Clear Mind After Concussion: Recovery, Neuroplasticity, and the Search for What Works with Jordan Jay Adams (Part 2) | E63

In Part 2 of my conversation with Jordan J. Adams, founder of the United Fight Alliance and longtime combat sports commentator, we move beyond the problem of concussion and into the search for solutions.

After experiencing multiple concussions, a family history of Alzheimer's disease, and growing concerns about his own cognitive health, Jordan began what he describes as a mission to "save his brain." Over the past decade, he has explored countless therapies, lifestyle changes, and recovery strategies in an effort to improve brain function, reduce brain fog, and protect his long-term neurological health.

Together, we discuss the interventions that Jordan believes have moved the needle most in his recovery, including photobiomodulation, intermittent fasting, exercise, cold exposure, nutrition, sleep, and the importance of developing a daily practice that supports both brain and body.

We also explore the science of neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, the gut-brain connection, inflammation, and why recovery often requires addressing many different factors simultaneously rather than searching for a single magic solution.

Topics discussed include:

• Photobiomodulation and brain health
• Neuroplasticity and neurogenesis
• Exercise as medicine for the brain
• Fasting, metabolism, and cognitive function
• Brain fog and the gut-brain connection
• Smell loss, memory, and neurological health
• The role of inflammation in concussion recovery
• Building sustainable habits that support long-term brain function
• Hope after concussion and traumatic brain injury
• Why recovery is ultimately a daily practice

Perhaps the most powerful message from this conversation is that healing is rarely about finding one breakthrough treatment. Instead, it is often the cumulative effect of small actions repeated consistently over time.

Whether you're recovering from a concussion, supporting a loved one, or simply interested in protecting your brain as you age, this episode offers an honest and inspiring look at the mindset, habits, and strategies that can help move recovery forward.

If you haven't yet listened to Part 1, be sure to go back and check out Episode #62, where Jordan shares his personal concussion history and discusses the ongoing challenges surrounding concussion care in combat sports.

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Transcript

Welcome Back And Quick Favor

Dr. Ayla Wolf 0:00

You are listening to part two of my conversation with Jordan J. Adams, the founder of the United Fight Alliance. If you missed the first half of the conversation, you can go back to episode 62 to check that out. Thanks again for listening. And if I could ask you for one favor, I would love if you could leave this podcast a review on your favorite streaming platform. Welcome to Life After Impact, the Concussion Recovery Podcast. I'm Dr. Ayla Wolf, and I will be hosting today's episode where we help you navigate the often confusing, frustrating, and overwhelming journey of concussion and brain injury recovery. This podcast is your go-to resource for actionable information. Whether you're dealing with a recent concussion, struggling with post-concussion syndrome, or just feeling stuck in your healing process, know that you are not alone. This podcast can be your guide and partner in recovery, helping you build a better life after impact.

Jordan Jay Adams 0:56

So what would you do? I gotta ask you a question. I can't help it. Um what would you what what's your protocol, Doctor?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 1:04

Oh my gosh, what do you do in the morning?

Jordan Jay Adams 1:05

What do you eat?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 1:06

Yeah, so I myself have had 10 concussions, probably. Uh yeah. And like you don't get that many concussions. Right. Well, like you, I mean, I I was doing martial arts for probably 20, 23, 25 years. Um, but many of my concussions were actually from snowboarding, mountain biking, wakeboarding, uh, because when you're at high speed on a mountain bike or a snowboard and you crash,

Diet Triggers And Brain Fog Fixes

Dr. Ayla Wolf 1:35

uh, you know, the ground is not very forgiving, even if you have a helmet on. And so I think compounded with the fact that I had had multiple concussions and I was still sparring and taking a lot of subconcussive hits to the head. I think that created a lot of inflammation. And like you were mentioning, the gut brain axis, uh, a lot of leaky gut symptoms. So I found that for me, gluten would immediately I would feel like somebody had roofied me if I ate gluten. And so I had to go off of gluten, and then I realized that the same thing would happen if I ate oats or if I ate rice. And so then I had to go off oats and rice. And so for me, adopting a paleo diet, um, I had to get very, very strict on that uh in order to help my brain function. And then taking glutathione was like one of the things for me that really moved the needle as far as brain fog. So I used to suffer from a lot of brain fog, and now I rotate between different herbal formulas that help to support the glymphatic system in the brain and that are anti-inflammatory. They keep the microglia from being uh there's different expressions of microglia. You can have them in a anti-inflammatory state or a pro-inflammatory state to try to make it really simple. They call it the M1 and the M2 states. And so there's different herbal formulas that I use that are um helping to make sure that my microglia are not turned on and constantly creating inflammatory cytokines and promoting inflammation in the brain. So, like your experience of needing to be clear when you go into common do commentary, I found that for me, these herbs and the glutathione were the things that and cutting out a lot of the grains. Those were the things that moved the needle the most for me in terms of not having brain fog.

