Overview
In this episode, I sit down with Gerardo “Zico” Ezekiel Powell, a certified Lumen metabolic coach, seven-time certified fitness and nutrition specialist, and host of the Matter Over Mind Experience podcast. Zico grew up in Jamaica struggling with asthma and low body weight, and after moving to America and watching his symptoms worsen despite conventional medicine, he took matters into his own hands. What followed was a decade-long deep dive into metabolic health that got him off all medication and building more muscle in his late 30s than he ever did in his 20s. This conversation is a masterclass in how your metabolism actually works and why most fitness and weight loss advice misses the point entirely.
You’ll Learn
- Why most weight loss approaches fail, and how becoming metabolically flexible is the foundation that everything else must be built on first
- What metabolic flexibility actually is, how your enzyme profile determines whether you are a fat burner or a sugar burner, and why switching between the two takes very different amounts of time
- Why training in high heart rate zones all day long may be actively preventing fat loss, raising cortisol, disrupting sleep, and increasing cravings at the same time
- How zone one and zone two training promotes fat oxidation, and why your ancestral movement patterns matter more than any gym program
- The connection between excess cardio, muscle glycogen depletion, muscle loss, and a slowing metabolism that keeps people stuck for months without results
- What the Lumen device measures, why burning fat while you sleep is one of the most powerful and underused fat loss tools available, and how it gives you daily recommendations based on your actual metabolism
- How to build lean muscle while losing body fat, why protein intake relative to your goal weight matters more than most people realize, and why essential amino acids and creatine are among the most underrated tools for this
- Two sleep habits that reset your circadian rhythm and can transform your energy, breathing, mood, and overall health faster than almost anything else
Resources
Connect with Narado Zeco Powell:
Website- https://zecohealth.com/
Sleep is not a recovery tool. It is where your health is either built or broken every single night.
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