Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
Jun 27, 2021•22 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/katalystpodcast In a recent weekly roundup, I reported on what I called "Possibly The World's Most Efficient (New) Workout: The "Katalyst" , and told you to get ready for the next frontier of electrical muscle stimulation. In my Boundless book , on my podcast, and elsewhere, I've talked in the past about how I use electrical muscle stimulation, also known as “EMS,” ...but with all other forms of EMS I've used in the past, although getting great results for injury rehab, ...
Jun 26, 2021•58 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/430 News Flashes – Follow Ben on Twitter for more… - Most people's "bad knees" don't really need surgery to get fixed ...10:35 - What *really* works for weight loss : (the theme of "continuous monitoring" is what really stands out - what gets measured gets managed, folks)...21:00 - This artificial intelligence energy expenditure/calorie intake app is, based on their research and algorithms, one of the most accurate means out there to figure out how many calories per day ...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
Jun 20, 2021•13 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/paulaustin Paul F. Austin is a pioneer in the 21st century responsible use of psychedelics for healing, leadership and personal transformation. He has been featured in BBC , Forbes , and Rolling Stone for his accomplishments in entrepreneurship regarding social awareness towards the benefits of microdosing psychedelics. Paul is the author of the book “ Microdosing Psychedelics: A Practical Guide to Upgrade Your Life ” and the founder of two companies in the emerging psyc...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 11 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/hairgrowth As I was recently reading in a fashion magazine , hair has always been the primary indication of confidence for most men. When you consider that two-thirds of men see hair thinning by the age of thirty-five, and men’s hair restoration is a $1.5 billion industry, you began to understand how much confidence is contributed to a man’s hair. But why? In a Canadian survey conducted by researcher Rosemary Ricciardelli , men identified hair as being the primary link b...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
Jun 13, 2021•10 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/timkennedy My wife and I recently immersed ourselves in a three-day close quarter combat and firearm and personal defense training course called "Sheepdog-Response". We experienced hours upon hours of grappling, close quarter combat, situational awareness, firearm training and much more. We were feeling a bit sore and beat up at the end, but definitely more prepared for any “curveballs” life may throw at us. I think these types of skills, along with skills such as wilder...
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 11 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/junesolosode I spend a lot of time talking to other people on my podcast... ...but I'm not going to do that today. Instead, today is going to be just me talking to you—a special episode that I affectionately call a solosode. Anyways, I spend most mornings sipping my morning beverage (whether that's coffee or tea or Lion's Mane ), reviewing the latest research on topics such as longevity, caffeine, and exercise. This is because while I've written about nearly every health...
Jun 10, 2021•45 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
Jun 06, 2021•7 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/mineralfix Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread across the globe in both developed and developing countries. These deficiencies pose a serious threat to long-term health and longevity. Deficiencies in key minerals, such as magnesium and potassium, increase the risk of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It is estimated that 1 out of 3 people in the United States has at least 10 minerals in which they are deficient: potassium, manganese, ...
Jun 05, 2021•58 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/429 News Flashes: Follow Ben on Twitter for more… The best anti-aging measurement one could ever do, and it's not expensive...13:55 Exercise + sane amounts of calorie restriction definitely effective at reducing inflammation...19:50 Ladies...the PILL increases inflammation, FYI...26:45 Pretty surprising how much weight training can decrease muscle glycogen levels...good for low-carb dieters or folks trying to optimize performance (or control blood sugar) to know...38:15 ...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
May 30, 2021•44 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/understandingtheheart2 As I've mentioned several times before on podcasts this year, I recently read what I consider to be the best book I've ever read on cardiovascular health. Before this point, my top book recommendation would probably have been. Dr. Thomas Cowan's Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, ideally paired with a listen to my own big show on all the different ways to test, analyze and medically quantify your heart health, which you can listen to in the episode titled ...
