Tim Ferriss was talking about how six months of Norwegian 4x4 training can still show effects on the hippocampus five years later.
Four minutes hard enough that the last minute feels like you’re running from wolves, three to four minutes off, four rounds. Done three times a week. One study linked it to measurable changes in brain structures like the hippocampus, an area hit early in Alzheimer’s.
He said the specific exercise probably doesn’t matter. Bike, row, or weights—what matters is the intensity and the lactate. Steady-state walking doesn’t produce the same signal.
The interesting part is how long the effect seems to last after the training stops. Six months of hard intervals, and the brain changes are still detectable years later.
The Norwegian study on 4x4 intervals and hippocampal volume is real, but it was small and observational. High-intensity work reliably improves VO2 max and cardiovascular health. Direct claims about long-term brain protection against Alzheimer’s still need larger trials.
In 1947, a young Polish priest named Karol Wojtyła traveled from Rome to the small town of San Giovanni Rotondo. He wanted to meet the Capuchin friar known as Padre Pio, go to confession, and spend time with the man who called himself “the humble friar who prays.” Wojtyła stayed nearly a week and spoke with him at length.
Fifteen years later, in 1962, Bishop Wojtyła was in Rome for the Second Vatican Council when he received troubling news. A close collaborator, Dr. Wanda Poltawska, was dying of throat cancer. The doctors held little hope. Remembering the friar he had met years earlier, Wojtyła wrote a letter in Latin asking Padre Pio to pray for her.
Padre Pio received the letter and simply said he could not refuse the request. Eleven days later, a second letter arrived from Wojtyła with astonishing news: the woman had been suddenly healed before she ever entered the operating room.
That early encounter, and the clear answer to prayer, left a lasting mark. Years later, as Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyła would beatify and canonize the same humble friar. Two men who once met as priest and confessor are now both honored as saints.
Sts. Padre Pio and Pope John Paul II, pray for us!
🚨 ¡BOMBAZO! 🇺🇸🇨🇴
Estados Unidos acaba de ceder a Colombia el control TOTAL del Centro de Entrenamiento de Helicópteros más avanzado de la región, en el Fuerte Militar de Tolemaida.
El ministro de Defensa Jorge Mora lo anunció ayer: ahora Colombia lidera la formación de pilotos y técnicos de Black Hawk, Huey y MI-17 para toda Latinoamérica en la lucha contra el narcotráfico.👏
Fr. Ripperger: “It’s a struggle. It’s a fight. Each of us was conscripted into this spiritual warfare. But how much God wants you to experience it is NOT a sign that He’s abandoning you. The more God allows the demons in your life the more He wants you to achieve holiness.”
"De Spiritu Sancto" is a hymn with an ancient sound, composed by Hildegard of Bingen nearly 900 years ago. It dates back to a time long before harmony, chords, or musical accompaniment developed into what we know today.
The melody is performed in a style known as monophony, meaning all the singers follow a single melodic line together. No voice rises above another, and no one tries to stand out. Instead, all the voices blend into one continuous flow of sound, creating the feeling that everyone is sharing a single breath.
Presidente @ABDELAESPRIELLA este chico tiene una propuesta interesante para dar la batalla espiritual. ¡Por favor escúchelo!
Necesitamos arrebatarle los jóvenes a la nefasta izquierda.
@jrestrp
🇪🇸‼️ | VOX denuncia que RTVE y La Revuelta eliminaron 40 minutos de la entrevista a Santiago Abascal y se niegan a entregar la grabación íntegra, según un comunicado del partido. La formación acusa al programa de incumplir los acuerdos y de excluir respuestas sobre sanidad y energía. Como consecuencia, anuncia que no participará en entrevistas sin garantías sobre el uso de sus declaraciones y cancela la prevista con Jordi Wild en The Wild Project.
The Kuwait Prince, states, " if they kill me because of my convertion to Christianity, then I will appear before Jesus Christ and be with him for all eternity". HALLELUJAH
#JesusIsAlive
🇨🇴‼️ | Mediante la "Operación Fénix", la Policía Nacional de Colombia, la Fiscalía y la SAE ejecutaron la extinción de dominio de 83 bienes valorados en casi 9 millones de dólares, pertenecientes a una red del Frente Camilo Torres Restrepo del ELN. El golpe, anunciado por el Presidente Abelardo de la Espriella, incluyó fincas, apartamentos y vehículos en varias regiones, utilizados para lavar dinero del narcotráfico generado en Teorama y enviado hacia Centroamérica.
Luz Adriana Camargo debe renunciar y debe ser extraditada a Guatemala país donde es requerida...la fiscalía, la procuraduría y la Contraloría le fallaron a Colombia @ABDELAESPRIELLA@POTUS
Hoy firmamos un memorando de entendimiento con la @CorteSupremaJ para trabajar juntos en la protección de los derechos de nuestros niños, niñas y jóvenes, y prevenir cualquier forma de vulneración.
La protección de la niñez no puede empezar cuando ya ha pasado algo terrible. Tenemos que anticiparnos, trabajar unidos y garantizar que quienes les hagan daño respondan ante la justicia.
Gracias a la Corte Suprema por este trabajo conjunto. En Medellín tenemos un compromiso muy claro: ¡proteger a nuestros niños y jóvenes!