The B.rad Podcast

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 regularly, as I can attest that there really is no other experience, therapeutic or otherwise, like this on the planet—most notably because you are suspended in an extremely saline solution—many times more saline than the Dead Sea! This means you can lay in water that is only a foot high and still be completely floating.  Float therapy is the only time in your life, other than when you are in the womb, when you are not subjected to the powerful force of gravity, and with the lights off and the sound quiet, you are depriving your senses for the first time. This is such a unique and powerful practice, and quieting your mind and disconnecting your mind from your body and the pressure of gravity delivers comprehensive benefits you can experience for quite some time after exiting your session. Max will detail all these benefits in this show, and one of the big benefits you can get out of this practice is the ability to absorb the extremely important mineral magnesium transdermally (through the skin). This is because when you are getting this heavy salt solution (typically made with Epsom salt at most float centers, but Max uses a custom blend that he calls ‘magnesium salt’), you are getting a nice dose of magnesium in a very efficient way as it absorbs immediately into your bloodstream. I’ve talked a lot about magnesium supplementation lately as I’ve seen a huge change personally with the addition of BiOptimizer’s Magnesium Breakthrough supplement, and it’s becoming more and more apparent that we really need to focus on magnesium supplements, because our diets just do a pretty poor job of meeting our needs—Max quotes research that says 95% of Westerners are deficient in magnesium, which has all kinds of important effects on cellular function and metabolism in the body, so a float center is a great way to up your magnesium game. We’re going to talk about floatation, magnesium, and this really interesting life change Max and his partner and their small child embarked upon recently when they left the metropolis of Boston and flew to Hawaii to live on a self-sustaining farm. This is such a cool and inspiring story to hear about young people just going for it in life—uprooting themselves and looking for that never-ending journey of personal growth. Enjoy some fun insights with Max Casa!   TIMESTAMPS: There is no other therapeutic treatment like float therapy. [01:00] Max got into Float Therapy because of fighting his own physical ailments successfully.  [05:54]    These float tanks are filled with about 10 to 14inches of saline water for the body to get in. There is nothing comparable to putting your mind and body into that situation. [10:23] One of the largest stressors to our nervous system is gravitational stress. [15:36]What happens to the brain when it's allowed to let go of that intense connection to the skeleton and the muscles? [16:34] After a floatation session, how long does the sensory feeling last? [20:58] Dose the person fall asleep in the chamber? Meditation? [24:20] There are four different brain states involved in this therapy. [26:45] Magnesium is very important for our health. Over 95% of Westerners are magnesium deficient. [30:28] Float Therapy has become very popular around the world. There are many benefits. [36:59]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page MagBreakthrough.com/Brad Max Vitality Float Chambers   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 sensible and simplify things, with facts backed by respected science to help you choose the best foods and steer clear of the gimmicks, the overly restrictive diets, the dogma and the marketing hype out there that can be so confusing to us.    TIMESTAMPS: What is the best way to eat? Brad is presenting a sensible simplified answer. [01:01] Buying the organic and sustainably raised foods can be less costly than a diet of common mainstream groceries. Check out the Carnivore Scores Ranking Chart. [02:29] The vegan and plant-based movement eliminates the most nutrient-dense foods in the name of health. [08:47] There are benefits from ketosis. The ancestors survived on it, but it wasn’t always the best. [10:47] The first step is stepping away from the mainstream standard western diet of processed foods. [14:47] Being average in today’s society isn’t necessarily the best.  The U.S. population today is the sickest and fattest in history. [17:34] Even the finest restaurants and stores use refined industrial seed oils! [21:35] The highly palatable foods with a combination of sugar and fat lead to over-consumption. [26:04] Many diets are gimmicks.  You need to understand what is best for you.  It’s perfectly healthy and natural to spike glucose. [33:05] No need for cheat days, or any crappy junk food.  A healthy indulgence as a treat once in a while is fine.  Use the Carnivore Score Chart from Bradkearns.com as a guide. [36:25] The process of losing excess body fat starts with getting healthy first. [39:49] Move more daily. [41”35]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page Mark’s Daily Apple (Groceries on a budget) Carnivore Scores Ranking Chart The Primal Blueprint Keto Reset Diet Primal Kitchen Brad’s Podcast with Dr. Naiman Brad’s Podcast with Dr. Lustig Feldman Podcast no. 1 Feldman Podcast no. 2  Dr. Tommy Wood Podcast Brad Kearns’s Morning Routine Brad’s First Simpler Morning Routine   QUOTES: "If you simply ditch processed foods, it is impossible to get fat." (Lustig)     Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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, 2024 Olympic hopeful, and Instagram sensation. However, as you will hear during this show, she has also suffered from numerous struggles and setbacks, and as the episode proceeds, it gets pretty deep and reflective, and I think you will love hearing this amazing perspective that Chari has developed through her trials and tribulations, as well as her successful moments.  