leg hammer. That rest will allow you to do the move indefinitely without muscle fatigue in that muscle only. It's a bit like your heart beat. Other than the pause, the distance you aim upward for, and the catch (the small bounce right before your heal falls to the ground), the move is way more like this leg drumming than any calf raise, but slower and with rest strokes. Incidentally, you can google the paper, which includes graphs of the muscle use. The two main muscles engaged for calf raises are only nominally activated (because it's pretty hard not to flex with this move) but the Soleus is doing way more of the work. So visibly it is pretty much identical to a calf raise. But what is driving the motion is totally different. Plus you limit to only 1% of your body weight. That muscle specifically has that spring action the surrounding muscles don't have, and uses nutrients entirely differently in order to be that way. After a half-hour of doing this, just like cycling, your body enters a metabolic state, which means that muscle is eating up fats and sugars from your blood at a much higher rate than normally. Then you keep going from there because your Soleus is the one demanding the nutrients. aatd86 84 days ago | root | parent | next [–] I've looked but it still looks like a seated calf raise (which is an exercise that isolate the soleus). Perhaps the ROM is different or it is a quasi-isometric contraction, the paper is not very clear. pushcx 87 days ago | prev | next [–] For all the comments wondering what the particular movement and equipment is, see pages 5 and 6 of the supplementary materials: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S25890042220114... The equipment is an electromyography system with realtime display. It measures the muscle contraction and is displayed to the subject so they can learn to recognize the movement that properly activates the muscle. Contrary to the video, you do not need to be an academic to buy one, they're fairly common in high-end sports coaching/rehab and you can find a cheap arduino-compatible system on Amazon if you want to DIY. If you don't read much exercise science, it's worth noting the paper says "It is important to note that volunteers in Experiment I (Table S1) were typically sedentary (verified with an objective tracking device), and none of them had a high aerobic cardiorespiratory fitness (determined by treadmill VO2max or the maximal oxygen consumption test)." A common pitfall of exercise science is that almost anything works wonderfully on untrained sedentary subjects. Wait for replication. canucker2016 87 days ago | parent | next [–] But sedentary people are the target audience for this exercise. Athletes worry about having enough energy during their exercise. When many people in developed countries are obese or overweight, every technique helps, especially something for those who don't like to sweat... pushcx 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Here's a nice intro to some of the difficulties in researching exercise science: https://sci-fit.net/research-limitations/ For more, the Stronger by Science podcast regularly discusses methodology. karmakaze 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] > Athletes worry about having enough energy during their exercise. Ironically, I'm a sedentary person who doesn't have enough energy to do 10 stations at the gym. If I do back & legs I'm pretty much done for the day. While I was reading the article, I realized that my need for optimizing for efficient blood sugar use is different than the many who would rather waste it. T3OU-736 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] 10 stations seems... excessive. (If your goal for exercises is physical therapy or bodybuilding, ignore the rest of this) If a given "station" is what I picture it to be, it is likely a station for training a muscle in isolation. example: a station called "preacher's bench" for "bicep curls",l. Consider that isolation exercise is, broadly, really useful for two circumstances: bodybuilding, and physical therapy. For functional fitness, it is exceedingly rare that the an individual muscle would be the only muscle group engaged. So, instead, I would strongly argue that free weights (dumbells, barbells) and the compound (multi-muscle) movements are a better use of time and energy at the gym. https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/startin... and https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/practic... are a good starting point. Also Strength Training Anatomy - 3rd Edition by Frederic Delavier - helpful as a reference which stations engage what muscles. ksaj 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] That's pretty much exactly what they say in this study. The point is if you are a sedentary couch potato or desk jockey, you can do this to activate a metabolic state. Literally the people who won't use your (good) advice. It's why there is so much benefit to riding a cycle for 20-30 minutes before working out. Soleus Pushups done properly won't cause fatigue like the cycle does, yet triggers a long-lasting metabolic state (hours, versus minutes you can expect from short bursts of exercise) in the same amount of time. mancerayder 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] View it as training and not exercise. You start minimally and slow, far below exertion capacity, rest a few days, and do similar stuff with slightly more intensity (resistance) or volume (number of reps). There's an art/science to it, and barring health handicaps it's essentially a universal system the body evolved to do. jmatthews 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] If you do back and legs you should be done for the day. Split your posterior chain. :) collegeburner 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] if you do legs you should be done for the day... otherwise not hitting legs hard enough :) ksaj 86 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Funny enough, they say in a few different ways that while it isn't a very practical exercise, you're just sitting there anyway. So it is not aimed at most athletes. Athletes already have strong metabolic responses, except when they plateau, but that's surely not going to happen to a couch potato or desk jockey. tylervigen 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Right but the point is that there may be nothing special about this particular exercise. It’s a bit complicated to get the equipment and training to learn how to do this; maybe that effort is better allocated to just encouraging people to get up and go for a walk every once in a while. throw101010 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] > maybe that effort is better allocated to just encouraging people to get up and go for a walk every once in a while. This method has been used for decades and the results on the obesity rates do not seem to be very good so far. Maybe it's time to try other approaches. rizzom5000 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Clearly the current culture in the US is not healthy, but the reason for healthy scientific and rational skepticism in this case was succinctly laid out in previous comments. It seems to me a tautology to suggest to that going for a walk is less complex than purchasing a specialized device in order to to a specialized exercise in an attempt to fend off obesity (when we already know that walking alone will probably not do any such thing). I'm much more optimistic about pharmaceutical approaches to combating the obesity epidemic at this point. The current cultural direction on this may shift at some point however. throw101010 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] > It seems to me a tautology to suggest to that going for a walk is less complex than purchasing a specialized device in order to to a specialized exercise in an attempt to fend off obesity (when we already know that walking alone will probably not do any such thing). Fair point, and I do agree that pharmaceutical approaches seem more likely to reach more people affected by this problem. My broader point was that the simplistic "just be more active" seem ineffective... and in my experience in some cases even counterproductive, so providing more alternative routes to healthier lifestyles makes sense to me, as complicated as they may seem, maybe they will be more convincing/enticing than what we currently do. eagsalazar2 86 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] The failure is a failure of adherence which is always the root issue with obesity. Walking probably actually does work well too. The relevant question is "which one are people more likely to actually do?" And this does seem promising in that regard. 762236 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Is it about obesity? The technique is about increasing oxidative capacity, which has wonderful benefits. Although it metabolizes fat, that doesn't mean it needs to lower weight to gain benefits. collegeburner 86 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] walks don't burn that many calories man. America has a calories-in problem not a calories-out one anyway. wonnor 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] How could walking possibly burn fewer calories per unit time than a tiny leg movement? collegeburner 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] sounds like the theory is that keeping it going over a long period of time keeps the metabolism up vs a short walk? tbh I'm skeptical, but my point is more that "go for a walk" isn't really the answer for weight loss. serious cardio (hiit appears to work well from last time i looked at literature) and some heavy lifting work way better, but it's still mostly a "calories in" problem. collegeburner 86 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] if y'all want a little broscience: the soleus may be a good choice because advice is generally that it's best worked with sitting vs. standing calf raises. so kinda interesting that they came to this muscle in particular. swamp40 87 days ago | prev | next [–] > Instead of breaking down glycogen, the soleus can use other types of fuels such as blood glucose and fats. Glycogen is normally the predominant type of carbohydrate that fuels muscular exercise. > When the SPU was tested, the whole-body effects on blood chemistry included a 52% improvement in the excursion of blood glucose (sugar) and 60% less insulin requirement over three hours after ingesting a glucose drink. That's amazing if it is true. bluGill 87 days ago | parent | next [–] Most muscles can use a variety of energy sources. Cells have had to deal with famine and seasons since long before humans, and so needed ways to use whatever energy is available. Sugar is by far the easiest to use for energy, but fats are used as well. KellyC727 85 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Yes, but the article is pointing out that without being in a state of famine or other known state when muscles have no alternative but to other fuels, the soleus uses other fuels. debacle 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Not a biologist, but I would wonder why only this muscle would be capable of this. Metabolizing fats is a complex process. cowmoo728 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] All muscles are capable of metabolizing fat. In cycling (and other endurance sports), one of the adaptations observed in top athletes is that their muscles become highly efficient at metabolizing fat during medium-intensity exercise. A professional endurance athlete will metabolize about 70% fat, 30% carbs for the majority of a multi-hour event. This preserves their muscle glycogen for the high-intensity bits where they need to push 400+ watts for 20-30 minutes up a final climb, or do a 1200w sprint to the finish line. When the intensity level exceeds a threshold, the muscle will begin switching to nearly 100% glycogen. Once that glycogen is depleted, muscles lose their top-end peak power output. Sedentary overweight people tend to become very inefficient at metabolizing fat. At anything higher than a slow walking pace, for example, they will begin the cutover to glycogen and turn down fat metabolism. I believe the press release is saying that the soleus muscle is unique in that it does not have a readily accessible store of glycogen. So even in sedentary people that are normally extremely inefficient at metabolizing fat, exercising the soleus will force their body to metabolize blood glucose and fat. Normally it takes months or even years of slow and steady exercise to make a sedentary overweight person effectively metabolize fat while exercising at an intensity high enough to trigger serious metabolic improvements. So if true, the soleus muscle would be a magic shortcut to this process. jaggs 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] "Sedentary overweight people tend to become very inefficient at metabolizing fat. At anything higher than a slow walking pace, for example, they will begin the cutover to glycogen and turn down fat metabolism." Hm...very interesting. So is there an ideal protocol for fat mobilization in sedentary people? Asking for a friend. kiba 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] From what I read, lot and lot of zone 2 training. jaggs 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Ahh, thanks. Now off to research. For my friend. mmastrac 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] In this case, is the body releasing actual fat into the bloodstream for use by the muscles, rather than the fat stores burning fat directly for ATP? cowmoo728 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Yes, fatty acids are bound up in TriAcylGlycerol (TAG). Exercise triggers the breakdown of TAG in fat reserves, sending fatty acids into the blood. These fatty acids go through a pretty complicated process to be delivered into a muscle cell, and then into the muscle cell mitochondria. This transport process cannot keep up with energy expenditure during intense exercise, thus the cutover to stored muscle glycogen (and at even higher peak loads under about 10 seconds, creatine phosphate). Sedentary people lose the ability to rapidly deliver fat into muscle cell mitochondria. This is a good summary of the current state of the research. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766985/ robbintt 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] What is meant by intense exercise? For example, vigorous cardio (age dependent but about hr 150 bpm) is one familiar benchmark, but is this considered intense exercise? KellyC727 85 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Yes, muscles can use fat but only when forced to do so bc the primary fuel source is no longer available. This article is showing that even while the muscles and liver have glycogen and glucose is available, the soleus chooses to use fat. This is huge if it’s true! robbintt 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Is there a place I can read about exercise metabolism like this? porpoisemonkey 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Also not a biologist - just an enthusiastic layman. The Soleus muscle (Soleal pump) is partially responsible for helping to return blood from your legs back up to your heart while upright. [1] This is a fairly critical process so it would make sense that it would be able to metabolize multiple energy sources. [1] https://www.physio-pedia.com/Soleus kaba0 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] If anything, the above article says that the soleus can’t utilize multiple energy sources, it relies mostly on the blood stream (which makes sense for better endurance at running/walking). Also, pumping the blood back is a purely mechanical process, the same is true for your arm muscles, I don’t think it has a relevance here — its a very important process that circulates lymph and helps circulate blood. lock-the-spock 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Interesting. And the logical second conclusion is that this is an evolutionarily costly process, otherwise it would be common across our muscles. Maybe the muscle has a higher risk of injury, degeneration, cancer than othe muscles...? swamp40 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Might have something to do with the "need for speed". Running further than your glycogen alone can take you - increases your survival odds. kaba0 86 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] It has more to do with the ratio of “red” vs “white” muscle fibers. Some muscles trade off some power for endurance and vice versa. If someone ever tried to train for their biceps they will know how even at the end of the training, the first few repetitions of a set will be “easy”, while afterwards it feels like you can’t move it anymore. It’s because biceps typically operates on its local energy storage, and it is not good at endurance. kiba 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] If you do aerobic exercise, you metabolize fat. debacle 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] But in a muscle? That seems to be the argument here, unless it's just bad journalism. mmastrac 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I'm curious if this is the same muscle that causes Charlie Horses. I can activate it on its own without moving my leg and can hold it in tension for a long time but if you flex it too hard it knots and is quite painful. The way that I can flex it: Lie on your back on the floor with your heels on a couch, knees approx 90 degrees Tip/rotate your foot forward and you'll feel a large muscle engage Try and flex that muscle like you would your bicep or pectorals. You'll find that you can hold it for quite some time. Edit: I managed to hold it for a few minutes and it's a very odd feeling afterwards. Almost like I had done a bunch of stairs with no cardio. Edit 2: Standing afterwards wasn't fun - I had to stretch my calves out to walk normally. outworlder 87 days ago | parent | next [–] > I'm curious if this is the same muscle that causes Charlie Horses. Not sure what you mean. We can have charlie horses in any skeletal muscle. mmastrac 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Oh yeah, but at least in myself, they are primarily in the calves. blacksmith_tb 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Gastroc[1] usually, I think, or at least that's how it feels for me. 1: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21662-calf-muscle aendruk 86 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] > Charlie Horse I had to look this up. It means leg cramp? jpollock 87 days ago | prev | next [–] The "Strengthening Exercises" for the soleus muscle would be a way to target it? Unless it needs a specific interval to get it into some sort of oxygen deficit or something? (From the linked page[1]) Some exercises to strengthen your soleus may include: * Bent knee plantar flexion with a resistance band * Bent knee heel raises (as per the Alfredson protocol[2]) * Seated calf raises Again, the bent knee position keeps your calf on slack and focus the workload on the soleus muscles of your lower legs. [1] https://www.verywellhealth.com/soleus-muscle-anatomy-4684082.... [2] Alfredson Protocol: https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-alfredson-protocol-for-ac... DoingIsLearning 87 days ago | parent | next [–] > The "Strengthening Exercises" for the soleus muscle would be a way to target it? Unless it needs a specific interval to get it into some sort of oxygen deficit or something? They specifically perform a concentric contraction of the soleus _and_ "passive drop" of the heel. So without more detail of the paper it's difficult to tell but it seem that the benefit is in performing concentric contractions _without_ eccentric contractions of the soleus. filoeleven 87 days ago | prev | next [–] > Additional publications are in the works focused on how to instruct people to properly learn this singular movement, but without the sophisticated laboratory equipment used in this latest study. Since everyone’s harping on the previous paragraph and saying “they’re just trying to sell us stuff!!” I figured I should put this quote in a top-level comment as an anti-inflammatory aid. jawns 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I'm a former journalist, and I'd like to touch on some of the comments about how this article reads like a dubious infomercial, with a lot of outsized claims that are setting off people's B.S. detectors. They set off mine, as well. But you have to remember that this is not a news article. It is not written by someone with any degree of expertise in the subject matter. Rather, it's written by a member of the media-relations department at the university. The only source for the piece appears to be Marc Hamilton, a professor at the university. So what you're likely perceiving is the author trying to hype up something that is inherently pretty boring and technical, and it comes off as B.S. cycomanic 87 days ago | parent | next [–] Very likely it's not the professor hyping it, but the uni communications office. This reads like a typical uni press release. The scientists typically have little influence on it, they typically read the text that there is no factual errors, but they also leave it to the subject experts (the journalists/communicators) to write the text. wildegorilla 77 days ago | root | parent | next [–] See what the professor says: https://stories.uh.edu/2022-soleus-pushup/index.html skjoldr 86 days ago | prev | next [–] Tidbits from Wiki explaining this from another angle. It seems like slow fibers burn fat better than fast fibers, which makes sense. "The action of the calf muscles, including the soleus, is plantarflexion of the foot (that is, they increase the angle between the foot and the leg). They are powerful muscles and are vital in walking, running, and keeping balance. The soleus specifically plays an important role in maintaining standing posture; if not for its constant pull, the body would fall forward. Also, in upright posture, the soleus is responsible for pumping venous blood back into the heart from the periphery, and is often called the skeletal-muscle pump, peripheral heart or the sural (tricipital) pump. Soleus muscles have a higher proportion of slow muscle fibers than many other muscles. In some animals, such as the guinea pig and cat, soleus consists of 100% slow muscle fibers. Human soleus fiber composition is quite variable, containing between 60 and 100% slow fibers. The soleus is the most effective muscle for plantarflexion in a bent knee position (Hence called the first gear muscle). This is because the gastrocnemius originates on the femur, so bending the leg limits its effective tension. During regular movement (i.e., walking) the soleus is the primary muscle utilized for plantarflexion due to the slowtwitch fibers resisting fatigue." version_five 87 days ago | prev | next [–] “We never dreamed that this muscle has this type of capacity. It's been inside our bodies all along, but no one ever investigated how to use it to optimize our health, until now,” said Hamilton. “When activated correctly, the soleus muscle can raise local oxidative metabolism to high levels for hours, not just minutes, and does so by using a different fuel mixture.” I'm can't evaluate the claims, but this kind of language makes me suspicious. Is this some whole new phenomenon or are there existing, known effects that this somehow parallels? digdugdirk 87 days ago | parent | next [–] There are people who train their entire bodies to function on different biochemical processes, generally long distance endurance athletes training to perform in a fat adapted state for ultramarathons and the like. The research here just seems to suggest that the soleus muscle itself has a lower "barrier to entry" before utilizing different energy sources (blood glucose and fat oxidation) which allows it to sustain activity for a longer time duration. This makes sense, as the soleus is highly involved in walking, and humans basically evolved to walk more than we've evolved to do anything else. soperj 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] I wonder if there is some kind of unintended consequences to using that fuel mixture... 762236 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] No, we're designed to do it in all of our skeletal muscle ravenstine 87 days ago | prev | next [–] > Hamilton’s research suggests the soleus pushup’s ability to sustain an elevated oxidative metabolism to improve the regulation of blood glucose is more effective than any popular methods currently touted as a solution including exercise, weight loss and intermittent fasting. I want to believe in this idea, but all I can say is that's quite a claim. I could believe that it's more effective at glucose regulation than exercise, but to say that it's more effective than weight loss seems peculiar because loss of fat mass (which I'm assuming is what is meant by weight loss) is a result of downregulating how much glucose and fat (insuling being present in response to glucose) can enter cells. Maybe there's a logic to that statement, but it seems to be comparing a cause to an effect. Presumably, if the soleus pushup lives up to its name, it would have a negative effect on fat mass. If blood glucose was poorly regulated, absent a failure to produce enough insulin, fat loss would be a sign of better blood glucose regulation. > The new approach of keeping the soleus muscle metabolism humming is also effective at doubling the normal rate of fat metabolism in the fasting period between meals, reducing the levels of fat in the blood (VLDL triglyceride). ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶f̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶u̶l̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶i̶g̶n̶o̶r̶a̶n̶c̶e̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶f̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶t̶a̶b̶o̶l̶i̶s̶m̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶x̶i̶m̶a̶l̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶e̶d̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶V̶L̶D̶L̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶d̶u̶c̶e̶d̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶p̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶e̶.̶ ̶ ̶A̶l̶s̶o̶,̶ ̶f̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶p̶o̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶V̶L̶D̶L̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶c̶h̶y̶l̶o̶m̶i̶c̶r̶o̶n̶s̶.̶ ̶ ̶I̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶a̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶e̶t̶a̶b̶o̶l̶i̶z̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶p̶r̶a̶n̶d̶i̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶s̶t̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶p̶o̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶?̶ ̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶u̶n̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶o̶n̶.