Abel James Show
Abel James Show
Abel James
Why Training for Resilience Could Save Your Life
1 hour 46 minutes Posted Nov 20, 2025 at 2:30 pm.
Abel warns about deepfakes, scams, and fake ads
Protecting your identity online and finding the real Abel
In‑person events and Club Wild announcement
Episode setup: self‑experiments, resilience, and live show teaser
Hit‑and‑run recap and entering recovery mode
Car‑crash risks, safety mindset, and driving soberly
The collision details and immediate aftermath
Gratitude, spirituality, and reframing the setback
Why pre‑injury fitness matters in recovery
Peak strength at 40: races, shows, and sudden derailment
Deconditioning, bed rest risks, and structural damage
From wiggle room to strict recovery: doctors and therapies
Empathy, prior TBIs, and the "water in the ear" analogy
Doing the work: vestibular retraining and avoiding maladaptation
Believe you can heal: aiming for 110% instead of 100%
Therapy stack: speech, vestibular, pain management, and no alcohol
Don’t let compensations set in: rebuild biomechanics
Reinventing training: from heavy lifts to mobility
Core work, Qigong, Tai Chi, and perfect‑form pull‑ups
Leaner, lighter, and chasing a new pull‑up PR
Set new challenges: focus on what you can do
Daily bodyweight, mobility, breath work, and faster recovery
Train to move well: natural movement and MoveNat
Nutrition shifts: less fasting, more microbiome support
Rebuilding the gut: fermented foods and organ meats
Making 36‑hour L. reuteri yogurt at home
Bone broth, collagen, and front‑loading calories
Sleep, sunrise rituals, red light, and writing the longevity book
Sober happy hour: mocktails, kava, and reframing alcohol
Community invite: Club Wild, retreats, and newsletter
Supplements and tools: glutathione, sauna, cold, circadian cues
Methylene blue, mindset, and coming out a victor
Status update and gratitude for everyday abilities
Transition: full live set from Las Vegas begins
Live: Headline and opening jams with Mike
Stories behind the songs: Damn Particular Man
Live: Vulture and more originals
Live: Quitting corporate, biodiesel road trip song
Live: Brand‑new song Doing Fine
Live: Voodoo Queen and Vegas crowd energy
Live: Backwoods origins, Bitcoin music scene
Special guest: Ainsley Costello closes the set
Wrap‑up and handoff to next performer
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Show notes
As soon as you think you have it all figured out, absolutely everything can change in an instant. 

What do you do when out of nowhere, life hands you a serious injury or diagnosis? 

In this episode, I'll be sharing hard‑won insights from recovery after being sidelined in a serious high speed hit‑and‑run wreck.

We'll explore: 
  • Why it's best to train for resilience before you take the hit
  • How to turn hardships into gifts by refusing to settle for "poor me" thinking
  • Specific practices to bounce back to 110%
  • A surprising warning in the age of deepfakes and rampant AI slop
  • And much more...
Just before the car wreck, I played a couple live music shows in Las Vegas, at Nos Vegas as well as the BSN Golf Championships during the Bitcoin Conference.

As a special bonus, stay till the end of today's episode to hear a full set from one of the shows in Las Vegas featuring all original music, lots of improvisation and special guests.

During the performance, people all around the world tuned in, tipped the musicians in Bitcoin and commented in real time on the livestream. It's an innovative way to support musicians and connect with each other, and I hope to see you on the next livestream. You can connect with me on NOSTR Here.

Big thanks to Mike from Tunestr and Jim and Julie Costello of Phantom Power Music for recording, producing, livestreaming and putting together these shows.

Enjoy.

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