Jordan Jay Adams 3:37

Wow. Wow. And do you supplement with creatine monohydrate?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 3:43

Um, on and off I have. I have pulsed it. Uh there was a point where I started to feel like I was getting a little too bulky, so I backed off. Uh but because I I think I have my my my dad's genes and he was raised on a farm, and so my dad always had this like crazy strength. And so for me, it was always easy to build muscle and to build strength. I mean, I'm 45 now, so it's not as easy as it was when I was 20s or 30s, but uh I do I do kind of bulk up easily.

Jordan Jay Adams 4:17

So I love it. I love it. That's great. Yeah. Yeah. But there's right now there's a million women saying, Oh, what a what a bad problem to have. You you could build muscle easily. I feel so bad for you.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 4:31

Well, you know, I got so frustrated because there was a period of time where I got really into road biking. And so I would go on these very long road bikes where I had to have been burning tons and tons and tons of calories. But what happened? My legs exploded. I had like, you know, giant road cyclist thighs, and none of my pants fit, and I was pissed. I was like, screw this, screw this. I'm just gonna do hot yoga.

Jordan Jay Adams 4:57

Well, that's so funny. But, you know, yeah, it's interesting. It's good though for you to build those legs, like um, because those, like we're saying, they're the big sponge, right? They're gonna sponge. Isn't that better to do that than the hot yoga is great? I get it, it's good for you, but it's not really gonna build muscle, right?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 5:22

Well, I think for me, the combination of doing CrossFit and cardio and hot yoga is kind of my trifecta of working on my cardio, working on my strength, working on my, you know, the cardio helps with my engine, and then doing the strength building, and then having to also stay limber because when I would just do weightlifting and crossfit, I would get really stiff and tight. And so the hot yoga uh gives me a nice sweat, but I also feel like the yoga is almost my zone two workout because when you're in the heat, your heart rate is elevated. And

Training Mix For Strength And Mobility

Dr. Ayla Wolf 6:01

so I feel like I get a really nice kind of zone two workout with the yoga and I work on my flexibility because I'm not a flexible person. Uh, and so it just kind of it helps me with all the other things.

Jordan Jay Adams 6:12

Yeah, yeah, I get it. I get it.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 6:14

Well, going back to the fighters for a minute, what do you think does need to change in the combat sports world for there to be better actual recovery protocols?

Jordan Jay Adams 6:29

You know, I can speak to a couple things, but obviously I can't speak to any of the medical things that would need to change. But one of the things that we're talking about doing is taking V Light on tour, especially with some of my boxing properties. And um for instance, we we're we have properties in the Southwest in

Better Recovery Protocols In Fight Sports

Jordan Jay Adams 6:53

LA, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. And they're all boxing shows. And so we're talking about when a fighter, you know, God forbid, gets knocked out, getting that NeuroPro on them right away. Um and what's the it's a big win-win. The first win is that we help save that fighter's brain. And then the second win is I have a feeling we're gonna get a lot of people saying, what the hell is that? What are you doing to the fighter? What are you putting on his head? And um, so that'll give us a really good opportunity to explain V Light and explain the importance of transcranial photobiomodulation, explaining just how important that is to do it really, really quickly after an injury.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 7:37

Um Or maybe every fighter just gets a V Light to have and use on a regular basis.

