Peak Performance Life Podcast

Show notes: [0:18] What does spirituality mean to you? [4:12] It is the X-factor in your health [6:05] Pause, What a pleasure [14:32] Nothing has meaning except for the meaning you give it [17:14] Our reactivity is a big factor when it comes to health [19:42] Keep your mind active [28:32] Outro Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

Physical fitness is not the sole basis of being healthy; being healthy means being mentally and emotionally fit. Being healthy should be part of your overall lifestyle.   Today, I share what a morning in my life looks like from the moment I wake up, my usual routine, what I do for work, my workouts, and especially what I do for my health to maintain a healthy lifestyle and mindset.    Show notes: [0:25] Upon waking up… [7:58] Hydration [10:58] Supplementation [12:48] Coffee [22:28] Thinking time [32:54] Get work done [34:13] Gym time [36:13] After-workout protein shake [39:23] Winding down to lunch [41:12] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

HRT involves taking hormones to replace those that your body has stopped making or doesn't make enough of. For women, this is usually estrogen and progesterone. For men, it's testosterone. There are various ways to take these hormones – pills, dermal patches or gels, creams, or suppositories.   In this episode, we are joined by an Author and Regenerative and Sports Medicine Doctor, Dr. Rand McClain. He shares his expertise in regenerative medicine and answers burning questions about whether hormone replacement therapy, especially TRT, would be good for you or not. He also talks about the difference between Clomid and Enclomiphene and, finally, just what exactly rapamycin is.   Though nutrition and wellness have been ingrained in Dr. Rand McClain since childhood, his journey to becoming a leader in the alternative and progressive medical treatments has been anything but orthodox. From being the earliest promoted to senior account manager in Deloitte’s history at the time, to his stint as a professional boxer in Argentina, to being accepted to medical school at age 37 after being repeatedly told it was impossible, Dr. Rand has never been a fan of the “status quo.” Dr. Rand’s patients (many of which are A-List celebrities and world-class athletes) come to his practice, Regenerative, and Sports Medicine, in search of the innovative treatments he specializes in. From bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cryotherapy, platelet-rich plasma, and stem cell therapies, Dr. Rand has dedicated the past 35 years to redefining what it means to be in optimal health.   Dr. McClain earned his medical degree at Western University and completed his internship at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine Residency Program (U.S.C. California Hospital) and has worked with some of the best and original innovators in Sports, Rejuvenative, Regenerative (“Anti-Aging”), Cosmetic and Family Medicine.   Learn more about Dr. McClain: Website: https://drrandmcclain.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Rand-McClain-100417839001669 IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.randmcclain   Pre-order his book: https://www.cheatingdeath.com/shop Show notes: [0:59] What’s Dr. McClain’s journey and background? [2:41] What does his training regimen look like? [4:31] What is the common work he does for his clients? [6:41] On hormone replacement therapy [10:40] Which is more important: free or total testosterone? [17:34] Is there a natural way to increase free testosterone? [30:03] Can HRT cause health issues? [37:01] On Clomid [43:41] His upcoming book, Cheating Death [47:19] What is rapamycin? [55:57] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

It’s easy to get confused when it comes to health and nutrition. Even qualified experts often seem to hold opposing opinions, making it difficult to figure out what you should actually be doing to optimize your health. Sometimes it can feel like maintaining a healthy lifestyle is an overwhelming challenge that doesn’t fit within the realities of daily life. It’s tough to hold down a full-time job, eat well, train for a marathon, make homemade green juice, spend quality time with your loved ones, and meditate for an hour each day. Only healthy living can incorporate all of these things if you want it to, and it doesn’t have to be defined by grandiose displays of health and fitness. In this episode, I share some health tips that I personally follow and give to my clients and other people to optimize health. Show notes: [4:04] Health is about lowering the inflammation in the body [8:36] Visualize the best version of yourself [14:29] Sacrifice short-term gratification for long-term results [16:30] Run the tape through to the end [17:55] Make your health a priority [19:35] Start your day with quiet time [20:55] Exercise [27:43] Eliminating processed sugar, refined carbs, and fried food [32:34] Finishing your shower cold [34:06] Prioritizing your sleep [44:03] Food for thought [44:39] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

