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Elle Russ chats with Vanessa Lambert - a champion of movement and mindfulness. Vanessa co-founded Bee The Wellness in 2012 with her husband, Adam to activate a meaningful life full of connection, wellness, and adventure. By helping clients gain mastery over their physiology and mindset through coaching, courses, and retreats, Vanessa is living her purpose and thriving in her zone of genius.  She honed her physical prowess under the tutelage of celebrated ancestral health pioneers, Robb Wolf and Mark Sisson, and sharpened her mental mastery in 2008  by becoming a Certified Spiritual Counselor. She is a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor and Akashic Records Intuitive Reader & teacher. Vanessa fuses her distinguished knowledge of health, diet, and fitness, with her expertise in spiritual life mastery for a 360-degree experience in holistic life coaching.  Vanessa is the chief curator of award-winning Bee The Wellness events and retreats. Built to expand people’s lives, she designs amazing adventures that aspire to level up the human experience in the physical, emotional, and spiritual arenas while facilitating community and connection between other wellness warriors. She has coached over 4000 remote clients under Bee The Wellness and the Primal Blueprint, and hundreds of seminar and retreat guests at world-famous PrimalCon events, Paleo f(x), and Bee The Wellness adventures. Using an inside-out approach to transformation, Vanessa has developed acclaimed Bee The Wellness mindfulness programs, such as the Authentic Self Life Mastery Program and mastermind for its graduates, and the 21-Day Meditation Challenge—which includes all original written and recorded meditations backed by binaural beats, a synthesis of Vanessa’s musical background and mindfulness training. Vanessa has recently launched Starseed Collective where she is focused on helping medicine women step deeper into their path as healers and intuitives. Connect with Vanessa on Instagram

Authenticity lies in the seed of your soul. When you explore your authenticity, you will be aligned and feel at home with yourself. By being authentically you, you will no longer be fighting your thoughts, you will feel comfortable in your own skin, and life isn't confusing or confronting anymore. - Vanessa Lambert What specific tools, guides, and practices can bring you back home to your authentic self?   ---> Join the Wellness Warrior VIP Club: get exclusive discounts on new wellness tools, be first in line for new podcasts, get access to invite-only events, and so much more.** ---> Get The Morning 21: A powerful (and free) system designed to give you more energy, let go of old weight, and live life well. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW   Wellness Force Radio Episode 280 Co-Founder of Bee The Wellness, Personal Coach, and Co-Host of the Bee The Wellness Podcast, Vanessa Lambert, shares her own inner struggles to be herself, how to get back in alignment with your soul contract, what you will learn in her Authentic Self Program, and why we sometimes find it difficult to process, experience, and let go of our emotions. Discover how to break old habits and create easy pathways that will lead you to be the person you are meant to be.   Bee The Wellness Authentic Self Program   Vanessa and her husband Adam at BeeTheWellness run amazing coaching programs including Vanessa’s Life Mastery program Authentic Self, as well as badass retreats all around the world!   Join them for an epic adventure in Peru, Costa Rica or you can join their group at Rythmia this December with special guest Graham Hancock. Vanessa will be running a special edition of her Authentic Self program to support this groups trip to Rythmia and you can get $200 off **by using code Authentic200** **Class starts Monday so the time to join is now! To learn more about this amazing opportunity, click here!   Listen To Episode 280 As Vanessa Lambert Uncovers: The importance of having as much fun as you can in life to lighten stressful emotions. How doing an internship at the Berkeley Psychic Institute changed her life as she learned how to help others discover their own intuition, reveal their deepest power, and understand how to work with the energy around them. What made her and Adam feel truly called to coach people in one-on-one sessions and retreats. The soul contract and free will of choice that we all have to create whatever experiences we want in life. How a near-death experience allowed her to reemerge with her soul and stay on the path she was meant to follow for Bee The Wellness. Who her Authentic Self Program is for and how it's broken down into three modules over 9 months. The importance of really investing yourself and committing to doing the inner work for long periods of time rather than just relying on a quick fix to get you there. Her own inner work process including letting go of the past, negative thoughts, struggles, and toxic emotions. Why we struggle so much with the process of feeling our emotions, experiencing them, and finally letting them go. Her experience with plant medicine and how it has helped her surrender her struggles and emotions in order to connect to something bigger than herself. Learn More Why the plant medicine experience begins as soon as people feel called and have decided to take part in a future ceremony. The fact that plant medicines and psychedelics have come so far in helping people heal and yet this concept is still so new for the American society. How the brain is naturally wired to have a neural network that was established when we were in our mid to late teens and how you can differentiate yourself from who you were then to who you are now. Why experiencing HALT - Hungry, Lonely, Angry, Tired will keep us from moving forward and letting go of old thoughts, struggles, and emotions. The power of getting a good night's sleep to help you show up strong in the world the next day. What helped her realize she needed to hit the pause button and incorporate more stillness in her life.  How you can create and cultivate stillness in just a single breath when you have a busy schedule to keep up with.  Why getting into your body and moving when you're in a shame spiral can be extremely beneficial to take action and move forward from negative thoughts. Her own experiences with low-frequency vibrations including shame. Power Quotes From The Show "Exploring your authenticity is how you get into alignment and to another place where you're at home with yourself. When you are authentically you, you are not constantly fighting yourself anymore." - Vanessa Lambert Accepting Your Unique Self "I was fighting this idea of who I should be rather than who I really am. I was fighting the vision of who I thought I was supposed to become, the world I was supposed to live in, and what I was supposed to represent rather than just being me. A lot of us are going through that same struggle of having a duality of which version is really us and which version are we going to commit to being." - Vanessa Lambert   A Commitment For Positive Change "We're all super addicted to quick fixes but to make real change, you have to commit to the process, practice, and follow it for a while. This isn't just a 21-day fix, this is about really digging deep to uncover your authentic self." - Vanessa Lambert   Love Is The Answer "Love is the answer. At the end of the day, we get to reconnect with love in whatever way that helps us have deeper respect, a better relationship, and hone our skill with love because it is a skill. Love is granted to everyone but we don't necessarily feel that way about it all the time and it really is a skill to understand how to cultivate it, express it, and work with the pattern of love in our lives. For me, being a human and being in the human experience is really about understanding how to come into oneness with love." - Vanessa Lambert   Your Soul Contract "Your soul has a contract with what it wants to work on within this lifetime and you're definitely put into a path of opportunity to explore the things that will give your soul a deeper and richer experience of itself but I think it all comes back to love. It seems so simple and easy but that's it; it all comes back to that essence of love." - Vanessa Lambert   Links From Today's Show Organifi OURA Berkeley Psychic Institute Mark Victor Hansen Zig Ziglar Katie Cordoza Glen Cordoza Be Here Now by Ram Dass Rythmia Graham Hancock Awakened Futures Summit 2019 Tim Chang Mikey Seigel It Starts With Food by Melissa and Dallas Hartwig Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by Dr. David R. Hawkins Dr. Joe Dispenza 103 