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Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, Speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life. Enjoy memorable insights from leading experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, personal growth, relationships, happiness, and longevity. Brad’s “Breather” shows provide step-by-step tips you can implement right away to improve your life. Let’s explore beyond shortcuts, hacks, and crushing competition to laugh, have fu ...
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Elle Russ: Taking Control Of Your Thyroid Health
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It’s always a pleasure to connect with Elle Russ—we’ve been podcasting together for years, and we’re hitting it hard in today’s show because we have some important topics to discuss. We start with a refresher on the importance of thyroid function and the confusion and controversy surrounding prescribing medication for it, especially in light of thi…
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Breather: Reprogramming Flawed Subconscious Behavior Patterns
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Did you know that your thoughts directly influence your cellular function—at all times? This means every thought you have—sad, hopeful, anxious, calm, angry—has the ability to change the physical chemistry of your body immediately, and this also means that you have the power to completely reprogram any flawed, subconscious behavior patterns you hav…
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Brad: The Fake, Ridiculous, Dangerous Goal of Mt. Everest
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The inspiration for this show came after I saw a very well-produced documentary series called “Everest: Beyond The Limits” that’s available on Amazon Prime. This extremely well-produced account covers numerous Mt. Everest guided expeditions over three seasons, and the cinematography is so beautiful that it makes you feel like you are right there on…
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Breather: Diet Tips For Natural Testosterone Optimization
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This breather show is all about natural testosterone optimization. This is such an important topic of interest for aging men, but also for young men too since the most recent research on this topic has been pretty disturbing—the average testosterone level for men aged 15–39 (the peak hormonal years) has been dropping by 1% per year since the 1980s!…
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Dr. John Demartini: Pursuing Your "Inspired Purpose," And Why Passion and Motivation Are Overrated
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I am so excited to present a second show with one of the world’s leading experts on human behavior, Dr. John Demartini. Dr. John has a new book called, The 7 Secret Treasures: A Transformational Blueprint for a Well-Lived Life, which is designed to reacquaint readers with the power they already have within, as Dr. John Demartini shows you the way t…
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Breather: Transitioning From Physical Health Obsession To Spiritual Awareness (David Hawkins Inspired)
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In this brief but powerful episode we're talking about how to effectively work on and improve your body, your mentality, and your spirituality, so you can expand your consciousness and ascend to a higher level all around. This breather show is dedicated to a passage written by the late, great David Hawkins, an internationally renowned author, spiri…
In this highlight show, we hear some stand-out quotes from past guests like Dr. Phil Maffetone (godfather of endurance training and the MAF heart rate training model), Brock Armstrong, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, William Shewfelt, and a few others topics like how to effectively change your mindset, applying cognitive behavioral therapy to pursuing practic…
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Breather: Expert Tips For A Relationship Breakthrough
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If you want to know how to achieve a breakthrough in your relationship, this episode is for you. Tune in to hear tips for taking your relationship to the next level, breaking through a stagnant period or a rut, and transitioning away from dated cultural roles so you can strengthen your communication and connection with your partner. I reveal the on…
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Dave Scott: Reflections On Endurance Training, Racing, And Nutrition Over Decades
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I’m catching up with the legendary Dave Scott in this episode! Dave is a 6-time Hawaii Ironman world champion and respected coach, and in this show, we talk about endurance training, savoring the small victories and not just the big ones, the importance of having hobbies and other interests, how to know when you need to cut back on training and the…
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Breather: Seven Steps To Self-Awareness (Dave Rossi Inspired)
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This breather show is inspired by one of my favorite podcast guests (and close friends), Dave Rossi, and it’s a checklist to facilitate personal evolution, comprised of seven effective and practical tips from Dave that will take you to the next level of personal growth and self-awareness. Dave advises us to apply this checklist to as many conversat…
Welcome to another highlight show consisting of brief, very thoughtful, and enticing clips from previous podcast episodes. It’s been so much fun to go back and listen to these tidbits again, and the idea of these shows is simply to give you some interesting and inspiring takeaways (and hopefully you’re inspired to go back to the shows that pique yo…
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Breather: Carnivore Scores Chart - Quick Overview
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This quick breather show is all about the Carnivore Scores Food Ranking chart (available by free download on my website, BradKearns.com). Hopefully, after listening to this show you will feel inspired to print it out and tape it onto your refrigerator to ensure your diet always emphasizes the most nutritious foods on earth. In this episode, I walk …
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Mia Moore #3: Intro To Ancestral Eating And Shattering Flawed Conventional Wisdom
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It’s been a long time since Mia Moore was last on the show (listen to her previous appearances, Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff, Becoming More Conscious In Relationships and How To Be More Chill from the expert herself here) and today we will be focusing on a question I have received numerous times over the years: what to do when one person in a relati…
By popular request, today’s breather show is an overview of what I eat in a day! While my diet is not super exciting or full of a ton of variety, I have locked into a pattern that works for me (while always remaining open-minded in case any changes are necessary—hence no more fasting, more carbs, fruit, and calories in general!). As you will hear, …
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Brad: Five Tips To Aging Gracefully, Part 5 - Dial In Stress Management
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Welcome to the fifth and final episode in this series covering 5 tips to age gracefully and optimize energy and body composition. In this show, we will be talking about stress management and putting all the pieces from previous shows together. You will learn about healthy sleep habits and why sleep is so important, as well as how to create a stress…
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Breather: Rethinking Ancestral Obsessions And What's Optimal Vs. What's Possible
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The ancestral health movement has exploded over the past decade and more, and while it’s wonderful to see people raising their awareness of our genetic expectations for health, one thing has been on my mind a lot lately, which is this obsession people have with the ancestral model and how this can possibly be taken to the extreme and deliver advers…
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Dr. Jannine Krause: What's Up With Acupuncture?