The one emotion that holds people back from achieving a goal or progressing is fear. It's a natural human process, but is often a paralyzing one.   In this episode, we are joined by Holistic Health Coach, Special Operations Combat Veteran, Founder, and CEO of Built to Evolve, Pearce Cucchissi. Pearce shares his frameworks and strategies for regulating your nervous system through breathwork, stress mitigation, and mental training.   Pearce Cucchissi is a former member of US Army Special Operations under the 75th Ranger Regiment. He has trained and led both domestic and foreign special operations teams in combat throughout the middle east. After his military service, he led health and performance optimization programs alongside Neurologists and Sports Psychologists.   ​Pearce now runs Evolve, a coaching and advisory service that helps individuals and teams engineer mental freedom to achieve progress & results. Some of Pearce’s clients include financial institutions, Tech CEOs, NFL athletes, Real Estate executives, and entrepreneurs.   Teaching a custom system, Pearce utilizes combat stress reduction techniques, neuroscience, psychology, and physiology, to ensure high performing individuals are operating in a peak state, without self imposed limitations.   Learn more about Pearce: Website: https://www.operationevolve.net/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/pearce_c2/ Show notes: [0:56] What led Pearce to what he does today? [3:34] What are the things he teaches his clients? [5:46] Why aren’t people doing what they’re supposed to do with their health? [16:02] What are his morning and exercise routines? [19:46] His recommendations for mobility [21:35] What are the mental models and frameworks he uses? [26:10] Awareness and being in the moment [32:40] How breathing plays a part in our nervous system [36:33] How to find Pearce [37:10] Who would be Pearce’s ideal client? [38:38] Outro Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

Over half of all Americans take one or more dietary supplements daily or occasionally. Supplements are available without a prescription and usually come in pill, powder, or liquid form. Common supplements include vitamins, minerals, and herbal products, also known as botanicals.   When you reach for that bottle of vitamin C or fish oil pills, you might wonder how well they’ll work and if they’re safe. The first thing to ask yourself is whether you need them in the first place. In this episode, we continue with part two of the top supplements I personally take that are good for muscle-building, cholesterol, blood sugar support, and more.   Show notes: [0:43] Muscle-building [6:54] For recovery [8:17] Blood sugar support [13:47] Cholesterol [18:49] Gut-health [23:41] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

Americans have been taking dietary supplements from vitamin A to zinc for decades. When supplements first became available in the 1940s, people flocked to local drug stores to stock up on these supposedly magical pills to improve their overall health and well-being, and they never stopped.   You may be trying to combat a vitamin deficiency or lower your risk of certain diseases – or you may just feel proactive about your health after popping a supplement that promises to improve your health. In this episode, I share with you the supplements that are specific to any health issue you might have, which I also take daily. Tune in and find out what works for me that might work for you.   Show notes: [2:20] Natural testosterone-boosting supplements [5:07] For anti-aging [10:39] Immune support [14:55] Hairloss prevention [16:41] For energy [21:52] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

Anyone who pushes hard all day long without stopping for a break knows that maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be challenging. But that doesn’t mean it’s unachievable. Reaching your optimal health goals is easier than you’d imagine.   In this episode, we speak with the Athlete, Powerlifter, Content Creator, and the Co-Founder of Optimability.com, Martin Nikolov. Martin shares tips, strategies, and advice on how to optimize health for busy individuals. He also gives a sneak peek into his day as a busy professional who trains for the Ironman.   Martin is the Co-founder of Optimability.com, an Ironman athlete, Record-breaking Powerlifter, and content creator. He helps busy professionals optimize all aspects of their health without sacrificing time spent on their business.   He offers many skills as a business student, real estate consultant, and fitness authority. With experience in finance and economics, his approach is always analytical, striving every day to exceed expectations. He looks to provide quality service to build relationships with his clients and, more importantly, maintain those relationships by communicating effectively.   Learn more about Martin: Website: https://www.optimability.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optimability IG: https://www.instagram.com/realmartinnikolov/ Show notes: [0:00] Intro [1:11] Martin’s story and how he got to where he is today [3:58] The common things that busy professionals neglect and what helped solve the problem [9:26] His thoughts on static stretching [11:05] On Ironman and how he prepares for it [14:13] What made him get interested in wanting to do Ironman? [18:11] What does his routine look like as a busy professional training for Ironman? [27:29] What advice can he give to people who are ready to change their health habits? [29:58] Optimability and the benefits people can get from it [32:45] Where to find Martin [34:18] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

