Ready to live your life to its greatest potential? Each week dive into unscripted conversations with inspiring guests in the areas of health, fitness, personal development, and lifestyle design. Your host Luke DePron uncovers the mindset, habits, and strategies used by peak performers to help you li…
Rob Wilson co-creator of the Art of Breath seminar series. Rob has worked with elite military personnel and world-class athletes all the way to normal folk looking to live more healthy and productive lives. Rob has been a member of the SH//FT team for nearly 5 years as Co-Creator of the Art of Breath Seminar and lead educator under PowerSpeedEndurance where he helped reframe the approach to breath control for the modern health and performance world. Rob has presented this paradigm shift at prestigious locations around the world including ALTIS and the UFC Performance Institute.
Optimize your brains function by sync your brain waves. Join me as I speak to Dr Erik Won, and Director of Operations former Navy Seal Ned Mason of Wave Neuroscience as we discuss how innovative magnetic brain treatment and Synchronized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation can treat PTSD, anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, and optimize your cognitive brain function and performance. The future of brain health and neuroscience is here.
The internal and external resources needed to lose weight and get fit. Luke DePron shares mindset strategies and a simple breath technique to help you overcome stress so you can get into action. A simple shift in thinking to help you get motivated and overcome what's holding you back in your fitness, and weight loss goals, and how to effectively set your weekly standards.
Earn your win, with Richie the Boogeyman Martinez. Richie is a Jiu Jitsu coach, competitor, former professional mixed martial artists and owner of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu San Diego. A fast rising star in Jiu Jitsu, Richie quickly earned his black belt in Jiu Jitsu. We talk about challenging yourself, competition, the importance of having others believe in you, the value of a team, testing your skills, growth, and trying new things like Jiu Jitsu.
Nick Santonastasso is a medical miracle. Not only is he one of four people alive with the rare genetic condition, Hanhart Syndrome, the inspirational keynote speaker is an internationally known bodybuilder and fitness model – despite missing both his legs and one arm since birth. The high-energy youth shares his amazing story, showing people that anyone can thrive if they have the determination and willpower to go after what they want. When Nick was born, the doctors handed his parents a long list of things that he would never be able to do.” Nick’s parents politely thanked them and threw the list out. They raised Nick the same way they had raised his three able-bodied older siblings and instilled in him never to let the world tell him what he could or couldn’t do.
Weighing 275 pounds and recognizing he wasn't showing up fully as a father, husband, and man, Nate Bailey began training for SEALFit Kokora. Losing the weight he transformed himself into an ultra endurance athlete who has ran over 100 miles. Today as a Leadership Coach he helps individuals level up every area of their life so they can BE the standard and produce the results that truly matter.
Author of Wack Addicted To Internet Porn, Noah Church began using porn at the age of 9, eventually developing porn induced erectile disfunction. Today he runs the website addictedtointernetporn.com where he helps men overcome porn addiction so they can have deep, connected, and fulfilling relationships. He dives into the porn-addiction cycle, the potential problems with todays hyper-aggressive and easily accessible porn and tactics to overcome porn-addiction if you determine it's a problem for you.
Diana Rodgers is a registered dietician who lives on a working farm. She is the co-author alongside Robb Wolf of Sacred Cow: The case for better meat. She talks regenerative agriculture and how well raised meat is good for you and the planet. She touches on the impact that meat has on our climate, our health, the ethics of eating meat, the problems with monoculture farms, and how grazing animals and eating meat can be part of the solution to our planet and bodies health problems.
"Modern research shows adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organ; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines." James Nestor share's "there is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly." James shares how we evolved with this struggle, and breath-work strategies to improve your health.
As the Dear Abby of Sex, Susan Bratton believes shame-free, frequent sexual pleasure is every man and woman's birthright and teaches passionate love making techniques! We talk everything from the importance of bedroom communication, how to be a more desirable man, performance pressure, masturbation habits, sex-toys, penis pumps, nitric oxide and nutrition for erection dysfunction, improving your sex skills, and your mutual full-body orgasmic potential.