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Have you ever wondered what’s up with acupuncture? That is the title of a wonderful new book by my friend, Dr. Jannine Krause, an acupuncturist and functional medicine practitioner. It is so beneficial for all of us to learn more about medicine, specifically beyond Western medicine, and Dr. Jannine does an incredible job harmonizing the two as you …
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Breather: Reasons For The Modern Epidemic Decline In Testosterone
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We have a big problem in modern life: the epidemic decline in the average testosterone level in males. Research from around the globe has confirmed this is a global problem—the average testosterone level has been declining at a rate of 1% per year since the 1980s. That means your testosterone level is 40% below what your grandpa’s was at your age! …
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Brad: Five Tips To Aging Gracefully, Part 4 - Integrate Brief, Intense Exercise
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Welcome to part 4 of this series covering 5 essential tips for aging gracefully and optimizing energy and body composition. Hopefully you’ve been listening since the start—in part 1 we talked about eliminating processed, nutrient-deficient foods from your diet, and in part 2 we talked about emphasizing the most nutrient-dense, easy to digest foods …
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Breather: Five Quick Diet Tips From Mike Kummer
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I had a great podcast interview with popular blogger Michael Kummer! He’s my kinda guy as a former world junior level 100-meter sprinter and huge enthusiast of animal-based, nose-to-tail eating. Follow him on Instagram @michaelkummer Memorize his wonderfully concise and impactful five quick tips to quickly clean up and optimize your diet: Avoid all…
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Alex Hutchinson: Exploring The Limits Of Human Athletic Performance
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Welcome to a fast-moving and interesting conversation with Alex Hutchinson, author of the book Endure. Alex is a popular columnist for Outside Magazine, covering topics related to sweat science, and is an expert on the scientific aspects of peak performance and human limitations, especially relating to endurance. He recounts his extraordinary story…
This episode is all about my favorite indulgence, dark chocolate. I talk about the many benefits of this incredible superfood and share some tips for what to specifically look for when you’re after the highest quality, healthiest chocolate. LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bra…
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Brad: Five Tips To Aging Gracefully, Part 3 - Increase General Everyday Movement
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Welcome to part three of this series as we continue to discuss five main tips to aging gracefully and optimizing energy and body composition. We covered diet big-time in the first two parts of this series, and in part three, we focus on the critical objective to move more and strategies to increase general everyday movement, which experts say is a …
If you have been listening to the B.rad podcast this year, you know I’ve been second guessing the role of fasting for healthy, energetic folks. Fasting offers a tremendous amount of health benefits, but if many (if not most) of the health benefits are incidental, can fasting still be considered a worthwhile practice? Tune in to find out the answer!…
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Cynthia Thurlow And Joy Kong: A Deep Discussion On Diet, Fasting, Longevity, Mindset, And Personal Growth
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Get ready for a fantastic long-form conversation with Dr. Joy Kong and Cynthia Thurlow! It was such a pleasure to sit down for a fire-side style, three-way chat to discuss all kinds of topics with these two powerhouse women. I’m trying to be more bold and daring as the host of the B.rad podcast, including going for some long-form, in person intervi…
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Brad: Five Tips To Aging Gracefully, Part 2 - Eat Nutrient-Dense, Easy-To-Digest Foods
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In part two of this series all about aging as gracefully as possible and optimizing energy and body composition, we focus on food. This episode covers all the most nutrient-dense and easy-to-digest foods as well as the foods that have no place in a healthy diet, and I reveal the number one objective of a healthy diet, as well as why many people exp…
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Mark Sisson: Reconciling Metabolic Flexibility With The Fully Fueled Approach
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Mark Sisson joins me to discuss my recent reflections on the fundamental principles of ancestral health, metabolic flexibility, why any form of exercise counts as cardio, and the greatest misconceptions about ‘calories in, calories out.’ We talk about time-restricted feeding, training, glycogen and increasing carb consumption, and if there is an op…
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Brad: Five Tips To Aging Gracefully, Part 1 - Clean Up Your Diet
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In this episode, I put together five simple, practical tips to age gracefully and optimize energy and body composition. I’m recording this on the heels of a lot of Energy Balance commentary— my interviews with Jay Feldman and multi-part reflections on the Energy Balance concept: the idea that we want our body functioning at maximum energy productio…
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Is Brad Natty Or Not? The Truth Revealed!—Part 2 (Breather Episode with Brad)