̶ EDIT: Nevermind, I think I had it backwards. Chylomicrons transport dietary fat from the intestine. And too bad my DIY calorimeter has a broken sensor, because I would love to test myself and see if such an exercise has a measurable effect on RQ. wrycoder 87 days ago | parent | next [–] I believe that the journal article is freely downloadable[0]. [0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422... (pdf) What is this diy calorimeter? ravenstine 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Oh, you're right. For some reason I thought it was requesting I pay. A calorimeter in a general sense measures heat transference, calories being a measure of heat. More specifically, what I build is an indirect calorimeter which uses respiratory gas analysis to not only measure human energy expenditure in calories but make an approximation of the ratio of glucose to fat being utilized. The reason I might fix my calorimeter sooner rather than later is to see whether I can witness greater glucose utilization with the soleus pushup than with other exercises of the similar energy expenditure. EDIT: In the paper it states that they used an indirect calorimeter. It's a very cool device to have access to, but I don't recommend anyone build their own like I did. As the paper describes, it's really hard to get right with even the best equipment. Calibration is very difficult and subtle body movements can totally mess with a reading. > VO2 and VCO2 production were determined using a TrueOne 2400 metabolic system from Parvo Medics. The gas analyzers and pneumotach were calibrated according to standard manufacturer procedures using certified calibration gases. Sufficient time to flush out the gas lines and average steady state measurements was always confirmed. The measurement period was extended when it was deemed helpful (such as if there was a fluctuation in VO2 caused by a cough or when taking additional time to confirm the precision of the result). We were careful to ensure participants were positioned when sitting completely relaxed to avoid extraneous movement beyond the intended SPU plantarflexion movement. This included positioning the chair back rest and height for each individual to optimize a restful position. wrycoder 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Do you have a link to your technology? Why is the indirect method so sensitive to extraneous movement? More so than just reflecting the additional energy expenditure? ravenstine 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] > Do you have a link to your technology? I don't, unfortunately. I did plan on publishing something about it, but life got in the way. Maybe you'll see me post something about it on HN one day. In summary, there's nothing really groundbreaking about what I did other than I made it smaller and more portable than most existing indirect calorimeters. I made a circuit board with some sensors and an Arduino Nano mounted on it. The outer shell was designed with OpenSCAD and 3D printed. It was designed so it could be worn on a facepiece (in my case, a modified 3M respirator). > Why is the indirect method so sensitive to extraneous movement? Anything movement made is a result of metabolic activity. I was surprised to see drastic changes in RQ (respiratory quotient) just by getting up out of my chair and walking to the bathroom. It can take time for reading to stabilize. One reason is that even the best CO2 sensors have a slow response time in contrast to O2 sensors. There's enough lag that a change in activity can ruin a large section of a test, in particular if you're anticipating delayed metabolic activity. Also, it takes the body some time to eliminate CO2 after any amount of exercise. After movement, especially something like steady state cardio, this causes the RQ to jump up for ~3 to 5 minutes before it drops down. One thing that research grade ICs do to mitigate this is to use a mixing chamber with a sampling pump to try and smooth out and normalize readings over a window of time. My approach was to literally just have my breath blow over the sensors with valves only allowing air to move in one direction, which is simpler and allows for readings to be a bit closer to real-time. It's also considered more problematic than other approaches like the mixing chamber. Oh yeah, there's also this thing with lactic acid buffering that can cause some extra CO2 production but isn't necessarily considered metabolic activity. Then there's the problem of leaks in the system, which are more likely to occur when the subject is moving. Even a little air leak can create anomalies, and you don't always know when they occur. There's a lot of confounding factors, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Unless an indirect calorimeter has been designed by a company specifically for variable movement, you can assume that the only way to get reliably results is to make sure that the metabolic activity remains consistent for the duration of a test. That means either the subject lies still and doesn't move at all or they're performing something like cardio at a steady pace. If you look up protocols for conducting IC, you'll notice they're very strict. > More so than just reflecting the additional energy expenditure? Energy expenditure is thrown off but actually much less so because it is more closely tied to oxygen consumption than RQ, which is more closely related to the volume of CO2 produced. Since oxygen sensors respond fast and the body doesn't do weird things with oxygen like buffer it, EE isn't affected as badly. But if you want to measure how much carbohydrate to fat is being utilized, then any disruption can cause confusing results. Indirect Calorimetry is very difficult to get right, but it's used because the alternative, direct calorimetry, is usually impractical. Direct calorimetry of a human being involves placing the subject in a room with a water jacket and measuring the difference in temperature after the subject has radiated heat away from their body. It avoids the confounding factors of IC, but you can't measure RQ that way and it's not really practical as I've said outside of financed research. wrycoder 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Thank you for that explanation! cardosof 87 days ago | prev | next [–] So if I activate this tiny muscle in my calf for a while my metabolism will be up for hours? And where all that added energy will go? I don't know a thing in this area but I know that when something looks too good to be true, it probably isn't. jonnycomputer 86 days ago | parent | next [–] Info is in paper and supplementals, but in short, the protocol was that participants did the spu's for either 130 or 270 minutes each day, with 50 contractions a minute. It's a work out. zaven 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] No I think what they’re saying is if you do this exercise for hours while seated, you will have the increased metabolism and its benefits the whole time without getting tired. lostlogin 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] > when something looks too good to be true, it probably isn't. Is that a typo or are you a very lucky individual? tsimionescu 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] I think they mean, when something looks too good to be true, it probably isn't [true] (though that's not how the phrase is normally used, of course). Tao3300 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] It's definitely one of those phrases that makes more sense spoken aloud. anikan_vader 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] >> It probably isn't [true]. ericmcer 86 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Maybe you just have elevated mood and energy levels for a few hours? One of the nasty parts of dieting is that you can cut calories and not lose weight, just have less energy and feel worse. Probably not as relevant if your obese but cutting calories leads to some other effects than weight loss when your already lean. Conversely if your weight is stable you might be able to add 500 calories with no ill effects, just more energy, faster recovery etc. It would be great if it was just formulaic like your post implies but it isn’t. skjoldr 86 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Heat, obviously. Thermogenesis. neilknowsbest 87 days ago | prev | next [–] As an aside, the web page for this story shows pictures of a study participant seated in front of a big monitor displaying their vitals. I don't know much about study design, but I feel like that would confound results. thebeardisred 87 days ago | parent | next [–] It looked to me as if it was a biofeedback system for the purpose of aiding the individual in isolating the correct muscle movement(s). swamp40 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Video of the motion: https://youtu.be/yaK6TThRMdE?t=40 kenjackson 87 days ago | parent | next [–] It looks like fidgeting, but what you can't tell is if the muscle is exerting on the eccentric or what the intensity is. In any case, I'm going back to fidgeting for the afternoon. lend000 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Curious if anyone here had additional context around this. Do calf raises have a similar effect? Do people with a habit of bouncing their calves while seated (essentially a soleus pushup as described in the article) have higher metabolisms on average? It makes sense that a part of a calf muscle could have exceptional endurance, given the importance of walking in humans, but the article seems to say walking doesn't use it enough to activate the same effect. Maybe running? The article makes some big claims and it would be interesting to see an independent review. digdugdirk 87 days ago | parent | next [–] Not sure about the specific differences in glucose utilization between the soleus and the gasctroc (the other main calf muscle) but in general, yes. Calf raises should have a similar effect. The key factor seems to be the soleus doesn't fatigue as quickly, allowing this to be sustained to a point where the muscle energy source shifts to a more long term type of fuel. As for people who bounce their calves? Absolutely - this is called NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) in scientific research. Its lumped in with general movement - walking, climbing stairs, etc. This can account for a few hundred calories per day. Here's an overview study that claims up to 350 calories per day: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6058072/ urubu 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Standing calf raises train the gastrocnemius and the soleus. Many gyms also have a seated calf raise machine which is meant to isolate the soleus. I don't think I ever felt anything special after using it. digdugdirk 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] You'd know if you had isolated the soleus. It feels weirdly (but noticeably) different to activating the gastroc. Much deeper and more centralized. notyourday 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] > Do calf raises have a similar effect? Unlikely as untrained person would have a very hard time doing 50 calf raises elil17 87 days ago | prev | next [–] At the end of the video, the researcher says that it's not as simple as just tapping your foot, you need some technology to isolate the motion. Could anyone with a better understanding of anatomy/muscles explain how that works and how they get people to perform this motion? ilaksh 87 days ago | parent | next [–] First, they get the university to publish an article making their claim seem credible. They then get an investor to give them $300,000 and make a custom order with a factory in China to add another piece of plastic and some branding to an existing device. They wait 3 months and then receive 30,000 "magic" gizmos in the mail. Then, they sell people a $250 electric muscle stimulator that you wear while sitting. Then they buy a really big new house. They live in a city in the United States though so after taxes and paying a few other people off, it barely even qualifies as a mansion. Probably aiming for something like this one https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6503-Edloe-St-Houston-TX-... which is very nice, but his country club friends who are really rich will compare it to their guest houses. Fortunately they are almost done with the $59.99 app that tracks how much fat you are supposedly burning while you sit there for hours and your calfs twitch. I think this will sell very, very well. People are incredibly lazy and want to believe that not only do they not need to get off their fat ass, they don't need to move anything other than their feet and legs a few inches. Not only that, they don't even need the willpower to move on their own, and in fact it only works if they plug in to a device that does everything for them. Lol. tiagod 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] You spent all this time writing a comment calling out this study as a fraud appealing to lazy people, but it seems you were too lazy to read the article and truly understand the device's role... ilaksh 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] I read it. Looks like a bunch of BS. yread 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] This is very mean! But I did laugh out loud, thank you lock-the-spock 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] If appears to be a biofeedback device, to help the individual learn the precise motion, rather than just "do something that looks like it". ibrahimsow1 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I don't understand the physical motion. Simply raising the heel whilst sitting? lapetitejort 87 days ago | parent | next [–] I think it's more complicated based on the article: > "...It’s a very specific movement that right now requires wearable technology and experience to optimize the health benefits.” So it sounds like the performer may have to look at a graph to see that the right motion has been achieved? This video reinforces the notion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaK6TThRMdE kentlyons 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] I went looking at the published paper (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422...) and it says on pg3: "this specific type of plantarflexion because the relatively high soleus electromyography (EMG) on-time (i.e., soleus activation) coincided with upward angular motion of the ankle". The supplementary materials show EMG and range of motion graphs. A bit of googling says plantar flexion is the same muscle movement needed for pushing the accelerator pedal while driving or ballet dancers standing on their toes. My guess (not my field of expertise) is the muscle is activated strongly in isolation (the toe pushing down motion) and inducing a large range of motion. So it's not raising the heel so much as pushing the toe down. grahamplace 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] From the article: > In brief, while seated with feet flat on the floor and muscles relaxed, the heel rises while the front of the foot stays put. When the heel gets to the top of its range of motion, the foot is passively released to come back down. ivan_ah 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] See this video at t=34 secs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaK6TThRMdE&t=34s Seems pretty simple... I guess what is special is (1) you can do it while sitting, and (2) the muscle doesn't seem to get tired so you can do it all day. skjoldr 86 days ago | prev | next [–] While seated, place your feet flat on the floor while bending the knees so that the toes go behind the vertical plane of the knees. (Z shaped legs basically) Place your hand on the back of the upper portion of the calf, right under the knee. Keeping the foot on the floor and the leg in the same Z position, try to "slide" it backwards with as much force as possible but so it doesn't actually slip. You will feel muscle tension with your hand. That's the gastrocnemius muscle. You can probably contract it at will as well, so much that it cramps, that's the one. You don't want to flex it on either side of the calf. Now lean your body onto your leg (same position) with your elbow on top of the knee. Try to lift your heel up with your weight on top of the knee, while not tensing the gastroc (feeling it using the opposite hand), i.e. avoid trying to move the foot backwards, only lift the heel up. I am pretty sure this loads up the soleus muscle instead, that sits underneath the gastroc. You can feel it tense up if you place the opposite hand around the lower part of the calf, above the ankle, to the sides of where the curve of the gastroc transitions into the achilles tendon. Now this is pretty difficult to do without putting your weight on top of your leg, but I think after you identify the correct muscle it becomes much easier to do without tools. I had some success by trying to push the floor away with the balls of the feet while raising the heel and monitoring the gastroc with the opposite hand. After you do some of those loaded seated calf raises, the soleus muscle tends to become tense and stays tense for a while, you can feel it especially in the lower calf. This is probably how it eats up so much energy. Another way to load these muscles is to sit, bend your knees and spread them out while raising the heels, lean forward and place your elbows on your spread knees, shifting some of your weight on top of them. Then try rocking forwards and backwards while moving your heels up and down. Your lower calves will quickly start to burn, but they take a while to truly tire out. Which I guess is the point. :) jaggs 86 days ago | parent | next [–] Video needed. :) kazinator 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I think the soleus helps to pump blood. Flexing the soleus could be improving circulation, which is responsible for some of the allegedly observed effects. In Japanese there is a saying "ふくらはぎは第二の心臓" (fukurahagi wa, dai-ni no shinzou: the calves are a second heart). Calf-io-vascular workout? Haha. canadiantim 87 days ago | parent | next [–] A great pun, but the laughing at your own joke is the best! jonnycomputer 86 days ago | prev | next [–] The paper says the testing protocol was 50 contractions per minute for 130/270 minutes sessions per day. Not nothing. But something that you may integrate into your desk sitting for the day (I'd assume some benefit to even less activity, e.g. 1/2 hour sessions). timothylaurent 87 days ago | prev | next [–] There's no way that isolating the soleus is somehow mysterious and out of reach of the common person. Just tell us what sort of activation is needed - how long should you do the exercise - we can manage to figure out if we're working our soleus. alliao 87 days ago | prev | next [–] wonder if drummers (who may activate it more than others) have statistically significant advantage over others with similar sitting down lifestyle and energy output... big claims, great if true! najarvg 87 days ago | parent | next [–] In a specific study quantifying energy expenditure during rock/pop drumming, it was found to burn enough energy to qualify as a cardio activity (caveat, small sample size) - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23559410/ So there could definitely be come advantage gained by regular rock/pop drummers in comparison with sedentary folks for sure. This assumes of course, that other factors are kept the same (diet, pre-existing health conditions, stress exposure etc) which are incredibly hard to compare in real life settings. ordersofmag 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] I'm a runner who's fairly familiar with the difference in sensation between activating the soleus and activating the gastrocnemius (thanks PT). I'm also a drummer and I'm pretty sure most of my pedal-work while drumming is gastrocnemius-centric. RobertRoberts 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Eat a _lot_ less. Exercise (even just a little). Don't snack late into the evening. Be hungry, on a consistent and regular basis. Don't over-eat. No magic, no cost, no special anything. It's not easy, and most people can't do it, but it works. And even if some magic product helps you lose weight, you will still need to follow the above rules anyways. It's like many smokers, they can't quit until they almost die, but then they just magically can quit, cause it's life and death. No magic product/idea, just time to make a change. pawelduda 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Sounds amazing at a first glance, but I was hoping to at least see them attempt to describe how the move is performed. Seems like a trailer for something that needs to be unlocked with money. petesergeant 87 days ago | parent | next [–] > In brief, while seated with feet flat on the floor and muscles relaxed, the heel rises while the front of the foot stays put. When the heel gets to the top of its range of motion, the foot is passively released to come back down. The aim is to simultaneously shorten the calf muscle while the soleus is naturally activated by its motor neurons. pawelduda 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Fair enough. I'm guilty of skimming the article, but I saw this: "The soleus pushup looks simple from the outside, but sometimes what we see with our naked eye isn't the whole story. It’s a very specific movement that right now requires wearable technology and experience to optimize the health benefits”, and some statements that made it sound like something requiring specific tech not available to the public. Thank you, gotta say with that description of the move now it doesn't sound that hard. canucker2016 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] from looking at pics of the gastrocnemius muscle (at the back of the lower leg, main portion from the knee, ending about midway down the lower leg, attaches to the achilles tendon) and the soleus muscle (underneath the gastrocnemius, extending from the knee down to the ankle), the gastrocnemius shouldn't activate during the motion. It seems like you could put your hand on the back of your calf, close to the knee, and ensure that the gastrocnemius doesn't flex/stays loose during the motion. elchief 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] there's a video on the site, but here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaK6TThRMdE gcau 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Having seen the video, it looks like the natural leg tapping motion literally everyone instinctively does when sitting down. gcanyon 87 days ago | parent | next [–] I definitely don't do that tapping motion instinctively. Unless I'm actively doing something, I am naturally still. Ten years ago I found out I have Factor V Leiden, which can cause blood clots. Since then I've consciously tried to develop the habit of toe-tapping. andyjsong 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] I've been known to pump my leg rapidly like in the video when I'm anxious. Maybe it's an involuntary artifact to "keep the engine running" just in case my flight senses are triggered. notyourday 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I think this is going to end up being an overblow over-editorialized headline. This looks to be an example of NEAT movements, which engage muscles and therefore of course increases energy requirement. The effect of NEAT on energy requirements of a body is fairly well studies and fairly well known. It would have been far more interesting if it lasted for over 4 hours as that would at least in theory pass the 2nd level signaling. If you are interested in this, I highly recommend Huberman's podcasts such as https://hubermanlab.com/how-to-lose-fat-with-science-based-t... and https://hubermanlab.com/dr-andy-galpin-how-to-build-strength... annieup 84 days ago | prev | next [–] For people with mobility issues or disability this could be of great benefit if it does what is suggested. I had a work place knee injury which required reconstructive surgery ( not replacement) and am now considered disabled. I also have Fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. I can not use a treadmill, cycle or do much in the way of weight training. So this has lead to a much more sedatary life....and all that comes with it. I'd be very interested in finding a professional or research project to volunteer as a test subject! runamok 86 days ago | prev | next [–] I quickly skinned the article but in a nutshell it seems like the soleus (the main calf muscle) uses more fat and blood glucose than other muscles which primarily use glycogen. Thus using your calves in this specific way can help burn fat. This kind of makes sense as . It agrees with the theory that humans used persistence hunting to run down game and evolved to be excellent long distance runners. IIRC humans usually have about 2000 to 3000 calories of glycogen in their muscles so being able to rely on fat stores becomes critical for longer distances. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting spywaregorilla 87 days ago | prev | next [–] This is just leg bouncing right? Like sitting in a chair and moving your leg up and down? The thing that people yell at you for because it's annoying and rumbles the table and the car and the chairs? edit: yes it is. it's shown in the first ten seconds of the video. croes 87 days ago | parent | next [–] “The soleus pushup looks simple from the outside, but sometimes what we see with our naked eye isn't the whole story. It’s a very specific movement that right now requires wearable technology and experience to optimize the health benefits” spywaregorilla 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] This statement applies to pretty much every form of physical activity though revolvingocelot 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] I mean, it's not just leg bouncing in that I can bounce my leg in a way that clearly doesn't activate the soleus in the manner shown in the video. But it also is just leg bouncing in that there's no more complicated motion than a certain sort of slow, controlled leg-bounce. ourmandave 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Can I get a health app update on my Apple Watch that tracks my leg bouncing? Cause I could break records if I'm in meetings all week. klyrs 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Work from home, nobody will know how much your legs are quaking if your camera isn't mechanically linked to them... spywaregorilla 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] I've been called out for shaking my camera resting on the table actually. klyrs 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] That counts as mechanical linkage. My camera and monitor are attached to the wall, not my desk, for precisely this reason. twobitshifter 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] The article says you need special training and it’s not just fidgeting. I’m not sure what to make of that. n-e-w 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I had a quick scan through the actual linked article [1] but couldn't find the actual SPU protocol? It seems like there are two variations but no details of the regimen (reps / sets / duration). Admittedly, it was a quick look through -- but I'd be really interested to know the protocol. From the YT video in OP it looks like an easy enough motion to learn. [1] https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)01141-5... earleybird 87 days ago | prev | next [–] "It's not as simple as simply doing a heel lift or raising your legs when you're sitting or shaking your leg or fidgeting. It's a very specific movement that's designed where we use some technologies that aren't necessarily available to the public unless you're a scientist and you know how to use it." This has a bit of a 'smell' that I can't quite put my finger on. digdugdirk 87 days ago | parent | next [–] The actual quote from the article - “The soleus pushup looks simple from the outside, but sometimes what we see with our naked eye isn't the whole story. It’s a very specific movement that right now requires wearable technology and experience to optimize the health benefits,” said Hamilton. This is a statement around how to activate the soleus itself, and its an accurate statement for the majority of the population. It's an odd muscle to target, as we're generally more used to using our gastrocnemius muscles when plantar-flexing our ankle joint. Sitting helps target the soleus (which is why you might find a seated calf-raise machine next to a standing calf-raise machine at the gym) but it still requires a strong mind-muscle connection to activate without having the gastrocnemius take over. Having some electrodes to measure and display specifically targeted muscle output would help, and this is likely what he's referring to in the article. zmgsabst 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] I agree that it would help. But I’m pretty sure you can just touch the lower, outer part of your ankle (where it’s documented in the picture) to find out if you’re flexing the right one. Thinking about pointing my toes helped. I think people are right the difficulty is oversold. digdugdirk 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] The trick with the soleus is that its underneath the gastroc. And in many people's musculoskeletal structures, its entirely underneath the gastroc - meaning your trick won't help. Combine that with some compensatory activation of the gastroc during this movement and people won't be able to effectively train themselves to get the full effect of what the researchers are going for here - prolonged duration soleus activation. I'm not saying they couldn't have done a better job explaining how to do this at home, but its a surprisingly difficult thing to explain to someone face-to-face when you're a personal trainer. Let alone when as a scientist when you only get a short blurb to convey information about your latest research study. irrational 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Yes, this press release reads like one of those “I know the secret to weight loss that has been lost since ancient times! Just one payment of $29.99 will get you on the path to your ideal beach body!” But, then I noticed this was from an actual university. Huh. And it doesn’t ask for money. And it basically gives the “secret” in the article. But it definitely has that snake oil smell. tyingq 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Yeah, there's an implied "and if I identify for you the simple way to do this yourself without equipment, my business model goes poof...so I'll just identify two or three things that don't leverage that muscle". petesergeant 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Also: "It’s a very specific movement that right now requires wearable technology and experience to optimize the health benefits" Great, sounds patent-able! canucker2016 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Three paragraphs earlier in the article: "So, how do you perform a soleus pushup? In brief, while seated with feet flat on the floor and muscles relaxed, the heel rises while the front of the foot stays put. When the heel gets to the top of its range of motion, the foot is passively released to come back down. The aim is to simultaneously shorten the calf muscle while the soleus is naturally activated by its motor neurons." I think that gives the reader enough to replicate the Soleus Pushup - perhaps an indication on where the effort/force is to be emphasized/felt would help. Looking up "heel lift", the Soleus Pushup reads/sounds a lot like a seated heel lift. see https://www.livestrong.com/article/137423-heel-lift-exercise... dqpb 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] They're saying it's difficult to explain how to isolate the muscle. For example, two simple ways to lift only your heel from a sitting position are: 1. Push down with the ball if you foot 2. Lift up with your hip/quad They look the same, but are completely different. Do either of them activate the Soleus? Do neither of them? digdugdirk 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] ^ This. Its not snake oil, its a statement from a scientist who attaches musculoskeletal monitoring equipment to people on a regular basis and knows exactly how capable the average person is at activating specific muscles on command. nibbleshifter 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] > and knows exactly how capable the average person is at activating specific muscles on command. "Basically terrible". It took me a really long time to work out what exactly the fuck "activate your core" meant. Never mind "activate this muscle you have never thought about before". Someone 87 days ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] #2 I would call a pull up or lift up, not a push up, so I assume it’s more like #1. canucker2016 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] from the YouTube video, you can see the movement (positioned at 6 secs into the video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaK6TThRMdE&t=6s Of course, my friend's Chinese grandmother would admonish my friend for doing this movement at the table - evidently she considered the movement to be an indicator for something that shouldn't be mentioned at the dining table. peppertree 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] In this house we respect the law of thermodynamics! Melatonic 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] They also say though that the end goal is to teach people how to do the movement with no equipment. So maybe not so BS NotYourLawyer 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Smells like bullshit garnished with snake oil. trynewideas 87 days ago | prev | next [–] See? Don't skip leg day. Tao3300 87 days ago | parent | next [–] Picturing gym bros with massive, vascular cankles now. Soleus? More like swoleus! giarc 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Don't skip ankle day. speleding 86 days ago | prev | next [–] I fidget with my feet all day, ever since I was a kid, looks a lot like this. I wonder if that's why I can pretty much eat what I want without gaining weight and without doing exercise? jollyllama 87 days ago | prev | next [–] So just tap your foot in a weird way and you can keep your metabolism high? layer8 87 days ago | parent | next [–] “How to lose weight with this one weird trick.” kevin_thibedeau 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] Yes. It's just simulated fidgeting which has been demonstrated to burn a meaningful amount of calories. jollyllama 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] I'm reminded of those under desk fitness bikes. notyourday 87 days ago | parent | prev | next [–] ... which works as long as one does not consume more calories that the total amount of calories one burns (i.e. is in a caloric deficit). The real issue is that individuals who suffer from excessive weight tend to be in a caloric surplus jollyllama 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] It wouldn't be much of a metabolism trick at all if it doesn't work in ketosis or fasting. If you can burn fat, it should still work. notyourday 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] > It wouldn't be much of a metabolism trick at all if it doesn't work in ketosis or fasting. If you can burn fat, it should still work. Body will always switch to burning mostly fat after a prolonged period of physical activity which studies suggest for moderate level of constant physical activity happens somewhere around 90 minute mark. There are no magic bullets. pessimizer 87 days ago | root | parent | next [–] > There are no magic bullets. How would you know this? uup 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Hmm, weird. I've gained roughly 50 lbs over the course of the pandemic. I've been working from home and often work from the couch, bed, or the dining table. I originally attributed my weight gain to the lack of commute, and I'm sure that's part of it. But when I sit at a proper work desk I do something similar to "soleus pushups" as part of my thinking process. Maybe I should start doing these again. kwhitefoot 87 days ago | prev | next [–] The article contains a link to a more scholarly article: https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S2589004222011415?... hondo77 87 days ago | parent | next [–] In case anyone is wondering: "There were in total 25 human volunteers in 2 sequential experiments..." Broken down, that's 10 in one experiment, 15 in the other. No reason to get too excited with such a small sample size. GordonS 86 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Surely it depends on the magnitude of the effect? jaggs 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Near the end of the actual paper (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422...) - "Here we have focused on a method of raising slow oxidative muscle metabolism to complement (not replace) existing approaches." Maybe less snake oil and more a reasoned hypothesis? ravenstine 87 days ago | prev | next [–] From the article: So, how do you perform a soleus pushup? In brief, while seated with feet flat on the floor and muscles relaxed, the heel rises while the front of the foot stays put. When the heel gets to the top of its range of motion, the foot is passively released to come back down. The aim is to simultaneously shorten the calf muscle while the soleus is naturally activated by its motor neurons. believeme 79 days ago | parent | next [–] I want to know if I need to hold the heels high for certain duration of time or keep moving it up and down? I am confused! Appreciate your reply. mikhailyus 87 days ago | prev | next [–] If the muscle can be activated only by specific equipment, how it survived the evolution? Why is it still in our bodies? steve_adams_86 87 days ago | parent | next [–] The muscle is activated constantly during walking and running for example; I once strained mine and it took a long time to heal because it fires so frequently. The point here is that it’s non-trivial to activate it on command while sitting. The special equipment is likely meant to activate the muscle for all users on command, making their research far more reliable. mpcannabrava 84 days ago | prev | next [–] May I suggest an alternative (more accurate) headline? "Sedentary people who do calf raises while sitting for 2 to 4 hours show 50% less blood glucose than those who just sit. " That's terrible science, a waste of brainpower and clickbait. t-3 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Interesting. I wonder if this metabolic response is very important to human long-distance running capability or if it's just one small optimization among many? Small muscles used mostly during extended swimming or climbing might be worth investigation if muscle-activated metabolic modes are more common. fefe23 87 days ago | prev | next [–] They could have tried a bit harder to not make this sound like "DOCTORS HATE THIS TRICK" wturner 87 days ago | prev | next [–] The motion seems like it mimics what skateboarders do with their front foot when they ollie. Tenoke 87 days ago | parent | next [–] The front foot in an ollie tilts and slides outwards and up. It doesn't even face or move the same way as this. kgwxd 87 days ago | prev | next [–] > When activated correctly... Any chance they found that it's the same activation you get from walking but just kind of left that part out? Edit: Never mind, watched the video. Apparently it's the exact reverse of that internally? Did they test a moonwalk? AlexMuir 87 days ago | prev | next [–] This seems very close to the motion of rapid skipping. Once one can skip without jumping like a kangaroo it becomes almost effortless but also gets a good sweat on. toss1 87 days ago | parent | next [–] The article & vid makes the specific point that this is NOT like walking or running (although skipping was not mentioned). It seems that they are trying to get the muscle to contract while NOT under load. A key seems to be that the muscle normally is setup to resist a load and so not change length while activated, and also has an unusually high percentage of cells recruited in each activation vs other muscles (most strong contractions in human muscles recruit like 20% of cells, iirc), so this is to get the full contraction effect and not just a resistance effect. (But I'm just reading into it...) _dain_ 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Since in the not too distant past we walked on all fours, wouldn't the analogous muscles in the wrist also have this ability as an atavism? Or did we lose it renewiltord 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Seems hard to do since your gastrocnemius will just take over. Whatever, I'll do random heel lifts anyway. The calves could use some strengthening. swayvil 87 days ago | prev | next [–] This could be automated via electrical stimulation. A couple of battery-powered boxes strapped to your legs. It could be quite fashionable. mdrzn 86 days ago | prev | next [–] I won't go into the merits of the topic discussed, but the site's design is spectacular. Very impressed, loved it. boringg 87 days ago | prev | next [–] So when's the product release to provide specific soleus pushups coming out (as I do my soleus pushups at my desk)? peregrine 87 days ago | prev | next [–] raises many questions: - what movements was this evolved to support? (sprinting? walking a different way than was studied? running?) - Are our shoes causing us to underuse this muscle? Just from the video and the cadence shown I suspect if you did a slightly quick jog running on your forefoot you might hit that muscle on the rebound. Jweb_Guru 87 days ago | prev | next [–] These claims sound pretty suspect and much more selective journals than iScience have published completely bogus research before. Would like to see this replicated many, many times before anyone starts selling a product whose purported benefits are demonstrated solely from a single research study from a highly conflicted author. pessimizer 87 days ago | parent | next [–] > much more selective journals than iScience have published completely bogus research before. Do you post this under every journal article? Reminding everyone that things have been false before in places? Jweb_Guru 81 days ago | root | parent | next [–] Not every article. I just find it quite amusing that HN rails against the replication crisis, but when a clearly fishy publication that comports to its iases gets to the front page suddenly it's not an issue. peanut_worm 87 days ago | prev | next [–] Wonder if this has anything to do with how some people nervously tap their feet birdyrooster 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I am always doing soleus pushups to stim for my ADHD and it hasn't kept me from getting fat or tired. ruined 87 days ago | prev | next [–] it is 2022 and scientists have discovered fidgeting hn_throwaway_99 87 days ago | prev | next [–] I agree with all the other comments about this - the whole thing stinks of a BS infomercial, for very specific reasons: 1. Are people supposed to do this contraction indefinitely while sitting? Good luck with that. 2. Is this only supposed to be done with an e-stim machine to generate the contraction? Again, if so, it may be an interesting curiosity, but it's not practical. FWIW I wouldn't have such a negative reaction if the whole site and presentation wasn't in "slick bullshit" form, but instead conservatively, and clearly, presented their for findings. lock-the-spock 87 days ago | parent | next [–] It doesn't seem like a stim, rather it's a biofeedback device. The YouTube video shows quite clearly how they are working toward the right 'curve' of muscle tension. 1,848 views Dec 18, 2022 #soleus #bloodglucose #diabetes In this video we look at a simple exercise which reduces blood glucose by up to 52%. The exercise was described in a recent paper by University of Houston and works because of some of the special properties of a muscle in the calf called the soleus. A potent physiological method to magnify and sustain soleus oxidative metabolism improves glucose and lipid regulation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 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Reply Ankur Agrawal Ankur Agrawal 11 hours ago Thanks Richard. Seems like a nice way to control the glucose spike. 1 Reply Louis Doufexis Louis Doufexis 6 hours ago That’s interesting . Thanks for posting Richard . 2 ancient chinese methods to improve glucose 1 ) walk 100 steps after each meal 2 in a standing position , roll foot on to toes and then back on to heals in a continues slow movement . Ie forwards then backwards this simple exercise will test your balance as well Best of health everybody 1 Reply Scott Christensen Scott Christensen 11 hours ago You are the master of gleaning out the relative and key information from these scientific studies. My preferred blood glucose control remains using fibre to blunt the spike and post prandial exercise courtesy of my dog needing her walk…but when I take Mom to church this morning I shall be soleus pumping whilst praising God. 3 Reply 1 reply Jose Jr. Jose Jr. 57 minutes ago This is an excellent idea, thank you for your informative channel! Reply Elliott Rubenstein Elliott Rubenstein 12 hours ago Just great information. Will do it as much as I can remember to do it. Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply gabymalembe gabymalembe 7 hours ago I used a continuous glucose monitor for 2 weeks and found out which foods raised my glucose and which didn’t. I was surprised at the results, but probsbly other people’s would be different. Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply zer0nix zer0nix 7 hours ago I'm still not quite sure what a soleus pushup is but here I am bouncing my knees and pushing myself around on my twisty chair, which as noted is causing me to breathe more than I'd expected. Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply Ken Otwell Ken Otwell 12 hours ago Fascinating - thanks! I'm doing it now... Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply ANTHONY MASON ANTHONY MASON 6 hours ago (edited) I think we are all genetically prone to becoming overweight, Richard! Jokes aside, it's a very interesting video. I never knew about this muscle fascinating how our body works. Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply Sam Adams Sam Adams 10 hours ago It would be interesting to compare these to a group taking acarbose. Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply Chris Potgieter Chris Potgieter 12 hours ago Go for a 30 min walk/jog 30 min after a meal Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply rvdt4ever rvdt4ever 11 hours ago Instead of developing an uncontrollable nervous soleus tick, just walk around a few times per hour. It’s not quite as ridiculous as training your grip strength because some fitness twat says it’s correlated with longevity. Maybe combine them for the ultimate healthspan hack. 1 Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · 1 reply Victor Da Silva Victor Da Silva 12 hours ago Is why walking is so good ??? 3 Modern Healthspan Reply Modern Healthspan · Discovery Unlocks Potential of 'Special' Muscle University of Houston 7.68K subscribers Subscribe 3.3K Share 509,077 views Sep 21, 2022 Read the full study published by Cell Press and made freely available by the National Library of Medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... For more information, read the University of Houston press release: https://stories.uh.edu/2022-soleus-pu... The soleus muscle in the calf, though only 1% of your body weight, can do big things to improve the metabolic health in the rest of your body if activated correctly. Now researchers at the University of Houston are pioneering the “soleus pushup” which effectively elevates muscle metabolism for hours, even while sitting. 275 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Michael Dexter Michael Dexter 2 months ago Here are my key takeaways from reading the article: A soleus push up (SPU) consists of lifting the knee so that the foot makes a 30 degree angle while seated. Participants engaged in the activity for 270 minutes (4.5 hrs) without fatigue. This is due to the unique nature of the soleus muscle in that it does not deplete its stored glycogen during the SPU unlike other muscles which would during similar activities. The SPU is easily performed while someone is in a seated and otherwise completely sedentary state. A modest tempo of SPU is still capable in delivering the stated results and that rate of activity is significantly lower than what would be considered moderate exercise ie brisk walking. The prolonged SPU protocol is able to increase metabolism for greater than 3 hours post exercise. This is in contrast to most accuse exercise which does not have significant post exercise metabolic effect. (That is what I gathered from the paper, I have no idea if that is correct). The SPU protocol was able to produce a significant effect on blood glucose sensitivity and insulin resistance in the study participants and as such is an excellent activity for diabetics or pre-diabetics. Increased angle movement significantly increased soleus activation. SPU is a significantly different exercise than a weighted calf raise since it does not deplete local glycogen stores and does not cause muscle fatigue. ( I don't think the vast majority of people could do calf raises for +4 hrs). An SPU caused approximately double the activation that normal walking would produce in the soleus muscle itself. SPU exercise was able to cause a significant reduction in blood VLDL levels while burning fat and carbohydrates. SPU activity burns between 100-200 kcal/3 hr session depending on intensity. SPU exercise produces double the aerobic level of activity than seated. This is what I gathered from my reading of the article. I am not part of the research team and am not a doctor and most importantly not your doctor. That said it seems that adding SPU exercise to an untrained persons regular activity can have significant positive impacts. If you can make a habit of doing this while seated you could gain significant benefits over remaining sedentary. The simplicity of the exercise means that you could perform the SPU while working at a desk or seated watching TV or even driving and so could accumulate time easily without significant changes to routine or environment. 242 Reply 13 replies Flyingwombat Flyingwombat 2 months ago During my time as an Undergraduate Student, I only had one professor and one class that I remember and learned more than all the other's - it was Marc Hamilton. Superb person with incredible teaching and lecture formats for his courses. I'm so glad to see hes still there and still killing it on the research! 36 Reply Mohamed Sami Mohamed Sami 2 months ago It's actually amazing to get to these very helpful science-based videos, a simple trick done while seated could help you lower your glucose levels, and have a better metabolism overall, Well Done! 9 Reply Thanos 6DOF motion sim electronics Thanos 6DOF motion sim electronics 10 days ago So I can tell now to my wife that shaking my legs like that when sitting is actually healthy, not just a involuntary nerve thing... 👍 My body was doing this always when sitting down, and now I know why. Well done ! 1 Reply Diziki Witar Diziki Witar 1 month ago As a person with ADD i feel like ive been doing this unknowingly my whole life whenever i was forced to sitdown 11 Reply tinydisk28 tinydisk28 1 month ago fantastic research very keen to find out from the Marc team how to do this correctly, hoping for a follow-up in due course when they have completed that 4 Reply Maximus Cruiser Maximus Cruiser 2 months ago How cool is that?? Love these kinds of discoveries. I appreciate your research, and the enlightenment it brings to us minions. 34 Reply Monoid Monoid 2 months ago As a lazy person, this is very exciting news to me. 204 Reply 11 replies Herectus Herectus 2 months ago A biofeedback company like Muse could make a device that will show you in real time whether you're doing the movement correctly. They seem to be doing that already, so it wouldn't be hard for a company to make a commercial version. I would buy it for sure. 9 Reply 1 reply Mega Mind Mega Mind 2 months ago To solve the debate in the comments I think what he's saying and I base this on Fitness Inc another channel that mentions that particular muscle is that the biofeedback allows you to isolate that muscle without triggering the others this is essential for people with very low muscle endurance such as the elderly and others or if you want to sustain the muscle movements without muscle fatigue but if you're willing to endure some muscle fatigue and surrounding muscles you can isolate the muscle as best you can work it out as much as you can and get as much results as a surrounding muscle you Flex with it because you're not perfectly isolating it well tolerate. 8 Reply Rebecca Page Rebecca Page 10 days ago If this goes into testing, I am interested in joining the study. Reply KenDBerryMD KenDBerryMD 2 months ago This is an exciting break-through for folks stuck sitting at a desk for hours each day! 58 Reply 3 replies Uma nova história Deus tem pra mim!!!... Uma nova história Deus tem pra mim!!!... 2 months ago Parabéns por essa pesquisa "fico" 12 horas sentado e sou diabético tipo dois; vou começar a fazer no próximo plantão!!! DEUS CONTINUE DANDO INTELIGÊNCIA PARA HOMENS OU MULHERES QUE DE ALGUMA FORMA O PROCURA A USAR PARA O BEM ESTAR DO SEU PRÓXIMO!!!!...✊👍🙏😍😍😍 PARABÉNS DOUTOR!!! DEUS SEJA LOUVADO!!!...🙏👉📖💯⚖ 9 Reply 3 replies GrimShizuri GrimShizuri 2 months ago "So, how do you perform a soleus pushup? In brief, while seated with feet flat on the floor and muscles relaxed, the heel rises while the front of the foot stays put. When the heel gets to the top of its range of motion, the foot is passively released to come back down. The aim is to simultaneously shorten the calf muscle while the soleus is naturally activated by its motor neurons." 54 Reply 26 replies HOSSAM ALBYAA HOSSAM ALBYAA 2 months ago It’s really awesome informative totally breakthrough thanks for science and scientists keep it up thanks a lot again 2 Reply Bandhu Bandhu 2 months ago The procedure seems to be similar to a sitting calf raise without all the jargon. It prevents me from getting sore after running and I do it everyday. The exercise does lower glucose a little, but not as much as squats or hip thrusts. 11 Reply 6 replies Drew Green Drew Green 2 months ago Sweet! Keep it up. Let's find a way to help everyone obtain a healthier way of life. 2 Reply me bm me bm 2 months ago Hmmm, i always do this naturally in some other form of "shaking" with my legs. People always tell me to stop as they think this shows nervousness. But im never nervous i always just have the instinct to move. This could be related. 10 Reply 3 replies Jay Mueller Jay Mueller 1 month ago I’ll file this under too good to be true until other labs replicate it and there are clinical correlates that are beneficial and sustained. 2 Reply J Marshall J Marshall 3 weeks ago (edited) would seated calf raises (with weights) accelerate this effect? Say, 5 sets of 15 or something like that? There’s a heck of a lot more work/effort for the soleus muscle when stacked with 50 pounds. 1 Reply 1 reply HOSSAM ALBYAA HOSSAM ALBYAA 2 months ago I want to thank the team I mean the genius team who think about this and give the time for research Reply Paolo Tozzo Paolo Tozzo 2 months ago (edited) "it' a very specific moment that's designed where we use some technologies that aren't necessarily available to the public". In other words, "it's a sitting calf raise, but what a shame if I couldn't monetize this discovery by inventing some fancy tool you have to hook to that tells you if you are doing it correct or not" 24 Reply 2 replies The Keto Survivor The Keto Survivor 2 months ago Very Interesting! I look forward to hearing more about this. Reply Fernando Almaguer Fernando Almaguer 1 month ago So he says it's not the same as a calf raise. So how exactly do you do this pushup. A how to video will be appreciated! Reply One Owl's Eye One Owl's Eye 1 month ago this has some good potential if researched further Reply Albra Albra 2 months ago (edited) Is this movement using the same muscles as when you're sitting down and bouncing your leg up and down, like when you're anxious or bored, or when you're listening to music? Couid people be already using this exercise technique without knowing it, and perhaps when your blood sugar is too high you subconsiously start the leg bouncing to lower it when you sit down for too long, rather than being caused by anxiety like many people believe, and perhaps the people who do not have this subconsious leg bouncing movement are those that are at higher risk of obesity? 