PhD USMC Veteran Exercise | Psychedelics | Mental Health Nutrition & Strength Coach
Stillwater, OK
Joined November 2012
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Psychedelics, Neuroscience, and The Future of Enhancement (Ibogaine + DMT) w/Tony Montgomery open.substack.com/pub/tmontj…
New publication: Exercise is not a single-pathway intervention for mental health.
This review synthesizes evidence showing that exercise reshapes brain–body systems with benefits depending on dose and recovery, not just intensity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires…
When Did Personal Responsibility Become an Attack Instead of a Way of Life? open.substack.com/pub/tmontj…
New article published @psychedelic_org and @ResearchGate, Psychedelic Rejuvenation Hypothesis A Framework for Cellular and Psychological Restoration: researchgate.net/publication…
New preprint: The Psychedelic Rejuvenation Hypothesis
Can psychedelics act as preventive medicine, not just therapy by restoring cellular + psychological youthfulness?
From mitochondria to mindset, this framework explores how psychedelics may slow aging + extend healthspan.
🔗doi.org/10.31124/advance.175…
#Psychedelics #Longevity #Neuroplasticity
Exercise is more than movement, it’s medicine for the brain. Our new paper breaks down how exercise improves mental health at the neurobiological level.
doi.org/10.31124/advance.175…
Avoidance feels like relief, but it’s the fuel for anxiety. Every time you avoid, you teach your brain the fear is real, block corrective learning, shrink your world, and reinforce the cycle. Facing fears, not fleeing them, is a tool that can break anxiety.
Beyond Strength: The Psychology of Drive and Coaching w/ Paul Oneid
open.spotify.com/episode/3bA…
Psychedelics may be like exercise for your brain.
Not recreational, not just therapeutic but voluntary, challenging stimuli that trigger neuroplasticity, just like weights trigger muscle growth.
The key? You choose the stress. That’s what makes it healing.
#psychedelics #BDNF #resilience
Neurotransmitters are only half the story. The real change comes from how your brain responds to them.
That’s receptor sensitivity—and exercise rewires it.
A thread on how physical activity recalibrates your brain’s chemistry:
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2.Exercise restores receptor sensitivity:
•Dopamine: ↑ D2 receptor density → motivation, drive
•Serotonin: ↑ 5-HT1A → mood regulation
•GABA: ↑ GABA-A function → anxiety reduction
•Glutamate: balanced NMDA/AMPA → learning without overload
Exercise improves mental health, so why don’t more people do it?
-Depression impairs motivation
-65% quit exercise in 6 months
-Stigma = shame, avoidance, dropout
We need to go beyond “just exercise” and build motivational techniques ground in researched interventions, but yet we mostly focus on mechanisms of action rather than the human experience.
#MentalHealth #ExerciseScience #Stigma #SelfDeterminationTheory #PublicHealth #BehaviorChange