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Welcome to part two of the “Is Brad Natty Or Not?” presentation. In part one, I covered my background in athletics and my decision to operate from a squeaky clean baseline dating back to my professional triathlete career. In part two, I present an assortment of practical tips to optimize testosterone naturally, in the categories of: Sleep, rest, re…
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Monique Billings: Finding Balance And Finding A Way To Get It Done - In Basketball, And In Life
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Sportscaster, social media influencer, global keynote speaker, and author Monique Billings joins me to discuss finding balance, finding effective ways to get it done (in life and in sports), and her first book, Finding Balance—A Playbook for Wellness. She shares lessons she has learned about patience, what taught her to finally trust the process an…
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Is Brad Natty Or Not? The Truth Revealed! - Part 1 (Breather Episode with Brad)
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It’s time to put an end to the controversy, confusion, suspicion, admiration, and speculation and come clean. The rumor-mongers who have been saying, “How can this guy jump that high, run that fast, be that ripped, talk that fast on his podcast, jump that high, and still be natural at the age of 57?” Fair question, and I’ve mustered up the courage …
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More Commentary On Hormone Therapy, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Cheating, Optimizing, and Morality (Breather Episode with Brad)
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Today’s show centers around the hot topic of performance enhancing drugs, testosterone replacement therapy, doping, cheating, and optimizing your lifestyle before considering hormone replacement therapy. The Liver King controversy isn’t going away anytime soon, and the prevalence of this issue right now has caused me to reflect on something I have …
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Liver King Steroid Scandal: Apologies, Messy Details, & The Importance Of A Big Picture Perspective
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Time for me to weigh in about the Liver King controversy, in light of the Nov, 2022 revelation (from leaked email documents presented in a YouTube video by Derek More Plates More Dates) linking Liver King to the use of PEDs (performance enhancing drugs) - something the Internet hatahs have long suspected him of, and that he has repeatedly point-bla…
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Meet The Meat Mafia: Cleaning Up Your Diet And Rejecting Conventional Wisdom
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It’s time to talk to the Meat Mafia! I have two very interesting guests today—Harrison Gray (Clemenza) and Brett Sollozo, the hosts of the Meat Mafia podcast. These Twitter sensations have been doing a fantastic job enthusiastically spreading the word (especially to their younger demographic) about cleaning up your diet, focusing on nutrient dens…
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What Brad Eats In A Day (Breather Episode with Brad)
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This show is inspired by the recent questions I have been receiving about my daily diet. 2022 has been a year of changes in my philosophy and critical thinking, leading me to second guess some of the foundational elements of the ancestral health movement, and accordingly, embarking on an experiment to modify my long time dietary practices, such as …
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Mark Bell: How To Get Jacked And Tan And Other Life Lessons
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“You don’t just fall apart when you get old—it’s the bad habits that are potentially going to cause you to fall apart much faster.” It’s time to meet the meathead millionaire, my good friend Mark Bell, co-host of the sensational podcast, Power Project. Mark is a legend in the powerlifting and fitness community, a well known fitness entrepreneur, an…
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Listener Q&A: Screwing Up Metabolism With Dieting And Processed Foods, Scrutinizing Your Oil Products, Hydration Guidelines, And Rewiring Your Mindset To Prefer Nutritious Foods
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Welcome to another Q&A show! I’m answering some lengthier questions submitted by listeners today and covering topics like stimulating your muscles on a different level through things like the Katalyst EMS suit and the EMsculpt (used by my podcast guest Melanie Avalon) and why taking temporary measures to lose weight results in a total disservice an…
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Jay Feldman: Convincing Us To Ditch Restrictive Diets, Reduce Life Stress, And Achieve Maximum Cellular Energy Status
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Let’s get ready to rumble with Jay Feldman—one of my favorite guests and someone who has prompted me to rethink many of my closely and previously held notions about ancestral living and the role of fasting and carb restriction for peak performance and longevity! Hopefully you have already heard my two previous episodes with Jay, as well as my four-…
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Big Picture Insights About Eating An Animal-Based, Nutrient-Dense Diet (Breather Episode with Brad)
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I talk about diet a lot on this show, but sometimes it’s important to back up a few steps from dealing with all the nuances, deep research, and total immersion that I’ve had for the past few years and just offer some basic (but important) big-picture insights. This show is for everyone, regardless of where you’re at in your dietary journey—as you w…
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Michael Kummer: The Journey To The Ultimate Human Diet, Mindful Parenting, And The Value Of Old School Athletic Struggle And Perseverance