Dr. Daniel L. Stickler is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of The Apeiron Center for Human Potential and Chief Science Officer for Apeiron Academy. He is the pioneer behind systems-based precision performance medicine, a new paradigm that re-defines medicine from the old symptoms based disease model to one of limitless peak performance in all aspects of life. A physician to high-performing executives and entrepreneurs who want to upgrade their current state, he’s also an author, speaker, blogger and podcaster. He is the Medical Director for the Neurohacker Collective, a Google consultant for wearable technology, epigenetics, and AI in healthcare and a guest lecturer at Stanford University on Epigenetics in Clinical Practice. In 2008, a new world opened through the lens of genetics and epigenetics and his near obsession like fascination of the potentials for personalized human systems design led to the realization that we truly have the ability within us to take charge of our destiny and become the architects of our evolution.
Functional Nutritional Therapist Marek Doyle breaks down the complexities of Adrenal Fatigue, Stress, Brain Fog, and gives insight into how intertwined human health can be. Taking the approach of removing the big obstacles to improve health he offers hope to those who have long struggled with health issues such as adrenal fatigue or metabolic dysfunction.
A neurological disease at the age of 22 rendered Randy blind at the age of 22. That didn't stop him from hiking all 48 of New Hampshires mountain peaks in one winter season, running the Boston marathon multiple times, completely tough mudders, and even being inducted as a fan into the NFL hall of fame. Randy shows his incredible journey where he discovered that the only limits are those that we impose on ourselves.
Think all Olympians are prodigies? 2X Olympic gymnastic medalist & team captain Jonathan Horton says otherwise. Failing over and over, Jonathan's passion, grit, and determination outlasted his competitors on his way to Olympic dreams. Hitting rock after a career ending injury, he found new passions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, competing on American Ninja Warrior, professional speaking, and authoring 2 books. He talks about putting yourself out there, failing and dealing with embarrassment, leadership & more.
Former Olympic cyclist turned performance coach Dr. Jeff Spencer is considered the "cornerman" to athletes such as Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, and his work can be tied to over 45 Olympic, World, and National Championships. He's worked high performers, CEOs, and even musicians like U2 using his Champions Blueprint to create transformational success in their careers and lives. He shares his journey as both athlete and coach uncovering the path to greatness
Alex Hutchinson is a columnist for Outdoor Magazine and author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curious Elastic Limits of Human Performance. We explore what the science says on Effort and Pain, and why there is a difference between practice vs competition. The importance of mindset, and how a mistake helped him break his own running records. We touch on the mental health benefits of exercise and how to best approach getting started with exercise.
Optimize your gut microbiome and health with personalized nutritional recommendations using VIOME microbiome testing. Dr Momchilo (Momo) Vuyisich is the Co-Founder and Chief Science officer of VIOME where they use AI to analyze your gut microbiome to make personalized nutritional recommendations that feed the good biochemical reactions in YOUR specific gut microbiome and limit negative biomechemical reactions of your gut microbiome to improve your gut microbiome and overall health.
Quitting his full-time teaching position to become a professional Mixed Martial Artist Charlie the Spaniard Brenneman fought at the highest level in the UFC. He shares insights from his training and how he lived out his own Rocky Balboa moment on live-tv. He shares the importance of reading books, pushing yourself to the limit, and how to push through adversity and keep going.
Failure, struggle, and setbacks are all part of the path to success. Jim Harshaw Jr is a former All American wrestler, TEDx speaker, and personal performance coach. He shares his story of becoming an NCAA All American athlete, the importance of failing, and the importance of taking a productive pause.
Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials testing the efficacy of therapeutic lifestyle to treat multiple sclerosis related symptoms. In addition, she is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions.
Eliza Kingsford is a licensed psychotherapist, mind-body practitioner and behavior change specialist who helps clients struggling with food addiction, body image and emotional eating. She shares how to deal with stress and manage your physiology during the Corona Virus pandemic. Manage your sympathetic nervous system response, tips to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system so you can take control of your thoughts and make better decisions.
The power of transformational breath work with Stefanos Sifandos. Stefanos and Luke break down a recent breath work experience facilitated by Stefanos. We break down the transformational experience, the similarity between breath work and psychedelics, the benefits, how to safely integrate breath work into your life, and it's ability to help you move through past traumas.