Robb Wolf 112 Mark Sisson 185 Gerry Powell 209 Jamie Wheal 269 Gerry Powell & Jay Brown Wellness Force Community Bee The Wellness Podcast Authentic Self Program Bee The Wellness Facebook Instagram YouTube Vanessa Lambert Twitter Instagram   About Vanessa Lambert A health and fitness enthusiast since childhood, Vanessa Lambert came into coaching quite accidentally. As a promising young gymnast, her coach asked if she would instruct the introductory classes at her gym. Her natural love of the movement was only deepened by sharing it with others. There began her basis of learning to coach and her understanding of the unique importance of the teacher-student relationship. No stranger to competitive sport, Vanessa played soccer, basketball, swam competitively, and was also co-captain of her cheerleading squad. A Natural Coach In her early 20’s she moved to Maui to improve her surfing practice and became one of the first female surf instructors in the Hawaiian islands and a true force in the water. She and Adam were also an integral part of the CrossFit NorCal team that took third place in the affiliate games in 2009. Throughout her life, she continued to evolve her diet in order to better fuel her performance and her busy schedule. In fact, Vanessa had already embraced the Paleo diet when she began training with Robb Wolf as a client. She had seen the dramatic benefits of doing so and was delighted to find out that not only did her coach agree, but he was one of the thought leaders on the subject. The Start of Bee The Wellness It would be her years at Norcal Strength and Conditioning training under the tutelage of Robb and his wife Nicki, that her ancestral wellness practice would deepen. After relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her music career, Vanessa was introduced to Mark Sisson. Working closely with Mark at the Primal Blueprint headquarters over the last four years, Vanessa developed the personal coaching program, Primal’s luxury retreat vacations, and has become a staple at the PrimalCon events where she and Adam coach the fundamentals of weightlifting and gymnastics. Vanessa feels truly blessed for having worked with the best and the brightest in the ancestral health world. This experience is what motivated her to co-create the Bee The Wellness program with her husband Adam. These days, her focus is to help as many people as possible become the very best version of themselves.     Bee The Wellness Meditation Challenge Featuring Vanessa Lambert Click here to download theBee The Wellness Meditation Challenge Featuring Vanessa Lambert At Bee The Wellness we believe that, as part of a holistic wellness plan, we should integrate and expand our mindfulness practice. We have created the Bee The Wellness Meditation Challenge as a stand-alone program or complement to our Unveil Your Wellness Personal Paleo Lifestyle Coaching. Join Vanessa Lambert as she takes you on a journey of daily guided meditations. Each day you will explore a new theme like love, friendship, or healing. Integrate mindfulness work as a part of your wellness practice and cultivate a picture of limitless love, abundance, and infinite success. Included is the entire first volume of guided meditations written and performed by Vanessa “Nesta!” Lambert Progressive Relaxation, Healing Breath Work, Releasing Stuck Energy, Total Relaxation, Vulnerability, Habits, Decisions, Gratitude, Forgiveness, I Am As I Think, Distraction Energy, Chakra Tuning, Spinal Expansion, Friendship & Intimacy, Humor, Nourishment, Money, Love, Peace, Change    Join The #WellnessWarrior VIP Club **Click on the photo above to get exclusive discounts on new wellness tools, be first in line for new podcasts, get access to invite-only events, and so much more.**   More Top Episodes 226 Paul Chek: The Revolution Is Coming (3 Part Series) 131 Drew Manning: Emotional Fitness 129 Gretchen Rubin: The Four Tendencies  183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet: Brain Science 196 Aubrey Marcus: Own The Day 103 Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat Best of The Best: The Top 10 Guests From over 200 Shows Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the #WellnessWarrior Community on Facebook Tweet us on Twitter: Send us a tweet Comment on the Facebook page

Brad Kearns, at 52 years old, has doubled his testosterone levels in the past year. He has abandoned life as a pro triathlete and instead conquered the world of speed golf and high jumping. He has successfully trained his body to become a potent fat burning machine and transition completely out of carbohydrate dependence. He's a successful author is a noted speaker, author and coach in the health and fitness world for three decades. As the President of Primal Blueprint Publishing, Brad works with Mark Sisson to promote all aspects of primal living. He helped develop the Primal Health Coach certification program, has delivered dozens of Primal Transformation Seminars across the USA, and organized and presented at nine PrimalCon health and fitness retreats around the world from 2010-2014. He and Mark authored the 2015 release, , a comprehensive guidebook on how to escape the carbohydrate-dependent, overly stressful conventional approach to endurance training in favor of a healthier, stress-balanced, fat-adapted primal approach. He and Mark authored the 2017 release, , the definitive guide to the wildly popular ketogenic eating strategy. Kearns is the host of comprehensive online multimedia educational courses that bring books like , , and the 21-Day Total Body Transformation to life with a series of instructional videos and expert interviews that provide an immersive educational experience. During his nine-year career as a triathlete, Kearns was one of the world’s top ranked professionals, amassing 30 wins worldwide on the pro circuit. Career highlights include a remarkable streak of seven victories in a row ('91-'92), a world duathlon series championship, two national triathlon championships, and a #3 world ranking in 1991. Kearns is the last American professional male in to place in the top-5 in the ITU World Championships (1992) and still holds the Hawaii Ironman 24&under age division American record at 8:57 (1989). Other books by Brad include (2006), detailing a healthy, balanced approach to triathlon peak performance. His (2007) and (2008) books detail the champion attitude and behavior qualities of the Tour de France legend and golfing great, helping you apply their methods in pursuit of your own peak performance goals. Brad’s current athletic passion is the offbeat sport of Speedgolf, where competitors play as fast as possible and total strokes and minutes to obtain a Speedgolf score. Brad is 3-time top-20 finisher in the world professional championships. He placed third in the 2017 California Professional Speedgolf Championships, shooting 78 on a championship course in 47 minutes for a Speedgolf score of 125. In 2016 at the age of 51, Brad cleared 5'5" (1.65m) at a high jump practice session. This exceeds the All-American standard for 50-54 age group and matches a top-10 national rank performance. At 50, he ran a 400-meter effort in 59.8. - running in the 50s, in his 50s! During our discussion, you'll discover: -How speed golf works, and how Brad gets his heart rate down quickly after sprinting...[9:40] -How a typical training session works to train the body to get the heart rate down quickly after hard efforts...[14:05] -How Brad trained his slow-twitch muscles from triathlon to go to fast-twitch muscles for high jumping...[23:30] -How do you use the concept of slow down to go faster for a sport like that, and how does it differ from how you would normally have trained as a pro triathlete? [30:45] -The best way to perform a Maximum Aerobic Function test, which Brad describes as "the #1 most important fitness marker of them all"...[34:00] -The strategies Brad used to more than double his free testosterone simply by sucking it up and lowering his assumed aerobic base heart rate...[43:45] -The goal and intent of The Primal Endurance Mastery Course...[64:55] -And much more! Resource from this episode: - - - - - - - Show Sponsors:  -Kion Lean - Go to  and use promo code BEN10 to save 10% in your purchase of the best supplement for longevity and fat loss, or any other Kion products! -HealthGains - Text the word "GAIN" to 313131 to receive a $150 voucher toward your HealthGAINS treatment. -Human Charger - Go to and use the code BEN20 for 20% off. -Daily Harvest - Go to and use promo code BEN to get three items for free when you purchase your first box! Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Brad or me? Leave your comments at and one of us will reply!

