The Kris Gethin Podcast

Meet Ryan DeLuca: He's the founder of Bodybuilding.com, reigning Idaho champion of Nintendo, and presently the co-founder of Black Box VR. Ryan was still in high school when he started selling fitness advice online. At 20 years old he founded Bodybuilding.com in his garage. He knew he was onto something big, but did he know he’d be leading the world’s largest health and fitness e-commerce website for the next 17 years? Under Ryan’s leadership, the company skyrocketed to nearly $500,000,000 in annual revenue before he stepped down as CEO in 2015. Ryan was temporarily retired for only six months before BlackBox VR was born, merging his continued passions of technology and fitness to help people transform their lives. Tune in to hear Ryan’s story, his thoughts on the future of fitness, and his recommendations for success. Featured Guest: Ryan DeLuca Email Website Facebook Twitter Related Links/Products Mentioned BlackBox VR  Joe Weider  Bodybuilding.com The Lean Startup The Four Steps to Epiphany How to Win Friends and Influence People Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion The Joe Rogan Experience The Fitness Business Podcast Voices of VR Masters of Scale Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

Most of us think about how many calories are in food, whether it’s gluten free or vegetarian, but how many of us actually think about how well our food is being absorbed? In this episode of The Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris sits down with Wade Lightheart, a 3-time all natural national bodybuilding champion, advisor to the American Anti-Cancer Institute, and Director of Education at BiOptimizers Nutrition, to talk about the importance of enzymes. Enzymes are the workhorses of digestion. Everything from thinking to blinking requires enzymes. They break your food down into usable macro and micronutrients. By improving digestion your body has more resources to allocate for mental and cognitive function. Tune in to hear about Wade’s journey and what led him to being a champion of enzymes. Featured Guest: Wade Lightheart Website Facebook Related Links/Products Mentioned Click here for 20% off of MassZymes The Wealthy Backpacker Staying Alive in Toxic World Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

“Hormones are not the only things that are impacted by plastics. Our DNA is too.” If we can agree on one thing, it’s that plastic is everywhere. We store our food in plastic, we buy toys for our kids made of plastic, we drink out of it -- the uses of plastic are endless. But what are the health concerns of using plastics?  In this episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris sits down with Dr. Anthony Jay, the President and CEO of AJ Consulting Company and the author of the best-selling book, Estrogeneration, to talk about “estrogenics,” a class of chemicals found in plastic that can have a major impact on our health. Grab a notepad and tune in. You don’t want to miss out on this information. Featured Guest: Dr. Anthony Jay Website Instagram Twitter Related Links/Products Mentioned AJ Consulting Company 23 and Me Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

"Nature is a critical participant in our health and our wellbeing, and having a connection to it is crucial." Kris sits down with Jasmina Aganovic from Boston-based wellness company Mother Dirt to talk about the skin biome and why it is important for our health to cultivate good bacteria, even on our skin. Whether we know it or not we all hold certain beliefs about cleanliness, and a lot of them involve using soap to become clean. But what if you learned that you didn’t need to use soap to wash after all? And that some products contain ingredients that strip your good skin bacteria away? Jasmina breaks down our normal cleaning habits and routines and shows us how being more mindful of what we put on our skin may help improve our health. Time Stamps Where our ideas of cleanliness come from [2:30] Should we be encouraging ourselves and our children to go outside and play in the dirt? [4:00] Components of soil bacteria that we need that we can’t get from food [6:30] How everyday facial products effect our topical microbiome [9:00] The notion of antibacterial products [10:00] What you can expect from using the Mother Dirt AO+ Mist [14:30] How to discern if your skin care products are healing or harming you [19:00] What makes the Mother Dirt AO+ Mist unique [23:00] Correlation between the gut microbiome and the skin microbiome [30:00] Featured Guest: Jasmina Aganovic Instagram Facebook Twitter Related Links/Products Mentioned Mother Dirt AO+ Mist Think Dirty App EWG Database "My No-Soap, No-Shampoo, Bacteria-Rich Hygiene Experiment" New York Times Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

This episode features Kris’s girlfriend, Sunshine. The big question is, how do you make friends as an adult? When you’re a kid you don’t even think about it, but as you grow up and join the real world it becomes more challenging, awkward even, to put yourself out there. This just means you have to be more intentional about how you find friends. There are apps to find best friends similar to those that you would use to find romantic partners, but you still have to navigate the real world in order to make and keep those friends. Tune in to hear them talk about why it’s harder than ever to make friends these days and what you can do about it. Time Stamps Introducing Sunshine [1:00] How Kris & Sunshine got on the subject of friendship [2:03] Kris knows how to make friends but doesn't keep many [3:43] Sunshine's challenges of making friends as an adult [5:50] Finding people of similar interest to you [9:30] Socializing is anti-aging [10:30] The power of quality friendship [11:45] Friendship takes effort [13:17] Is friendship hard to find for youth nowadays due to excessive technology use? [14:18] Sunshine's goals for friendship [18:40] Does upbringing impact your need for friendship? [20:40] Social interactions in school [23:45] Needs for social interactions change as you get older [26:27] Expect nothing and find people you want to be around [30:00] Keeping friendships while having a family [32:35] To have good friends you need to be a good friend [34:20] How to have an authentic friendship [34:45] Have active meetings like walks with new friends [38:30] Find friends with a similar lifestyle [39:50] Put yourself in the right social circumstances [40:39] Maintaining friendships [42:50] Featured Guest: Sunshine Instagram Twitter Related Links/Products Mentioned Bumble BFF Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