5 Reply 天边眼前 天边眼前 1 month ago Do you have to do "Soleus Push-ups" for hours? This means that at any time throughout the day, once you sit down you have to start doing it and keep doing it, and even then you may still not get enough time. Maybe I understand wrong? 2 Reply Ahnastasia Rose Ahnastasia Rose 1 month ago Came here after hearing about it on the Huberman Lab podcast. Excited to see where research into this goes! 6 Reply 1 reply SLiCkJo SLiCkJo 2 months ago Who else is here from Andrew Huberman’s lab? 😆 27 Reply 2 replies Jack jhmc Jack jhmc 1 month ago (edited) Health benefits from 50+ contration per minute and doing it for 4 hours with 30 or 15 degrees ankle lift. Been doing it for 10 minutes, and I am not sure if I could keep doing it for hours! You need patience and concentration to do these.... my ankle already feel tired even if my calf is OK... 1 Reply 4 replies Papinoo 11 Papinoo 11 1 month ago How long do you do it in one set? And how many sets per day? Thanks!!! Reply 1 reply Troy Garrity Troy Garrity 1 month ago How long is the session to last? 1 Reply spanish peaches spanish peaches 2 months ago This is amazing research. Reply Fernando Almaguer Fernando Almaguer 3 weeks ago How is this not a heellift whole sitting? Makes me think I'm doing it wrong Reply PTG PTG 2 months ago Keep innovating and improving. 2 Reply Haks Desai Haks Desai 1 month ago If this is neither sitted calf raises nor ankle lifts, what is it? And how to perform? Reply John Doe John Doe 2 weeks ago Ok, here's how you properly engage your soleus muscle without high tech equipment. Use low tech equipment like a baseball bat. I bet you'll find after that! Then you pushup it back to health!! Slow twitch muscles will quickly feel like fast twitch muscles when injured! It's like saying," I never knew I even had a muscle there!! Reply voypoelaire voypoelaire 2 months ago in this link on page 5 it shows how the posture and the angle of the movement should be Reply jguix jguix 2 months ago What about playing the bass drum? Does it activate the soleus?. It is really extenuating when you're not used to it 3 Reply 1 reply Azraf Khan Azraf Khan 1 month ago NEED A VIDEO ON HOW TO DO IT PERFECTLY Reply 1 reply mama mia mama mia 1 month ago Does tis effect also occur in people with ADHD, who are constantly tapping their foot in a more rapid pace? Reply 1 reply 💣10mrbomber🚀 💣10mrbomber🚀 1 month ago simple calf raise as much as we can sitting and stuff is awesome hopefully prevents the WORST BACK pain aha, good ol huberman i heard from first! Reply 2 replies Neon Entity Neon Entity 2 months ago People like me with ADHD bounce our legs all the time while sitting. And this whole time they told us to stop lolol 7 Reply 2 replies Victor S Victor S 2 months ago So for how many hours per day does one need to do this pushup for? 10 Reply 1 reply sunburstkiss3s sunburstkiss3s 2 months ago Isn't this just tapping, bouncing, or shaking your leg while sitting? I do this to think while I am sitting doing my work. It helps me concentrate and focus. Is this not the same as that? 1 Reply 3 replies Taputeilo Taputeilo 1 month ago Пришёл с сайта Хабр. Благодарю за пояснение. И изучение. Reply Toby Marie Toby Marie 11 days ago So why not open this up to all people? Or is this technique going to require a doctor's prescription or order for physical therapy and a bunch of tests? Reply Shaun Williams Shaun Williams 1 month ago Dumb question perhaps.. how does one know how many of these wr should do so that we don't overdo it. Asking for ky folks who are diabetic Reply H T H T 2 months ago So... Would a TENS help achieve the 4hr goal? If so, where exactly would one place it and at what strength and interval? 🤔 (I'm not a kinesthetically educated person.) Reply 1 reply Ed Rettig Ed Rettig 2 months ago Is this the motion made by a person sitting in and rocking a rocking chair? That can be done without elevating the heel but it can also be done, and done more naturally, by elevating the heel in a way that seems identical to the movement shown in the video. 2 Reply 2 replies bobthemadmonkey bobthemadmonkey 2 months ago The average person sits ten hours a day wow Reply G K G K 2 months ago (edited) My feet and legs are always fidgety under the office desk anyway but nice to know I'm buying some calories off. Goes to show humans shouldn't be seated for hours on end in one place. 3 Reply Too Many Marys Too Many Marys 2 months ago (edited) Should have done a study on knee jigglers. Compare jiggling to this! Reply Aillio Aillio 1 month ago OK, so its It’s a very specific movement that right now requires wearable technology and experience to optimize the health benefits,” said Hamilton... here comes the hardware you need to purchase with a subscription in order for you to activate your own muscle correctly! 1 Reply 2 replies Yarita Bringas Pérez Yarita Bringas Pérez 2 months ago Por cuánto tiempo debo hacer ese movimiento a diario para tener resultados? 1 Reply 1 reply Izaac Wopz Izaac Wopz 2 months ago The video says that they discovered an exercise that you can do seated for hrs and has benefits even hrs after finishing but they are not going to tell us how to do it because they want to get paid. 2 Reply 2 replies Johnny Marz Johnny Marz 2 months ago I wonder how this movement is similar to the classic "knee bouncing" you sometimes do when you're nervous or just trying to burn off energy through fidgeting. Human body is cool man. 7 Reply 1 reply Tulsa Website & Logo Design - Gold Star Marketing Tulsa Website & Logo Design - Gold Star Marketing 2 months ago I emailed the professor to ask for specifics of protocol and no response. why don’t they say what the exact protocol is and what equipment is needed if any? 1 Reply 1 reply S D S D 2 months ago (edited) So why does he say it’s not as simple as doing the movement? Because they want to develop a biofeedback monitor that they will sell to people to state it’s necessary to monitor the movement... 10 Reply 2 replies christine gorman christine gorman 1 month ago Soooo….how do you do the exercise? Demo would have been nice since you said it wasn’t as simple as doing a heel raise. Reply 1 reply buxtehude123 buxtehude123 2 months ago Doc briefly mentioned biofeedback machine This is probably what he meant by tech " unavailable to public. Tho such machines are easily purchased. Reply 1 reply Rick James Rick James 11 days ago How many reps and how many sets do I need to do at my desk though? Reply spanish peaches spanish peaches 2 months ago How long is a session though ? Reply Eric McElyea Eric McElyea 2 months ago (edited) Were participants Soleus muscles developing? I am imagining an office worker doing this 3 hours a day, 5 days a week and having shredded calves lol. Seems better than no exercise but you are missing out on a giant part of what full body exercise gives you. Reply 3 replies Jabon Eros Jabon Eros 1 month ago please bring the technology to the masses so a lot of people will benefit from this exercise. a wearable high pair of socks with sensors, connected to a mobile device with graphs perhaps? Reply ankurwat ankurwat 1 month ago 2:14 - so he's saying we can't do this at home? "It's not a simple fitness trick" Reply 1 reply Mélida Daza Muñoz Mélida Daza Muñoz 1 month ago Pero para obtener resultados hay que hacerlo 4 horas diarias? 1 Reply 2 replies BovisYg BovisYg 2 months ago Don't skip soleus day 2 Reply 1 reply ben V ben V 2 months ago I'm having a hard time believing this, and the thing about special lab equipment being needed is raising a big red flag that there's going to be a commercial product. 33 Reply 6 replies JJ M JJ M 2 months ago How many pushups per day are required? 7 Reply 3 replies HOSSAM ALBYAA HOSSAM ALBYAA 2 months ago 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Reply N.L. Smith N.L. Smith 1 month ago (edited) It would be helpful if this research could more quickly move to the usefulness stage for the public, the written info on this gives so little detail. 😞 The elderly and disabled need this now. If it isn’t helping individuals, it isn’t helpful. Reply 1 reply So Bored So Bored 2 months ago I think I discovered something. After looking around youtube about the soleus I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZqW_9Jv1rk (and part 2 of it). For some time now I'm doing asian squats (resting in squat position) for my back health. So after discovering what's in the linked video I tried the following. While in the asian squat I was pushing up my heel (and with it my whole body) and releasing. So in short I did a soleus workout while in the asian squat just to look how this feels. I did ~10 reps and that was it. I went up and sat down in my chair to go on for the day. Then I noticed a tingling sensation in my whole lower legs including my feet. Now, after more than 20 minutes this tingling sensation is still present. I never had a 20+ min. tingling sensation after 10 reps of such an easy exercise. I think this is no coincidence but has something to do with the topic described in this video. 19 Reply 1 reply KNJ Moorhouse KNJ Moorhouse 2 months ago I'm disappointed. Since my job requires me to sit for many hours, I was hoping that by doing this exercise I could improve my health, particularly on those days that I don't manage to get out to walk 2 Reply 3 replies Jesus Our Salvation Jesus Our Salvation 1 month ago I do this while eating my BigMacs at McD's .. burn on the fly. I can eat more and not feel guilty. Super size it every time. 1 Reply 2 replies David A Roberts David A Roberts 2 months ago So, teachers, stop telling kids to stop bouncing their legs. Join in and boost your metabolism. 5 Reply Farhan Khan Farhan Khan 2 months ago This is a seated calf raise - why the need for special equipment to “learn” the exercise 🤔. The discovery is that the soleus basically has a much higher proportion of type 1 muscle (slow twitch aerobic) fibers than other major muscles? I want to know how this compares to other physical activity. It’s very convenient and that’s great. 7 Reply 2 replies voypoelaire voypoelaire 1 month ago Gentlemen, you should read the complete study and carefully, DR. He did it with that duration to show that whoever wants and can do it for more than 3 hours if he wants to do it and even for more since said muscle will not be exhausted taking into account that there are people who can last sitting for 4 and up to 5 hours without moving. With the addition that even a person of 80 years of age can do it. Demonstrating with this that it is not contraindicated for anyone, everyone can do it and the time they want half an hour one hour two hours three hours four etc etc etc. People ask? I mean, when do I start, should I continue sitting for 4 hours without resting? NO. Since I remind you that the soleus muscles are activated when you walk too and you are not resting. It means that if you feel like going to the bathroom you can go and nothing happens. 1. Duration time: The one you want if you are a person who spends sitting for more than an hour 2. How to do the exercise: Through this investigation, the doctor summed up the contraction generated by the soleus muscle with electric shocks but without electric shock devices, only monitoring if the simple movement isolated the muscle and produced the same results as with electric shocks and it was positive. and if the exercise is as simple as the DRA does in the video and I have already tried it eating a great cocktail of carbohydrates and it really works !!!!!! Reply run vnc run vnc 2 months ago I have done some research, and would like to give a few more details about how this process works. First, they get the university to publish an article making their claim seem credible. They then get an investor to give them $300,000 and make a custom order with a factory in China to add another piece of plastic and some branding to an existing device. They wait 3 months and then receive 30,000 "magic" gizmos in the mail. Then, they sell people a $250 electric muscle stimulator that you wear while sitting. Then they buy a really big new house. They live in a city in the United States though so after taxes and paying a few other people off, it barely even qualifies as a mansion. Probably aiming for something like a $4 million dollar home in Houston, which is very nice, but his country club friends who are really rich will compare it to their guest houses. Fortunately they are almost done with the $59.99 app that tracks how much fat you are supposedly burning while you sit there for hours and your calfs twitch. I think this will sell very, very well. People are incredibly lazy and want to believe that not only do they not need to get off their fat ass, they don't need to move anything other than their feet and legs a few inches. Not only that, they don't even need the willpower to move on their own, and in fact it only works if they plug in to a device that does everything for them. Lol. 28 Reply 3 replies ibrahim uygun ibrahim uygun 11 days ago do you achieve this soleus activation with jump rope? Reply Childcare Insights Childcare Insights 2 months ago bottom line: pay us to tell you how it works 25 Reply 3 replies Ed Stutsman Ed Stutsman 2 months ago (edited) How long was the single session mentioned @ 1:30. 2 Reply 1 reply Cheryl Richmond Cheryl Richmond 2 months ago Wow!! Reply Ivan Pihač Ivan Pihač 3 weeks ago I am not sure you could multi-task working and doing this. You need to focus on footwork. Will try. Reply Raquel Aguilar Raquel Aguilar 13 days ago Por favor pasarlo al español Reply 1 reply Vis Naidoo Vis Naidoo 2 months ago Interesting 🤔 2 Reply Melike Melike 2 months ago Bunu hemen danisanlarima soyleyecegimmm 1 Reply The Real Rosey The Real Rosey 1 month ago So, you can't do these on your own and have to go to a scientific center to do these? Reply 1 reply Sanat Shirodkar Sanat Shirodkar 1 month ago Here after watching Dr. Huberman's latest video Reply Ritsuko Hair Salon Ritsuko Hair Salon 2 months ago I don't know about other disease but diabetes is simple, just cut refined sugar and do some fasting. 1 Reply 1 reply Susan Conley Susan Conley 2 months ago So how do we do it properly? Reply 1 reply Dabayare Dabayare 1 month ago Fiddly ppl already do that when they r sat on chairs n must xplain how they turn out to look fit. 2 Reply 1 reply HOSSAM ALBYAA HOSSAM ALBYAA 2 months ago 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Reply Monk Downs Monk Downs 3 days ago Yeah but who is gonna sit down and do 3 hrs worth of soleus push ups???? I dont get it. Not discussed is can it be done as a ordinary exercise and if so, how long...in order to reap the benefits? If you have to go see a Dr and use special tech to achieve the goal and sit for 4 hrs, then its not gonna take off. Its just not. Reply Darn FXO Darn FXO 10 days ago That's BS! You don't need a gadget to isolate the contraction of the soleus muscle. Reply King of Baja King of Baja 3 weeks ago o ekranda çok pis cs atılır yalnız Reply Gerrit Haase Gerrit Haase 2 months ago So, where can I buy the wearable technology? 2 Reply 2 replies Razer S Razer S 2 months ago Or put on some music and do a reverse toe tap.😁 1 Reply 1 reply gastropodahimsa gastropodahimsa 2 months ago This researcher is deliberately obfuscating his method. Why? 1 Reply 2 replies RCR Brewster RCR Brewster 2 months ago So then standing calve raises would work even better. ? Reply 2 replies ystar ystar 1 month ago Cheat code discovered Reply Con Man Albuquerque Con Man Albuquerque 2 months ago "It's a specific movement that requires a tech" yeah sure buddy... you are gonna sell people a snake oil machine for 299$, I'll pass Reply 2 replies Daniel LeBlanc Daniel LeBlanc 2 months ago Here is the link to the paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9404652/ 7 Reply 2 replies Chino Chino 2 months ago 💀💀💀 way to sell a product it's surely the same as n.e.a.t so predatory lol Reply 1 reply Mr. Thomas A. Anderson Mr. Thomas A. Anderson 2 months ago I am sold! How do I use it? The video does not say ...... 👎 1 Reply George Snell George Snell 2 months ago Isn't this just Calf Raises? 9 Reply 4 replies Omar Vela Omar Vela 2 months ago WHOSEEEEE HOUSEEEE???? 1 Reply Burak Yildiz Burak Yildiz 2 months ago Are you serious that this is a new discovery???? You must be kiding. This kind of moving of the leg are many pupils doing in school when they sit a long time. Everyone with a fine perception knows the effects of this movement while sitting. So how can this be a serious and new discovery??? This is really ridicolous 😂😂😂 6 Reply 2 replies TheeGoose7 TheeGoose7 2 months ago Oh c'mon. I hope no one is buying this 6 Reply 1 reply DaMugix3 DaMugix3 2 months ago As a short person whose feet don't usually touch the ground while sitting in an average chair, and also as a person who is extremely lazy, I feel betrayed 🥲 3 Reply 1 reply 4:33 NOW PLAYING KD (43) & Kyrie (38) COMBINE FOR 81 PTS In Detroit | December 18, 2022 NBA 2.7K views 19 minutes ago New 9:51 NOW PLAYING NUGGETS at LAKERS | NBA FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | December 16, 2022 NBA 1.7M views 1 day ago New 1:01 NOW PLAYING UH Moment: Nov. 28, 2022 University of Houston 365 views 2 weeks ago 48:57 NOW PLAYING Why did Russia attack Ukraine and what are its geopolitical implications? 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This largely endurance-based muscle is rarely targeted, and can easily be trained via a drill like this. -- Thank you for watching this video. We hope that you keep up with the videos posted on the channel, subscribe, and share your learnings with those that need to hear them. Let’s make some real change and figure out what it takes to truly be #BetterThanBefore​ -- Bio Dr. Beau Beard, DC, MS is a health conservationist, educator, storyteller, and adventurer who constantly pushes the limits of what it means to be a human. Dr. Beau opened The FARM: Functional Athletic Rehabilitation & Movement with his wife Dr. Sloan Beard in 2014. The FARM combines the latest in chiropractic, functional rehab, exercise science, nutrition, biopsychosocial, manual therapy, taping, and much more to make your return to health as smooth as possible. Since its inception, The FARM has come to be known as the place to go for the highest quality care for overall human optimization. He has dedicated his life to learning, living, and teaching all aspects of human health and performance. He has accrued thousands of hours of education and years of experience, and now he wants to help guide others via his deep knowledge and experience. -- Website: https://www.chirofarm.com/ Personal Website: https://www.beaubeard.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeaubeard/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drbeauRbeard/ 5 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Robin Davis Robin Davis 1 year ago I saved this clip and tried the exercise during my workout. I found a huge discrepancy between my left and right sides. Is that normal? I am definitely adding this to my warm up. 1 Reply Dr. Beau Beard · 1 reply Manav Patra Manav Patra 4 weeks ago There has been a new discovery in scientific research at Univ. of Huston that Soleus push-ups lowers triglycerides and blood-glucose (Dr. Hamilton; iScience). Especially beneficial for those with High BP and Diabetes. Just thought I'd share FYI 3 Reply Dr. Beau Beard · 2 replies 3 Exercises to Strengthen the Soleus Muscle Rehab Science 69.7K subscribers Subscribe 160 Share 4,368 views Oct 18, 2022 Today’s video covers three exercises to strengthen the soleus muscle, which is located in the posterior compartment of the lower leg and is a powerful plantarflexor of the ankle joint. Together with gastrocnemius, these two muscles unite to form the triceps surae or calf muscle group. Unlike gastrocnemius (a 2-joint or biarticular muscle), soleus only crosses the ankle joint. In order to most effectively isolate this muscle, the knee must be positioned in flexion to put gastrocnemius on slack. When a two-joint muscle is placed on slack, it is placed in a mechanically disadvantageous position and, thus, able to develop less torque (termed active insufficiency). Following this logic, three exercises are presented, which demonstrate how the solei can be trained. Such training may be used as a part of a program aimed at addressing achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis and, more recently, research has shown that training soleus may also help protect the knee (see citation). 1. Seated Soleus Calf Raise 2. Tip-Toe Farmer’s Walk 3. Standing Soleus Calf Raise Give these a try and let me know if you have any questions. 3 sets of 12-15 reps will work well for most people. Reference: Maniar N, et al. Muscle Contributions to Tibiofemoral Shear Forces and Valgus and Rotational Joint Moments During Single Leg Drop Landing. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2020. Chapters View all 22 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Jahnava Devi Jahnava Devi 2 months ago Great to strengthen the ankles! I loved it!, thanks doc 👌🏼🌟 1 Reply Rehab Science · 1 reply Jz Lim Jz Lim 1 month ago Hi! What if I have severe weakness to the point where I have limited ROM for plantar flexion (and dorsiflexion) and can't tip toe while standing/push off my back leg when walking. What exercises can I do? Thanks! Reply Rehab Science · 2 replies Jetset 507 Jetset 507 2 months ago Thankyou for explaining this! 1 Reply Rehab Science · 1 reply Deepak Patade Deepak Patade 1 month ago How much time should you do each of these exercises and how often should you do them. Reply Rehab Science · 1 reply Steph A Steph A 1 month ago Will strengthening the soleus help the posterior tibial and peroneal tendons as well as Achilles? Reply Rehab Science · 1 reply Abdul Vahid Abdul Vahid 1 month ago Nice. Keep it up. 2 Reply Rehab Science · 1 reply MOHAN JATHAR MOHAN JATHAR 2 months ago Informative. Thanks 2 Reply Rehab Science · 1 reply BLACKPANTHER GAMING BLACKPANTHER GAMING 2 months ago Bro make aa video to decrease very high arch Soleus Anatomy: Origin, Insertion & Action Bodyworks Prime 1.92K subscribers Subscribe 77 Share 1.7K views 7 months ago Muscle Anatomy: Origin, Insertion & Actions ⭐ Soleus Muscle Anatomy ⭐ 💪Origin: Head of fibula, posterior surface of fibula, soleal line & medial border of tibia 💪Insertion: Posterior surface of the calcaneus via the calcaneal tendon … 10 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Clavel Rosa Clavel Rosa 5 months ago I’m so lucky Today I found your videos and they are soo useful and so specific this was exactly what I have been looking for long but couldn’t find until today!! I subscribed to your channel thank you so much, hope you keep uploading more videos 1 Bodyworks Prime Reply Bodyworks Prime · 1 reply Lauren Hamilton Lauren Hamilton 6 months ago Love your videos, simple making it very easy to understand! Can you do some more for tip anterior and posterior? Gastrocnemius and Soleus Static Manual Release Brookbush Institute 134K subscribers Subscribe 1.2K Share 161K views 6 years ago Manual Therapy Static Manual Release: Lower Leg Muscles - https://brookbushinstitute.com/course... More FREE TO VIEW courses at https://brookbushinstitute.com/course... … 68 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... David D David D 3 years ago Great video! Clear and concise. Thanks! 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply Mark Rosier Mark Rosier 1 year ago Excellent demonstration of trigger point and pressure techniques. Reply Xena WarriorPrincess Xena WarriorPrincess 6 years ago Hi Brent! First-time commenter, long-time watcher. Would there be any additional benefits to pumping the ankle with your thigh to move the tissue back and forth under your thumb in a contractile myofacial release fashion? 3 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply Bryan H. Bryan H. 6 years ago If the person has a fused ankle would you use the same technique. Really grateful that you share your experience and knowledge. I'm really wanting to get into this field of work. 5 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply MJ Mitchell MJ Mitchell 3 years ago Hi Brent, Thanks for the video. I am in content search of help for a compressed nerve in my leg. Ive had emg but they say they don't see anything. I started having problems after my knee kept shifting then my leg gave out and I hurt it. The dots on that persons leg that you have drawn are similar to where my problem is. The top of my fibula bone hurts and it seems it starts there. I have good motor skills i think but my leg and foot feels asleep. My knee doctor is doing some injections and said maybe we need to do a knee replacement but I feel that they have to address this leg issue first. This had been and issue for over a year now. Any Suggestions. 3 Reply 1 reply Taneesha Knight Taneesha Knight 5 months ago You use verbiage to explain what is felt in the tissue really well. Reply Owen Smith Owen Smith 11 months ago I've done the stretchs that my consultant has given me. But in his last examination of my ankle, he still noticed there was limited mobility in my ankle that Is why i have gone with the surgery to take away heal, tendon pain Reply Tyanna Snider Tyanna Snider 5 years ago Backstory: I'm still a student but during my clinic hours I have a regular who comes in and complains of sharp shooting pain in her calf but its really only when they are walking DOWN stairs. So far the only thing that seems to help is compression but its only been a temporary fix because they come back everyday for the same massage and as much as I enjoy their company I want to be able to make long term results for them. Would this technique work better than the compression? If not what would be better? Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply kh 88 kh 88 6 years ago I never regret spending time watching your vids brent. nice tip with tensioning the calf with the foot speaking of thumbs, what do you think of massage tools? I don't get any joint pain in my thumbs and I'm conscious in avoiding extension stress points but my thenars don't half take a battering! 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply R H R H 3 years ago Out my scope but still doing it. No money for doctor. Thank you 14 Reply 1 reply Chris Holloman Chris Holloman 6 years ago Is it possible to apply these same techniques effectively on yourself (ie: seated on the floor with a bent knee, allowing access to the back of the leg)? 4 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply Jennifer Y-C Jennifer Y-C 6 years ago Thanks for this video. I have had chronic bilateral calf pain for several years, and my Dr. has no recommendations other than good hydration. Who would I get to do this? Physical therapist? 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 2 replies ryguyiskindofaflyguy ryguyiskindofaflyguy 5 years ago question, would you not want to go perpendicular to the fibers when you put the pressure on? 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply IvanAndreevich IvanAndreevich 1 year ago Bryan has the expression of being messed with Reply Michalis Wheeler Michalis Wheeler 3 years ago great video, thank you 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply Black Opal Black Opal 2 years ago When I am waking up, the first couple stretches, I'm not even fully awake yet, sometimes my left inner gastro will slowly stretch out to it's limit, which I feel, am aware of, but still sleepy, and once or twice a year, I can feel it start to roll over, a hideous feeling, I know I have to stop or.... I try to stop, relax, sometimes, I get it in time, but evry once in a while, it's too late, it teeters back and forth a couple times like it's on an oval pulley, I don't have enough lucidity yet to know which way to move it, and POP! rolls over the wrong way.... oi, happened today s.o.b. Doc, s.o.b lol So i've been trying your pro lesson plan on myself, can't get it released.omg, it hurts so much when you touch right on the fold, arrggghhh haha 2 Reply bikinggal1 bikinggal1 3 years ago Thank you! 