You will hear her talk about her long battle with crippling performance anxiety during high-level competitions and how she managed to persevere through it, and the breakthroughs she experienced in her perspective and attitude, thanks to a tremendous amount of self-reflection. Through that self-reflection, Chari has realized some of the highest ideals of being an athlete and a peak performer, while also being focused on giving back—she has created a wonderful mental training course, 30 Days with Chari, which you can check out on her website (the link can also be found in the show notes). You will hear us talk about the mental aspects of peak performance, professionalism, and what it is really like being an athlete in a sport like track and field where there are frankly no guaranteed contracts to supplement your income. Enjoy hearing the tremendous thoughtfulness Chari offers in this wide-ranging interview and check out her website here.   TIMESTAMPS: Chari Hawkins has amazing career as a heptathlete. [00:51] Chari explains her sport and talks about managing to keep her brain as well as her body in check for the two-day event. [04:07] How is the heptathlon scored? [08:08] You have to really train your mind. You have to deal with seven different personalities. [10:52] There is a tradition of everyone collapsing at the end of the last event. [14:08] How did the progression from college athlete to heptathlete go? She dealt with performance anxiety. [15:23] The gravity of the competition was extreme that she had attached her value as a person to the results. [24:53] It is terribly difficult to unwire the anxiety mindset. We need to train mentally. [34:30] She was waiting for a breakthrough to happen instead of having a plan to fix and create a breakthrough. [41:11] So often we give the athlete who “failed” space to deal with their feelings whereas it might be better to go to them and say, “How you doing?” A loss in sport doesn’t have to be life or death. [46:37] The fans and sponsors put much pressure on the athlete. [47:50] More than being a winning athlete, think about what you can bring to the world in the long run. [54:05] How is she able to make a living in this not too common sport? [29:10] Work for your own progress, not to get a sponsor. [01:07:19] How is she able to jump so high? {01:08:43] How does mental training work? [01:12:49] When in doubt about continuing on in your sport career, ask yourself these questions. [01:17:02]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page ChariHawkins.com Chari’s Instagram 30 Days With Chari Digital Course Chari’s World Athletics Profile   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to part four of the Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification overview! We covered the first ten chapters of the course in previous episodes, and in this episode, we’re talking about sprinting and jumping. Sprinting is the ultimate primal workout and the quintessential expression of the homo sapiens’ genetically hardwired fight or flight response. When you perform these brief explosive acts, you are getting what is considered to be a “desirable” fight or flight stimulation, but one forgotten benefit of being a fitness enthusiast is that learning to persevere through these difficult physical challenges has a strong likelihood of carrying over to real life. By learning how to hone your fight or flight and stress mechanisms, you can actually become a more calm, balanced person.   TIMESTAMPS: Brad reviews the first chapters that were reviewed. {00:51] Sprinting is the ultimate primal workout and the quintessential expression of the homo sapiens, genetically hard-wired fight or flight response. [03:19] Jumping is important but if that is difficult to adopt due to your state of fitness, you can work up to it. [05:50] The importance of taking longer rest intervals cannot be understated. Learn the proper breathing techniques. [08:37] This chapter talks about mindset and peak performance. The brain is the ultimate arbiter of fatigue in the body. [15:15] Overreaching and overtraining can get you into an artificial high and you don’t realize the damage you are doing to your body. [18:06]  Rest, recovery, and sleep cannot be taken for granted. [24:01] Unplugging from electronic devices helps for the rest and recovery. [28:04]      LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification Overview, Part 1  Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification Overview, Part 2 Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification Overview, Part 3 Jumping Drills by Brad video Podcast with Janine Krause  Primal Health Coach.com   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s time for another rebroadcast episode as we head back into the archives for this early episode with the amazing Ben Greenfield. Ben is a human information machine, biohacking wiz extraordinaire and just an extremely healthy, fit guy going on all kinds of channels with his expanded consciousness and his endless gratitude, and all his various interests, which you will hear about in this show: from spirituality to his great website and podcast to the books he has written (Boundless and Beyond Training), which are virtually encyclopedias with the kind of content you will not find in any other healthy living book, I truly don’t know how he does so much while producing so much content! But Ben really walks his walk; he lives and breathes what he talks about every day, so he is a great resource to listen to, as he has this unique ability to blend a scientific mindset with being a deep thinker and researcher (just read his blog on his website to see what an incredible writer he is). While Ben may not be for everyone because he is pretty hard-core, I think it’s important to reflect on the fact that most of us are very used to living a life of ease and convenience, and Ben challenges this common desire most people have to continue doing that by being the physical embodiment of this alternative way of living. In this episode, you will hear Ben share how he is able to read one book a day (as well as tons of great quotes from various books that are peppered throughout the episode), what he considers as important to our lifespan as sunshine and water, how he developed such a robust attitude towards productivity, as well as the one thing he does not consume that helps free up a lot of his time and energy. Enjoy this episode and the rare treat of hearing from a human existing on the absolute edge of peak performance, Ben Greenfield!   TIMESTAMPS: Ben Greenfield details his unbelievably active life. [09:01] After a bike accident, Ben took his harvested stem cells and expedited his recovery. [17:33] Ketosis element was included in the healing regimen that helped Ben as well. [19:13] Diet, fasting, being in ketosis has much to do with balancing your life of intense workouts and busy lifestyle. [22:34] The family gathering for the evening meal is incredibly important.  [26:15] Ben does not consume modern culture and uses his time toward health and fitness and family time. Micro workouts are a big part of his routine. [30:23] Is there a way to accelerate recovery after exercise? [40:41] Stem cell injections gave Ben a full body makeover. Ben would love to live to 170 years if it gave him time to fulfill his purpose in life. [45:41] Eating plants, controlling your blood sugar, not smoking, spending time with your friends and your family, moving around during the day and knowing what your purpose in life Is, is the road to longevity.  [51:58] What are some basic items an enthusiast could invest in? Hydrogen-rich water, heat therapy are examples. [53:33] Ben’s daily routine involves first thing in the morning 10 to 15 minutes of mobility work and breath work. Every day he writes down what he is grateful for and also naps. [01:03:14] The relationship with the children and the evening meal fills the late afternoon hours. [01:06:42] How did Ben’s path to medicine change? Now he’s created a power bar and other supplements. [01:10:47]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page Boundless Beyond Training Get Kion.com The Concussion Repair Manual The Metabolic Approach to Cancer The End of Alzheimer’s Fast Food Nation Ben Greenfield   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The human genetic requirement for health is to engage in near constant, everyday movement—we are simply not built to sit around. If you are walking around with good muscle mass and good muscle strength, you have asked your organs to perform every time you do any kind of exercise—as soon as you start lifting a weight or jogging down the street, your heart, your lungs, kidneys, liver, everything has to kick into gear in order to support that activity. So this concept of technical failure I will be discussing in today’s show really means becoming attuned to the point where you can instantly feel when your form is starting to break down, so that is when you stop, and not a moment later. Even if you are not interested in enrolling in the Primal Fitness Coach Certification course, there will be tons of great takeaways in this episode for anyone who wants to learn more about fitness and health by hearing this comprehensive overview of the certification course.    TIMESTAMPS: Brad is reviewing Parts 1 and 2 of this Certification Course Overview. [02:17]    A lot of fitness enthusiasts err by focusing only on cardio. Doing something explosive is also very important [06:58] Turn your attention to muscle mass rather than worrying about fat. [09:53] You can’t exercise your way out of a bad diet. [12:09] Make sure your workouts aren’t too long.  Better to go hard and then go home. [14:24] Every set that you perform at every workout is best performed to technical failure. Experience a consistent quality of effort. [19:04] Understand your physiology as you work your body. [26:38] Micro workouts are the number one fitness breakthrough.  [28:13] Deadlifts and squats give you many fitness benefits. Get good at hip-hinging. [30:03] Resistance exercises are in different modalities like free weights and kettlebells. [39:58] There is a difference between upper body and lower body exercises. [42:46] Chapter 11 is about sprinting and jumping. Those are two of the most beneficial and quintessential human movements. [45:38]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page PrimalFitness.fit Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification Overview, Part 1 Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification Overview, Part 2 Oxygen Advantage Mark Sisson Push-ups Progression Exercises Brad’s Running Technique video Knees over Toes      QUOTES:  "The objective is to breathe as minimally as possible through your nose only at all times for the rest of your life." (McKeown)   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I’ve been talking to today’s guest, Bryan Gryn (host of the Get Lean, Eat Clean podcast) a lot recently about my experiment with eating more food and de-emphasizing things like fasting and low-carb models, as Bryan is a firm follower of the 2 Meals A Day strategy. During this show, I challenge him on eating more as we get into this topic and try to make sense of some potentially confusing, seemingly disparate points of view about fasting and calories. Bryan shares why it all comes down to knowing your baseline, so you can make choices about your life and routines based on the essential goals of getting optimal sleep, controlling stress, and everything else you need to do to live a generally healthy lifestyle. We get into fun topics like cold exposure and how to do it correctly, how to handle the assortment of different stressors present in modern life—both chronic and destructive, as well as the appropriate stressors (although we must remember these are all forms of stress—even restrictive diets). We also talk about how to fast and when not to fast, dive into the concept of redundant pathways, the benefits that come from the strategic application of restrictive diets, as well as how to do these diets the right way.    TIMESTAMPS: This simulcast brings great discussions on the pros and cons of restrictive diets. [00:53] Having compliance and long-term sustainability with self-experimentation is what really works. [06:41] It is important to be more thorough with getting your bloodwork, especially when you are testing out new dietary regimens to see how they affect you.  [09:43] It is difficult to get your Vitamin D needs met just through diet. Sun exposure is important.  [13:21]    We have to be careful in our already stressful lives when we add restrictive diets to our lives. [14:09] Breathwork can really help diminish your stress. [17:38] Which is colder: Lake Tahoe or chest freezer? You want the whole practice of cold exposure to be appropriately brief. [19:57] Brad wonders if the success of some of these diets could be largely driven by what you eliminate rather than the magic of the new “regimen.” [23:44] Protein foods are highly satiating so you aren’t usually looking to snack. [31:20] The key is to stay away from refined industrial seed oils and refined carbohydrates. [38:42] Can you overdo it with restricting and fasting? [43:02]    At all times your liver is working hard to make sure your glucose is balanced. [51:10] Brad has been experimenting on his carnivore-ish diet by adding carbs such as fruit. [55:02] Having a spare tire, losing muscle mass….those are the baseline for aging. [57:27] When you feel alert, energized, focused, and not hungry from not eating, this is due to turning on the stress mechanisms that are allowing you to feel that way without energy. [01:01:57] If you get rid of the processed foods, you are not going to get fat. (Lustig) [01:10:04] Today’s elite level athletes perform six times as much physical energy expenditure than the busiest hunger gatherer. [01:25:32]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page Marek-Health.com/Brad Get Lean, Eat Clean The Vitamin D Solution Brian Liver King Johnson Ancestral Supplements Keto Reset Diet Brad Kearns’s Morning Routine Brad’s First Simpler Morning Routine Fit to Fat to Fit Podcast Metabolical Podcast with Robert Lustig   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to part 2 of the Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification course overview! We went through the introduction and chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in part 1, and in this episode, you will learn all kinds of fantastic drills to improve balance, ranging from stuff you can do at your work desk during the day to some great challenges that you can do at the gym, as well as some useful mobility and flexibility drills (and skills) you will hear about, especially as I take you through my beloved morning routine, which includes all kinds of fun and challenging exercises. These kinds of drills are really important—as Kelly Starrett says, athletes should dedicate 20% of training time to drills and skills. The Primal Fitness Coach Certification course has sections on everything from how to use the Bosu ball as well as a whole section on fascial restructuring and reawakening—one of the most interesting subjects I have had the opportunity to learn about as I researched this material. You’ll learn about the interconnectedness of how the whole fascial network operates, which actually encases all of our muscles—like a spiderweb that runs throughout our body. You will learn why fascial conditioning is more important (and safer) than fascial strengthening and why so many of the world’s leading athletes are second guessing our obsession and frequent application of so-called therapeutic recovery modalities—things like stretching, massage, foam rolling and jumping in the cold tub. As you will hear, the thinking behind this is when you unwind that muscular tension, you actually are unwinding some of the intended training effect—and the same applies for the inflammation that occurs after exercising—which can be counterproductive. We also discuss the GOATA method, why “the best ability for any athlete is availability,” and the exercises, skills and drills that play the biggest role in the process of aging gracefully, as well as the correct technique to use when performing them.   