Jordan Jay Adams 7:44

Yes. Good point. Good point. Um, I know, oh you know what? I don't know if it's public, so I'll I can't say, but I could tell you that V Light is working with an extremely famous fighter in the UFC on an upcoming fight that's ex gonna be a very, very, very famous fight. It'll that's I say anymore, you're gonna know who I'm talking about. So we're probably we'll probably, depending on what we're able to put together with him, we're hoping to take him on tour with us. And he can explain what he does because he's he's had V Light forever. And he is just like you said, he does it all the time. And you know the importance of before the fight can't be exaggerated, and the importance of after the fight can't be exaggerated. Um, and so that's kind of my mission now. It's a it's um I'm pretty um unifocused on this one mission, and that's getting the awareness of V Light and the importance of infrared um into everybody's consciousness. Everybody in the fight space needs to know about this. And there's thousands of fight schools, they should all have the V-Light. There's thousands of hospitals, um, you know, athletic commissions. Think of all the different sports, all the different teams, anything where you're running around, and you know, sounds to me like you were an adrenaline junkie. Um I was to a certain degree, not as much as you were, but I was to a certain degree as well. And just think of all these how everyone's throwing their bodies around, you know. Um, and really everyone should have one of these. It should be like in your first aid kit. Like anything else. Any other injury you've first aid kit for, right? You have something in the first aid kit for.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 9:36

Well, and I have people that come into my clinic all the time and they say, you know, I hear that red light is good. Should I buy one of these panels? And my answer is always no. If your number one goal is to do something to support your brain health, you need to get the light directly on the scalp and intranasally. And so, no, you don't want to just stand in front of a panel. Uh, you need it as close to your head as possible. And so I think there's still a lot of confusion in the market when it comes to red light therapy. There are a lot of junk devices out there. And people are like, well, do I get a panel? Do I get a light pad? Do I lay

How To Choose Real Brain Red Light

Dr. Ayla Wolf 10:15

in a light bed? Like, what do I do? Uh the thing that I always come back to is what is your number one goal? If your number one goal is to improve brain health, you gotta get it on your on your head and up your nose and have it be the right type of device that actually is effective.

Jordan Jay Adams 10:32

Yeah, I agree a hundred percent. And I was always, I was very um it was at first it was very interesting, like, why what the heck? Why are you putting these things up the nose? And it looked very strange. Again, you come back to the Borg on uh on Star Trek if you want to know what it looks like. And when they explained it, when Dr. Reza explained it, that that is the up the nose is the closest to the brain. And so you have that, you can shoot that red right onto the brain, up the nose. Obviously, it doesn't hurt at all. Um, and so once I knew what that was for, I was a I was a convert. Oh, I mean, I get this red therapy even more effectively on my brain. Absolutely.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 11:17

And you know that's well, and the the beneficial side effect is you can now smell what's in the toilet.

Jordan Jay Adams 11:21

Yeah, I know. It's like one of those things like that. I don't know if I'm gonna count that as a benefit because you don't necessarily want to smell that. But it actually was this will sound weird. That was like the first time my my scent, the ability to smell came back. And even though it's, you know, a smell not every that's genuine generally not liked, that's not how I reacted to it. Because it's actually it was actually beautiful in a way, you know, like it was did you did you then notice that you could smell food better as well?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 11:54

Like did

Smell Returning And Olfactory Training

Dr. Ayla Wolf 11:55

that transfer it over to a lot of people. It's coming to roll out.

Jordan Jay Adams 11:57

It's right now it's just strong smells. Right now it's just strong. So it is it's it's definitely coming. Um my daughter was doing some nail polish, and that made my head actually jump back. Um so my brain definitely doesn't like nail polish, but I was still grateful that I could smell it. So the two ones that I've noticed so far in the bathroom and the nail polish, and then um in the kitchen, sometimes I can smell a little food, depending on the food, if it's strong enough. I can smell garlic, cloves. Um, oh, and then I heard, and tell me if this is accurate, I saw something about essential oils, and there are certain essential oils that you should smell every day, and it wakes up that part of the brain that that's so important, the getting your scent back, get the ability to smell back. Do you know anything about that?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 12:53

Especially when everybody was losing their sense of smell with COVID, uh there was a lot more focus on using scent therapy to try to restore smell, and so there are these smelling kits that you can buy, and so they'll have like a lemon and a rose and a eucalyptus, and so the the smells go straight into the hippocampus, which is one of the areas where we have one of those special uh parts of the brain that can create new neurons, and so smell is very important, and sometimes by using those different essential oils, you can help to bring smell back.