A few months ago, I interviewed today's podcast guest - a former professional triathlete and now one of the most respected icons in health and fitness - in one of our most popular episodes of the year, entitled "" His name is Mark Sisson, and Mark just released a brand new, excellent book entitled: "". In today's podcast episode, we take a deep, deep dive into principles, practices and concepts you've probably never before heard when it comes to ketosis. Mark is also . His blog, , has paved the way for Primal enthusiasts to challenge conventional wisdom's diet and exercise principles and take personal responsibility for their health and well-being. Mark, has a BA in biology from Williams College and is a former world-class endurance athlete, with a 2:18 marathon and a fourth-place finish in the Hawaii Ironman World Triathlon Championships to his credit. Today, Mark directs his competitive energies into high-stakes Ultimate Frisbee tournaments against competitors decades younger. Besides blogging daily, Mark conducts seminars on the Primal Blueprint way of life and hosted 9 multi-day total immersion retreats called PrimalCon at locations across America and in Mexico from 2010-2014. He operates Primal Blueprint Publishing in Malibu, CA, publishing his own titles as well as work from other authors promoting ancestral health principles. Mark is married to Carrie and they have two children. Before jumping into this podcast, please realize that I already have several articles and podcasts I recorded in the past about the basics of ketosis. You can find all those in the resources section below.   During our discussion, you'll discover:   -How Mark took the the ketogenic diet, which has a reputation for being relatively restrictive, and instead presents a unique two-step, scientifically validated approach for going keto the right way...[7:40]   -Why Mark highly recommends you spend 21 days low-carb before switching to 6 weeks of ketosis...[11:30]   -How long does takes to get back into ketosis after a "carb binge"...[31:00]   -How something called "myogens" actually allow you gain lean muscle mass while on a ketogenic diet...[32:30]   -What Mark thinks about some people saying that ketosis might diminish metabolic flexibility in some people by promoting physiological insulin resistance...[40:30]    -Whether a cup of coffee is technically "breaking" a fast...[48:50]   -How ketosis can reprogram your genes and increase longevity...[54:55]   -Mark's favorite keto breakfast, favorite keto lunch and favorite keto dinner...[63:10]   -What Mark eats before ultimate frisbee...[67:40]   -Mark's take on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and why he personally uses it...[69:40]   -And much more...   Resources from this episode:   My previous articles and podcasts on ketosis:  -     -   -   -   - Show Sponsors:  -ZipRecruiter - Post jobs on ZipRecruiter for FREE by visiting . -Human Charger - Go to and use the code BEN20 for 20% off. -Human Charger - Go to purchase Kion Lean - the best supplement for longevity and fat loss! -Oak - Meditation & Breathing -  Go to now to download the app, completely FREE. Do you have questions, comments or feedback for me or Mark about today’s episode? Leave your thoughts at and be sure to check out Mark’s new book "".