Mark James is a former Navy SEAL, Navy SEAL Instructor, 10X Hawaii Iron-man Finisher, and the 2019 Tough-Mudder Holy Grail Champion. Mark shares lessons from his time as a SEAL instructor around topics of Grit, Determination, and the pros and cons of having an at all costs attitude.
What's required to take on an industry like the negative news cycle and build a company of 50 employees? Craig Sewing Author of American Dream 2.0 and host of The American Dream show shares insights into his daily routine, the importance of exercise, meditation, and self care as a high performing CEO, and why you MUST have passion if you want to be successful in business!
Preparing for medical school, Shiv Shukla's world was rocked working at a VA clinic when a patient took a shotgun to his own leg, in an effort to deal with his chronic nerve pain caused from an IED blast. That moment changed Shiv's life, sending him on an entrepreneurial journey that included performing clinical research, building his own medical device to deal with chronic nerve pain, and overcoming immense obstacles in an effort the help others. We also talk about how he wants to go live on mars!
Greg is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author and movie producer known for his giving spirit and a knack for translating complicated situations into simple, digestible concepts. As an action taking phenomenon, strategy turns into results fast and furious, and relationships are deep and rich in the space he orbits. A firm believer in the role of win-win partnerships and making a difference in others to succeed.
A raw & authentic conversation with George Bryant who overcame a childhood that included bullying, sexual abuse and bulimia, he joined the military, then had incredible success in business as a New York Times best-selling author and top ranked blogger at Civilized Caveman. Then, he LEFT IT ALL behind and started over, stepping into his greatest potential and living authenticity. We talk nutrition, business, parenting, processing trauma, and why relationships ALWAYS beat algorithms.
From planning his suicide to planning his bucket-list Chase Boehringer will inspire you to get out of your comfort zone and live an incredible life. He shares his latest bucket list item where he sets a record for taking a stock motorcycle to the highest altitude on a volcano! This record setting experience wasn't without challenge, as almost EVERYTHING that could go wrong did!
Re-think what's possible with Steve Sims. Steve Sims is the author of Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen. Considered the real life wizard of Oz, Steve makes the impossible possible for his clients. From sending people to the visit the titanic on the ocean floor, setting up private dinners at the David in Florence where Andre Bocelli serenades his guests, to becoming the lead singer for the rock band Journey, Steve Sims clients include Sir Elton John, Elon Musk, and the whose who of the celebrity world.
After a 5 year prison stint Zachary Babcock shares how quickly and radically you can transform your life by taking full responsibility of it. Missing out the birth of his twin sons was the catalyst for complete lifestyle transformation. Zachary shares how being an UNDERDOG is a privilege, the power of choosing to work to create a better life. An inspiring conversation that will leave you determined to live your life to it's greatest potential. F-Bomb warning! :)
Reach your new years resolution and weight loss goal by building a lean athletic physique. I break down a simplified approach towards getting healthy, working out, and creating a lifestyle approach towards exercise and dieting. If you want this to be the year you level up your physique, energy, and confidence and transform your body and life for good, give this a listen.
"Never think about your goals again without first thinking to develop and align your goals." Martin Grunburg and the Habit Factor provide a specific process to help you intentionally build positive habits to ensure you reach your goals. Using the PARR method to Plan. Act. Record. & Reassess you can make 2020 your best year yet!
Kyle Buller host of Pyschedelics Today shares how a near death experience sent him on a journey to explore altered states of consciousness, and the potential benefits of psychedelics. We discuss the current therapy model of psychedelics happening, as well as their potential creative benefits. He also shares how transpersonal breath-work provides another way to enter non-ordinary states of consciousness.
Todd Henry is an international speaker on creativity and author of 4 books. He encourages you to die empty or regret by unleashing your best work on the world. In this talk we touch on the 5 key areas Focus, Relationships, Energy, Stimulus, and Hours that you must optimize to create brilliant ideas on demand.