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply Sam Kemp Sam Kemp 2 years ago Great description 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply Mory Hamouri Mory Hamouri 3 months ago I have pain same area can’t running long distance. How can you help please ? Reply Fizzelgameplay Fizzelgameplay 2 years ago I can't walk for a long a time or walk very fast because my calf muscles will start acheing so badly I can't even stand. It's feels like I have bricks on my legs and I can't move because if I do attempted to keep walking through the pain and aching then my legs will get stiff and cause me to stop and sit on the ground because I can't even stand because putting pressure on my legs really hurts my calf muscle when I'm resting my legs I have to sit down it's the only way to get rid of the pain. I have to sit down to get the pain off my calf muscle. Do you know what is wrong? 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 8 replies anibaljrbalt anibaljrbalt 3 years ago Brent thanks for the scope disclaimer. I watched and I promise I didn't learn anything. 😬😬 19 Reply 6 replies traderjoes traderjoes 3 years ago I need to have someone do this for me but don’t know where to even begin looking. Reply 2 replies Thandi-Claire van den Heever Thandi-Claire van den Heever 1 month ago Why is Brian’s lumbar spine in extension? It’s not helpful for educational purposes when treating the triceps surae 😉with the greatest respect of course, just pointing it out 🦋🌸 Reply so tweet so tweet 4 years ago (edited) Bowen therapy. Looking it up. 1 Reply Brookbush Institute · 1 reply simpleflipR6 simpleflipR6 2 years ago He was anticipating the pain. Tell him to relax and actually breathe poor instruction given to client Reply Owen Smith Owen Smith 11 months ago How i wish what u were saying were true Reply s s 2 years ago (edited) I just don't like this guy's approach there's a lack of warmth and authenticity + arrogance. He didn't once check with the patient. 2 soleus Push-ups - the Biggest Ever Breakthrough for Human Fitness? Lee SidebottomClick here to view Lee Sidebottom’s profile Lee Sidebottom Evolving applied neurotechnologies for human performance and wellness Published Nov 8, 2022 + Follow If there was a magic pill that can provide the benefits of intense exercise, but without any of the sweat, would you take it? Neuroscientists at the University of Houston have made a potentially ground-breaking discovery for human health. In a new study they showed for the first time that a very light and focused muscle exercise, dubbed the 'soleus push-up', can dramatically boost the body's metabolism and rate of oxygen consumption. Here we'll cover why this finding might just be one of the biggest ever breakthroughs in modern human biology. What is the Soleus? No alt text provided for this image The soleus is a slim minor calf muscle that sits behind the main calf (gastrocnemius) and Achilles tendon, running from the heel to the back of the knee. The muscle is generally activated when the calf is stretched, that is, when the foot is raised above flat and pushing down. Walking or running up a steep hill (but not steps), is an example of when they come into play. Muscles are the largest lean mass in our bodies, yet in terms of whole-body oxidative metabolism, they only burn 15% of glucose at rest. This lack of muscular metabolism when at rest is associated with the now well-established health risks of too much sitting too much. Surprising to most people, this risk is still high even for people who participate in regular exercise or do workouts, such as going to the gym or running. What's So Special About the Soleus? This muscle has a special in-built mechanism, unknown until now. The researchers showed that when this specific muscle is activated in a very specific way, whle body glucose metabolism is increased by 30-45%. This occurs with negligible energy expenditure of actually contracting the soleus, and also triggers the use of a previously undiscovered fuel mixture. No alt text provided for this image The exercise is a simple repetitive heel lift while keeping the ball of the foot on the floor, which can be done while seated on the floor or on a chair. Interestingly, this precise type of soleus contraction is deactivated while walking or running. Accordingly, lower limb energy muscle expenditure was also tested on a treadmill. Burn More Energy Than Running - While Sitting?! Remarkably, the soleus push-up burned more than twice as much oxygen across all the leg muscles than running. The same metabolic effects were also found to be ten times greater than walking. This huge boost in energy consumption was seen across adults aged 22–82 years of age. The takeaway is that systemic metabolic regulation can be greatly improved by activating this minor calf muscle, and without resistance or added weights. These research findings reveal a widely accessible and practical way to counter the significant health risks of prolonged sitting, including for people who exercise regularly. Here is an overview of the study findings by the lead research Marc Hamiliton. There could also be many more benefits, such as preventing deep vein thrombosis (DBT) on long haul flights. This is caused by the build-up of blood clots due to restricted blood circulation in the legs, which in turn can travel around the cardiovascular system and can cause fatal heart attacks. In particular, soleus push-ups could be ideal therapy for people who have limited movement, due to injuries, disease, or the physiological effects of natural aging. More research is needed to investigate such benefits. Another Biohack? Though the study findings seem hard to believe, there are similar biological mechanisms that have been discovered, which likewise initiate the body to go beyond normal human activity. One example that has been well established in sports science, is plyometric muscle contractions, where muscles are briefly eccentrically stretched beyond their normal range, then rapidly contracted. This causes a significant increase in muscle power. As such it is a training technique used in many sports to build up power. Other examples are the release of energy reserves in completely fatigued endurance athletes when simply tasting sugars, and boosts in all sensory processing when receiving a very specific pattern of sensory stimulation termed 'stochastic resonance'. It's tempting to label these phenomena as biohacks, but this is open to debate, as these natural responses are built into our fundamental biology through evolution. The soleus push-up breakthrough does however raise an important question - what else can be discovered about our bodies' hidden in-built abilities? Hopefully science will tell. The open-access paper can be read here. 'A potent physiological method to magnify and sustain soleus oxidative metabolism improves glucose and lipid regulation' 26 8 Comments Like Comment Share Sheila Thelen Sheila Thelen That was sooooo interesting. GREAT POST! Like Reply 1mo G. Almont Green G. Almont Green Why is hyperbole necessary? Why would anyone suggest intense exercise and sweating are not necessary? Soleus Push-ups may very well be beneficial. Ok, thats good to know. There always seems to be a push to identify one thing that requires little effort that solves every problem. Soleus Push-ups can be beneficial as part of a number of important things people need to do to stay healthy. Why can’t we just say that and leave out “magic pill” and “biggest ever breakthrough”? Why does there need to be “one thing”? Also, could there be a downside focusing on a simple calf muscle to the exclusion of everything else? Like Reply 1 Like 1mo Lee Sidebottom Lee Sidebottom All good G. Almont Green, everyone is entitled to opinion and critical discourse is healthy, especially when it comes to science! Like Reply 1 Like 1mo G. Almont Green G. Almont Green Lee Sidebottom I dislike being critical and this research does sound valuable. “Magic pill” references take away from that value unless you believe the research confirms a magic pill hypothesis. Even toilet paper is now “awesome, amazing, never before experienced technology”. Hyperbole is now meaningless sentence decoration and diminishes everything. Sorry to rant but I do believe this is important. Like Reply 1mo Bilal Amjad Bilal Amjad That's very interesting - thanks Lee for sharing Like Reply 1 Like 1mo Aaron Daley, M.D. Aaron Daley, M.D. Interesting. Will read the article. 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Good luck Brian. 2 Reply 1 reply ANATOMY MUSCLES The Anatomy of the Soleus Muscle The muscle of your lower leg that's essential for walking and running By Brett Sears, PT Updated on February 06, 2022 Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD Print Table of Contents Anatomy Function Associated Conditions Rehabilitation The soleus is a large muscle on the back of your lower leg. This powerful muscle arises from the back of your shin bone and attaches to your heel bone as part of the Achilles tendon. The soleus muscle is active during activities like walking, running, and jumping. Injury to the soleus may affect your ability to perform these basic but necessary functions. The word soleus comes from the Latin term "solea," which means sandal. You have two soleus muscles located in each lower leg. Anatomy The soleus muscle originates from the back side of your upper tibia, or shin bone. Small slips of the muscle also arise from your fibular head and along the thin aponeurosis between your fibula and tibia. (An aponeurosis is a pearly white sheet of fascia that connects between two bones, serving to be an attachment point for muscles that require a large surface area.) The soleus muscle courses down the back of your lower leg and is located just beneath your larger gastrocnemius muscle. The two muscles join together at the Achilles tendon and insert on the back side of your heel bone, called the calcaneus. Many professionals consider the two heads of the gastrocnemius (calf muscle) and the single soleus to be one muscle group called the triceps surae.1 Your soleus muscles are innervated by the tibial nerves arising from the first and second sacral level in your lower spine. Closeup of the back of a man's calf as he jogs up stairs Zoff-photo / Getty Images Function The soleus muscles function to plantar flex your foot. Plantar flexion is the direction of motion that occurs as your foot and toes point down. The soleus works with your calf muscle to accomplish this task.2 The gastrocnemius, a two-joint muscle, crosses your knee and your ankle. It is an active plantar flexor of the ankle when your knee is straight. The soleus, on the other hand, is a single joint muscle, crossing only the ankle. When your knee is bent, the gastrocnemius muscle is placed on slack and is not able to forcefully contract to plantar flex your ankle. The soleus is very active as an ankle plantar flexor when your knee is bent. Your soleus muscle gets stretched a bit as you are walking and ascending and descending stairs. It also is placed on stretch during running and activities that require jumping and hopping. When this muscle is stretched, it stores energy which is then released when the muscle contracts and shortens. The soleus a powerful muscle that is active with virtually all types of weight-bearing activities. When you stand on one foot, the soleus muscle helps maintain proper balance. Since it is composed of mostly slow-twitch muscle fibers, it has high endurance and is able to withstand contractions and workloads for a prolonged period of time. The soleus muscle also functions to help pump blood from your lower leg back to your heart. Your veins carry blood from your body to your heart. Inside these veins are small "one-way" valves. When your soleus muscle contracts, it acts like a sponge, pushing blood through your veins.3 The one-way valves prevent blood from pooling back down into your lower leg. The action of the muscles acting as spongy pumps is often referred to as the skeletal muscle pump. Associated Conditions The strong soleus is responsible for much of the workload of your lower leg and thus is subject to possible injury. Common injuries to the soleus include: Muscle strains Achilles tendon tears Achilles tendonitis Compartment syndrome Muscle cramps Sever's disease (tightness in your calf and soleus that pulls abnormally on your heel bone) An injury to your soleus muscle often results in certain signs and symptoms. These may include: Pain in your lower leg Swelling in your leg Difficulty standing and walking Bruising in your lower leg Tightness and cramping in your leg or legs If you have any of these symptoms, you should visit your healthcare provider right away to get an accurate diagnosis and to start managing your condition. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) The large vein that courses between your soleus and calf muscles may also be the site of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This condition occurs when a clot blocks the flow of blood from your lower leg to your heart. If the clot travels through your venous return system and into your lungs, the condition, called a pulmonary embolus, can be fatal.2 Symptoms of a DVT may include: Pain in your lower leg Redness and swelling Cramping feeling your leg Warmth to touch If you have any of these symptoms, visit your healthcare provider or emergency room right away. A simple ultrasound test can be done to rule out (or in) a DVT.4 Once your healthcare provider diagnoses a condition with your soleus and lower leg, it may be time to start the rehabilitation process to help you return to full function. Rehabilitation Injuries to your soleus may vary in intensity, and thus your rehab considerations may vary as well. In general, the early phase of healing after a soleus injury may involve a few weeks of immobilization with a brace or walking boot. This immobilization allows for the soleus muscle to heal and minimizes stress to your injured muscle. Keep in mind that periods of immobilization often cause secondary problems of tight muscles, loss of range of motion, and weakness in the muscle groups that were immobilized. Once immobilization of your soleus has occurred for two to four weeks, it may be time to get things moving again.5 Your local physical therapist (PT) is a good resource to help you properly rehab a soleus injury. Basic goals of rehab for a soleus injury include decreasing pain and swelling, improving soleus flexibility, and improving strength and endurance to the muscle. All of these goals should focus on helping you return to normal walking and running function. Various treatments are available for rehabbing a soleus injury. Your PT can help determine the best ones for you. Be sure to check in with your PT or healthcare provider before starting any exercise program or rehabilitation for an injured soleus or lower leg. Massage Massage techniques may be used as part of your soleus physical therapy treatment. Massage helps to improve local blood flow, increase tissue extensibility, and decrease pain. Massage may also be used to manually push fluid away from your lower leg in attempts to decrease swelling. Heat and Ice After a soleus injury, heat may be applied to decrease pain and improve blood flow to the muscle. Heat promotes circulation, and may help bring in blood and nutrients to the injured tissue. Ice is often used in the case of acute soleus strains and Achilles tears to decrease swelling and minimize pain and inflammation. Ultrasound Ultrasound is a deep heating modality occasionally used in physical therapy. It may be used to improve local blood flow, increase tissue flexibility, and speed cellular mechanisms to promote healing. Care should be taken though; ultrasound use in PT has fallen under heavy scrutiny due to the lack of high-power studies supporting its use. Electrical Stimulation Electrical stimulation (e-stim) to your lower leg may be used to decrease pain that may occur with a soleus injury. The e-stim may also decrease swelling around your lower leg. Kinesiology Taping A newer treatment for musculoskeletal injuries is called kinesiology taping. This involves placing strips of cloth tape over your injured body part. The tape serves different functions depending on how it is placed and how much tension is on the tape. Kinesiology taping is often used to improve muscle function, decrease pain and spasm, or decrease bruising after a muscle injury. Stretching and Flexibility Exercises An important component of soleus injury rehab is to improve the flexibility and mobility of the muscle. Exercises to improve soleus flexiblity may include: The towel calf stretch (with your knee bent) The runners stretch with your knees bent The bent knee stair hang Keeping your knees bent during these stretching exercises ensures that the calf is kept on slack and the focus of the stretch is on your soleus. When performing each stretch, hold the stretched position for 30 seconds, and be sure to stop if you feel any increasing pain in your calf and lower leg. Strengthening Exercises After a soleus injury, your rehab should focus on increasing the load-bearing tolerance of the muscle. This involves strengthening exercises for your lower legs and soleus. Some exercises to strengthen your soleus may include: Bent knee plantar flexion with a resistance band Bent knee heel raises (as per the Alfredson protocol) Seated calf raises Again, the bent knee position keeps your calf on slack and focus the workload on the soleus muscles of your lower legs. Strengthening exercises are done for 10 to 20 repetitions, and you must stop if you feel any increase in pain. Balance and Proprioception Exercises Exercises to improve your balance can ensure that your soleus performs its job of stabilizing your lower leg properly. Exercises for balance may include: Single leg standing BAPS board BOSU training Tandem walking You can expect the rehab for a soleus injury to take about four to eight weeks. Some courses of recovery are a bit shorter or longer depending on the severity of your injury. A Word From Verywell The soleus is a powerful muscle that courses down the back of your lower leg and attaches to your heel bone as a part of the Achilles tendon. Injury to the soleus may result in pain and limited walking and running ability. Understanding the anatomy of the muscle, along with possible injuries and rehab guidelines, can help you keep your soleus healthy and functioning properly. 5 Sources By Brett Sears, PT Brett Sears, PT, MDT, is a physical therapist with over 20 years of experience in orthopedic and hospital-based therapy. Hack to Lower BLOOD SUGAR [Even while Sitting] 2022 - Soleus Pushup KenDBerryMD 2.31M subscribers 160K views 1 month ago New research reveals a hack to lower your blood sugar even while sitting at your desk. Anyone can do this simple movement and watch their blood sugar go down. Use this simple hack to lower blood sugar while sitting at work or anywhere that you can't exercise. … Shop the KenDBerryMD store #yes2meat wear Premium Tee $21.99 Show the world you believe in the Nutrition and Health provided by eating meat! Custom designed graphic is printed in vivid color and high resolution using state of the art color transfer technology. Shirts are made from super soft 100% combed ringspun cotton. Printed in the USA. SHOP Spring 892 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Alice E Alice E 1 month ago I used to do something like this years ago when I worked standing up in a station filling orders. I would go up and down or just stay lifted for minutes at a time. My calves got some serious muscle out of that. I’m gonna start doing this again. Doing this while I am writing this comment. ❤ Thank you! 152 KenDBerryMD Reply 6 replies Michael Duerr Michael Duerr 1 month ago I just wanted to compliment you. You have helped out so many and you look like you are reverse aging. I was 230 pounds a couple years ago. Eliminating carbs has changed my life at 47! 168 KenDBerryMD Reply 9 replies Victoria D Victoria D 1 month ago I’m wearing a CGM. Have not eaten today but my glucose is high! Just did this for a couple of minutes and got an 8 point drop! Thank you! 97 Reply 7 replies samich samich 1 month ago As an ex ballet dancer this feels amazing! I'm doing right now and it's stretching my sore stiff ankles as well as the backs of my legs and even the tops of my thighs. Thank you 😊 85 KenDBerryMD Reply 6 replies Luigi Lamorte Luigi Lamorte 1 month ago Update: Tested BS at 6:45 PM after 25 minutes of the Soleus exercise. It was 5.1. This is an amazing reading because I had eaten a steak and some cheese 1 hour 45 minutes earlier. Normally after such a meal, the reading would be significantly higher. Thank you Dr. Berry. Please respond to my comments. A few years ago my blood sugar had spiked quite high. I took the bull by the horns and went mostly Keto. Currently, I’m mostly carnivore. I owe most of this progress to Dr. Berry and others on YouTube. 34 Reply 6 replies Lily Mae Lily Mae 3 weeks ago I’ve done this exercise since you first posted this and it works amazingly! My blood sugar has been in the 90s consistently since I started. I’m blown away. Thanksgiving I reluctantly ate high carb and high sugar. I did this exercise off and on all evening and my blood sugar was 94 the next morning.❤❤❤ 6 Reply K Moore1 K Moore1 1 month ago This is not only a wonderful tip for lowering blood sugar, it's also the very best recommendation I've ever seen for not wearing pants while you're working from home! But seriously, I'm going to use this exercise while one of my daughters is visiting us for Thanksgiving; she wants to impress us with her cooking skills. Also, just an update of my 3 months on carnivore: I've dropped 39.5 lbs. and I was able to climb a 7 foot stepladder, backwards, through a narrow gap between the steel rafters of a storage building I have been working on, so that I could attach the next-to-last roof panel with bolts and screws! I'm the youngest 61-YO my hubby ever met! He told me so, LOL 31 Reply 1 reply Terror1Void Terror1Void 1 month ago The soleus is overlooked. It's an incredible muscle. It can absorb up to 4.5 times your body weight in ground force while you're running. It's a strong muscle, don't neglect it. 23 Reply 2 replies LA moon LA moon 1 month ago I have been looking for exercises to do while sitting. I'm not able to do much and every little bit helps. Thank you. 72 KenDBerryMD Reply Luigi Lamorte Luigi Lamorte 1 month ago (edited) Tried the exercise for about 15-20 minutes. BS went from 6.3 down to 5.3. Thank you Dr. Berry. This exercise will become a daily event for me. 22 Reply 3 replies highflyer131 highflyer131 1 month ago This is why we love your channel. A Dr. that tells the truth instead of trying to push a prescription or sell some crap that doesn't work. Thank you sir, keep up the great work. 28 Reply Living In Purpose Living In Purpose 2 weeks ago Omg!!! My sugar was 318 when started watching this video. When I did this exercise I promise you my glucose is now 297 on my CGM. This exercise really work for real. I know my glucose is high but I've subscribed to this channel because I want to start the Carnivore diet. Thank you so much. 3 Reply Jesse Stewart Jesse Stewart 2 weeks ago Thankyou Doc. Reply Kelly Beard Kelly Beard 1 month ago I'll be darned: I sometimes wake up with a high fasting glucose (> 100). He is how my day has gone so far: 7:58AM - 103 mg/dL (pre-breakfast measurement) 10:27AM - 106 mg/dL (post-breakfast) 20 min of this soleus push-up thing, timed by Siri 🙂 11:13AM - 89 mg/dL For sure I will be repeating this experiment. 31 Reply Joanna Rippon Joanna Rippon 1 month ago I do these daily! I suffer from stiff great toe joints (very painful w/limited range) and do these exercises to loosen up the joints. Glad to know I’m helping my blood sugar at the same time. I had no idea! I’ll be doing more of these now! Thank you Dr B for all you do! 5 Reply 2 replies plumeria8357 plumeria8357 1 month ago Wow! It even helped me, as a senior, to feel more energetic to get up and take on the day! Thank you so much! 13 Reply Chrystal Thornton Chrystal Thornton 1 month ago As a carnivore newbie, I really appreciate all the detailed and organized presentations you give to answer all my questions. No wonder you have so many subscribers, you are the best for all things carnivore. 25 KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply Mary R Mary R 1 month ago Another advantage of this exercise: it brings blood flow back into my varicose veins! 47 KenDBerryMD Reply Modr Ribaz Modr Ribaz 1 month ago This has always been my go to move to reduce my stress in uni. 36 KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply Luigi Lamorte Luigi Lamorte 1 month ago (edited) Did the exercise again. 3:00PM BS was 5.2. After 25 minutes of exercise, BS was 4.9. Only ate at 6:30 AM. I am very happy with the results. 11 Reply Sarah Gonzalez Sarah Gonzalez 1 month ago thanks for this hack! I have to go light duty at my job this week for 3 weeks as I just had part of my clavicle bone removed. have been keto for about nearly 8 weeks and down almost 36 lbs! thanks for your videos you and your wife are very inspirational to help keep people fit and living a healthy lifestyle! 36 KenDBerryMD Reply Jennifer Tomlinson Jennifer Tomlinson 3 weeks ago Type One diabetic here, and eating rice and chicken. Blood sugar started spiking, so I tried it. It worked great! Watched my CGM numbers go down and become more stabilized. After 15 years of type one diabetes all I can say is THANK YOU for this tip! Lifechanging. :) 2 Reply Tony Watches Closely Tony Watches Closely 1 month ago After dealing with myelitis (derived from westnile) doing this with my left leg is dang near impossible but my right leg still functions so I'm hoping this will help. Your videos have been very helpful and I would get on your Patreon but since Patreon deducts automatically on the 1st and of course I don't get paid until the 3rd if I don't have the funds to cover it I'd get an ISF and that would really crush me. I'm trying to figure out a way around that though. Thanks Dr. Berry!! 15 Reply Debra Lash Debra Lash 1 month ago This would probably be good for people who drive for a living. Thanks Dr Berry! 52 KenDBerryMD Reply Coach Stephen BSc Hons Coach Stephen BSc Hons 1 month ago (edited) Exercise pushes up blood glucose (in a good way, it's a normal expected response) and also improves insulin sensitivity so be careful to follow exactly what's said here otherwise it won't work. Do it seated as Ken is saying. Seated is important. I just tested this doing it standing and to fatigue. My blood glucose went from 5.1 to 5.5 and I only did calf raises for 90 seconds. I will obviously test the seated position later when I'm back to my normal blood glucose 12 Reply 5 replies mdepfl mdepfl 1 month ago Alright, this is INSANE! I watched this vid on a cruise and did this while, ahem, indulging. Just tried it again at home with CGM on. Stable at 99 all morning, started flexing to the music and within 5 minutes it went to 93! Keep the info coming Doctor, WHAT A TEACHER!!! 6 Reply 1 reply Nancy K Nancy K 1 month ago I was doing standing calf raises almost daily last summer and my blood sugars were beautiful. I don’t do them anymore and sugars are not that great anymore. I’m going to back to doing these both sitting and standing and see if it helps. I wear a CGM so it won’t be any trouble to check often. Thanks for the tip! 12 Reply 9 replies Hemingway’s Tractor Hemingway’s Tractor 1 month ago Just got home from quadruple bypass surgery and very limited on what I can do. Hopefully these will work the muscles enough to both help with the blood sugar and help alleviate all of the swelling in my legs. Thought I was doing so great with a 53 hour before/after surgery time until I learned they were pumping me full of insulin after the procedure. 