Esther Gokhale (Go-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies’ way back to pain-free living. Gokhale practiced acupuncture and taught posture, dance, and yoga in her Palo Alto wellness center for over twenty years. The Gokhale Method continues to grow as qualified Gokhale Method teachers now teach the method worldwide. Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture Solution (available on DVD). Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, Varian Medical Systems, and Facebook Inc. She has also presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford), Ancestral Health Symposium, Weston Price Foundation Conference, and PrimalCon.  She continues to speak with physician groups including Stanford, PAMF, UCSF and has consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams. In May 2013, The New York Times featured Esther in an article giving her the title, “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley”. Esther Gokhale lives on Stanford University campus where she raised three children with her husband Brian White, chairman of the Math Department. Awards: 1978 Dean’s honor list at Harvard University 2008 Foreword Silver Award for best health book 2009 Nautilus Gold Award for best Pilates/Tai Qi/Yoga/bodywork book 2009 Ippy Bronze Award for best health book

LT 089 | Brad Kearns - Primal Endurance Subscribe & Review : iTunes | Stitcher My guest this week is Brad Kearns noted speaker, author and coach in the health & fitness world for over two decades. During his nine-year career as a triathlete, he was one of the world's top ranked professionals, amassing 30 wins worldwide on the pro circuit. Career highlights include a remarkable streak of seven victories in a row, a world duathlon series championship, and two national triathlon championships and a #3 world ranking in 1991. Brad is the last American professional male in to place in the top-5 in the ITU World Championships (1992) and still holds the Hawaii Ironman 24&under age division American record at 8:57 (1989). Brad currently works with health&fitness expert Mark Sisson on a comprehensive lifestyle movement called the Primal Blueprint. He is the President of Primal Blueprint Publishing, helped develop the Primal Health Coach certification program, has delivered nearly 30 Primal lifestyle seminars across the USA, and organized and presented at nine "PrimalCon" health and fitness retreats around the world from 2010-2014. He and Mark authored the 2016 release, Primal Endurance, a comprehensive guidebook on how to escape the carbohydrate-dependent, overly stressful conventional approach to training in favor of a healthier, stress-balanced, fat-adapted primal approach.  Interview Topics: Intro and Background - From Accountant to Triathlon Slow down to go faster - emphasize building an aerobic base and avoid chronic exercise patterns How dietary modification can actually improve your endurance performance, making you more efficient at burning fat Why the "struggle and suffer" approach to endurance training prevails despite everyone knowing better, and how to fix it Cultivating a pure motivation for peak performance Considerations for athletes as they age and transition out of professional sports to a "normal" lifestyle - this may be a good opportunity to discuss your blood work that you shared on your website. Work with Running School and youth athletics SpeedGolf Show Notes: Brad Kearns Primal Endurance Mastery Course Primal Endurance The Book

Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review Living the Primal Blueprint Lifestyle On this week's episode of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast, the incredible and inspirational Mark Sisson joined us to share his personal stories around health and wellness plus advice on living healthy through Primal Blueprint. Mark is the originator of the Primal Blueprint, best-selling author of several books including The New Primal Blueprint and Primal Endurance, founder and blogger of Mark's Daily Apple, and creator of Primal Kitchen and the latest Primal Kitchen Restaurant chain. I had such a great conversation with him and he answered quite a few of the questions that some of our members of the closed Open Sky Fitness Facebook group had for him. We talked about nutrition, fitness, endurance training, and the growth of Mark's various businesses and projects.   What's the Difference Between Primal and Paleo Diets?   "You don't have to be Celiac to have grains negatively impact your health. People's lives can dramatically change when they cut out the sugars, the grains, and the industrial seed oils. Their inflammation goes down, they lose weight, and they can get off their medications." - Mark Sisson on the power of cutting out unhealthy foods from our diets.    Primal and Paleo diets seem to be converging, but there are still some differences between the two. According to Mark, Paleo seems to be more restrictive compared to Primal. The Primal diet is friendlier as it allows: Some dairy products Ghee Grass-fed cow products Raw milk Certain cheeses Wine and other alcohol Some saturated fats are okay     First Steps to Eating Healthy   "The first step to eating healthier is to recognize that sugar is just really toxic. The less sugar we can consume in a lifetime, the better off we'll be in the long end." - Mark Sisson     To begin to eat healthier, the best thing you can cut from your diet are artificial sugars that are hidden in various foods and drinks such as: Sweetened tea Smoothies from fast foods places like Jamba Juice Refined carbohydrates in processed foods Industrial seed oils: Corn oil Soybean oil Canola oil   Endurance vs Sprint: What's the Best Way to Get in Shape? It might seem rational that the longer you work out for, the more weight you'll burn, correct? Not likely. According to Mark, long-distance training is not the best way to manage your weight and it can actually harm your joints because you're doing a repetitive movement for such a long time. Because workouts like HIIT and sprinting are such explosive actions that easily help you get your heart rate up, your body experiences enough acute stress that you end up building muscle and losing weight.  This doesn't make that you have to give up endurance training as your go-to workout, it just mains that make you should mix up your workout to include more HIIT or sprints to help avoid injury or chronic stress.   About Mark Sisson Health and fitness expert Mark Sisson is the bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint and several other Primal Blueprint-branded books, and one of the leading voices of the burgeoning Evolutionary Health Movement. His blog, MarksDailyApple.com, has paved the way for Primal enthusiasts to challenge conventional wisdom's diet and exercise principles and take personal responsibility for their health and well-being. From its humble - and controversial - beginnings in 2006, Mark's Daily Apple has grown into one of the highest-ranked health information resources on the Internet, with some 3 million unique visitors each month. Mark, 62, has a BA in biology from Williams College and is a former world-class endurance athlete, with a 2:18 marathon and a fourth-place finish in the Hawaii Ironman World Triathlon Championships to his credit. Today, Mark directs his competitive energies into high-stakes Ultimate Frisbee tournaments against competitors decades younger. Besides blogging daily, Mark conducts seminars on the Primal Blueprint way of life and hosted 9 multi-day total immersion retreats called PrimalCon at locations across America and in Mexico from 2010-2014. He operates Primal Blueprint Publishing in Malibu, CA, publishing his own titles as well as work from other authors promoting ancestral health principles. Mark is married to Carrie and they have two children.   Get Your Own Open Sky Fitness Apparel! For a limited time, Devon and I will be taking orders for Open Sky Fitness apparel in our online OSF Store. We have sweatshirts, tanks, and T-shirts for men and women. Get yours today!   