Jordan Jay Adams 13:31

And the kits have the do different fragrances, different smells wake up or stimulate different parts of the brain?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 13:39

What's interesting with smell is that it it goes through multiple different pathways, but like the the one of the direct pathways is right into the hippocampus where we have uh our ability to form memories, which is why people can say, like, walk into a house and there's a smell in that house and it might immediately bring them back to something from childhood. Or like ever like I had a huge lilac bush outside my my bedroom window when I was a kid. And so every time the lilacs bloom, as soon as I smell lilac, it just like brings me back to the house I grew up in as a kid. Um, and it's because that our smell is so closely linked to that hippocampus, which is our where the part of the brain that allows us to form memory. Wow.

Jordan Jay Adams 14:26

So would you recommend just going and go ahead and get essential oils, or should I get the kit because it has much more of a range of different types of fragrances?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 14:37

I think the kit is a great way to go because there it's specifically designed to kind of help restore smell.

Jordan Jay Adams 14:46

Got it.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 14:46

I'll send you some, I'll send you some links.

Jordan Jay Adams 14:49

Oh great, please do. Yeah, I would yeah. Yeah, definitely. I'm very interested in doing that. I try everything, right? Like when stuff breaks, you you you're not in the play zone anymore. You try things. Like, okay, I'm all hands on deck. So I try it, and if it works, it becomes a needle mover, it's in the rotation. You know?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 15:12

Well, and they they did some interesting studies with people with Alzheimer's and their ability to smell peanut butter. And they found because with both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, a loss of smell is a big part of that. And so they were actually measuring the distance at which somebody should be able to smell peanut butter.

Jordan Jay Adams 15:33

Got it so far. That might be it. Weirdly, I have a jar of peanut butter on my desk.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 15:40

I know that we did not plan that.

Jordan Jay Adams 15:42

We did not plan it.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 15:43

We did not plan that.

Jordan Jay Adams 15:44

Okay, I'm smelling close, I can't smell it far away. Is that bad?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 15:48

Yeah. Well, so the people with Alzheimer's, I want to say they they when it was like uh they had to smell it really up close, but you should be able to smell it about 17 centimeters away, if I'm remembering correctly.

Jordan Jay Adams 16:02

Okay.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 16:03

Yeah, that'll be your goal.

Jordan Jay Adams 16:05

Is that like this far? How far is that?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 16:07

There's 2.5 centimeters and an inch.

Jordan Jay Adams 16:11

Okay, so whoa.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 16:13

I mean, don't quote me on that, but that's a yardstick.

Jordan Jay Adams 16:16

Wow, a yardstick. I have some work to do. I have some work to do.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 16:22

Uh when the wildfires were really bad in the summertime on any given day, mo you know, the majority of my patients that are coming in are suffering from some kind of neurological issue. And so when the smoke was so thick in the air outside, every time somebody would come in, I would ask them, I'm like, oh, is the is the wildfire smoke still bad outside? And it was fascinating because some people would say, Oh, yeah, it's terrible. And other people would say, Oh no, I can't smell it at all. And it was so I was like using that as a as a test to ask people because I knew it was bad. I mean, it smelled like a campfire outside, and you'd have people coming in saying, No, no, I can't smell it. It's not bad. And I go, that's not good. That's not good.

Jordan Jay Adams 17:07

Whoa.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 17:08

Yeah. I mean, breathing it in is not good either, but uh not being able to smell it is definitely a clear sign of somebody not having their smell intact.

Jordan Jay Adams 17:19

Right. Oh, I'm so getting that kit. So the the diagnosis is neurological ischemia. And uh I've told you the hacks that I'm doing heavyweights, methylene blue, cold plunging. These are all done very uh ritually, I'm very disciplined. Um trying to do an anti-diabetic diet, you know, mostly like you paleo. Um I do carbs as a treat before a workout and after a workout, you know, w to help my insulin a little bit, help my explosiveness. Um I noticed that when I try to go all paleo, I get

Carbs, Paleo, And Energy For Training

Jordan Jay Adams 18:01

junky, I get lethargic, I get almost opposite what it says it's gonna do. It makes me feel weak, it makes me feel brain foggy, almost catabolic. It's like the carbs feel they feel anabolic to me, you know?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 18:17

And you can do carbs on paleo, but you know, a lot of it if you're trying to do whole foods, the carbs are coming from things like sweet potatoes or butternut squash, or you know, you're getting carbs from those types of sources rather than the breads and the pastas and the cookies and the donuts. But some people maybe when they go paleo, they're eating too many fats and protein and not enough carbs from those healthy sources.

Jordan Jay Adams 18:44

And that you also get the fiber when you do those too. Like sweet sweet potatoes, you're getting phytonutrients, you're getting fiber, you're getting a slow starch. There's just um there's so many good things to do, and I I want to do the best ones, you know. I want to do the ones that are really that will like the smell thing, man. That was scary to me. You know, that as soon as I moved the peanut butter away, I I had nothing. Um and that was the first thing that went on me. That was the first thing. That's that left me like ten years ago. Um the brain fog was what brought it to my attention. Brainfrog is what made me say, what the hell is wrong with me? You know. Have you been able to mitigate all of your stuff with all your concussions? Is your protocol working for you?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 19:31

I feel like I have, yeah. I actually hit my head last m last March, and I had 10 days of concussion symptoms. I had uh headaches, I had a definitely like severe light sensitivity, and I was doing every single day red light therapy, I was doing PEM, my PEMF device on my head. I upped some of my herbs. Yeah, yeah.

Jordan Jay Adams 19:59

Yeah.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 20:00

And within 10 days, all those symptoms went away. And so for me, it was proof that I after already having nine

Ten Concussions And A Fast Recovery

Dr. Ayla Wolf 20:09

concussions, I could get a tenth concussion and have acute symptoms that actually went away in the expected window of time, which is seven to, you know, seven to ten days. So they say two weeks, they say, you know, two weeks is kind of the window which you would want somebody to recover. And so I felt like that was really proof of concept that every single thing I've done up until this point for my brain has gotten me to a point where I can get my 10th concussion, have symptoms that very clearly indicated, yeah, you you were dizzy, you were nauseous, you had light sensitivity, you were having headaches, and within 10 days, all that's gone. Wow.

Jordan Jay Adams 20:47

Wow.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 20:49

But I also I do neurorehab with my patients every single day. And so just by virtue of uh showing them different exercises, I'm actually also doing the neuro rehab with them. And so all day long, you know, I'm doing different like eye movements and different balance things, and I'm demonstrating things to people. And so even just on a daily basis, I feel like I'm also kind of almost getting some therapy in the process of demonstrating all these exercises to everybody else. Uh and so as funny as that sounds like that's actually helped me too.

Jordan Jay Adams 21:27

I love it. I love it. That's great, that's great. Like, you know, when I was thinking when I'm thinking of retiring, I'm in my mid-sixties now, and thinking like, would I keep working? And if so, what would I do? And I think about that, what would I do? And I realized what I would do. I w I want to help people. I want I want people to learn what I've learned in terms of saving your own life. Um, I thought I would probably train people in the gym. Because that's where I am happiest. I'm happiest in the gym. And uh so I would probably do that as like a side hustle, if you will. And uh and get to watch people. I'm sure this is what happens in your practice. You get to watch people turn things around, and that must be so fulfilling and so rewarding.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 22:23

Yeah, my CrossFit gym has a longevity class, and and most people when they think CrossFit, they think, oh yeah, that's like that really, really hard stuff, right? But they have a longevity class for people in their 60s and 70s because everything you do in CrossFit can be scaled. And it like I think the most rewarding thing would be as a as a coach to be able to see people coming in who feel like they can't jump and they can't squat and they can't row, and then to see them learn that their bodies can do all these things and to see them improve their mobility and their strength and their cardio, I do think that that would just be incredibly rewarding every day to come in and see people, people improve their fitness on all those different levels.

Jordan Jay Adams 23:07

And you know the other element, Doctor, that I realized that I forgot to touch upon, and it just came forward when you were saying that. One you when I started doing all these different things, and you start getting a grip on your health again, you start getting your brain back, and you start feeling hope. Um, and you for me, it you know, it it's making me do things that I used to do that I enjoy. Like I I believe it or not, I like meditation. And um I used to go to these really, really when I lived in Cali, I used to go to these really cool like Buddhist retreats. And um, it was all about