42 KenDBerryMD Reply 14 replies Double_Aut Double_Aut 1 month ago This exercise will be great for the holidays coming up when you don't want to disappoint anybody for not eating their high carb dish or dessert. Thank you Dr. Berry. 2 Reply 2 replies Asar Cadyn Asar Cadyn 1 month ago Fasting BG down from 5.8 to 4.8 (105-88) after doing this for 20 minutes while I read the news and watched a few short videos. Of course, my coffee with heavy cream might have helped and maybe the meter might not be accurate each time, but still a good result at even half the reduction. Thanks for sharing this. 👍 3 Reply KAT KAT 1 month ago I’ve never had a problem telling people, “I can’t eat that” 😂 Since one bite of regular apple pie can shoot my sugar up to 200 mg/dl Thanks for the tip! I’m going to try it right now! 32 KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply Paul Leavitt Paul Leavitt 1 month ago Hi Dr. Berry! I’m down over 40lbs since starting Keto back in January 2022. I only wish I had done this sooner. My A1c has been 5.5 -5.6 since March of 2022. Also my doctor really wants me to use Metamucil. One serving has like 10g of carbs in it. That’s like my daily total intake of carbs. Was curious of your opinion on Metamucil. 2 Reply 2 replies SayWeCanFly SayWeCanFly 1 month ago 7 weeks into carnivore , 20 pounds down. Thank you for all your wisdom & insight. 6 Reply Jules Wallace Jules Wallace 1 month ago I love this. I have stalled out on my fat loss and this will help get me back on track for sure. 3 KenDBerryMD Reply Deepseaotter Deepseaotter 1 month ago Love your videos! This is cool! Because of you and Neisha, I’ve been doing keto for a couple of months, and have lost 35 pounds so far. Just started ketovore today, looking forward to even more great results soon! Really like your t-shirt, do you sell them? 😊❤😊🎉 12 Reply 2 replies Jenny Meade Jenny Meade 3 weeks ago (edited) Thank you for this. I trained myself to do it every day just so I always remember how to do it. This is a valuable tool. Just like my diet, and everything else. I repetively do this daily! REPITITON REPITITON REPITITON REPITITION!!!!!!!!!! Reply leave the carbs take the fatty meat leave the carbs take the fatty meat 1 month ago Thanks so much for this! Seems easy and love that it’s free. 😊 1 Reply karen overholt karen overholt 1 month ago Thank you for this info! As a person with one leg and in a wheelchair this is very helpful to know as are so many of your videos. 4 Reply Peter Lutz Peter Lutz 1 month ago Question: How long or how many reps do you do of this exercise to be effective in lowering blood sugar? 2 Reply 1 reply Marilu Cervantes Marilu Cervantes 1 month ago Every thing Dr. Berry says I have tested and it works, now I will test this exercise, Thanks Dr. Berry you rock 18 KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply JEN JEN 1 month ago Dr. Berry you are priceless! Love you and your channel!! Thank you for all you do to get the message out about the necessity of the PHD!🤗 I have also heard that the Soleus is sometimes referred to as the "second heart". Its strong contractions return blood from the leg back to the heart. 3 Reply abaneyone abaneyone 1 month ago You really do wanna help us Doc. Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ 14 Reply Rose Highland Rose Highland 1 month ago Thank you so much, this is the best hack yet I've found to lower blood sugar. Coincidentally, I often use this exact movement to stretch my legs, and now I know why! You never fail to impress, doc, keep 'em comin'! 3 Reply Karen Public Karen Public 1 month ago Oh my gosh. I’ve been doing that exercise post hallux vagus surgery. No dam wonder my A1c = 5.5 Thanks Dr Berry 15 Reply Kass Ermias Kass Ermias 1 month ago (edited) Our world needs a doctor like you who has human heart ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 11 KenDBerryMD Reply Health 4 Life Strategies Health 4 Life Strategies 1 month ago Love, love, love you Dr. Berry...you are so down to earth and easy to listen to. This is exactly what I was looking for....stuck at a desk....doing Keto and not seeing my G numbers budge, granted they are not bad, 97-110, but I want to see them lower to get into a better BG/K ratio! Thank you so much for bringing this hack to light!!❤‍🔥 1 Reply Trisha Harris Trisha Harris 1 month ago Thank you Dr. I have been type 1 d for 7 years and always asked what I could do to lower my blood sugar besides just pumping insulin like crazy. I was always told, there’s nothing else. But of course I’m smarter than that and know they only tell me what has a price tag attached. I never stopped researching and I’m so glad I came across your video! You have made all the difference. High insulin is just as bad as high sugar!! 4 Reply JG HK JG HK 1 month ago As a type 1 diabetic using a continuous glucose meter I’ve noticed vacuuming my stairs using an attachment and kneeling on each step all the way up burns blood sugar like crazy! 16 Reply MrSouthsideMuscle MrSouthsideMuscle 2 weeks ago Thanks doc Reply Pigeoneer Toy Pigeoneer Toy 1 month ago (edited) I love you so much, Dr. Berry, they way you tell things simply as they are. Many believe making things complicated will get them greater respect and prestige, but it's quite the opposite. I admire you more because of your no nonsense approach. That's why I keep recommending your channel 💖 1 Reply Maxine Adderley Maxine Adderley 1 month ago Hmm, I am diabetic, with neuropathy, one foot is frozen and the other is partially amputated, however, I do get on my body rider and tighten the tension which I have found to be helpful in that area as well as strengthening my legs and give me a more steady gait. Every bit counts, just make it happen for yourself 15 Reply 1 reply Micah Gourley Micah Gourley 1 month ago I LITERALLY wondered when/if you might do a video on this after I read this a few weeks ago. It makes me wonder if that's why I seemed to have good success doing HIIT on a stationary bike (often positioning the seat to where I had to pedal similarly, arching my feet)... Perhaps my targeting of those muscles helped to streamline (in a sense) more fat-burning, in combo with the benefits of HIIT? I've always noticed that HIIT on the treadmill, even with it on a near-full incline, never gave me the same overall sensation of 'burn' or endorphins afterward (a connection?). A lot of layperson conjecture here lol... Reply Andrew LeGrand Andrew LeGrand 1 month ago I’m an OTR trucker. I will put this exercise to task, thank you for your channel. 3 Reply 1 reply O Koloa O Koloa 1 month ago Dr. Berry, thank you so much for your advise. I tried this exercise while watching your video. My legs feel so relaxed after the exercise. My question, will this exercise help people with PAD? Very interested in your reply. Thank you again, Judie 4 Reply The Jones’ The Jones’ 1 month ago I just tried it and just doing it for 1.5 minutes took my blood down almost a whole point. This is amazing. Wish I could do it every meal to help me stay off the insulin this pregnancy but I suppose it would make my calves ginormous doing it that much. 1 Reply 2 replies tyjomeb123 tyjomeb123 1 month ago Thank you Dr. Berry. Wonderful information. My legs feel energized after doing this exercise and it's one I can do being 3 weeks post op L hip replacement. 1 Reply 1 reply Terryn Berry Terryn Berry 1 month ago I will definitely use this. I'm disabled and can't walk much, but this I can do. Thank you so much! Also, I'm glad you survived your encounter with the chainsaw. Farming can be "danger close" without a doubt! I was a farmer, too, so I'm very familiar with abrasions. 😁 1 Reply 1 reply Susan Leport Susan Leport 1 month ago I can see this being helpful for some of my clients who have balance issues and due to fear of falling, do not get enough exercise. Generally, these people also have blood sugar issues. Thank you! Reply 1 reply Ben Semisch Ben Semisch 1 month ago This is super interesting, what other muscles don't use stored glycogen? It'd be amazing to see a routine built around that idea and would probably end up changing the lives of a whole lot of folks. 11 Reply 5 replies Kelly Grant Kelly Grant 1 month ago Wow! I can’t believe this works. Right before I watched this video my fasting BG was 140. After one minute went down to 128. Did another 30 seconds and down to 120. Amazing!!!! 1 Reply 1 reply Europa 17 Europa 17 1 month ago I had never heard of this. Thanks for such a great tip! It really is easy to do. 1 Reply Karmella Karmella 1 month ago for some reasone when im doing this exercise Im holding my back straight, very good! 1 Reply 1 reply Inspired Health Inspired Health 1 month ago Hi Dr. Barry, I tried this out and my glucose actually went up! I did 60 of the push-ups and my glucose went from 107 to 116. I only waited a few minutes after completing my push-ups to measure. Should I have waited longer? Reply 1 reply Sherlene Mats Sherlene Mats 1 month ago I've done this for years standing. However, I have to say, I actually feel that inner muscle working when in the proper sitting position. At this very moment, I am conducting a little experiment. I ate a small bowl of raspberries now I am doing this maneuver. I'll check my CGM in about 30-40 minutes. 1 Reply Lori DeMann Lori DeMann 1 month ago I learned this in physical therapy, didn’t know it lowered blood sugar too! Thanks for sharing! 2 Reply Lacey Shrinks Lacey Shrinks 1 month ago Dr. Ken Berry spitting the facts we ALL need to hear and use to our advantage. Thank you so much! 5 KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply Lily Mae Lily Mae 1 month ago Thank you so much! I needed this last night when I went to my son’s birthday party and felt compelled to eat a piece of birthday cake after splurging on pizza. 😊 Now I know what to do. My husband and I frequently fall off the wagon when we visit our son’s house. We are very good maintaining otherwise. ❤🎉 Reply Austen Eddy Austen Eddy 1 month ago Thank you for this - appreciate it! Going to incorporate because I WFHome and sit so much! PS - Those bookshelves poke my OCD...I want to style them/organize them every time I watch! You've got some great real estate for some more materials back there! 2 Reply M. P. M. P. 1 month ago I've noticed that as long as I massage my lower legs, starting with those muscles and tendons alongside the ankles that for me are always painful when I touch them, and following that everything bellow the knee, I don't get restless leg syndrome anymore; and I also have less pain everywhere else, as if the pain really originates there and spreads around! I'm not surprised to hear that it has something to do with insulin resistance. Reply 1 reply Charles Pierce Charles Pierce 1 month ago Thank you Doc, i am going to woods and doing the same. Loading up for a cold winter. Firewoods my secondary heat source. Ya looking well and healthy Sir. So glad your helping people too, makes us feel as humans instead of as mass numbers chasing that $$$$ cow. Love to you and family always.!! Reply 1 reply Amy Landis Amy Landis 1 month ago Can’t thank you enough. All your info and knowledge have improved my life significantly. ❤❤❤ Reply Lourdes Rodrígues Vas Lourdes Rodrígues Vas 1 month ago Thank you so much, Doctor! I have multiple health problems. The latest is AS or rather the Doctors can’t distinguish if I have AS or osteoporosis. At 70, I am not going to stop. I am going to gather as much information to keep myself active as ever. Of course I do have certain limitations but I do my level best. If possible, Doctor help me out with AS and osteoporosis and let me know the difference and how to exercise and come out of it. Thanks a million, Doctor! 1 Reply 1 reply Lady Farrier Lady Farrier 1 month ago Great for people that are driving all the time.... like me! Thank you Dr. Berry!!! 5 Reply Freedom Forever Freedom Forever 1 month ago An excellent technique for lowering blood sugar without a lot of strain. Thanks. 6 Reply leo andolino leo andolino 1 month ago Brilliant... so handy...thanks for your work... you help so many people who desperately need it. And in an interesting and entertaining way. You have the manner of a wise old country doctor in a young man's body. God Bless! 1 Reply 1 reply Sofia Fatima Sofia Fatima 1 month ago Wow, it really does! Mine dropped from 10 to 8.7 3 Reply Mauro Sciaccaluga Mauro Sciaccaluga 1 month ago Don’t skip leg day! Since I started increasing resistance training in my legs my blood sugar went down 4 Reply 1 reply Rie Kodi Rie Kodi 1 month ago Thanks so much for this great tip. I have lost over 20 lbs since doing intermittent fasting in conjunction with keto in just three months. I may have done it in weeks time but do not prick my fingers to check my blood sugar. I just couldn’t bring myself to do that despite having diabetes. I just wait to get results from my 3-month blood work instead. Thanks to your videos. I’m off medications now. No more Metformin and Farziga. God bless. I’ve been sharing your videos with friends and family. Thanks so much for all you do to educate people on reversing Diabetes and saving lives. 1 Reply Hanif Al-Faruqi Hanif Al-Faruqi 1 month ago Your videos continue to be priceless…absolutely brilliant information all the time 💥💥 1 Reply Allen Gaible Allen Gaible 1 month ago Gonna be doing this every time I'm sitting down for a long time. Easy to execute. Once again movement is good for the human body. 1 Reply Lewelyn Trenhaile Lewelyn Trenhaile 1 month ago This is gonna be my go to exercise while sitting on plane. Can’t hardly move around in them seats. I do yearly 13 hour exhausting rides. 5 Reply 1 reply Creative Dee Creative Dee 1 month ago Thank you Dr Berry. It actually feels good too. 3 Reply Manager of 3Monsters Manager of 3Monsters 1 month ago I love this! Thank you!!🤗 5 Reply Donn Donn 1 month ago Thank you, Dr Berry.❤️ I’m sure I can use this. :) 1 Reply Mattly One Mattly One 1 month ago You are awesome. Thank you for ever thing you do. Great tip 11 Reply James Platt James Platt 1 month ago I just did this for 15 minutes straight (have no idea how many reps), and my numbers went from 329 to 354. I figured this was too good to be true, but had to try it. I am at a desk off and on all day, mostly on, and will do it throughout the day- probably for several days- and report back later. So far though, not impressed. (And btw, I am not eating or drinking anything and have not had any food today yet.) Reply 2 replies Pat Marvenko Smith Pat Marvenko Smith 1 month ago I will be doing this at my desk! Thanks! 11 Reply Doggoneme Doggoneme 1 month ago Physical therapist had me do these after knee replacement surgery. Both sitting and standing. 2 Reply SW Lehmann SW Lehmann 1 month ago Thank you so very much for showing me this!!! I will be sharing this with my family and friends!!! Thank you again!!! 2 Reply karron lane karron lane 1 month ago so interesting. i've been doing this w/o knowing the benefit. thanks so much. always a pleasure to tune in. 3 Reply OWG Garage OWG Garage 1 month ago Exercise starts at 5:15. 2 Reply 1 reply Pumpkin Pumpkin 1 month ago Oh wow. I did a few of these and I feel a little better. Thanks. I've been so off the wagon for a while now. Food addiction is tough to grapple with. 1 Reply Christian Hirose Romeo Graham 廣瀬 グラハム クリスティン 路美男 Christian Hirose Romeo Graham 廣瀬 グラハム クリスティン 路美男 1 month ago This is why you're one of my favorite, if not, my most favorite online doctor. 8 Reply Lafreda Sias Lafreda Sias 1 month ago Great info - I am now maintaining my type II with diet. This is a great addition to my diet regimen. Reply 1 reply gloriaiarango gloriaiarango 1 month ago (edited) Dr. Berry I have been following you for years and thanks to you I'm carnivore now. I've been overweight since I was a teenager I have been in a low card diet since 20 years ago thanks to the book "Te carbohydrate addict's diet" and on a keto diet for 8 years now and last 3 months as carnivore. I never have been in ketosis while keto, the strips I used never showed the red-wine color just a very little pink on them. I was so frustrated and during covid after an induced comma of 2 weeks I was diagnosed diabetic. Never I imagined I had diabetes since I was eating very very few carbs. At the time my morning sugar was 126 but now my morning sugar is 145 most days. How is that possible if I'm not eating carbs?? Now while in carnivore I look slender people tell I'm losing weight and I look better (I'm 62 y.o.) however my blood sugar is rising and my weight is going up up. Besides that if my sugar spikes after eating a few grms of carbs the spike last for more than 8 hours some times for days. What's happening? Please, please I need help 1 Reply 1 reply Good, Slow, PROGRESS Good, Slow, PROGRESS 1 month ago I needed this today...sitting 9 hrs a day 6 Reply texan4now texan4now 3 weeks ago Thanks! I had read the story about Marc Hamilton's "discovery" and recently ran onto info that using a rocking chair burns calories and helps us in other ways. It got me to wondering if rocking is a form of soleus pushup. I really appreciate your info on doing the exercise very much appreciate. Reply Tylersan Tylersan 1 month ago Thanks so much for sharing this. Your videos are a life changer for me. 1 Reply Steven Domagala Steven Domagala 1 month ago Thanks for the tip. Wondering if there are other skeletal muscles that primarily burn sugar like the soleus? 8 Reply 1 reply Mario Palma Mario Palma 3 weeks ago Thanks so much, great content :) Reply Linda Barnes Linda Barnes 1 month ago Kudos to you Dr Berry. I plan on doing this. Thank you so much Reply j b j b 1 month ago (edited) Just as soon as you showed the drawing of the legs, I knew what to do, so was doing the exercise as I watched your video, Dr. Berry 😄. I dislike sitting at tables for very long, not liking to watch others eat, and I get restless, so I tend to 'fidget' my legs a lot; nobody can see it, so they don't know that I'm relieving the stress of having to sit there, and now I realize that I'm burning off glucose/sugar at the same time. Good to know that, because sometimes my food within a meal gets a bit "off track," so to speak. Not the entire meal, just maybe one thing now and then isn't perfect keto.... 3 Reply Fifi Suki Fifi Suki 1 month ago Thank You Dr Ken - This is really helpful to many who 'sit a lot' with Diabetes... 1 Reply James Moore James Moore 1 month ago Interesting - Years ago when I was working out at a gym they had a machine I used for seated heel raises with weights. Back then my blind sugar level was always low. When I ripped my quad badly and stopped working out for a while it went way up -- could this be a reason why it did that? 6 Reply 1 reply Jack Maddesty Jack Maddesty 1 month ago (edited) Starting my day out listening to the best folks on youtube while lifting heavy shit❤ Carnivore now for 5 weeks and I´m unrecognisable(did I spell that right?)… My body´s transforming into something I´ve seen in the mirror some 25 years ago, only much healthier😂❤ My IBS has hugely improved and I´m gonna keep going:) Intermittent fasting, pure carnivore and some physical training but not that much training actually. Big thanks to you, your wife and what I will call the Keto/carnivore gang here on youtube❤ PS: I will also give you huge credit for dressing the proper way for home office, as I think many practitioners cheat on this important subject wearing pants beneath their home office desk. Great job!👌💕 1 Reply debmarie55 debmarie55 1 month ago Fantastic info! Thank you! 2 Reply Michael Nicholson Michael Nicholson 1 month ago Hi Dr. Berry! Thank you all you do! Are you using your toes and balls of your feet to push up? Or using your legs to lift your heels off the ground? 8 Reply 3 replies Michelle Tan Michelle Tan 1 month ago My system has been sugar free and low carb, but when I decided to binge on sourdough bread and butter, I experienced the most excruciating pain for over half the night. My toes were going in directions they don’t naturally go, my arches are cramping, and my calves lock so strongly. I have experimented and found this to occur if I eat anything with sugar too. Otherwise I never get cramps. If I continue to eat the sweet or high carb the next day it is not as bad, but then my sweet tooth craving will activate so I leave it out (mainly because of the level of pain). Is this normal? Will this exercise be enough to help me? 1 Reply 1 reply Deanna Miley Deanna Miley 1 month ago Thank you. I have learned more about blood sugar and how to control lower it than from my own Dr. Thank you for all the fantastic information!! 1 Reply 1 reply William Berliant William Berliant 1 month ago This is very interesting. I don't know if this muscle is related to the muscles you use to ride a bike, but after I ride my bicycle, my blood sugar goes down. Other exercises make it go up slightly. Swimming makes it go up a lot. I don't know why. 1 Reply J Ormond J Ormond 1 month ago Another great clip. Thank you. Will start doing this at my desk. Reply 1 reply R S R S 1 month ago This can be really helpful. Many many thanks! 1 KenDBerryMD Reply BROKEWOOD 60 BROKEWOOD 60 1 month ago Thank you sir!! For all of your info! You are a real Doctor!! I have learned so much from your channel! Wish the country had more like you!! Keep up the truth that you share. Thanks ! 1 Reply PMA PMA 1 month ago Super great tip Doctor. Love all your videos. 1 Reply Misty Dorsey Misty Dorsey 1 month ago Just tested this and doing it for about 20 reps 2x my BS dropped from 96 to 78 not long after eating. Reply Rosemeri Barabe Rosemeri Barabe 1 month ago Would you please explain what "bathroom stall squats" are. I have never heard of that before. How do you do them? Do you have a video showing us how they are done? I would really like to know about this. Thank you for this great video. I will definitely do this while sitting at my computer. 1 Reply Robert Kölich Robert Kölich 1 month ago I'd love to see a video regarding being underweight and starting the carnivore diet. Do I need to worry about sth, or is there anything I have to do differently than sb who's overweight/normal weight? i would appreciate a video, or even just an answer to my comment :) Reply Davil Davil 1 month ago I'll take that piece of pie! Then to the workout! With the one-arm alternating pushups too! Reply Michele Heath Michele Heath 1 month ago Holy crap this works. I know this is not a big deal but glucose at beginning was 145 and after 5 minutes it was 125. 😮 this is exciting! This is first thing in the morning and my glucose is always so high in the morning (but better than in the 200s like it used to be!) anyway, very interested to see what happens while I work! Thank you for this!! 2 Reply S JF S JF 1 month ago Thank you so much DR Ken. i am still in a wheelchair i am working on walking again with the keto/conivor life style this will help me out a lot!! Reply Colpaert Laura Colpaert Laura 1 month ago That going be my new exercise thank you Dr. Berry Reply Danette Mannion Danette Mannion 1 month ago Hubby just told me watching this video that he does this all day in the recording studio! Interesting stuff Reply Tanja Van Broeckhoven Tanja Van Broeckhoven 1 month ago (edited) I started this diet today and have some questions: I will make my own electrolytes with losalt and seasalt. Do I need to disolve it in water (and if so what would be the ratio of the water, losalt and seasalt?) or can I just put the salt on my food? Also, I would like to eat sardines, but all the canned versions are in olive oil, is that bad for the carnivore diet, is it better to eat them with olive oil, or not at all? Is it normal that I have to burp alot and hard after my first carnivore meal (bacon and eggs)? How do I make bonebroth, what kind of bones do I use and can it be bones with the meat still on, do I add vegtables to it or spices and herbs for flavor? What is the best way to prepare bone marrow? Do I have to eat lots of beef? I never liked the texture of beef. And I gag when I have to eat the fat on meat except for bacon. I understand that it is important to eat the fat of meat, but can I just eat bacon, eggyolks and chickenskin instead of the beeffat? Sorry for the many questions but I dont want to make big mistakes. And what are good recipes to eat liver for someone that really doesnt like liver, I hate the taste and the smell :o) Reply Camille Riggan Camille Riggan 1 month ago Thank you Dr!!!!!!!!! What a great exercise to know!!!!!! 2 Reply 1 reply Seth Phillips Seth Phillips 1 month ago Great hack! As I lower the leg, can it help to raise the front of the feet simultaneously too? 2 Reply 1 reply Shidling Shidling 1 month ago Thank you for another great video, Dr B!! 4 Reply EZW EZW 1 month ago This is awesome doctor! Thank you! Reply 1 reply Hamza Qureshi Hamza Qureshi 1 month ago (edited) Had Dr Hamilton (the researcher) as my human perfomance physiology professor - he used to lecture so much about the soleus - amazing discovery! 3 KenDBerryMD Reply Lisa c Lisa c 1 month ago Dr. Berry, can you do a video on nutrition and exercise for the pelvic floor. 2 Reply Diane Garrett Diane Garrett 1 month ago Thank you for the tip ❤ Reply Barb Lacy Barb Lacy 1 month ago So timely with Thanksgiving dinner coming!! I did not know what to or how much information to share with in laws who were kind enough to invite me! She is a baker extraordinaire and great chef. I will portion control, go heavy on the meat and butter and be polite, dessert I can ‘pack for home, I am so stuffed from this marvelous feast’ and do my soleus workout during dinner. I am bringing deviled eggs! 2 Reply Beth Ann Crowe Beth Ann Crowe 1 month ago Thanks for all of your help‼️ 1 Reply robert moore robert moore 1 month ago (edited) Just tried over 30 minutes while sitting, took BG 101 to 89. Quick decrease on a stubborn 101 using a CGM. T2D, living keto. A1c down from 9.4 to 5.7 in 3 months 10 Reply 5 replies - Gina - Gina 1 month ago Thank you so much Dr. Berry!!! God Bless you! Reply Cher A Cher A 1 month ago I busted out laughing when dr. Berry said " Your boss won't notice you're multitasking under the desk" 🤣🤣🤣 Reply 1 reply Lynda Salgodo Lynda Salgodo 1 month ago I need knee replacements. This is perfect. THANK YOU! 2 Reply joanne kerr joanne kerr 1 month ago Ahahaha - I got a cramp in my right foot doing these exercises while I was watching you :) 1 Reply KellyVisionPictures KellyVisionPictures 1 month ago As a drummer ... I mostly play the bass drum and the hi-hat using the ball of my foot. It seems to me ... that motion is the same thing DR @KenDBerryMD is describing here. It's more fun to do it by playing the drums so ... I guess I need to practice more! :) Reply TheChicago35 TheChicago35 1 month ago You are a wealth of knowledge. Thank you😊 1 Reply Cary VerHalen Cary VerHalen 1 month ago Great content ♥️ Ty Dr. Reply krakoosh1 krakoosh1 3 weeks ago (edited) It would seem this could help people with restless leg syndrome. What I used to do when I had it was just go for a run. (Running on the balls of your feet, not heal to toe running) Reply Sheryl777 Sheryl777 1 month ago Thank you, this was a good tip! Reply LindyTN LindyTN 1 month ago This would be great for blood circulation too.👍 1 Reply Rhonda E Rhonda E 1 month ago Thanks for sharing this, Dr. Berry. 😊 1 Reply Aaron Smith Aaron Smith 1 month ago Is it possible to do this exercise with cerebral palsy do you think? I'm guessing the range of motion is important in this exercise. I was able to do maybe a 10% range from what was shown on the video. 