Start Building Your Own Workouts and Meal Plan! Download Results Tracker here! Click To Download Home Workout Templates or text the word, "lifting," to 33444 to download the templates.  Download the OSF Food Journal Now!   Have a Question or Review for Rob or Devon? We love answering questions and getting feedback from you, our listener! If you have any questions to ask us, want to share a review of the show, or tell us any suggestions for guests/topics that you think would be great to have on the show, just email Rob at rob@openskyfitness.com or Devon at devon@openskyfitness.com or you can also leave us a review at www.openskyfitness.com/review, ask a question in the closed Open Sky Fitness Facebook Group and even text OSFreview to 33444 to get the link.   What You'll Hear on This Episode 00:00 Open Sky Fitness Introduction 1:15  Opening comments with Rob and Devon 4:10  Get your own Open Sky Fitness apparel for this week only! 6:20 What's the best way to restore electrolytes naturally (no Gatorade) after an intense workout? 13:40  Introduction to Mark Sisson. 14:10  The secret to walking across a slackline. 17:15  The beginning of Mark's Daily Apple blog website. 20:00 How Mark's Daily Apple has grown and what it offers to its readers. 23:00  Mark's first book, The Primal Blueprint and how Mark began his business. 26:00  How does Paleo nutrition connect with being Primal? 28:00 What's acceptable in the Paleo Diet and what's not? 30:40 Is there a proper way to prepare legumes compared to what other people would do? 33:00  What do you do to find the best information on nutrition? 36:50  The value of looking at different types of nutrition from Paleo to Vegan to Vegetarian in order to help your individual health. 37:40  Mark's beginning as an endurance athlete who was following a high-carb diet and how that affected his health and wellness. 40:00  The power of good nutrition and cutting out the bad foods. 42:00  Rob's own transition to starting to eat healthy foods. 42:55  What are some baby steps to get started on eating healthier foods.  45:20 Mark's advice for those who over-train or do long-distance cardio as a means to manage their weight. 48:00  How to burn body fat at the gym 53:00  How can you tell when your body actually needs carbs vs. your body is craving for carbs. 57:30  The best workout to help you lose weight. 1:01:15  What should a week of workouts look like for a person? 1:05:10 Facebook question: Are their vital nutrients, minerals, and vitamins that the Primal Diet doesn't provide if you properly follow it? 1:08:50  Facebook question: When will Primal Kitchen products be coming to outlets in the UK? 1:11:00  Upcoming Primal Kitchen restaurant openings 1:12:35 Closing comments with Rob and Devon 1:16:00 Open Sky Fitness Closing   RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW: Leave us an iTunes review Join the The Open Sky Fitness Podcast Group on Facebook Contact Rob for One-On-One Coaching Sessions Listen to OSF Ep. 130 - The Life of an Ultrarunner with Zach Bitter Check out OSF Ep. 97 - The Origin of the Paleo Diet with DR. Loren Cordain Learn more about our upcoming guest, Dr. David Perlmutter Connect with Mark Sisson via: Twitter Facebook Instagram Visit the official blog for Mark's Daily Apple Read Mark's Daily Apple Blog Check out the Primal Blueprint official website Listen to the Primal Blueprint Podcast Connect with Primal Blueprint via: Facebook Pinterest YouTube Instagram Visit the official Primal Kitchen website Buy your own Primal Kitchen Mayo Connect with Primal Kitchen via: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Check out the following Primal Blueprint books including: The New Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson Primal Endurance by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation by Mark Sisson The Primal Blueprint Cookbook by Jennifer Meier and Mark Sisson Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals by Jennifer Meier and Mark Sisson The Primal Kitchen Cookbook by Mark Sisson The Primal Connection by Mark Sisson Discover what's in Mark's Daily Diet Visit an upcoming Primal Kitchen Restaurant near you! Learn more about Robb Wolf including his latest book, Wired to Eat Find out more about Chris Kresser Discover who Robert Lustig is Get your own copy of The Thrive Diet by Brendan Brazier Learn more about Vega products Find out more about NUUN Tablets   To Download Rob’s FREE workout templates click below** Download Templates Ask Rob a Question or tell him what is working for you: Email Rob@OpenSkyFitness.com To leave a Review for Rob and the Open Sky Fitness Podcast CLICK NOW!  Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Contact our amazing sound engineer Ryan? Send him an e-mail here: info@stellarsoundsstudio.com Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. 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Rediscover Your Intuition Through Primal Living:  Is our modern environment taking a too large of a toll on our physical, emotional, and mental health? Has the digital age led us to lose our primal intuition? JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST Are we relying on technology too much to the point that we need data to tell us whether or not we've slept well, exercised enough, or become relaxed? From a young age, health and fitness expert, author, and founder of  both Primal Blueprint and Primal Kitchen, Mark Sisson of Mark's Daily Apple, has spent his life actively seeking information to help people live a long, healthy life. Today on Wellness Force Radio, he's sharing what it means to follow a primal life, an insight look into his upcoming book, Go Keto, and how to follow the Ten Guidelines of the Primal Blueprint Ethos. Just because there's an app for anything and everything, it doesn't mean that we have to solely rely on technology to help us improve our mind, body, and emotional wellness. After all, our primal ancestors never had to rely on an app to help them survive so why should we? As humans, it's in our nature to know, intuitively, exactly what we need. Whether it be nutrition, fitness, or sleep, our intuition knows what's best for us. Paleo f(x) In our modern and tech-focused society, this episode could not come at a better time. If you're like me, you've been using technology more and more every day for your wellness, health and fitness, and also online through social media to connect with people. But in this world of online likes, shares, and facebook friends as well as conscious health tracking through wearables, a bigger question arises: have we lost touch with our most primal selves, the part of us that intuitively knows exactly how to form real, face to face personal connections, and in our ways of eating, moving, and sleeping for a life of wellness? Today on the podcast, we're answering these questions and learning about how to create and sustain a primal lifestyle in this modern world from health and fitness expert, Mark Sisson. Get ready for an in-depth and thought-provoking conversation with one of the most popular and profound influencers in our wellness world where we dive into topics like carbohydrate intake, fat adaptation, gene signaling and epigenetics, as well as Mark's personal ethos and story about how he overcame his own health issues to found Mark's Daily Apple, Primal Blueprint, and Primal Kitchen. If you'll be at Paleo f(x) this week, let me know, I'd love to meet you in person this weekend in Austin! If you can't make it to the conference, no worries! Our friends at Paleo f(x)™ are offering a free Livestream where you can learn from world-class speakers like Mark Sisson, Robb Wolf, Dave Asprey and many more to empower yourself to be vibrantly healthy. Just tap your show artwork and sign up for the free Livestream now. Primal Kitchen $200 Giveaway! Enter to win a $200 Giveaway from Primal Kitchen by following both @wellnessforce and @primalkitchenfoods on Instagram and comment or tag a friend. Winners will be chosen at random and tagged on Instagram on June 30th!   