TIMESTAMPS: Brad reviews part 1 of this Primal Fitness Certification course. [01:06]In questioning therapeutic recovery, Brad asserts that when you unwind that muscular tension, you are unwinding some of the intended training effect. [02:17] Athletes should dedicate 20 percent of all training time to doing drills and skills. (Starrett) [05:17] Number one cause of demise for people over 65 is falling. [07:53] Squatting  technique skills are emphasized. It is, after all, a human default position. Single leg drills, too, are included. [08:50] Cardiovascular and endurance training are covered in Chapter 7. We learn how to design and structure a program appropriately. [14:08] When you're training for endurance, your body gets the genetic signaling going to preserve fat because that's the energy that you need to perform long distance exercise. [20:53] Principles, benefits, and strategies for high intensity exercise are covered in Chapter 8. [24:42] You can’t out-exercise a bad diet. [28:47] Micro workouts integrated into your day help much better than many people realize. [30:44] You want to exhibit precise technique at all times during workouts. [31:56] Brad points out how many activities people go to the gym for, can be enjoyed outside, not needing the equipment. [34:23] Technical failure is when you can still perform the exercise, but notice your technique faltering. You want to deliver a consistent quality of explosive effort during every rep. [36:21] The body moves in three planes of motion: the sagittal plane, the frontal plane, and the transverse plane. Understand, for example, what happens when you pick up a weight off the floor. [41:48] Micro workouts are the biggest breakthrough in the fitness scene. [44:07] Deadlifts and squats are covered in the next chapter.  These are fundamental to longevity. [48:34] Machines are probably a good place to start for the novice. [51:03] Chapter 11 presents comprehensive and precise instructions for how to perform a sprint workout properly. [53:27]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page Primal Fitness Coach Expert Certification Course. Brad Kearns’s Morning Routine Brad’s First Simpler Morning Routine Ready State.com (Kelly Starrett) TD Athletes Edge.com Cardio Doesn’t Exist Jogging 2.0 YouTube Dr. John Jaquish Instagram Podcast with Dr. Luks Dr. Layne Norton Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Walter George Podcast with Dr. Craig Marker Brad Kearns’s Running Technique   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I welcome Sara Banta back to the show, the health queen of acceleratedhealthproducts.com and Accelerated Health Radio, a show I have been on a few times. We’re hitting it hard today with a variety of mostly diet-related topics, and she is also a supplement expert with some really cutting-edge products, so you’re going to hear a lot of pitches for supplements, which may or may not appeal to you depending on your current health state, but if you are not feeling great—if you suffer from gas, bloating, digestive pain after meals routinely, or if things just aren’t feeling right or snappy—then I think you will get a lot out of listening to Sara’s story, as it is pretty eye-opening. It also may inspire you to look a little further or explore some of the ways we can boost our health through supplementation, along with making the proper choices when it comes to food, sleep, and exercise.  You’ll hear how Sara’s son was diagnosed with leukemia at 10 years old, and how she brought him out of that state into perfect health with the use of colloidal silver, as well as how her family experienced no symptoms of Covid despite all testing positive for it. We also talk about how to make the best choices when following an animal based diet, how we both separately came to this “meat and fruit” emphasis in our current diets, why Sara wants us to choose wild meat like bison and elk, why red meat is superior to monogastric animals (think chicken, pork, and turkey), and why our current environment makes the importance of supplements (iodine in particular) more pressing than ever.   TIMESTAMPS: Supplements go along with eating healthy food choices. [01:12] Sara’s journey into health products was accelerated by her own illnesses as well as her son’s. [05:08] The health solutions Sara believes in are all natural that boost the immune system and detox the body. [07:02] We need to look at what is out of balance emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. [11:04] Many things our bodies need are not available in our foods. Iodine, for example, is not in our food supply any more. [13:29] Besides cold hands and feet, what other symptoms should we look for? [18:30] Are there any sources of iodine in our food? All the sources from the sea are contaminated. [21:38] If you get nauseous then you eat fat, you have to clean out your liver. Stay away from the sulfur vegetables. [25:05] Wild animal protein is an important distinction. [26:24] In the ruminant animals, with multiple stomachs, the red meat is superior to the chicken, turkey, and pork. [30:28]Why does a strict carnivore approach help with healing leaky gut? [35:55] How are the processed foods that are ladened with refined industrial seed oils and sugars and grains causing gut dysfunction? [39:03] When you start losing fat weight, you are releasing some toxins. [46:15] We hear a lot about fasting.  Are there problems with that?  [47:39] There is fasting, keto, carnivore, all these different approaches.  