Using state-of-the-art hormone, nutritional, genetic, neurotransmitter, cytokine, and other specialized testing, physical exam, and extensive interview, Dr. Farnesi will develop your personalized anti-aging and functional medicine program – a multi-disciplined approach that may include natural bio-identical hormone therapy, fitness, and nutrition, as well as natural, integrative and traditional medicines and supplements, diet, vitamins and minerals as needed
An inspiring conversation with my childhood friend Josh about his incredible 130 pounds weight loss transformation.. He shares how his son Dash became his ultimate motivation and accountability partner. Growing up obese and his failed weight loss attempts. Shifting his identity from the "Big Guy" to a health guy and how he is a completely new man now. His fear of stepping into a gym. The importance of pushing your comfort zone and rewiring your brain to see that discomfort as an awesome challenge. Advice if you're trying to lose weight, get in shape, and change your life. How eating healthy is EASY and saves him 20-30% on groceries. The unexpected benefits of getting healthy which included increased energy, confidence, productivity at work, and even improving his love life!
In this episode we talk about: - How your Identity is holding you back, and why you must tactically CREATE your own identity. - The 3 areas of life that must be in alignment to reach your full potential. - How your Energy and NOT time is your greatest resource. - Why you need a plan to quit your 9-5 and become an entrepreneur. - The importance of staying in the present moment to conserve your energy and avoid stress. - Avoid burnout by shifting from the "hustle and grind mentality," to a SPRINT philosophy.
Winston Ben Clements was predicted to live a life of isolation and pain due to a rare bone disorder that stunted his growth, and caused his bones to be extremely fragile (fracturing more than 150 times by age 12). Despite his small stature (3 feet tall) and use of a wheelchair, Winston has taken a stand for a quality of life that knows no limits. Nowadays he is a speaker and trainer, empowering audiences worldwide to break through their own barriers. Winston’s mission is to inspire 1 BILLION people to unleash their full human potential. In 2018 he delivered a TEDx talk titled “Your Limitations Are An Illusion” that has had a massive impact online.
Nir Eyal is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. A writer and consultant who teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He talks about what really drives human behavior and why "time management is pain management." He provides practical plans for getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us. In the future there will be two kinds of people in the world: those who let their attention and lives be controlled and coerced by others, and those who proudly call themselves "indistractable." Listen in and become INDISTRACTABLE!
After overcoming drug addiction, PTSD from fighting the war in Iraq with the Marines (where one of his jobs was to walk in front of our vehicles to find explosives), depression and alcoholism that pushed him to the brink of suicide, Akshay Nanavati has since built a global business, run ultramarathons, spent 7 days in darkness, and explored the most hostile environments on the planet, from mountains to caves to polar icecaps. Combining his life experience with years of research in science and spirituality, he wrote a book called “Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear Into Health, Wealth and Happiness.” About the book, the Dalai Lama said “Fearvana inspires us to look beyond our own agonizing experiences and find the positive side of our lives.” All the profits from the book are going toward charity. Akshay is now on a mission to help our entire human family build a positive relationship to suffering in order to live a life of boundless bliss.
From handing 20K in cash to an almost stranger at a train station in Shanghai, trademark infringements, flying inventory back to China in suitcases, CEO Matt DeCelles shares his wild journey building William Painter. We talk fast-action, risk, his desire to be a successful entrepreneur, the importance of relationships when manufacturing in China, being a healthy and productive entrepreneur, first principle and accurate thinking, and the future of AI & consciousness!
Mark Pecota is the CEO and co-founder of LaunchBoom - the most effective product launch system. LaunchBoom consists of a three phase process where they (1) test new product ideas and validate demand, (2) launch the most sought after products using Kickstarter & Indiegogo, and (3) scale brands using ecommerce. Since 2015, LaunchBoom has worked with over 400 entrepreneurs and raised over $30M to date. In this episode Mark discusses - The decision to niche the business into product launching using crowdfunding. - Operating a completely remote team with 25 employees - How the LaunchBoom formula works. - His approach to being a healthy, productive businessman including his best tip, his current morning journalling technique.