Get 10% Off on Your Next Primal Kitchen Order Get 10% off on any Primal Kitchen products by using the code WELLNESSFORCE on your next order. Listen to Episode 112 as Mark Uncovers: Mark's journey and mission to live a healthy life from an early age. Why Mark began to eat a high-complex carbohydrate diet based on the books he was reading around the late 1960s, early 1970s and how that negatively affected his body. How our own, personal intuition can help us create a sense of where our health needs to be at. What skills we can use to help us curb our triggers to not over-eat when there is an abundance of food, but we're not even that hungry. How we know whether or not we're following the primal living path. The benefit of primal living and listening to our intuition compared to the guilt we can feel from app data results. Mark's Ten Guidelines of the Primal Blueprint Ethos: Eat lots of animals, insects and plants Move around a lot at a slow pace Lift heavy objects Sprint once in a while Get plenty of sleep Play often Get plenty of sunlight Avoid trauma and silly mistakes Avoid poisonous things like added sugar Use your brain How scientists are using research about our ancestral genes to look at how different genes are affected by variables. Why our modern environment is taking a toll on our bodies without us even realizing it. What are epigentic studies and which variables can turn on the bad genetics in our bodies? Why 'good' and 'bad' genes are a myth. How inflammation can actually be a good thing for our bodies sometimes. Great workouts to do on the go when you have long working hours or are traveling. What Mark does to help him sleep better when he travels to different time zones. How Mark uses intermittent fasting to his advantage when traveling. What it's like to start following the Primal Blueprint and begin burning fat rather than sugar. Why it only takes 21 days to create a change in how you eat and burn food. What's the typical carbohydrate intake for the Ketogenic diet, weight loss, or effortless weight maintenance? How to prepare your body to follow the Ketogenic Diet and why Mark uses any resource from Dominic D'Agostino as a reference. For a beginner, how often should they be fasting per month? How Mark's upcoming book, Go Keto, will teach us how to becoming intuitive with ourselves and prepare for the Ketogenic Diet. The main differences between the Paleo and Primal ways of eating and living. What Mark has learned from his wife, Carrie, about emotional intelligence and wellness. How Primal Kitchen got its start as a new business for Mark. What's included in the famous Primal Kitchen Mayo recipe. Why coconut butter is a great go-to snack when you're feeling stressed. What Mark plans to talk about at the upcoming 2017 Paleo f(x) event. Top 3 Takeaways From The Show Wellness is not necessarily all about physical health. As Mark explains, wellness is about having a positive mindset and living in the moment. When we stop focusing on the past, we can fully feel contentment and joy. The benefits and facts around Primal, Paleo, Keto, and intermittent fasting. There is no such thing as 'bad' or 'good' genetics. Our genetics are turned on or off by different variables in order to help our bodies survive. Power Quotes From Mark Sisson [tweetthis] "Primal living allows you to develop the skills you need to get in touch with your body and  emotions." - @Mark_Sisson [/tweetthis] "I may have looked fit on the outside, but I was falling apart in the inside. There was this inflammation that was gathering and building inside my body. I had osteoarthritis in my feet, tendinitis in my hips, and even irritable bowl syndrome (IBS) which pretty much dictated my life. I began this diet to be healthy, but all of a sudden, I was at the unhealthiest point of my life. I had no idea about what was going with my body." - Mark Sisson on his personal experience with the negative impact of following high complex carbohydrate diet.  "It fascinates me that there are now 35 different wearable devices that tell you how poorly you slept last night, but there's nothing out there to really address the problem. I try to create an intuitive sense about my body's needs and I try to coach people to do the same." - Mark Sisson on the power of intuitive sense to help us understand our minds and bodies to make beneficial changes for our health.  "Primal living means that you've dialed into several different aspects of your life so that you don't have to stop and ask a device, "What do I do now?" You get to the point when you know what to do and what choices to make. Your intuitive decision making process is going to serve you in that moment and in the best way possible." - Mark Sisson on what primal living means and how our intuitive sense can help us make the best decisions about our health.  "Primal living allows you to develop the skills you need to be in touch with your body, emotions, and everything that draws us in to enjoy life." - Mark Sisson on the benefits of primal living. "I don't want to ascribe genes as being 'good' or 'bad.' Genes are just doing what they're told to do. When you develop Type 2 Diabetes, that's not because of 'bad genetics. That happens because your human genes are addressing a problem that you've created with your eating and moving habits. Your body is just trying to prevent you from dying too soon from too much sugar." - Mark Sisson on why we shouldn't categorize genes as being 'good' or 'bad.' "The Paleo and Primal diets are converging. Initially, the Paleo Diet was only a diet that looked at no dairy, alcohol, very low unsaturated fats, and was fairly restrictive. When I came up with the Primal Blueprint, I wanted to create a place where people could go and not feel excluded, but invited. So we included as many foods that made sense so we don't exclude dairy like cream, butter, artisanal cheese, and even whole milk for some people. Paleo has always been about the diet, but Primal includes the entire lifestyle." - Mark Sisson on the difference between the Primal Blueprint and Paleo Diets and lifestyles.  "Thoughts are just thoughts and they're not reality. What we worry or agonize about only exists in our minds as imagination. My wife, Carrie, keeps reminding me that when I let those thoughts dictate how I feel in the present moment, they actually take me out of the present moment." - Mark Sisson on what he's learned from his wife, Carrie, about emotional wellness and intelligence.  "Wellness is more of a state of mind than a physical presence. Wellness is this feeling of serenity and peace, but also the ability to not be caught up in feelings of worry, anger, or angst. Wellness is not about re-thinking about previous decisions or past mistakes. It's about being in the present moment and therefore being able to extract the greatest amount of contentment, joy, and fulfillment from now." - Mark Sisson on what wellness means to him.  