Dr. Rick's Insights

Hi all, know what's interesting about the mystery of music? Ask any exercise scientist why music improves athletic performance, and you'll get a familiar list: Motivation and arousal – Music energizes you Dissociation – It distracts from fatigue Synchronization – Tempo matches movement rhythm Mood enhancement – It triggers dopamine and endorphins Flow states – Music helps you get "in the zone" These explanations appear in textbooks, meta-analyses, and coaching manuals. They're backed by data. Music does correlate with improved performance, reduced perceived exertion, and better efficiency. But here's the uncomfortable truth: these aren't explanations. They're descriptions. Science really has...

Pre-COVERY: Protein Readiness Before Injury, Surgery, Rehab, or Tissue Rebuilding Demand Most people wait too long to think about protein. They wait until after the injury.After the procedure.After the fracture.After the muscle loss.After the rehab plan begins.After appetite drops.After the body is already under rebuilding demand. That is backwards. The body does not begin rebuilding when you finally decide to think about nutrition. It begins responding as soon as demand rises. That demand may come from surgery, dental work, a fracture, a knee replacement, physical therapy, reduced movement, tendon or ligament stress, muscle tissue loss, or a period of low...

Most recovery products are built around the workout. Pre-workout. Post-workout. Gym performance. Muscle pump. Endurance. Strength. But that framing misses one of the most important recovery windows of all: Sleep. Your body does not stop rebuilding when the day ends. In many ways, sleep is when the real recovery work begins. That is why FUNDAMINOS™ was formulated differently. Instead of being another generic amino acid powder for the sports supplement aisle, FUNDAMINOS™ was clinically formulated by Dr. Rick Cohen, M.D. as a plant-based essential amino recovery blend with tart cherry and ginseng — designed to support evening recovery, overnight muscle...

Amino acids are everywhere now. They are in workout powders, bars, hydration drinks, fasting products, protein waters, collagen blends, GLP-1 snacks, recovery formulas, and biohacking stacks. That is part of the problem. When amino acids are marketed for everything, people stop asking the better medical question: Where does the body actually need protein readiness before it falls behind? That is the question FundAminos was built to answer. Not as a cure.Not as a biohack.Not as another “recovery” product.Not as amino acids for everything. FundAminos owns a narrower, more clinical category: protein readiness before higher-demand rebuilding phases. We call that pre-covery....