53. Interview with Ben Greenfield

Mar 26, 2019

“Do more than the average MD is going to do to get a clear picture of your health.” - Ben Greenfield

Ben Greenfield is a biohacker, human body and brain performance coach, ex-bodybuilder, IRONMAN triathlete, professional Spartan athlete, anti-aging consultant, speaker, author of the New York Times bestseller Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health and Life and is the host of the Ben Greenfield Podcast.

With nearly two decades of experience working as a strength and conditioning coach, exercise physiologist and biomechanist, Ben is also the man responsible for maximizing performance, recovery, fat loss, digestion, brain, sleep and hormone optimization for CEO’s, ultra-endurance competitors, and a wide variety of professional athletes, including poker champions, tennis players, motocross competitors, the NFL, the NHL, the UFC and beyond.

Tune in to hear Ben’s perspective on exercise, why he thinks you should be spending less time in the gym, and his DIY approach to optimizing your health.

Time Stamps

• How Ben transitioned from being a bodybuilder to an Ironman competitor [10:00]
• Ben’s perspective on exercise [22:00]
• How to increase your longevity and lifespan while bodybuilding or exercising: start with taking care of your cellular health [27:00]
• Things athletes or exercise enthusiasts should be aware of that scratch the itch of making their body better without beating their body up [37:00]
• Ben’s travel hacks to beat jet lag [60:00]

Featured Guest: Ben Greenfield

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Related Links/Products Mentioned

• Tests someone should get to personalize their training:
  • Genova Diagnostics: Urinary Amino Acid Test
  • TSH, T3, Thyroid Antibodies, Reverse T3
  • Complete Blood Panel
  • Gut - Parasites, Gastric Inflammation
  • Salivary Genetic Profile
  • Food Allergy Panel
• Kion Coffee *Save 10% when you use the code KAGED10 at checkout
• Beyond Training
• The Triathlon Dominator
• NASA clean air study
• AquaTru
• Quicksilver Scientific
• “Sunlight Makes You Skinny, Blue Light Makes You Fat”
• The Body Electric by Robert Becker
• Ancestral Panel - 23 and Me

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