About Mark Sisson Health and fitness expert Mark Sisson is the bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint and several other Primal Blueprint-branded books, and one of the leading voices of the burgeoning Evolutionary Health Movement. His blog, MarksDailyApple.com, has paved the way for Primal enthusiasts to challenge conventional wisdom's diet and exercise principles and take personal responsibility for their health and well-being. From its humble - and controversial - beginnings in 2006, Mark's Daily Apple has grown into one of the highest-ranked health information resources on the Internet, with some 3 million unique visitors each month. Mark, 62, has a BA in biology from Williams College and is a former world-class endurance athlete, with a 2:18 marathon and a fourth-place finish in the Hawaii Ironman World Triathlon Championships to his credit. Today, Mark directs his competitive energies into high-stakes Ultimate Frisbee tournaments against competitors decades younger. Besides blogging daily, Mark conducts seminars on the Primal Blueprint way of life and hosted 9 multi-day total immersion retreats called PrimalCon at locations across America and in Mexico from 2010-2014. He operates Primal Blueprint Publishing in Malibu, CA, publishing his own titles as well as work from other authors promoting ancestral health principles. Mark is married to Carrie and they have two children. Resources Mentioned by Mark & Josh Connect with Mark Sisson via: Twitter Facebook Instagram Visit the official blog for Mark's Daily Apple Read Mark's Daily Apple Blog Check out the Primal Blueprint official website Listen to the Primal Blueprint Podcast Connect with Primal Blueprint via: Facebook Pinterest YouTube Instagram Visit the official Primal Kitchen website Buy your own Primal Kitchen Mayo Connect with Primal Kitchen via: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Check out the following Primal Blueprint books including: The New Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation by Mark Sisson The Primal Blueprint Cookbook by Jennifer Meier and Mark Sisson Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals by Jennifer Meier and Mark Sisson The Primal Kitchen Cookbook by Mark Sisson The Primal Connection by Mark Sisson Discover what's in Mark's Daily Diet Find a Primal Health Coach near you! Attend Paleo f(x) 2017 Learn more about the Ketogenic Diet from Dominic D'Agostino of KetoNutrition Try Re-Timer to help reset your circadian rhythm Discover Adelle Davis and her books on nutrition Read Aerobics by Kenneth H. Cooper Listen to both WFR episodes 012 and 088 wtih Dan Pardi: Living a Healthy Lifestyle in a Modern World How to Find the Health You're Looking For [spacer height="20px" id="2"] [tweetthis]"Thoughts are just thoughts. 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Join Us for a 10k Holiday Fun Run! Devon and I will be participating in a 10k run in Santa Monica, California on Sunday, December 4th. Get in touch with us about meeting up and click here for more details. A Short Break from Nutrition Month Hey everyone! Devon was not feeling too well to record the podcast this week with me so we will be taking a break from November Nutrition Month, but we hope to continue on with it next week! Talk about health and fitness with us! Join us in discussing, health, fitness, nutrition and motivation tactics on the Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Group. It's a great group to talk with other people about health, share tips, and encourage each other to keep living a healthy lifestyle.   Good Posture 101 This week, the Posture Guru of Silicone Valley aka Esther Gokhale of the Gokhale Method, joined myself to talk about the importance of good posture.  Have you ever wondered how you can improve your back's posture at your desk or whether a standing desk would be better for you? Esther answered a ton of our questions and gave us some good, basic stretches to begin our way to healthier and stronger bodies.  Primal Posture vs. Posture Today Unlike today, our primal ancestors were living a certain lifestyle by hunting and gathering each day. Overtime, they developed specific movements and postures fit for that lifestyle. Now, times have changed and today we're doing different things with our bodies by sitting at a computer desk rather than squatting and bending over to do different activities like picking up sticks for firewood. We've lost a lot of kinesthetic wisdom in first world cultures. Yet there are many cultures out there, especially in Africa, that continue to teach younger generations how to hold their posture as far as how to hold babies, work in the fields to grow and gather crops, lying down to sleep, bending over to cook etc. All of this without fatiguing themselves and running out of breath when we're having difficulties simply bringing groceries from the car into the kitchen.  Keep in mind, learning how to have good posture is not that simple. As Esther put it, just like a language, good posture takes time and practice to learn. In order to see great improvement in your posture, hans-on assistance and coaching is usually necessary.     What's Better? A Sitting Chair or  a Standing Desk? Both are good because we need change throughout the day, but we also need plenty of rest. If you find yourself standing all day (like older generations did when they worked and stood in factories), you will have many back and muscle pains from your poor posture.  Compared to standing, sitting also helps a person have deeper thoughts and better motor skills.   Improve Shoulder Posture Esther's tips for good shoulder posture: One at a time, bring one shoulder forward a little bit.  Bring your shoulder up a little bit. Move your shoulder back and relax. Repeat with the other shoulder. You will experience better circulation, breathing, and feel more comfortable overall after doing this simple exercise.  How to do Stretchsitting Sit with your bum back in the seat. Hinge away from the back rest. Lengthen your back with a crunch by folding your rib cage forward. Maintain your forward fold while slowly using your hands to push your top half and lengthen more (push on arm rest if they're there). Hinge back towards the back rest (use a towel or the Gokhale Method chair) to help stick/hook yourself to the back of the chair. Relax and your weight will be attached to the towel and you will have traction against the chair. Feel free to do a shoulder roll afterwards. You're done! Stretch sitting can be done anywhere and at anytime. Mix things up by standing up, walking around, or do some other light stretching from time to time (every 20-30 minutes).       About Esther Gokhale Esther Gokhale (Go-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies’ way back to pain-free living. Gokhale practiced acupuncture and taught posture, dance, and yoga in her Palo Alto wellness center for over twenty years. The Gokhale Method continues to grow as qualified Gokhale Method teachers now teach the method worldwide. Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture Solution (available on DVD). Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, Varian Medical Systems, and Facebook Inc. She has also presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford), Ancestral Health Symposium, Weston Price Foundation Conference, and PrimalCon.  She continues to speak with physician groups including Stanford, PAMF, UCSF and has consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams. In May 2013, The New York Times featured Esther in an article giving her the title, “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley”. Esther Gokhale lives on Stanford University campus where she raised three children with her husband Brian White, chairman of the Math Department.     Start Building Your Own Workouts and Meal Plan! Download Results Tracker here! Click To Download Home Workout Templates or text the word, "lifting," to 33444 to download the templates.  Download the OSF Food Journal Now! Check Out The Brand New Open Sky Fitness Podcast Facebook Page That's right! We've started an Open Sky Fitness Podcast group, where you and everyone will have the opportunity to talk about your health and fitness goals in a safe environment. We'll be posting workouts and starting discussions about how to be strategic around finding a healthier you. Check it out! Have a Question or Review for Rob or Devon? We love answering questions and getting feedback from you, our listener! If you have any questions to ask us, want to share a review of the show, or tell us any suggestions for guests/topics that you think would be great to have on the show, just email Rob at rob@openskyfitness.com or Devon at devon@openskyfitness.com or you can also leave us a review at www.openskyfitness.com/review and even text OSFreview to 33444 to get the link. What You'll Hear on This Episode 00:00 Open Sky Fitness Introduction 1:15  Opening comments with Rob 3:00 The OSF Podcast Group 6:00  Quick breakfast cups with muffin trays and tomatoes 8:30  Gut health and gas: Keep track of your nutrition with a food journal 13:45  Introduction to Esther Gokhale 15:00  How did you become the Silicone Valley Posture Guru? 16:40  What was your experience with back pain and how did you overcome it? 20:00  How do other cultures move and how did you translate that to your own posture movements? 