Tommy Baker helps dreamers, visionaries and entrepreneurs bring those dreams to life —and create a life they can’t wait to wake up for. As author of UnResolution, The 1% Rule and The Leap Of Your Life, Tommy believes living up to our potential is what we’re here for. Through his writing, coaching and podcast —he’s helped thousands of people take their next bold step and never look back. He’s been featured in Entrepreneur, Influencive, Thought Catalog and more. Learn more at ResistAverageAcademy.com
Jen Rhines won 5 NCAA titles, was part of 3 NCAA championship teams and has been a professional runner and adidas athlete for 20 years. She made the 2000 US Olympic team in the 10,00m, and also qualified for 2 other Olympic games, competing in different event on each of her 3 teams. Contrary to what’s considered normal she ran her personal best between the ages of 33 and 36. While aging is a reality she believes with proper training and nutrition there’s no reason to put limits on ourselves.
Health and fitness expert Drew Manning is the New York Times best-selling author of Fit2Fat2Fit: The Unexpected Lessons from Gaining and Losing 75 lbs on Purpose and has for years been a leading voice in the burgeoning Keto Diet movement. Drew is also the creator of the A&E Show Fit to Fat to Fit and the host of The Fit2Fat2Fit Experience podcast. With over a million social media followers, Drew continues to transform people's lives all around the world. Known for his straightforward and empathetic fitness and health coaching, Drew has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show, The View, and MSNBC, among other media outlets.
Jeff Scot Philips was the CEO of a health food manufacturing company, has worked as a fitness professional & nutritionist, and is the author of Big Fat Food Fraud. Jeff has worked with professional athletes—from bodybuilders, to MMA fighters, and UVA football players—and was the official nutrition consultant to the Miss Virginia organization, where he worked with the new Miss VA each year as she prepared for Miss America. In 2009, he started a healthy meal company, Fit Food, where he worked with chefs to prepare ready-to-eat meals for his clients, and grew the business organically over the next few years. In 2012, he took on investors and turned the business into a private labeling company, preparing meals under other brands’ names and then drop-shipping orders on their behalf. In late 2016, after leaving the company, Jeff published Big Fat Food Fraud, an exposé detailing all the corruption that goes on inside the health food industry. And he’s now working on a new book that exposes the lack of regulation in the supplement industry, to show that the products we take for our health are, at best, not helping us, and at their worst, actively harming us.
Through genetic testing, epigenetics, neurogenomics, and his groundbreaking book and program Dirty Genes, Dr Ben Lynch shows you how the food you eat, your environment, your thoughts and relationships are impacting how your genes operate. He provides tactical advice to "clean" seven commonly dysfunctional genes through his book and program Dirty Genes.
Albert Nerenberg is an award-winning director, journalist, hypno-therapist and one of the world’s leading experts on laughter. He directed the acclaimed feature documentary Laughology, the first about laughter and is the inventor of competitive laughing. Nerenberg has become expert at observing the human condition. Some of his other films include, Stupidity and Boredom. You Are What You Act, his latest documentary and the invention of Actorcize as a new health and wellness modality are the culmination of his previous work and observations.
Dr Stephen Hussey discusses the 3 factors he believes are responsible for heart disease and how to prevent it. He attained both his Doctorate of Chiropractic and Masters in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine from the University of Western States in Portland, OR. He is a health coach, speaker, and the author of two books on health; The Health Evolution: Why Understanding Evolution is the Key to Vibrant Health and The Heart: Our Most Medically Misunderstood Organ. Dr. Hussey guides clients from around the world back to health by using the latest research and health attaining strategies.
Jonathan Pierce owner of Kinetik Performance company chats soft tissue health, mobility, movement, fascia, posture, injury prevention, and being a healthy aging human. Considered a personal mentor, John and I go in many directions in the episode. Step into the mind of a truly world class soft tissue practitioner and learn about one of the most least talked about structures in the body, the fascia.
Is a carnivore diet the optimal human diet? Are plants really necessary or are they actually harmful? Dr Paul Saladino carnivore diet advocate shares how the carnivore diet may help with auto-immune issues, the problems with dietary studies, our misunderstanding of the hermetic effect of antioxidants, and how the root cause of mental health issues are systemic inflammation of the brain.