1 Reply 1 reply Stewart & Di. Qld. Stewart & Di. Qld. 1 month ago (edited) Hi Ken this is Di commenting from Queensland Australia - a new subscriber. Firstly LOVE your accent. Re the exercise mentioned in this video I am going to try this by doing it as I have a desk job, I am 62 and have put on weight in the belly area... I gave up bread, rice , pasta and potatoes whilst I get this belly gone and understand that may be a long time. I introduced restricted eating and managed to get to one meal a day Monday thru Friday and then weekend 2 meals... lunch and dinner. Cut out processed foods and I am increasing my walking. My last blood work was said to be Normal but a lowering of HDL which surprised me as I eat avocados and oily fish ie salmon , sardines and tuna. No oils whatsoever for years. Eat the OLIVE not the olive oil ! Hopefully things will continue to improve BUT I cannot cut anymore meals out to improve things can I LOL Intense exercise seems to be the only thing missing to improve my HDL - I really want to boost it up and boost quickly - but I must admit to being concerned about injury from intense heart exercise as I have never pushed my heart and body that far for years ???? Thoughts anyone... belly rolls to get rid of here and HDL needs increasing as dropping away??? 1 Reply 2 replies Philip Philip 1 month ago That is a very good tip Dr Ken 👍 1 Reply Lisa Hause Lisa Hause 1 month ago Thank you, just had two kiwi’s 😂 I’m at my desk…trying it now…yep, definitely doable! 1 Reply Djinn-1 Djinn-1 1 month ago Great tip! Especially with the holidays coming :D 2 Reply Flying Circus Flying Circus 1 month ago Can you adapt this for air travel, and does it also help with blood circulation and prevention of deep vein thrombosis? 1 Reply linda warner linda warner 1 month ago Hi, I am interested in a annual plan. I an in PST and work Mon-Wed 6 am-4:30pm. I would miss the live meetings. Are you ever going to change the dates or times? If so I would love to become a part of the community. Thank you for all you and Neisha do. Reply 2 replies S.Z.Panzica S.Z.Panzica 1 month ago This is so cool. Thank you! 1 Reply Diane Murray Diane Murray 1 month ago Hello Dr Berry, I am a big fan of yours since you started. I just watched your video about lowering you blood sugar by exercising your leg muscle. I have had cramps in my legs and toes for a long time but since I have been on the carnivore diet I haven't had any. Could this also have something to do with let cramps. My husband also gets cramps all the time I would love it if he would try the carnivore diet and see if this works. I think this is another positive thing about the Carnivore Diet. It's funny but I have always thought that I get my leg cramps when my blood sugar is high. 1 Reply Amy Atkinson Amy Atkinson 1 month ago Wonderful..thank you! Reply Marjorie Curtiss Marjorie Curtiss 1 month ago Thank you Dr. Ken!😊 1 Reply JP JP 1 month ago I did this back when I played basketball. After week 3 I kept hitting my head on the ceiling though. My doctor prescribed Ankle Weights and a helmet. 1 Reply anthony munafo anthony munafo 1 month ago Dr. Ken your videos are excellent! 1 Reply J Hull J Hull 1 month ago I'm a carnivore focused otr trucker... plenty of time on the road to make use of this exercise! 😃🚛 1 Reply Trucking with Diabetes Trucking with Diabetes 1 month ago Sounds great 👍🏻 Reply Jimmy Malone Jimmy Malone 1 month ago Thank you Dr. Berry for sharing with us. Reply 1 reply James Kantor James Kantor 1 month ago (edited) Thank you, I am looking forward to trying this while sitting , after eating a healthy meal, when I do not have enough energy to go for a walk. 1 Reply 1 reply Alru Alru 1 month ago This will be great, especially with holidays coming up! Reply flyrocket19 flyrocket19 1 month ago Will this help with leg cramps? Been carnivore over a year but after 6 months I started getting leg cramps while sleeping night after night and it's unlike anything I've had before I'm talking 11/10 levels of pain. It's better now but still get the frequently. Would love to hear feedback from anyone. 2 Reply Jim Lynch Jim Lynch 1 month ago Can this soleus exercise be done while sitting with your legs elevated or must it only be done as shown? 1 Reply Sylvia Seese Sylvia Seese 1 month ago This is good to know. Going to try it!! Thanks Doc. Your the best!! Reply Joann McMullin Joann McMullin 1 month ago Got it! Thank u ! ❤️❤️ Reply Gabi Gabi 1 month ago Thank you sooo much! Question: Do we use the soleus muscle when rowing? Reply kristin bailey kristin bailey 1 month ago I’ve got to get my blood sugar and blood pressure down. I’ve brought it down pretty good but not enough. I refuse to take prescriptions even though I really should be on at least the blood pressure one. It’s way too high. I’m going to work harder and do what I need to do! Reply YuYo YuYo 1 month ago (edited) Hi @DrKenDBerryMD do you have any advices to cure interstitial cystitis?? I went carnivore 3 weeks ago and I started feeling better. Thank you so much for your videos. God bless you! 👉🏻❤ Reply 1 reply Booksmart The Alicorn Booksmart The Alicorn 1 month ago Thanks for the Soleus leg push up trick, Dr.Ken D.Berry! :D I love it! :D <3 Reply Lubna Malik Lubna Malik 1 month ago Thankyou Doctor I needed this. Reply Venkata Ponnaganti Venkata Ponnaganti 1 month ago Wow. Thank you Dr. Ken Berry. It is quite possible to do it. 1 Reply Michael Hill Michael Hill 1 month ago Excellent trick, thanks a lot. 1 Reply 1 reply Denise Acorn Denise Acorn 1 month ago Thank you so much Dr. Berry!!! Reply El Miguel El Miguel 1 month ago Very interesting, thank you Dr Ken. Reply Ralph Cantrell Ralph Cantrell 1 month ago As a life-long sufferer of chronic, near-constant nightly leg cramps that are centered in the area of the soleus/gastrocnemius and can reach 8 or 9 on my personal, 0 - 10 pain scale, I would be very hesitant to make use of this particular hack. The frequency/severity of these cramps is greatly intensified by any "exercise" that affects those particular muscles, and I just wouldn't risk that for the world. Reply marlo dela marlo dela 1 month ago Dr. Berry, a lot of long term Keto influencers are now saying that Keto can't be done long term and are going low carb or as you suggest carnivore. Do we have more data? Can you make a video about this? Thank you! 1 Reply 1 reply Sofya Lizzy Sofya Lizzy 1 month ago Thank you Dr. Berry!! 1 Reply Duane Wolcott Duane Wolcott 1 month ago This looks like an ideal exercise to amplify by using elastic bands. Reply Susanne Schauf Susanne Schauf 1 month ago Thank you Dr. Berry! 1 Reply Karunakaran Velmurugan Karunakaran Velmurugan 1 month ago Thank you Doctor for sharing to reduce the glucose levels. 1 Reply DSGN PORTAL DSGN PORTAL 1 month ago Great! So for how long can you do this to get results sitting down? Reply 1 reply William Gard William Gard 1 month ago I was wondering about some specific details about I’d you can tell if you’re using the correct muscle by how it feels, and whether it helps to put the weight on a certain spot, such as the outer ball of your foot. Reply Lila Larochelle Lila Larochelle 1 month ago Dr. Berry great video!! Very interesting How many points can this exercise lower my blood sugar? 1 Reply Luke Claydon Luke Claydon 1 month ago Don’t eat something you don’t want no matter who tells you, don’t fear judgement be your authentic self 1 Reply Marlo Marlo 1 month ago (edited) I've been stuck at my desk working 10 hour days and had to stop exercising because don't have time. I went keto almost two months now and glucose came down 200 and I'm going start doing this too. I'm so curious if my blood glucose will lowers more. I need to drop it 80 more point to be normal. I'm trying anything to stay off meds. Super cool thanks. Hopefully I find time get some exercise in too. 1 Reply 1 reply Gayle M. Gayle M. 1 month ago Well, that's very interesting. Thank you. I will try this. 😊 1 Reply Veronica Solomon Veronica Solomon 1 month ago Thank you, Dr Berry 🙋🏾‍♀️ Reply S C S C 1 month ago Im doing keto and it does fix my prediabetes and GERD. I lost weight too and feel better, but cholesterol went up thru the roof. Watched your video about cholesterol and its explain most of it, but can you make a video about lipoprotein (a) ? 1 Reply 1 reply Hawten Slaton Hawten Slaton 1 month ago Thanks Doc, that is a great hack! Reply 1 reply Devanushi Chaliha Devanushi Chaliha 1 month ago This is very helpful. Reply 1 reply DZ Z DZ Z 1 month ago Thanks for this video. I saw the article on this research, and I sort of bought into the implied "you need special" instructions to get the "benefits". I can't wait to see how this works for me! Do you know of a way to get a CGM without insurance that isn't outrageously expensive? 2 Reply Aussie Sam Aussie Sam 1 month ago Dear Dr Berry. I tried this at my work desk but my colleagues called security when they saw me sitting at my desk with no pants on. What should I do? 5 KenDBerryMD Reply 2 replies Donna Aguilar Donna Aguilar 1 month ago I'm going to try this. I've been stuck sitting since I hurt my right foot 3 weeks ago. I'll start with uninjured foot....lol. thank you Dr Berry Reply Li Qin Li Qin 1 month ago Probably the best general practitioner in the world! 1 Reply Eddie Agnich Eddie Agnich 1 month ago Thank you great information! Reply The Land Savior The Land Savior 1 month ago Never heard of it before, would like to give it a try. How about leg fatigue? Anyone have comment on this issue? Reply 1 reply F Pinto F Pinto 1 month ago Really Grateful for this advice. Reply 1 reply Ana Lozada Ana Lozada 1 month ago (edited) I’ve been doing this exercise my whole life since I’m a dancer, and not knowing of the health benefits. 😬😂 This is a very common warm up exercise in Ballet before we go full force in the class. ☺️🩰 Reply George Daws George Daws 1 month ago Thanks for this, I will for SURE give it a try virtualhug Reply Tano Welch Tano Welch 1 month ago Doc Berry I am a little confused by your explanation of how the soleus works in regard to glucose. Are you saying that unlike other muscles the soleus cannot store glucose this when this muscle is activated it must draw directly from the blood surgar in order to make ATP via the Kreb Cycle? Reply Charlie Bumstead Charlie Bumstead 1 month ago Dr. Berry, I have a question totally off this subject. I'm concerned with the fast inflation of food that, at some point, I'll have to go off carnivore to something like beans and rice. Any help you could give would be great. I'm sure others are wondering that as well. Reply Julie Weatherhead Julie Weatherhead 1 month ago Thanks for the info Doc!! Reply Joe Garma Joe Garma 1 month ago Might seem like a nit-pick, but according to the study referenced in the video, form is very important in order to maximize activation of the soleus. In the Supplement Information document appended to the study, a diagram (Figure S2) shows that when performing the soleus push-up the knees are not at 90 degrees; rather, the knees are forward directly over the metatarsophalangeal joint in the foot (pretty much at the ball of the foot). I would link to it, but YouTube doesn't seem to allow that, last time I tried. Reply Brad C Brad C 1 month ago Appreciate your honesty... Reply moon510 moon510 3 weeks ago Will have to try this Soleus lift until my next blood test. Reply Karen Toynton Karen Toynton 1 month ago Thank you for sharing. Your information was very helpful. I will give it a try. Reply 1 reply Jay nayk Jay nayk 3 weeks ago Does this exercise help lowering LDL also Reply R asraster R asraster 1 month ago The paper and the author's video actually both have the heel moved back a bit from under the knee. The metatarsalphalangeal joint (MTP) is directly below the knee 1 Reply 1 reply Gabriel Bryant Gabriel Bryant 1 month ago Thank you for the information Reply John Berger John Berger 1 month ago Bathroom Stall Squats? What's that? Could you do a video and explain, plus show us how to do it? Thanks for this great video. Reply Meya Tetana Meya Tetana 1 month ago I don't believe in short cuts. I started taking little stretch breaks where I get up and walk around office every 10 or so minutes and that has kept me from getting restless while working Reply Terry C Terry C 1 month ago This is too simple for excuses. Thanks! Reply Buck Dezno Buck Dezno 1 month ago TY. Another great tip! Reply Patricia Varga Patricia Varga 1 month ago ❤❤❤. Thank you! Reply Daniel Ploy Daniel Ploy 1 month ago Soleus push-ups along with Kegels. What more is healthier? Good work MR Ken. 2 Reply 1 reply Jian Lakerson Jian Lakerson 1 month ago (edited) If my feet are up on the toes my knees bounce. I've heard that this condition is some kind of "disorder," but indeed it has been there since early childhood. A friend used to remark that this is why (not entirely) I didn't gain weight. Truth is, I had hyperthyroidism and was 130 lbs at 6 feet in height until I was nearly 30 years old. But then the HGH began to wear off. I'm wondering now if this motion is connected with this exercise even though it is twice as fast? I burned a lot of blood sugar. Reply Heavymetalcat Heavymetalcat 1 month ago Thanks dr. Berry!! I'll try doing this I hope they help me, I'm a type 1 diabetic. 1 Reply Cherrie McBratney Cherrie McBratney 1 month ago Would this help with circulation and fluid retention also? 3 Reply 1 reply Ramaprasad Chintapalli Ramaprasad Chintapalli 1 month ago Thanks you so much 🙏🙏 1 Reply Corliss Adams Corliss Adams 1 month ago Thank you Dr. Berry!!! 2 Reply DF USA DF USA 1 month ago This is sooo cool … thanks doc Reply Diane Taylor Diane Taylor 1 month ago Great hack! Thank you. Reply Melvina Jessop Melvina Jessop 1 month ago (edited) Dr ken do you read all those books behind you or is it just for looks? I am type two diabetic I really learn a lot from your videos keep it up❤ Reply 1 reply Aspinall Sandy Aspinall Sandy 1 month ago Will try this very useful information, Thank you ,love watching your videos Reply Ray Matthew Ray Matthew 1 month ago Dr. Berry, what about sewing machine legs? I used to do that a lot in high school involuntarily where my knees would bounce rapidly from my feet lifting my heels off the floor rapidly. Reply 1 reply Bass Player Bass Player 3 weeks ago Doing heavy bench presses knocks my BS way down fast Reply Carol Cole Carol Cole 1 month ago I am all ears for this ! Reply Silva Maney Silva Maney 1 month ago Thank you Dr Berry,God bless you. KenDBerryMD Reply Rasfer Rastfarian Rasfer Rastfarian 1 month ago Awesome Hack! Thanks dr Berry! Reply codniggh codniggh 1 month ago I have very strong those muscles because I use barefoot shoes, normally with conventional running shoes or any shoe, that and many other muscles in the foot ankle calf and all of that to the butt becomes unused and all the weight goes to the column, but when you walk or run this way, all those muscles get activated, so you can walk or run using that muscles mainly and you use more blood sugar. Reply 1 reply Ketones Not Glucose Ketones Not Glucose 1 month ago What if you are in ketosis all day long? Does it increase ampk? While the mitochondria uses ketones? Reply Christine Helmus Christine Helmus 1 month ago Doing this causes my calves to cramp within seconds. Am I doing it wrong? Reply rober may rober may 1 month ago Hi Dr Berry, I follow all your videos and am now reading your book, I am getting much fitter but my blood presure is a bit high, will taking ground flax seed help lower it? Rob. Reply 1 reply John B John B 1 month ago It's just a seated heel raise. I do them at the gym twice a week, with resistance. KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply QB QB 1 month ago Doctor Ken, Please do a show on a hepatic porphyria diet that will lose weight safely for people with hepatic porphyria. Link any diet or food list references you find and daily vitamin protocols for hepatic porphyria because this is VERY under addressed to the point of nothing offered I could find. Food carbs is the only treatment for hepatic porphyria yet there are no diet books or vitamin lists or holistic food lists for hepatic porphyria’s like HCP and AIP. Please address this or write some books on it to fill that gap! 1 Reply 1 reply Lisa Harper Lisa Harper 1 month ago I do these standing up every morning. 1 Reply 2 replies Hanna Crow Hanna Crow 1 month ago What would be the optimal blood sugar and ketone level upon waking? 1 Reply 1 reply DUDUK TV DUDUK TV 1 month ago Dr Ken! Could you do a video on Keto Rash and how to avoid it? 1 Reply Henry Carlson Henry Carlson 1 month ago So Wise, Thank You. 1 Reply Shelly Aubey Shelly Aubey 1 month ago (edited) Carnivore for approximately two weeks. FBS this morning=204. After four sets of ten of this exercise=226. *sigh*🤔 1 Reply 1 reply Chris Mety Chris Mety 1 month ago how does carnivore diet affect thyroid? By the way, Thank you for posting videos. I have learned so much from watching 1 Reply Chdara Chdara 1 month ago Thank you Dr Berry🇨🇦🇯🇲 I tell the world about Reply 1 reply Marwin Braun Marwin Braun 1 month ago Thanks for the Sixpack Doc! 3 Reply Jack Wells Jack Wells 1 month ago Hi Doc, 9 mths 78lbs Thanks 3 Reply Tim Dailey Tim Dailey 1 month ago Are these more effective when shoeless and can you add weight to your lap to increase the burn? Reply KC KC 3 weeks ago Thank you so much. I will try it. Everything is a medical solution with most MDs. Reply Half Warrior Artist 67 Half Warrior Artist 67 1 month ago Will this help if only one leg can move? My left leg is ’disconnected’ from my brain (hemiplegic),and I can’t move my left leg at all. Right leg still works. Thank you Dr. 1 Reply 3 replies Sivan Aviv Sivan Aviv 1 month ago Hi, would you be interested in making a video about reversing hair loss in women with the carnivore diet? I think this could interest many people Reply Rhonda E Rhonda E 1 month ago This is excellent information. I will be doing this. Reply LeahStormGaming LeahStormGaming 1 month ago As a gamer, I sit too long and snack too much. Thanks for this info!!! I can't wait to start doing this. 2 Reply Rob John Rob John 1 month ago (edited) How low of a glucose is safe? My labs last week put me at 56. They were concerned and immediately called me about. I guess the better question is when should I get concerned? 1 Reply 1 reply Arkvizal Arkvizal 1 month ago (edited) 6:05 - 6:16 made me laugh so hard XD 1 Reply 1 reply mb7 b mb7 b 1 month ago Thanks for the video Kind Sir. What would be the effect if you push down on the kneecaps while doing this? Reply Coastal 805 Coastal 805 1 month ago Thank you, Dr. Berry! 😃 Reply Chris Minifie Chris Minifie 1 month ago Perhaps this would be good on a long flight; also reduce risk of deep vein thrombosis 2 Reply 1 reply Benito Montemayor Benito Montemayor 1 month ago (edited) My mom drinks coffee with lots & lots of sugar w/ milk. She has been a devout Jehovah’s Witness for around 55 years and is 91 years of age. She has been suffering from that calf muscle for years, but she will not lay off of sugar. 1 Reply Janice Stallings Janice Stallings 1 month ago Would that help circulation also? Reply Gwen Gwen 1 month ago Funny that I do this all the time at my desk when I’m in boring Teams meetings! Watch out for wildcats! Reply Debra 007 Debra 007 1 month ago (edited) How interesting. 😏 I have little grannies at my work. It is very hard to say no. I do this exercise on the airplane. Reply Gilmour11 Gilmour11 1 month ago (edited) I started meat only 18 days ago and I’ve been getting super flushed and red throughout the day and it gets worse after I eat. What is causing this? My and my sister’s skin is extremely dry and now I even have noticeable bags under my eyes for the first time in my life. I can’t figure out what could be happening. We both look like we have age 7 years in the last 18 days and I am not exaggerating whatsoever. Im eating lots of fat as well so it’s not a lack of fat. I’m really hoping that our appearance takes a turn for the better soon. I look horrible. Reply Scott Morgan Scott Morgan 1 month ago If the Soleus can't burn glycogen, what happens to it after this exercise? What if you end up using this exercise a couple times a week and that soleus can't burn the glycogen? Reply 3 replies Superfly.w Superfly.w Superfly.w Superfly.w 1 month ago Hi Doc. New sub right now I have latent TB on treatment for about three months now I also have anxiety disorder and palpitations. Will going on carnivore diet make my palpitations worse? Reply Cesar Javier Barbosa 2 Acid Green Cesar Javier Barbosa 2 Acid Green 1 month ago Even at my high carb diet, I'm mostly standing all day, so I can get away from the high carb to a certain extent. I don't consume seed oils. Reply 1 reply I am human I am human 1 month ago Summary:don't ignore calf training 1 Reply Victor Connor Victor Connor 1 month ago Ken, do people on the carnivore diet need vitamin C at all? And if so, where would we get it in our food? 1 Reply Bryson Romain Bryson Romain 1 month ago Dr. Berry, you’re awesome Reply Ellen L Buikema Ellen L Buikema 1 month ago Thank you!! Reply khamen723 khamen723 1 month ago Does this muscle also trigger when walking? I walk several miles a day Reply 1 reply Rich E Rich Rich E Rich 1 month ago I tried doing this and got severe calf cramps, ah of joys of getting old! Reply Chrissy Ellem Chrissy Ellem 1 month ago As a kid the thing I did under the table was feed my dog all the food I refused to eat lol 1 Reply 1 reply Scott Ashmead Scott Ashmead 1 month ago Parents would always say stop bouncing your leg (nervous habbit) so I wonder if this was just a natural reaction for my body to burn the glucose when I was studying/working.... Don't have access to a CGM to test the theory right now to see if you get similar effects from just the leg bounce... Reply Eileen Vaughan Eileen Vaughan 1 month ago Great 👍 1 Reply 1 reply Anomar Namloh Anomar Namloh 1 month ago I taught Chair Aerobics and these "Push-Up" were a staple of and a go to in my classes. Reply Aunt Dee Aunt Dee 1 month ago You are the best!!! 8 Reply Pumpkin Pumpkin 1 month ago Perfect time right before the holidays Reply M. Obscura M. Obscura 1 month ago Fantastic 😂 thanks for sharing this great undercover hack! Reply Sharon Backos Sharon Backos 1 month ago Thank you! Reply CarolJean Fourie CarolJean Fourie 1 month ago Ok, wait ... now I'm also VERY interested in knowing how you do the 'squats'?? 1 Reply 1 reply Prosper swatty Prosper swatty 2 weeks ago I did it for the first time and my blood sugar droped by 8 points. When I do it now it spikes by 6 points, why ? Very intersting Reply Cesar Javier Barbosa 2 Acid Green Cesar Javier Barbosa 2 Acid Green 1 month ago Fat and protein first, then I go after carbs. It slows down my spike. Reply Renee Paz Renee Paz 1 month ago Doc, just a quick question: is having loose stool a side effect of doing carnivore diet? Reply 1 reply SolidAirRecords SolidAirRecords 1 month ago fantastic, I emailed to several deskbound friends! 1 Reply CA B CA B 1 month ago When I ate many carbs in the past I would do "foot push ups" against the footboard of the bed. Did not connect the two bc I ate mostly carbs then. I have not done that in years now. TY Reply Sharon C Sharon C 1 month ago Love ya! Thank you!!! Reply 1 reply mandms bolonga mandms bolonga 1 month ago When I was pregnant with my first child, it was recommended that I sit in rocker and rock for about 10-15 min 2x day. The motion I would use is this motion, who knew? Reply 1 reply greg hoffman greg hoffman 1 month ago I am going to start a carnivore diet in about a week. I ordered three books, 2 cookbooks and one explaining the ins and outs of what you need do. I would like to know what if any veggies can be used. Mainly cabbage, cucumbers, peppers, and onions. 1 Reply 2 replies Joanne Morrison Joanne Morrison 1 month ago Does this also mean, it can affect one’s blood pressure also? 1 Reply Steve Berthiaume Steve Berthiaume 1 month ago The "c" in "gastrocnemius" is silent; the word is split between the greek roots "gastro" and "cnemius" which has a silent "c" 1 Reply Jari Kinnunen Jari Kinnunen 1 month ago I am doing upper body swing in many direction while watch videos. It`s good for bad back. 1 Reply Liz Jhones Liz Jhones 1 month ago Hi Dr Berry, I have been trying to gain weight for a couple of years now with very little success, I'm not on any medication atm. came across one of your videos from about 4years ago. You've talked about medicines & antihistamines which can make you gain weight? I'm hoping to try the once which can help improve appetite, Please if you have any recommendations will be greatly appreciated 🙏 1 Reply 1 reply Rob Lents Rob Lents 1 month ago I had quad bypass 6 months ago. I was and am in excellent physical shape. I am 54 and have eaten "healthy" for a long time prior to the surgery. Is it safe to go carnivore? 1 Reply 2 replies CZRider CZRider 1 month ago Does loading some weight, like across my thighs improve the response?? 2 Reply 1 reply DS DS 1 month ago Anyone that is T1D knows what the trampoline effect is. This is the explanation of it. Very cool. 2 Reply Аннушка Аннушка 1 month ago 👏👏👏👍 Reply Grzegorz Durda Grzegorz Durda 1 month ago Seated calf raises people. Bodybuilding's classic exercise. Reply missing1person missing1person 1 month ago I want to see this with a continuous blood glucose monitor 1 Reply 1 reply Varinia Garcia Varinia Garcia 1 month ago $1.00 Thanks! KenDBerryMD Reply Elfena Elfena 1 month ago I purchased your book Common Sense Labs. I recently had my labs done. My LDL 237 my Trig 81 my HDL 87. Military doctor want to prescribe statin because LDL. She’s giving me 3 months to lower it. I’ve been doing ketovoir or Low carb at least 3 yrs. Labs also shows abdominal aorta calcification. Did the high LDL cause this? I hope that when I see my doctor I’ll be prepared and have your Common Sense Labs with me. 1 Reply 2 replies AL from L.A. AL from L.A. 1 month ago Thank youse Sir 🙂 Reply Dr. Robert Johnson Dr. Robert Johnson 1 month ago But just like when my Dr said, salt raises blood pressure. Stop salting your food. The first thing I ask is the..”yes, but by how much?” So if that can lower my blood sugar, is it in a meaningful amount? For instance, salt raises your blood pressure about 1% per 1,000 mg of salt. So after 100 reps of “push ups” how much sugar is removed? These are important things to know. And to see anything really measurable it needs to by outside the 20% margin of error by those devices checking blood sugar. 1 Reply 1 reply Anders Welander Anders Welander 1 month ago Very cool. I have some Dexcom cgms that I'll wear at some point and then I'll be able to test this. Reply G Wiz G Wiz 1 month ago Ty so much Doc! Reply 1 reply Miranda Killjoy Miranda Killjoy 1 month ago What about kidney health being a diabetic with CKD STAGE3 , a lower sugar number is good but I also need to lower my insulin levels So I’m asking should I do this exercise with CKD? Reply Greg Vaughn Greg Vaughn 1 month ago I subconsciously bounce my knee like that since I was a kid 2 Reply 1 reply Kim sellars Kim sellars 1 month ago My glucose has been as low as 54 but usually in the 84 range but my keytones are .3. I have only had 5 carbs in the last 24 hours. I don’t understand what’s going on. 1 Reply 1 reply Kevan Hess Kevan Hess 1 month ago Mmm saw this yesterday on Instagram.Also suggested by the glucose godes.i amWilling to try it especially at restaurants. Reply Caramia Caramia 1 month ago I can't imagine stuck behind a desk all day . 1 Reply Rose Jackson Rose Jackson 1 month ago Thank you for this information Dr. Ken and I did think a kitty cat attacked you, lol. Reply The Source The Source 1 month ago i have a trampoline that i bounce on that works my calves. does that work the soleus muscles effectively? Reply Smoked Brisket Smoked Brisket 1 month ago (edited) Doing ketogenic diet for a while now. Fasting glucose is mid- to upper-70s, down from 263 to 226, triglycerides down to 74, HDL up to 54, but my keto sticks only ever show trace ketones. Why am I not throwing off ketones in my urine? Has my body just gotten accustomed to using fat for energy? Or is there something else going on? Also doing IF, generally 20 hours once or twice a week, then a full 24 hour fast from Thursday night to Friday night. 