"The audience only sees one side, it’s up to you to tell the whole story." This episode is coming to you from Dehli, India. Kris sits down with his friend and business partner Jag Chima, and fitness influencer and YouTuber Abhinav Mahajan, to talk about what it takes to be successful in the fitness space as an influencer. Abhinav has a lot to share about his journey. He started out unsure of how to use YouTube and now he gets over 35 million views on his videos. Jag has a very unique perspective in that he not only mentored Abhinav early on in his journey, but has worked with many other fitness celebrities to increase and engage their following.  Tune in to find out what they suggest you do if you are looking to be successful as a fitness influencer.  Time Stamps Introducing Jag Chima [2:05] Introducing Abhinav Mahajan [2:40] Abhinav's history as a social media brand [3:20] What Abhinav did before he was a social media influencer [4:05] Abhinav was told to be an engineer, not an influencer [5:12] How Abhinav met Jag [6:15] How Jag mentored Abhinav in the beginning [7:05] How Abhinav's YouTube has evolved [9:39] Abhinav's YouTube work ethic [12:34] How do you get sponsored? [16:34] How do you further brand yourself past fitness? [20:27] What types of brands Abhinav works with [23:48] How to relate to more audiences [28:00] How do you approach brands [31:15] How do you get a bigger audience [36:56] Repackaging content [38:30] How to make a living from online content [39:26] How to improve their social platform [42:12] Being persistent and putting in the work [47:47] Connect with the guests [50:44] Featured Guest: Jag Chima Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Featured Guest: Abhinav Mahajan YouTube Instagram Facebook Twitter Episode Sponsor Mother Dirt Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

“Making the right decision today will dictate your future.” - Kris Gethin These days we are surrounded by smart technology, any kind of food we want, and many other types of resources, yet more and more people are getting sicker at a younger age. Why is that? In this episode of The Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris talks about our daily food and lifestyle choices and how they can have a massive effect on our health and wellness. He also gives out strategies on how to improve your life and the lives of those around you. Time Stamps Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s should be rare diseases, but so many people are dying from it now [2:00] Sugar incline and the diseases they bring are on the incline [2:40] Why we suck at life and how to change that [3:50] You’re never too old to change your ways [11:00] How do we educate and inspire younger people today to choose to live a healthy lifestyle [13:00] How can we strategically improve our living [15:00] Related Links/Products Mentioned EP 31: Interview with Dr. Zach Bush The Fasting Plan - Nick Holt People Mentioned Dr. Dale Bredesen Episode Sponsor Mother Dirt Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

"The thing that we all have in common is time. We all get 24 hours in a day. What we do with those hours is what sets us apart." -Jim Kwik Ever wonder why in the age of smartphones we can’t remember one phone number? Or why it’s so hard to focus on one thing at a time? Have you ever wanted to be faster, smarter? In this episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris sits down with Jim Kwik, a world expert in speed-reading, memory improvement, and optimal brain performance. Think of him as a “brain coach”. Jim believes we can all become better versions of ourselves and shows us techniques on how to improve our memory and how to learn faster. This episode is longer than usual, but you’re not going to want to miss one minute of this in depth conversation. Time Stamps Introduction [1:10] Jim's background [2:54] Jim's mission in life [8:49] How Jim became a quick learner [11:46] Education hasn't changed as much as the world has [14:14] How Jim became a brain coach [15:24] Why retaining information is harder in today's world [20:27] Adverse effects of digital devices [33:00] How knowledge is profit [43:00] Brain hacks for becoming a better learner [50:30] Ten things to do to activate your brain [1:05:00] How to learn more from Jim [1:40:18] Featured Guest: Jim Kwik Website Instagram Twitter Episode Sponsor Mother Dirt Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

In this episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris sits down Kaged Muscle coach and celebrity trainer Neil “Yoda” Hill. They talk about the differences between UK and US bodybuilders, their various approaches to dieting, life outside of bodybuilding, and Mr. Olympia 2018 predictions. Time Stamps Neil’s background and what led him to bodybuilding [3:10] Difference between work ethic in the UK and US [12:00] Difference between bodybuilders in the UK and the US [15:00] Where Neil’s stress level is at two weeks out from the 2018 Mr. Olympia [20:00] Neil’s view on diets such as Paleo, Keto, and Intermittent Fasting [25:00] The benefits of incorporating a cheat meal in your diet plan [29:00] Neil’s Mr. Olympia 2018 predictions [1:02:00] Featured Guest: Neil "Yoda" Hill Instagram Facebook Twitter Episode Sponsor Mother Dirt Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

“The foundation of success in any area of life comes down to discipline.” - Chris Cavallini In this episode, Kris sits down with his friend Chris Cavallini, the CEO of Nutrition Solutions, and talks about doing the things you don’t want to do every single day. Besides being Kris’ personal meal prep company, Nutrition Solutions is one of the fastest growing meal prep companies in the nation. Tune in to find out how Cavallini built his company from the ground up and his perspective on hard work. Time Stamps How Kris got to know Cavallini [1:20] Background on Cavallini  [4:40] Discipline is the foundation of success [12:00] Motivation vs discipline [17:10] Create small challenges for yourself to condition your resolve [23:50] Don’t make excuses for what you don’t have [28:36] Why Cavallini went from drug dealing to starting a food company [36:00] The issue with food in our society today and what you can do about it [42:00] Future goals for Nutrition Solutions and Cavallini [55:00] Featured Guest: Chris Cavallini Website Instagram YouTube Related Links/Products Mentioned Nutrition Solutions Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin