Boundless Life Biohacking Sex: The Best Tips, Tricks, Supplements & Food To Optimize Libido, Desire & Arousal.
Oct 4, 2019
Susan Bratton, a sex and relationships expert and author of the bestselling book "Sexual Soulmates," dives into the world of biohacking sex. She shares her top sixteen tips for optimizing libido and discusses the crucial roles of testosterone and pelvic strength. Listeners learn about enhancing sexual performance through nutrition, hydration, and stress management. Bratton highlights the differences between libido, desire, and arousal while offering techniques for deepening intimacy, communication, and unlocking greater pleasure in relationships.
01:32:03
Lift Weights & Kegels
- Lift weights, especially using compound leg exercises, to boost testosterone.
- Train your pelvic floor with Kegels (and squeeze your glutes and lower abs).
Sleep Right
- Get 7-9 hours of sleep per night for optimal testosterone; more or less can be detrimental.
- Pro athletes and adolescents may need more.
Body Fat & Fasting
- Maintain a healthy body fat percentage, as higher body fat can lower testosterone.
- Try intermittent fasting, aerobic exercise, and cold exposure to get lean.
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Intro
00:00 • 4min
Enhancing Pelvic Strength and Optimizing Testosterone Levels
04:20 • 2min
Boosting Testosterone: Body Composition and Lifestyle Tips
06:17 • 4min
Optimizing Testosterone Through Nutrition and Hydration
10:26 • 2min
Boosting Libido: Hormonal Secrets
12:53 • 10min
Understanding Libido, Desire, and Arousal
22:50 • 2min
Understanding Libido: The Dynamics of Desire
25:02 • 17min
Unlocking Pleasure: The Anatomy of Sexual Arousal and Techniques for Orgasm
42:10 • 10min
Enhancing Intimacy in Relationships
51:45 • 15min
Unlocking Pleasure Through Expanded Orgasm Techniques
01:07:03 • 7min
Deepening Intimacy and Enhancing Libido
01:13:33 • 16min
Exploring Boundless Sexual Pleasure and Resources
01:29:54 • 2min
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Susan Bratton is a sex and relationships expert who first appeared on the podcast in the episode "Sexual Biohacking With Scream Creams, Testosterone Replacement, Multiple Orgasms, Vaginal Stimulating Devices, Salad Dressings For Better Erections & More!"
Her fresh approach to sex techniques and bedroom communication skills help millions of people—of all ages and across the gender spectrum—transform sex into passion. Her straight-forward lovemaking advice is rooted in her personal experience of watching her marital intimacy wither as she and her husband pursued dynamic careers.
When her relationship hit a crisis point, Susan made a fierce commitment to doing whatever it took to hold her family together and revive the passion in her marriage. Today, she and her husband have the kind of dream relationship most people stopped believing was even possible—until they discover her practical tips.
After 15 years and over 30k hours of research, practice, teaching, and testing, Susan distilled the six simple essentials that ignite passionate lovemaking into her latest #1 international best-selling book, Sexual Soulmates.
I also recently appeared in Susan's wildly popular "Sexual Vitality Summit" to discuss natural testosterone enhancement methods for men. In this special two-part episode, I'm going to dish out to you my top sixteen bedroom and sex biohacking tips, then turn things over to Susan for her solosode lecture on Libido, Desire and Arousal!
In this special episode with Ben and Susan, you'll learn... -Ben Greenfield's bedroom and sex biohacking tips [3:00]- Weightlifting specifically for one's genitals
- Get the right amount of sleep
- Watch your body fat %
- Overnight fasting
- Train for testosterone
- Control your stress
- Eat adequate calories (slight surplus)
- Eat more carbs at dinner
- Eat adequate protein
- Remember amino acids
- Collagen, glycine, bone broth
- Hydrate properly
- Increase androgen receptor density
- Electrical muscle stimulation
- Red light therapy
- JOOVV light
- Cold therapy
- Jet Pack
- Minerals
- Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF)
- Sex-specific exercises
- Embrace masculine activities
- Libido is body-based
- Desire is relationship-based
- Arousal is when the two come together
- Arousal Ladders
- Relaxation, Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
- Bullseye Touch
- Seduction (Small Offers, Erotic Vigilance, Vision, Vulnerability)
- Lightswitch vs. Fire “She Never Initiates” Transport Her
- ED, Premature ejaculation, painful sex and anorgasmia
- Engorgement
- Yoni Massage
- Crossing the ‘Gasm
- Orgasm is a learned skill
- Penetration orgasms
- Sexual soulmates are co-created
- Presence
- Loverspace
- Soulmate Pact
- Polarity
- Embodied Sexuality
- Erotic Playdates
- Because it helps in controlling elevated prolactin. It also aids in estrogen and testosterone function, as well as the production of red blood cells, serotonin, and dopamine. For men with low sperm count, Vitamin B6 has been shown to help increase these levels.
- Which enhances erectile function by enlarging blood vessels. It also stimulates the secretion of histamine needed for orgasm.
- That are involved in your sexuality, fertility, and aiding in arousal.
- It also is a key player in the production of your sex hormones to give you that sex drive boost.
- This mineral has documented aphrodisiac effects that can improve your libido and sexual performance. It also helps to calm and relax you so that you can have an increased sex drive.
- Nearly half, 50%, of the selenium in your or your partner’s body is in the testes and seminal ducts.
- Guys lose selenium in their semen when they ejaculate.
- The importance of Selenium is its role in the antioxidant activity of Vitamin E, the “Sex Vitamin”.
- Having optimal levels of Selenium is essential for your virility.
- Healthy testosterone levels in both men and women are important to a healthy sex drive.
- Zinc also aids in prostate health.
- Your prostate has a large amount of zinc, which helps regulate prostatic fluid.
- When there is a deficiency of zinc this hurts your prostate.
- Without a healthy prostate, you can’t have a healthy sex life.
- Studies show that women with greater sex drive have higher levels of testosterone.
- To increase your testosterone, add zinc to your diet.
- Zinc blocks the enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen.
- Maca root powder 1.5 - 3 g a day (really great for those on SSRI’s)
- Significantly helps with libido compared to placebos
- Does not interact with hormones
- Helps with ED and needs at least two months to build up in the system.
- Tonkat Ali, longjack, Eurycoma longifolia is a fertility enhancer, supports hormones, 300 mg of a 100:1 extract concentrated for eurycomanone daily - preferably in two separate doses.
- Tribulus Terrestris libido and hormone production 300 mg
- Fenugreek Methi Ayurvedic increases libido and sexual satisfaction. Causes bodily fluids to smell like maple syrup. Has coumarin, a blood-thinning compound contraindicated for those on warfarin. Take fenugreek standardized for 300 mg saponins.
- Susan Bratton's Sexual Vitality Summit
- Book: Sexual Soulmates: The 6 Essentials For Connected Sex by Susan Bratton
- My new book that has a hefty section on sex, love and relationships Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging
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