Hope, Meditation, And The Practice

Jordan Jay Adams 23:46

getting control of your mind, and not that you can control your thoughts, but you can control your reactions to your thoughts and become more the observer, like the dispassionate, neutral observer of these millions of thoughts that are gonna come to come and go no matter what. That's monkey mind. That that you never stop that, right? That's gonna come. But doing getting into uh was it the guy who wrote atomic habits, getting in these habits and doing them every single day, and you start getting more and more light. You know, we were talking about the infrared light, you know, V light, and I almost thought if I ever do another podcast and it's more around um biohacks than it is around combat sports, I might call it see the light. You know, it's a kind of a cool name, you know, see the light. And um realizing that, man, we are just batteries, right? Like the more I study, the more I realize we're just batteries. We're we're big conglomeration of mitochondria. And give it its water, give it its magnesium, give it its electrolytes, give it its sun, let it charge up, let your battery charge. But what comes forward is happiness. Like I'm happy that I'm as a human, I'm I like moving the needle. We talked about moving the needle. What moves the needle? Moving the needle feels good. And Buddha might say progress is an illusion, because like where are you going anyway, right? Like you think you're progressing. Where are you going? There's nowhere to go, dude. You're you and I right now, this is it. That's it. This is the day. This is all we have, it's just today. It's all we have. So where the where are you going, dude? But within the realm of what's that?

Dr. Ayla Wolf 25:41

Just like they say that you know, they you practice Buddhism, you also practice taking care of your body. It's all just a practice. Even if we're not going anywhere, we're practicing the things that keep us feeling light and happy.

Jordan Jay Adams 25:56

Yes, that's it. And nothing more, nothing less than that. It doesn't have to be anything more. You're not you you're not getting anywhere, you're not gonna be some magic day. Okay, now I have my health and my happiness and this and this and this and this. That day does, at least in my experience in 65 years, you don't have those big cathartic days. You might have little movements, right? Little move the needle here, you get a little buzz here, or it could be a good size movement. But then the next day, this too shall pass. It you can go be right back down low again. That's the other thing too, is just like it's it's a it's a peaceful feeling practicing. That's that really is the takeaway. It's the pra you're right, it's the practice. It's the practice. The practice itself. It's what allows you to navigate the ups and the downs, really. I like it.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 26:54

Well, I think that's a great note to end on.

Jordan Jay Adams 26:57

Yeah. I like it. We we had a we wrapped it up with a nice bow and tied it up. It's the practice. Practice taking care of yourself. Not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, spiritually, you know. And then realizing today's the only day, choosing how you react, choosing how you respond. You've seen the beauty, realized how precious this is, man. This is precious.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 27:27

With everything you now know about brain health, do you have a hard time watching the fights?

Jordan Jay Adams 27:35

Strangely, I don't. I've got that ability to disconnect. Um first off, and maybe I'm rationalizing it, but the fighters have chosen. Everybody knows now the risks. There's that there's no naivete about that anymore. That's been we talked about that evolution where everybody knows the risk. Um they're making an adult decision. It's a free world, it's a free country. Um, so they're they're doing it, they want

Watching Fights With Brain Awareness

Jordan Jay Adams 28:05

to do it, it's not gonna stop. The only thing we can do now is to mitigate and find workarounds. Um, but I don't have problems watching the fights, I don't have problems commentating the fights. Um I'm blown away at the bravery these men and women exhibit walking into the cage. And uh, you know, it inspires me.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 28:29

Yeah. As somebody who has trained in MMA, I haven't fought, but I've trained, when you actually are training, when you watch these elite-level fighters, that's you you really then know just how ridiculously skilled they are. Because, you know, I think they sometimes they just make it look so easy transitioning. And people who haven't actually trained and practiced those moves and done the work and know what it feels like. I I think it's easy to just say, like, oh yeah, I could do that. But no, like the the skill level these people are at is insane. It's insane.

Jordan Jay Adams 29:07

Cracks me up when you see these beer muscle guys are in the bar and they see a famous fighter and they start trash talking them, like, you know, you're not so tough. Like, I don't see what you're half my size. I don't see why you're the big fighting star, whatever. And and these guys will never fight them. These these famous fighters will never fight. First off, they're like, I get paid to fight. I'm not gonna fight you for free. I get paid to fight. I'm a professional fighter. But secondly, it's just mortifying, like the difference. Like, I'm in a Ferrari and you're in a Volkswagen bug and you're challenging me to a race. It's like, why would I like you don't even get on the track with me, buddy? Well, thank you.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 29:45

Oh my gosh, this was great. Thank you. I'll let you know when this is out.

Jordan Jay Adams 29:49

Yeah, please do. I don't have to edit, I don't have to do any editing. You're done.

Dr. Ayla Wolf 29:58

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Medical Disclaimer And Closing

Dr. Ayla Wolf 30:37

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