1 Reply 1 reply Geanora Westlake Geanora Westlake 1 month ago love the idea of the CGM. How do I get one? 1 Reply 1 reply Bruce Prigge Bruce Prigge 1 month ago Thanks! :) Reply Ron Silva Ron Silva 1 month ago Thank you so much keep doing what your doing . And keep working with the chain saw in the woods it’s soothing and so is a good axs and splitting wood it’s good and relaxing and learn to sharpen your chain with a file get good at it ☝️☝️👍👍👍 Reply Vernon Kuhns Vernon Kuhns 1 month ago How about putting something heavy on the thighs while doing this exercise??? Reply Ann Parker Ann Parker 1 month ago I saw the research and was so disappointed that it seemed to only work with the things you mentioned, electrodes and scientists and a doctorate. Thank you more than you know. Reply Victoria L G Victoria L G 1 month ago Dr Berry, please find 5 more muscles that do this. I'm on board! 2 Reply Rhonda E Rhonda E 1 month ago True. This is no excuse for eating carbs. Lol 😊 2 Reply coffeemachtspass coffeemachtspass 1 month ago Those of us who suspected it are vindicated. Dr. Berry DOES make his videos without pants on. 1 Reply SweetSmilinSteph SweetSmilinSteph 1 month ago So cool! Reply Pat Walkins Pat Walkins 1 month ago That is why doing sprints after eating lowers the BG quickly Reply 47retta 47retta 1 month ago How long or how many bathroom squats do you have to do to get results? 1 Reply 1 reply Janet Newbill Janet Newbill 1 month ago Thanks dr Berry your so funny !! Reply Roger Carroll Roger Carroll 1 month ago It might work if you do this four and a half hours at a stretch. This is not a sufficiently proven item yet. Reply Kris Justin Kris Justin 1 month ago Whenever someone asks me about how to lose weight, I just refer them to Dr. Berry. Simple! Reply Seriously Carnivore Seriously Carnivore 1 month ago once I get my cgm I will test this out 1 Reply DivineAmairani DivineAmairani 1 month ago This doesn't work if one has low insulin production. Not enough insulin to deliver glucose to cells, no matter how long or hard one exercises, it won't speed up glucose leaving the bloodstream 1 Reply Joe Camel Joe Camel 2 weeks ago Most kids know this instinctively 😉. Reply Brian Brian 1 month ago Exercising while I watch the Phillies win the would series!!! 3 Reply 3 replies Stef Diaz Diaz Stef Diaz Diaz 1 month ago Bend knee seated calf raises, a very popular bodybuilding excersise. Reply Papinoo 11 Papinoo 11 1 month ago (edited) The original report says that to get 50% reduction in glucose you need to do the exercise for 270 minutes! What am I missing here? Reply 4 replies moon510 moon510 3 weeks ago As I watched the video I was wondering about dancers, especially ballerinas: do most or all of them have no blood sugar or diabetic problems? Reply RJ Lee RJ Lee 1 month ago Do vitamins need to be taken with food? Reply Lucy Erda Lucy Erda 1 month ago I wonder if walking also works the soleus? :D 1 Reply TASTING THE HEAT TASTING THE HEAT 1 month ago Thank you. 1 Reply Brian Kimmins Brian Kimmins 1 month ago Doc Berry THANKYOU VERY MUCH, I'm getting back into living a longer life. Bee Kay PNG Reply 1 reply mazuazul mazuazul 1 month ago Would be nice a video about carnivore and sulfide SIBO, I have a lot of doubts and I do not know how to do it when the first thing a doctor say is that I need to stop eating meat with this kind of SIBO. Reply 1 reply Jason Newton Jason Newton 1 month ago (edited) I have been doing Keto for about about 1 year. Can keto cause xanthelasma? I have a small area under my left eye I'm Concerned with. I am 6ft 2 inches tall Ihave lost 24lbs 194-170. I feel great. I didn't have any underline health concerns beforehand/starting keto just trying to stay healthy and lean. I still need to go in for my yearly Physical. I haven't had any blood work since I started keto. I have gone off keto for short times, but mostly on keto. Keeping track with keto moto blood checker. Averaging .7 keto leve most of the year. Thanks Jason Reply Jerry Lee Colbert Jerry Lee Colbert 1 month ago So I heard another doctor say that we can eat fruit on the Carnivore Diet, is that true and if so does it provide any benefit that we are not getting from strictly eating meat? Reply 1 reply Adam WithanA Adam WithanA 1 month ago Just found out it works on the 🚽 too 🥰 1 Reply John Karavitis John Karavitis 1 month ago I find this hard to believe. Link to research that the soleus can't store/use glycogen. Also, what are the implications for runners re training and running marathons? Reply BeingInTheMessiah BeingInTheMessiah 1 month ago Not related to the video but its most current so I thought I'd share. 11,000 year old stone fish trap discovered off Alaskan coast, oldest in the world. People understood and cared about Salmon migration patterns and sought them out. Reply 1 reply Ali Jazani Ali Jazani 1 month ago damn , i came here hoping to hear you say that we can lower our blood sugar while sitting and eating meat and not eating veggies or carbs 😁 1 KenDBerryMD Reply Tricia Skiles Tricia Skiles 1 month ago Love the new glasses! Reply Daniel Delgado Daniel Delgado 1 month ago $4.99 Thanks! KenDBerryMD Reply Justin Isenberg Justin Isenberg 1 month ago Just came across this channel and I was wondering if it would be ok to go carnivore with gallstones. Reply 2 replies Mr Push Mr Push 1 month ago Let's get imperical here, how MUCH say per set of 100 reps does this lower blood sugar? Without an idea, who knows what this might or might not do? Do people need to do 300 or 3000 to see any notable reduction? 2 Reply 5 replies JFJ JFJ 1 month ago Thank you Dr. Berry Reply Brownmahfun Brownmahfun 1 month ago Love, love, love the specks. 1 Reply TREND TREND 1 month ago (edited) During riding bicycle I notice something very strange! When I push pedals with tips of my soles it more efficiently lowering my blood sugar then pushing with heels! Nobody would believed me! Probably it is from reason you just explained! I was puzzled by it, but finally I know cause! 2 Reply 5 replies Kevin Gallen Kevin Gallen 1 month ago The British police used to use a similar technique when they used to walk the beat. Reply Tom Noyb Tom Noyb 1 month ago Isn't Glycogen the short-term energy stored in the muscle, used only when energy demand exceeds external supplies? In other words, when engaged in strenuous activity muscles use food first, fat second and Glycogen last? Glycogen is the energy of last resort? Because when muscles (including heart) run out of Glycogen, they fail. You "hit the wall." And when your heart "hits the wall," you die. Under-table lifts aren't going to run heart out of Glycogen obviously; especially at the dinner table - that's not the point. Point is that this doc doesn't seem to have a clue how Glycogen functions? Bringing his whole theory into question? 1 Reply 1 reply Natural Wonders Natural Wonders 1 month ago Thanks always 🙂🌴🙂🌴🙂🌴🙂🌴 Reply Sarah-is-Lovely Sarah-is-Lovely 1 month ago Oh that shirt is perfect! Reply Mr. Skipper Mr. Skipper 1 month ago Thanks Doc. Reply The Slider The Slider 1 month ago No one is "forced" to eat high carb food! 1 Reply 2 replies Joann Santos Joann Santos 1 month ago (edited) Can we normalize shorter intros with less preamble?? 1 Reply RothGamez RothGamez 1 month ago If I'm doing it standing, is it the same as calf raises? 1 Reply HannibalTheHuntur HannibalTheHuntur 1 month ago This channel, as well as others that like to promote these diets that I myself have benefited from, have failed to address the issue of prurigo pigmentosa time and time again, the skin condition associated with the keto and carnivore diet as well as the fasting state. Reply 2 replies Adrienne Murphy Adrienne Murphy 1 month ago Thanks!! Reply Tom Condon Tom Condon 1 month ago Off topic, I've been looking for the forum to address you, and CarnivoreMD. Joe Mercola just published a piece on avoiding kidney damage. He said too much meat causes acidity, and a.) Needs to be avoided, and, b.) Should be mitigated with fruits and VEGETABLES. Link on request. Reply Brenda Hunter Brenda Hunter 1 month ago (edited) Those of us who have blood sugar issues need to stand firm against social pressures of eating carbs. Just say no! Why should we be bullied into eating something that we know is harmful? I never see anyone pushing meat on someone who declares to be vegan. What about alcoholics? Do they feel they must drink so as not to hurt someone else's feelings? My sis in law has this superstition that if everyone doesn't have a piece of birthday or wedding cake, it's bad luck for whomever the cake is for. I tell her it's bad luck for me as a carboholic if I do eat it. I will certainly employ this exercise as my BS is always too high just from breathing. I'm just saying we have to be responsible for what we feed our bodies and granny will have to get over it. We should be insulted that she would insist we eat something that is poisonous. Pass the 🥓 bacon, please! Reply Karen Black Karen Black 1 month ago I just got back from Applebees and splurged with 4 mini cinnamon rolls. I'm going to try this. Reply G S G S 1 month ago The Bible is the most historic book on the planet and it consistently refers to grains (bread) as part of their diet. When you say our ancestors didn’t eat plants are you including the civilization of Jesus’s time on the earth? 1 Reply 1 reply Russell Robinson Russell Robinson 1 month ago Probably works on restless leg syndrome too!? Reply S Lewis S Lewis 1 month ago And I thought it was just a nervous habit! 1 Reply Robert Brown Robert Brown 1 month ago Question: I'm stage 4 ckd, will a keto or carnivore diet help me ? Doctors say my kidney failure is from vasculitis. 1 Reply iamafractal iamafractal 1 month ago Does an hour a day of walking activate this muscle? 1 Reply Malak Alhamwe Malak Alhamwe 3 weeks ago Thank u very much Reply MC1R Positive MC1R Positive 1 month ago @Dr.Berry How well can this work first think in the morning if you suffer from the Dawn phenomenon!?!?!????? Plz respond🤞 3 Reply Gail’s Food, Music and Stuff! Gail’s Food, Music and Stuff! 1 month ago lol, i was just going to ask if you had a cat, but you explained the scratches. lol. ok, so im doing that exercise right now, thx for the tip. Reply DIGTHE VOICE DIGTHE VOICE 1 month ago Will it lower blood sugar from gluconeogenesis since it's demand driven? 1 Reply PugetSoundComedy PugetSoundComedy 1 month ago Thanks @KenDBerryMD You're Awesome! Reply Monte Lang Monte Lang 1 month ago I have a CGM. My sugar was 79. Then I did this soleus push up for a few minutes and my sugar went up to 84! Hmm... Reply beastshawnee beastshawnee 1 month ago idk if ai imagine it but when my Blood sugar feels too high and I am just home on the couch-I take a couple pinches ofsea salt in my cheek…it seems to help stabilize it a bit? anyone else notice this? Reply Sandy Morrison Sandy Morrison 1 month ago Thanks - I do these, but I didn't know why... Reply Charles Tait Charles Tait 1 month ago When you first said “under the table” I got a bit nervous! 3 Reply 1 reply Elisabeth Stauble Elisabeth Stauble 1 month ago $10.00 Thanks! Reply KenDBerryMD · 1 reply Jane Osborne Jane Osborne 1 month ago You'll "get in touch with your inner soleus."🤣🤣🤣 Reply Max Larson Max Larson 1 month ago (edited) How come your legs have cuts Dr. Berry? Hopefully everything is good. UPDATE: Should have watched the very end of video. lol Reply pct2r pct2r 1 month ago Thanks Dr Berry Reply Nilima Mittal Nilima Mittal 1 month ago Is this the same muscle that gets used when you bounce your knee and fidget? Reply Black Jew Black Jew 1 month ago So I have been doing this for year, to not kill my boss, now I know why it works. Reply Аннушка Аннушка 1 month ago 👏💪💯🌹 Reply Harold Marsh Harold Marsh 1 month ago I was doing that as a OTR truck driver for blood flow,,, Little did I know. Reply 1 reply Gaby Raul Gaby Raul 1 month ago Hello, I have rosacea, is the carnivorous diet a good option for me? On the carnivorous diet can I take creatine? Reply Sashmiel Sashmiel 1 month ago Its funny that I used to do that on my own as a nervous tic, I thoguth. Wuld explain that once I trained myself not to do it ... Reply asya asya 1 month ago 🙏🙏👍 1 Reply 1 reply Key West Fan Key West Fan 1 month ago Just went to Greece to visit family. All of the family members were constantly trying to shove food down my throat. Bread, spanakopita, desserts, pastichio, mousaka etc. Made it clear that I don’t eat that stuff but it’s like it went in one ear and out the other. Still insisted on making this stuff daily for me. So frustrating. It’s like you inferred. Almost feel like it’s my fault and being disrespectful by not eating this stuff. Reply Ankica Lukic Ankica Lukic 1 month ago Thank you dr K Bery Reply 1 reply Paige Morgan Paige Morgan 1 month ago Thanks Dr. B. Reply MegaRadric MegaRadric 1 month ago I'm non diabetic hypoglycemic and my calves and forearms become sore when my blood is low Reply Yvonne Yvonne 1 month ago I already feel low sugar😆 Reply Teresa Teresa 1 month ago I've noticed after I've eaten too many carbs that my heart races and I feel weird. Is that my blood sugar being too high? I do not like that feeling. Reply 1 reply Vani Hansen Vani Hansen 1 month ago Ha I'm diabetic but I'm going to try this 2 KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply Craig Glaser Craig Glaser 1 month ago 👍👍👍 1 Reply 1 reply Laura Tarango Laura Tarango 1 month ago 👍👍👍🤓 1 Reply Min. Bread of Life-Pan de Vida Min. Bread of Life-Pan de Vida 1 month ago Where I can see the links the doctor mentioned? Reply Terry Jones Terry Jones 1 month ago what's the chances of getting leg cramps with this? 1 Reply Cindy Wilkins Cindy Wilkins 1 month ago Where can I get a CMG? Does it take a docs prescription? 1 Reply Robert Newsome Robert Newsome 1 month ago I wonder if this hack will serve to accelerate reduction of the A1c. Reply Herbert von Sauerkraut unterhose Herbert von Sauerkraut unterhose 1 month ago (edited) Cramp city... I've seen this exercise before. 👍 Reply Joseph A Nagy Jr Joseph A Nagy Jr 1 month ago That looks like leg fidgetting. I've been doing this for decades just as something to fidget. Reply cj432T cj432T 1 month ago (edited) Question I'm sure you're tired of but - Is red meat bad for the prostate or not? Too much confusing info online imo? Thank you Dr. K.B. Reply 1 reply hamstersniffer hamstersniffer 1 month ago 4:00 me now putting down the fudge brownie 1 Reply Ev Ev 1 month ago Quick question, do you need to be barefoot? Reply Betty H Betty H 1 month ago Can this be done in bed? 2 Reply ANGELA MCFADDEN ANGELA MCFADDEN 1 month ago Starting to decrease carbs eating more meat ... Want to get some blood work done ... What do I ask for ... Thank you Reply Jennifer Mathews Jennifer Mathews 1 month ago Will it help a Type one diabetic that does not make insulin or glycogen? Reply KenDBerryMD · 1 reply Tam S. Tam S. 1 month ago Thank you 1 Reply Cheryl I Cheryl I 1 month ago I often wish you could just get to the point Thank you kindly though Dr Berry 1 Reply 1 reply Ron M Ron M 1 month ago Thanks. Reply timshel Leo timshel Leo 1 month ago I tried your hack...To my bewilderment my blood glucose went from 108 to 123 !!!. Back to the drawing board .sigh. Reply 1 reply LYCIA MCDONALD LYCIA MCDONALD 1 month ago Thank you Reply benjamin aguilar benjamin aguilar 1 month ago It is also known that that muscle is made mostly of zinc Reply 1 reply Jack Jack 1 month ago I'm going to have to eat Christmas dinner or I'll never here the end of it 😪 Reply Susan Susan 1 month ago Wonder if Grandma knows I am at her Thanksgiving table with no shoes or pants on. 1 Reply 1 reply Wahid Rashidzada Wahid Rashidzada 1 month ago If someone has hypoglycemia then they have to make sure they don't do this exercise. 1 Reply Scott 0str Scott 0str 1 month ago Can you please test this with a continuous glucose monitor and report the results? Reply 7 replies Tanya Tanya 1 month ago Im confused .. i thought exercise didn't help with weight loss? Now it helps burn sugar? wouldn't that be part of your weight loss? Reply 000000Kimo 000000Kimo 1 month ago Would it help more if you have some type of weight on your lap. 1 Reply E V E V 1 month ago I am a Patreon but I was somehow removed from the mailing list. I have sent several emails to asked to be put back on it but I have heard no response from anybody. My Patreon membership is set to renew in December and I can’t even talk to somebody. I’m also looking for the list that you put together of doctors in your area that do keto or carnivore. Thanks for any help from anybody with this situation!! Reply Kitty Seas Kitty Seas 1 month ago Does this work if done standing? Reply J.C. child J.C. child 1 month ago (edited) Can I get advice? I am intolerant for salicylate acid- thats basicaly fruits and veggies, but I also completely lack pottasium,...I dont understand that..how do I get pottasium in natural? If Im gonna go carnivore,( and I dont have a choice) I need pottasium in order for everything to work properly. .I can't eat liver or any kind of organ meat,.. All I can eat is pure bacon, eggs, chicken thighs, pork belly.. I want to focus on fat, not protein, how do I get enough fat in? 1 Reply 2 replies P. Shawn Faherty P. Shawn Faherty 1 month ago Wow. Great hack. Love the comment about G’ma’s apple pie 🥧 ala mode! Reply TBD TBD 1 month ago Me call this calf-raises at the gym. 1 Reply Yves Baggi Yves Baggi 1 month ago (edited) But where does that blood sugar go? Doesn't it get stored as fat? Reply Doug Brown Doug Brown 1 month ago How about enhancing this move with a electrical muscle stimulator??? Super hack? 1 Reply jazzsnare jazzsnare 1 month ago Anybody know what the other excercise he mentionend? Reply 1 reply 347elmer 347elmer 1 month ago ....great vid dr berry.... 1 Reply 1 reply Jennifer Adkins Jennifer Adkins 1 month ago I do this on road trips Reply Luke Claydon Luke Claydon 1 month ago Looking great 1 Reply nalvar82 nalvar82 1 month ago Dr. Berry...Why do I have "cankles"? I hate them! How does one get rid of them? My calves and legs are huge. 😭😭😭 1 Reply 4 replies Barbara Trujillo Barbara Trujillo 1 month ago I'm stuck w/ my sugar out of control. I was diagnosed 1yr ago my sugars were always near 100 taking a very small piece of glyburide instead of 3pills a day cuz 1 pill knocked me out. my sugars were even low. since my dr has dbld the glyburide dose! & now added metformin. my sugars are at 400+ I'm always sleeping. I can't get my sugars down....my dr don't listen at all. 1 Reply Ginny Apple Ginny Apple 1 month ago Im short can't touch floor in my office chair 🤣 2 Reply ivette santana ivette santana 1 month ago did somebody test it? My strips do not come till a couple of weeks. 1 Reply 1 reply Richmond Hill Richmond Hill 1 month ago Making money is an action. Keeping money is behavior, but "Growing money is wisdom"...I figured this out a week ago..,, 12 Reply 17 replies Angelina Drobina Angelina Drobina 1 month ago Damn you’re looking fine in that shirt Dr Berry - Neisha - get on that ! He’s safe now 😂😂😂🙊 Reply Billy The Maker Billy The Maker 1 month ago Hello. What time Dr Berry is having LIVE Q&A on Youtube? Reply 1 reply Charles Tait Charles Tait 1 month ago Just in time for turkey stuffing! 2 Reply singstreetcar singstreetcar 1 month ago My chest is hurting me when I raise my hands or get upset Reply 1 reply Jeanne Iben Jeanne Iben 3 weeks ago How can you call yourself a doctor? Did you buy a certificate online or something? Reply PHILIP W PHILIP W 1 month ago Why does my blood sugar drop after brushing my teeth? 2 Reply 4 replies Milo 270 Milo 270 1 month ago (edited) Tres interesant.....AAA+++ Reply bobby boucher bobby boucher 4 weeks ago rare that people got good legs lol your getting there :) Reply Lisa Harper Lisa Harper 1 month ago When you rest you rust. 3 Reply Chad Chad 1 month ago Lol, this was on Facebook as an add attempting to sell me a device to excercise that muscle. I'm starting to question YouTube "Drs". 1 Reply Steve Lyons Steve Lyons 1 month ago Hi Doc: Can we buy one of those proper human diet shirts? Thx 2 Reply 1 reply Harvey Brown Harvey Brown 1 month ago The saw no worries, the chain however may cause some bleeding. :-)))) Reply Barbara Harrington Barbara Harrington 1 month ago ❤🌹🌷❤ 1 Reply Stuart Hutt Stuart Hutt 1 month ago I'm too lazy and too old to squat. I won't eat the dounut to lower my glucose. Reply Jan Blackman Jan Blackman 1 month ago How do I get a Drs appointment with you? 4 Reply 2 replies P Cat P Cat 1 month ago Do I need to take off my shoes for better results ? 1 Reply KittyLoves8265 Glover KittyLoves8265 Glover 1 month ago repeat, repeat, repeat... get on with it 2 Reply 1 reply Charlotte Locks Charlotte Locks 1 month ago Despite the economic downturn, I'm so happy😊. I have been earning $ 60,200 returns from my $7,000 investment every 13days•❤️ 20 Reply 17 replies Amy Schulte Amy Schulte 1 month ago I wish I had a desk job. I stand/walk for 8 hours a day and mostly without a break. 😒 Reply 2 replies Dee Puls Dee Puls 1 month ago JUST SAY NO TO BAD FOODS. COMPLIMENT THE CHEF FOR SOMETHING ELSE THEY PREPARED YOU LIKED. DONE. Reply ROMB 181 ROMB 181 1 month ago It means Drumers become Hypoglycemic 🤪😂😂 1 Reply 1 reply Lady Farrier Lady Farrier 1 month ago Dr. Berry.... I'm confused. You said that muscle can't burn glycogen. Did you mean it just can't store it and can ONLY burn glycogen? Reply 2 replies Chris Chris 3 weeks ago Even doctor Andrew huberman spoke about it Reply paweł ła paweł ła 1 month ago Hi, why I always become sleepy after 400g of rib eye steak with butter and olive oil? Reply krachennehto krachennehto 1 month ago So, this means that fidgeting and Restless Legs Syndrome help lower blood sugar!!! 1 Reply jsr jsr 1 month ago I can see "Lies my Doctor told Me" - can I read this Doc? Reply Eagle Eats Monkey Eagle Eats Monkey 1 month ago Can you talk about Cannabis (Marijuana) ... is it good or bad for our body? 1 Reply 1 reply Alexander Ordinary Alexander Ordinary 3 weeks ago PHD = piled higher and deeper.. KenDBerryMD Reply Richard Ravarino Richard Ravarino 1 month ago Guessing this might work for truck drivers too? 1 Reply 1 reply Matt Lange Matt Lange 1 month ago Did y'all see where the American college of cardiology stated that air pollution was a higher risk factor for mortality than LDL levels..... I think LDL is slowly starting to work it's way out of people's heads.... very very slowly. Reply nicola gordon nicola gordon 1 month ago I have McArdle so can't metabolise glycogen in any voluntary muscle. 1 Reply KNIGHT JUMPS KNIGHT JUMPS 1 month ago Will walking do the same thing? Reply Linda Musty Linda Musty 1 month ago Can we also do this in bed and get same results Reply 1 reply Shawn Watson Davis TV Shawn Watson Davis TV 1 month ago 🥳🥳🥳 1 Reply 1 reply smcdenver smcdenver 1 month ago Dr berry. I need some help. Is there anyway I can email you something. Please and thank you. Reply Bill Gates Bill Gates 1 month ago Ken berry has been attacked by a wild cat. 😂 Reply 1 reply NINA MARIE NINA MARIE 1 month ago I don't see any more Monday Night videos. Am I Missing something??? Reply Marina Russo Marina Russo 4 weeks ago What is your take on mounjaro doc? Reply dc0145a dc0145a 1 month ago (edited) Are you ok Dr Berry? Your face & neck are red. Hopefully, just a little too much sun. or, its just my eyes. Reply Hexchad Hexchad 1 month ago I sometimes charlie horse this muscle Reply Jason Buckman Jason Buckman 1 month ago Calf raises? Reply Tom Birney Tom Birney 1 month ago KEGEL EXERCISE sitting on the STATIN Rx bottle since I flushed the contents, increasing the marginal utility of his mis-quided directive.... ; P Reply CHARLESS BRONSON CHARLESS BRONSON 1 month ago Hey Dr Berry .. are you guys moving to a different platform? Reply 1 reply Mia LaMarca Mia LaMarca 1 month ago Nice legs Ken! 👏👏 Reply Yves Baggi Yves Baggi 1 month ago HA HA... I've been seeing your PHD shirt and logo for pribably 6 months snd thought it refered to you mefical doctorate. It just hit me....Prooer Human Diet. I guess I need more ketones. Reply Ade Larsen Ade Larsen 1 month ago Great. Now I can eat KFC every day at my desk. Perfect, thanks. Kidding. Reply 1 reply Nita Ell Nita Ell 1 month ago Just like all the others, you take too long getting to the pojnt 1 Reply 1 reply Hannah Cabana Hannah Cabana 1 month ago Get to the point sir Reply TheMojo487 TheMojo487 1 month ago You look ripped doc 😅 Reply 1 reply twistedstrength twistedstrength 1 month ago Why have you stopped posting the Monday night lives? Reply Ginge Brien Ginge Brien 1 month ago Nope, I am a carnivore and don’t fall for veggies or fruit. 😁 Reply Jamie Jamie 1 month ago You are simulating a persons leg activity in a rocking chair. Reply John Mollet John Mollet 1 month ago Ignore the chainsaw lacerations... OK Doc. Reply 1 reply Silver Ascension Silver Ascension 1 month ago NORMAL PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T MESSED UP THEIR CARB METABOLISM SHOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT LOW CARB LOWERS CARB TOLERANCE. NOT ALL EXERCISES LOWER A DIABETICS BLOOD SUGAR SOME WILL HAVE A RISE BEFORE IT LOWERS, AND IF THEY HAVE KETONES AND A HIGH BLOOD SUGAR THEY SHOULDN'T BE EXERCISING. 2 Reply Jay_Kay Jay_Kay 1 month ago That was one unnecessarily long video! Reply Ronni j Ronni j 1 month ago WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE KIDNEY PROBLEMS WHILE ON A CARINVORE DIET??? Reply 1 reply Jean Jean 1 month ago 💚🏜️ Reply KORTOKtheSTRONG KORTOKtheSTRONG 1 month ago so the leg bounce fidget with diff form Reply 1 reply John Cipolla John Cipolla 1 month ago Could someone tell me how to get the invite to Mighty Networks. I Never got an invite. 1 Reply 1 reply Tony Bennett Tony Bennett 1 month ago Nice legs Doc 👍 1 Reply 1 reply lIvlongbalive lIvlongbalive 1 month ago 🤣🤣 1 Reply Moshkateer Moshkateer 1 month ago I just knew you were going to say kegels. Reply 1 reply Alex Rozenbom Alex Rozenbom 3 weeks ago Soleus Pushup With Ankle Weight s?> 2 Reply KenDBerryMD · 2 replies David Fellows David Fellows 1 month ago yeah" bathroom squats" what the hell was the playboy for? Reply Roger Lewis Roger Lewis 1 month ago 🥩🧈🥓🍳👍🇨🇱 Reply FlyGuy007 FlyGuy007 1 month ago Nice shirt Dr.B Reply Tracey Davis Tracey Davis 1 month ago Someone has been watching Andrew Huberman! 1 Reply Anyhoo... Anyhoo... 1 month ago Mmmmmmmm...Apple pie a la mode... 1 Reply 1 reply Fred Yerman Fred Yerman 1 month ago Laymen's terms. Reply little8940 little8940 1 month ago HICKOK45 mentioned you in his latest Sunday video. Reply PayntPot PayntPot 1 month ago Is there a reason the 2 links you have provided do not exist?? Please provide a legitimate link to the study. This is very dodgy, reporting to cite non existent links. 1 Reply 2 replies Elaine R Elaine R 1 month ago Great calves. 1 Reply 1 reply Kochámo Kimura Kochámo Kimura 1 month ago It's a terrible movement that will destroy your ankle mobility. Really stupid to pump the soleus like this in a restricted range of motion. 1 Reply Solo Solo 1 month ago Looking built Reply Kevin Johnson Kevin Johnson 1 month ago (edited) Everyone here is focused on health but noone cares that they lost their distance vision from doing close up work with 20/20 eyes or 20/20 glasses, Use readers to keep ur distance vision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let the readers do the work, not the ciliary muscle because it gets spasmed up to 1 diopter then off to optometrist then the myopia train really really gets moving. Reply Felicia Owusu Felicia Owusu 1 month ago Too much preamble...could have been a 2 minute video imo. 1 Reply The truth only The truth only 1 month ago nice calfs 😆 1 Reply John Marquardt John Marquardt 1 month ago (edited) Get to the point!!!!!! It took you over 5 minutes to get there. 1 Reply 1 reply red bellpeppers red bellpeppers 1 month ago Thanks for the information. Too bad it took over 5 minutes out of a 7 minute 26 second video to get to the point. Yes, we know we're stuck at a desk. Well aware of the problem. Now get to the solution. KenDBerryMD Reply 1 reply Ankica Lukic Ankica Lukic 1 month ago Hi from Australije Reply 1 reply AK Mass AK Mass 1 month ago Dirty socks. Reply Red Mars Red Mars 1 month ago (edited) Get to the point. So much fluff. 5:07 1 Reply 2 replies Thickwrist McFist Thickwrist McFist 1 month ago You know i love you... but you rambled on for SOOOOOO LOOOOOOONG trying to get those views... Sometimes its just too much... Yikes! Reply