May 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min
https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/understandingtheheart As I've mentioned several times before on podcasts this year, I recently read what I consider to be the best book I've ever read on cardiovascular health. Before this point, my top book recommendation would probably have been Dr. Thomas Cowan's Human Heart, Cosmic Heart , ideally paired with a listen to my own big show on all the different ways to test, analyze and medically quantify your heart health, which you can listen to in the episode ...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
May 23, 2021•23 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/MikeD Michael Louis Diamond, better known as Mike D, is an American rapper and founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys. As part of the Beastie Boys, Diamond rapped, sung, and played drums. In 1979, Mike D co-founded the band The Young Aborigines. In 1981, Adam Yauch, aka MCA, a friend and follower of the band, became their bass player, and on the suggestion of their then-guitar player, John Berry, the band changed their name to the Beastie Boys. By 1983, Adam H...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 10 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/boeason Speaker, performer, author and my guest on today's show, Bo Eason, started his career in the NFL, as a top pick for the Houston Oilers and continuing on with the San Francisco 49ers. During his 5-year career, Bo competed beside and against some of the greatest players of his generation. In 2001, Bo wrote and performed his one-man play, Runt of the Litter, which opened in New York to rave reviews. The New York Times called it “One of the most powerful plays in the...
May 20, 2021•1 hr
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
May 16, 2021•17 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/threeway On a recent trip to LA, I had a chance to sit down with my friends Max Lugavere and Crosby Tailor for an absolute geekfest jam packed with our top of tools, tactics, tips and nutrition/training/life/spiritual/relationship "hacks" of late, recorded as sort of a roundtable, each of us going one at a time, with plenty o' "rabbit holing" as we talk through all of our latest self-optimization strategies. So who are these guys? Crosby Tailor is a represented fashion m...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 23 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/primepodcast Dr. Anthony Beck, who first appeared on my show in the podcast entitled " The Danger Of ‘Shrooms, Eating & Supplementing “Seasonally”, Whether Lectins Are Really Bad For You & Much More With Dr. Anthony G. Beck! ", is an author, speaker, and leader in the medical world with over 20 years experience in the areas of Functional Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Orthomolecular Medicine, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Sports Medicine, and Exercise Phy...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
May 09, 2021•34 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/realityrevolution I recently read a book called The Reality Revolution: The Mind-Blowing Movement to Hack Your Reality. It was really good. Specifically, it did a great job "mashing up" in one title a ton of the energy flow and body enhancement routines, subconscious reprogramming, meditation and visualization tactics and much more in a very practical and easy to understand way, written and explained by someone who has obviously done this stuff for a long time. The autho...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 9 min
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/niraj2 I met my friend Niraj Naik (the same guy who invented the crazy holotropic-style breathwork protocol I do in my sauna ) inside a sauna in Estonia, Finland, where he led me and one of my buddies through an "omming" breathwork protocol, and I've been hooked on him as my "go to guy" for breath work ever since. He joined me first on the podcast "The Renegade Pharmacist: How To Increase The Effects Of Psilocybin, The Secrets Of Colostrum, Fixing Constipation With Breat...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
May 02, 2021•23 min
News Flashes – Follow Ben on Twitter for more… Does having sex before exercise impair performance? The million-dollar-answer revealed here (and please note the "mean duration of sex"🙂)...08:30 Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And 'Heavy' Water ...13:50 Pretty darn useful nootropics/smart drugs review website ...18:40 New paper shows that when you combine blood flow restriction with a blood flow precursor (like betaine) you get significantly greater training benefits...23:...
May 01, 2021•1 hr 6 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/cameron I get a ton of questions about hair growth, grey hair, male and female pattern baldness (alopecia), skin beauty treatments, scar and stretch mark fixes, beauty "biohacks," and beyond. So I figured it was high time to get an expert on the show to unpack all of this. His name is Dr. Cameron Chesnut. Dr. Chesnut and I have quite a history. We've known each other since way back in our Ironman triathlon competition days, grew up in the same general region of Northern ...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages. Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book v...
Apr 25, 2021•35 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/ayurveda It's no secret that I weave into my personal health protocol many "ancient" tactics I've borrowed from the fields of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also Ayurveda, including... ...tooth and oral care via coconut oil pulling and tongue scraping ... ...Tai Chi and Qi Gong-esque morning exercises... ...acupuncture, acupressure, and tapping... ... digestive organ massage ... ... dry skin brushing ... ...cooking and blending with ghee ... ...and much more... I find ...
Apr 24, 2021•1 hr 28 min
bengreenfieldfitness.com/427 News flashes: Could coloring our steaks blue help reduce the world’s insatiable demand for meat? ...11:20 Related to podcast 424 , in which I mentioned a proposal to give us patches that make us allergic to meat and smart drugs that make us want to have fewer babies, all for “climate change” management A microbe enhanced carpet ? Couldn't we just all wear our dirty shoes around the house?...20:22 Food insecurity, intermittent fasting and exercise are all ways to grow...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min