How do we know what is best for us? People can get used to anything. [51:54] If you are unable to give up your favorite pizza or ice cream, you are sacrificing your health. You have to be careful even if you are shopping in Whole Foods Market. [01:00:44]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping pageAccelerated Health Products.com Butcher Box Wild Idea Buffalo   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am so excited to share with you the release of this comprehensive project, one that has been two years in the making in order to create the ultimate online certification experience for the topic of fitness! I’m talking about the Primal Fitness Coach online certification program—a home study, multimedia educational program that we believe is the single most comprehensive, online educational experience you’ll find anywhere. If you want to start a career in fitness, elevate your career in fitness, or if you just want to enhance your overall personal knowledge of all aspects of leading a healthy, active, fit, energetic lifestyle, then you will love this course. Homestudy is where it’s at these days, and in this very intensive program, it helps even more to be able to go at your own pace. You also have the perk of having endless access to the materials! In this show, I will walk you through all the details of what you’ll be learning if you decide to embark on this guided journey on all aspects of fitness. One important point we hit on is that in this highly regimented, goal oriented, focused, driven, hectic society, it can be easy to thoughtlessly apply the same mentality to our fitness pursuits, thinking we must quantify and measure everything, and push ourselves past our breaking point. But science and the wisdom of our bodies tells us that we shouldn’t go out of our way to put up consistent results at the expense of our health, which is why the first chapter of the course is centered around the concept of Fitness for Health. Unfortunately, a lot of mainstream fitness programming is flawed and inherently overly stressful, but this episode will teach you how to draw the distinction between fitness and health— something all health conscious people must remember, as it is entirely possible to be super fit while also being unhealthy!   TIMESTAMPS: Home study multimedia Primal Fitness Coaching Certification is now available. The best gift you could give to yourself. [01:02] Chapter one is entitled “Fitness for Health.” It is possible to be fit and unhealthy at the same time. [02:57] Ideally in any workout, you should feel comfortable by taking things down a notch or two. You do not have to suffer and struggle to keep fit.  [06:04] Steady state cardio requires the same caution to overdoing it. [09:45] Include play in your routine.  [11:33] Simon Whitfield’s 80-year-old self is his coach. Make sure you align your activities for longevity with age-appropriate workouts. [14:24] You need to be consistent. But, of course, you can go all out once in a while. [19:17] The second chapter of the course is about everyday movement. Just moving more in daily life, is possibly more important than adhere to a devoted fitness regimen.  [23:42] The third chapter is called Human Posture and Movement Fundamentals. Standing improperly causes back pain. Learn good posture. [32:01] Workplace variation includes stand-up desks but many other things that give you variation. Can you walk while on a phone call? [36:42] Breathing properly is covered in Chapter Four. Deep breaths are associated with stress and shallow calm relaxing breaths are associated with relaxation. [39:18] The BOLT test analyzes the tolerance of carbon dioxide in your body. [47:16] The do’s and dont's of proper stretching is covered in the next chapter. It is a fundamental element of fitness.  [50:30] Mobility, flexibility, balance, and injury prevention skills are taught in Chapter Six. [54:20]   LINKS: Brad Kearns.com Brad’s Shopping page Primal Fitness Coach Certification Course Tabata protocol Ten Primal Blueprint Laws Primal Endurance Online Course Simon Whitfield coach is 80 years old Cactus to Cloud hike Switzerland Hut to Hut hike Brad Kearns’s Morning Routine Brad’s First Simpler Morning Routine Move Your DNA Esther Gokhale Method Eight Steps to a Healthy Back The Oxygen Advantage Breath ShiftAdapt.com BOHR effect What Doesn’t Kill us Brad’s Podcast on Breathing   Join Brad for more fun on: Instagram: @bradkearns1 Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh Twitter: @bradleykearns YouTube: @BradKearns TikTok: @bradkearns   We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life. Butcher Box: Convenient, affordable home delivery - free shipping! - of the highest quality meat, poultry, and seafood with customizable box design. Click here for special promotion.  Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement BeautyCounter: Complete line of cosmetics tested to be free of typical toxins and endocrine disruptors. Try Brad's favorite vitamin-C skin serum and make the switch away from toxic mainstream skin-care products! BiOptimizers: Top quality performance supplements like magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. BRAD10 for 10% off LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix: Tasty, sugar-free, scientifically formulated electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Free sample pack, just click the link! BradNutrition.com: Coming soon - the ultimate whey protein superfuel formula for peak performance and longevity Ultimate Morning Routine Online Course: Learn how to custom-design an energizing, focusing morning exercise routine. Enroll now for earlybird discount Check out Brad Kearns Favorites Page for great products and discounts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.