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I am so excited to welcome Michael Kummer to the show! Michael is a healthy living and technology enthusiast, founder of MK Supplements (a freeze dried animal organ supplement company), and a popular blogger who has a passion for sharing information and solutions to complex problems in plain, easy to understand language. Oh, and he’s trilingual (Ge…
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Listener Q&A: Correcting Overstressing and Questions About Carb Cycling, Hormetic Stressors, and Cholesterol (Breather Show with Brad)
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We hit the Q&A hard with some really thoughtful and interesting questions on topics like: How to correct feeling overstressed after workouts and does my Morning Exercise Routine run counter to the recommendation to avoid working the same muscle groups day after day? We also go over how MOFO can help boost testosterone, answer questions like is carb…
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Stan "The Rhino" Efferding: “Compliance Is The Science”— Achieving Peak Performance With Precision In All Areas Of Life
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In this episode you will hear from an incredible entrepreneur who has succeeded across all channels of competition, from sports to business, Stan Efferding! Stan is a legend in the bodybuilding/powerlifting space, and he is also an incredibly high-performing champion—not only in competitive sports but also in business. He is also one of the great d…
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Optimizing Your Animal-Based Diet, Part 4: Carnivore Scores Food Rankings Chart, ontinued (Breather Episode with Brad)
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Welcome to part four of this series all about optimizing an animal-based diet. In previous installments, we discussed the rationale behind an animal-based diet and the benefits of eliminating toxic, modern foods from your life, the two major shifts I went through in recent years that put me on a totally different path diet wise, and what has prompt…
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Brian Sanders: Becoming A Peak Human On An Animal-Based Diet
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We have a true powerhouse on the show today—Brian Sanders. As you will hear, Brian has got his finger into everything—he’s almost like a superhuman performer because he has done so much, like this incredible documentary Food Lies that you will hear about, which he has been working on for the last five or six years. The intro for the film (linked in…
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Optimizing Your Animal-Based Diet, Part 3: Carnivore Scores Food Rankings Chart (Breather episode with Brad)
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Welcome to part three of this series all about optimizing your animal-based diet. In previous installments (part one and part two) I talked about the rationale behind and the benefits of following an animal-based diet, effective methods for losing excess body fat, especially the concept that you must get healthy first before contemplating any goal …
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Gabby Reece: Reflections On Parenting, Relationships, Fitness, And Living In Reverence
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What a tremendous pleasure to join Gabby Reece in person at her home in Malibu and spend some wonderful time going deep on this podcast, which is her specialty. I am a long time fan of Gabby and her popular podcast, the Gabby Reece show, and one of the best attributes about it is how the show manages to cut through all the fluff that we engage in s…
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Optimizing Your Animal-Based Diet, Part 2: Brad's Recent Major Revisions (Brather Episode with Brad)
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Welcome to part two in this multi-part series all about optimizing your animal based diet! In this show I will focus on two major shifts in my approach and belief strategy that occurred in recent years—one of them being my first exposure to the carnivore rationale in 2019, thanks to Dr. Paul Saladino (and Dr. Shawn Baker and other leaders of the ca…
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Max Casa: The Mind-Blowing Benefits Of Sensory Deprivation
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Get ready for a groovy show with Max Casa! Max is an expert on float therapy—you may have seen or heard about sensory deprivation tanks, and centers devoted to this practice have been popping up all over the world, as it has become incredibly popular in recent years. I did my first float five year ago and I have been feeling inspired to go back reg…
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Optimizing Your Animal-Based Diet, Part 1: Rationale, Benefits, And Losing Fat (Breather Episode with Brad)
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What is the best way to eat? How about we go deep and sort everything out in a reasonable, thoughtful manner? This is going to be a multi-part presentation, with part one focusing on the rationale for eating an animal based diet. This topic can get so confusing, controversial and frustrating, and this episode, I am making a great effort to get sens…
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Chari Hawkins: The Training And Lifestyle Of An Elite Heptathlete, And Overcoming Performance Anxiety And Pressure
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Get ready for a fantastic show with elite international heptathlete, Chari Hawkins! As you can imagine, taking on seven different disciplines requires serious discipline, and Chari has made it to the highest level of this (quite grueling) sport, competing for team USA in the world championships, and she also happens to be an incredible high-jumper,…