Every year brings new diet and nutrition trends, and one thing you are guaranteed to hear a lot about is personalized nutrition. But what sets it apart from other trends is that, well, it’s not a trend at all. Personalized nutrition may be able to tell us how to control blood sugar and cholesterol better and what types of exercise will provide more benefits.   In this episode, we speak to a Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist, Health Coach, Theta Healer, and Speaker, Ella Davar, RD. Ella talks about how she first got interested in nutrition, how she helps her clients, and how hypnosis and meditation can help you improve your health. She also shares her thoughts on fasting and why people can’t seem to do what they’re supposed to do for their health.   Ella Davar RD is an international Registered Dietitian, Integrative Nutritionist, certified health coach, yogi, theta healer, and a speaker with a passion for helping driven, busy individuals streamline their wellness routine and accomplish a healthy balance in life with science and self-care.    In her approach, Ella combines the latest scientific developments in longevity research, wearable devices, and advanced testing with ancient wisdom and traditions of natural living.   Ella specializes in integrative anti-aging nutrition and lifestyle interventions to help driven people of all backgrounds manage weight, stress, diet, and various health conditions, such as pre-diabetes, autoimmunity, and cholesterol management.   Ella is a regular contributor to MindBodyGreen, Shape, and AllRecipe magazines. Ella's upcoming book, “Professional Foodie: Eat Your Way to A Healthier You”, offers a cohesive list of resources, priorities, plan of action, and hacks that help her clients reach their wellness goals while managing busy lifestyles in a healthy way.    Learn more about Ella: Website: https://www.nutritionistella.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/ella.davar/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/nutritionistella/ Show notes: [1:33] How did Ella get so interested in health, and how did she get to where she is today? [3:34] What did she learn from her dietitian that she now teaches her clients? [6:42] Are there tests that are the most important for people to do? [8:18] What are the most common things she teaches her clients? [11:40] On the hypnosis she does with her clients [17:49] Where is the disconnect between people knowing what to do but not doing it? [24:13] Her thoughts on fasting [27:12] More on her upcoming book, Professional Foodie [32:49] Are there books she recommends? [35:59] Where to find Ella [37:31] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram

Optimal performance is about doing the very best that you can at the moment—whatever that moment might be, and whatever “best” looks like.   Today we are joined by Retired Navy SEAL, Author, Speaker, and the Founder of The Attributes, Rich Diviney, as they talk about living life at your optimal performance and how you can do so by following Rich’s framework. Rich also shares how you can think differently in life just by asking different questions.   Rich draws upon 20+ years of experience as a Navy SEAL Officer, where he completed more than 13 overseas deployments – 11 of which were to Iraq and Afghanistan. Throughout his career, he has achieved multiple leadership positions – including the Commanding Officer of a Navy SEAL Command.   Since retiring in early 2017, Rich has worked as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant with the Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute and Simon Sinek Inc.   Learn more about Rich: Website: https://theattributes.com/   Grab a copy of The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers Of Optimal Performance: https://theattributes.com/buy Show notes: [1:00] What’s Rich’s background? [3:31] What did he learn throughout the years about attributes? [9:50] What made the people who made it through training elite? [15:48] How do his clients use his framework to improve themselves? [18:21] On how questions drive your life [29:14] What’s his advice for people who struggle with self-discipline? [34:32] Why leaders being drivers is a bad thing [38:07] How can we use his principles to be a good parent? [41:58] Where to find Rick [42:45] Outro   Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life Peak Performance on Facebook Peak Performance on Instagram