25:23  Esther's tips for good shoulder posture 27:10  Is primal posture a trend or an awakening of our ancestor's posture? 32:30  Is it better to carry a baby on your back or on your front? 39:30  How did you carry your baby with you while cross country skiing? 43:40  How long does it take to learn how to have good posture? 48:10  Can some people learn good posture in a day? 51:40  How to do stretch sitting 57:00  What would you recommend: a sitting chair or a standing desk? 1:06:00 Closing comments with Rob 1:08:00 Open Sky Fitness Closing RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW: The Gokhale Method 8 Steps to a Pain Free Back by Esther Gokhale The New York Times article: The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley Sign up for a class with the Gokhale Method The 6 course Foundations Course with the Gokhale Method Free classes with the Gokhale Method The Gokhale Method Blog Sit to Stand Desks available at STAPLES To Download Rob’s FREE workout templates click below** Download Templates Ask Rob a Question or tell him what is working for you: Email Rob@OpenSkyFitness.com To leave a Review for Rob and the Open Sky Fitness Podcast CLICK NOW!  Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! 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As an athlete, author, and blogger, Mark Sisson has an impressive track record in several fields. He is the best-selling author of The Primal Blueprint and The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation, and his site, Mark’s Daily Apple, which offers tips and advice for “primal living in the modern world,” boasts 1.6 million unique visitors each month. On the athletic side, he is a former world-class endurance athlete with an impressive 2:18 marathon time. Equally impressive is his fourth-place finish in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon. Even now, after his realizations about how excessive endurance training can lead to health problems, he likes to stay active through high-stakes ultimate frisbee tournaments. When he isn’t staying physically active, he runs Primal Blueprint Transformation seminars and Primalcon retreats. He is also the founder of Primal Nutrition, a company devoted to providing health education and designing state-of-the-art supplements. Find out more about Mark here:@Mark_Sisson on TwitterMark’s Daily AppleMark’s Daily Apple on Facebook In this episode: [02:01] - Mark talks about the physical effects of endurance training. Some amount is positive, he tells us, but beyond a certain point, too much endurance training can have a negative physical effect. [05:16] - After experiencing health issues and seeing them appear in his friends, Mark started to look at how endurance training impacts the body. [06:53] - What is the solution to the question of finding a balance of training enough but not too much? [11:37] - Mark explains his views on caloric restriction. He doesn’t believe that calories need to be restricted as much as glucose. [18:06] - Our host, Stephan, asks Mark if he’s off sugar completely. Fortunately for listeners with a sweet tooth, Mark still consumes sugar, and explains how he views moderate sugar consumption. [19:24] - Sugar has a profound impact on the immune system. We learn just how much of an impact it can make--not only on colds and the flu but even possibly on cancer. [20:37] - We learn about Mark’s thoughts on the books Grain Brain by David Perlmutter and Wheat Belly by Dr. William Davis, as well as his perspective on eating grains. [23:42] - Mark offers a spectrum of grains, revealing which are worse than others. [24:38] - Mark talks about vegetarian-eating strategies in the context of minimizing grain consumption. [26:15] - We learn more about Mark’s eating schedule. He tends to eat all his calories within a compressed period of around 6 hours per day but prefers to reserve the term “intermittent fasting” for periods of at least 24 hours without eating. [28:02] - Mark gives a scenario about cell divisions in relation to longevity and diet. [30:50] - Instead of planning fasts, Mark may decide to fast for a day if he realizes he has already skipped breakfast and lunch, and isn’t hungry for dinner. [36:08] - Mark dislikes the BMI concept, and he explains why: it turns out his own BMI says that he’s borderline overweight because of his muscle density. [38:36] - Since BMI is not a good metric, what would be better? Mark says that body fat percentage is the best metric. [41:38] - What should listeners pay most attention to in their blood work results? [43:03] - Stephan asks Mark what he thinks of being super oxygenated. Mark answers that he isn’t a biohacker and is more interested in intuitive methods for the average citizen. [44:35] - Mark tells us what the best strategy for building muscle mass is. [48:38] - Stephan asks Mark about the difference between primal and paleo diets. We learn what the differences are but also how the two diets are getting closer together. [50:24] - Is there a way to undo damage to the body? [51:46] - How should people start following Mark’s advice? His books are one option, but all the information he has to offer is also on his site for free. Links and resources: @Mark_Sisson on TwitterMark’s Daily AppleMark’s Daily Apple on FacebookThe Primal BlueprintThe Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body TransformationPrimal Health CoachPrimalconIronman World ChampionshipIntermittent fastingCaloric restrictionBMI Bulletproof conferenceHyperoxygenation Grain BrainDavid PerlmutterWheat BellyDr. William Davis  

Host Elle Russ chats with Sher Smith, a Paleo Thyroid Solution Success Story from Elle's upcoming release! By the age of 26, Sher Smith had resolved a decade long eating disorder but was struggling mightily with a laundry list of physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. With the help of Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint (goodbye gluten, hello fat!), life got a little bit better. But after being told that her thyroid wasn't “the problem” and that she had to “just workout more” to lose weight, she started to believe her body was just broken and this was the unhealthy hand she had been dealt. Sher met Elle at one of Mark's amazing PrimalCon's in 2014 and since then, her life has completely changed. Over the last two years working with Elle and a doctor in Chicago, Sher has optimized her thyroid health. As a result, she has lost almost 60 pounds, resolved all her thyroid and adrenal symptoms, maintained a primal workout routine, and had a vibrant and healthy primal pregnancy and natural childbirth. As an unintended result of fixing her thyroid and regaining her health, Sher became an entrepreneur and now runs her own coaching business helping women permanently resolve their emotional eating without the decade long struggle that she endured.

Host Brad Kearns joins firefighter and PrimalCon legend, Chris Adams, to talk about the stresses of shift work and sleep disruption, as well as how he helped Arizona firefighter academy students dramatically improve their performance by emphasizing aerobic exercise instead of stressful, higher intensity cardio training. Chris and his partner Tina Leaman (Primal Blueprint audio engineer, who produces all podcasts and audiobooks) have the distinction of attending all nine PrimalCon events around the world from 2010-2014. They served as group and staff leaders to ensure guests had a fabulous time. Working in high stress environments that involve sleep disruptions can be a real health challenge, and also interfere with fitness progress. Chris, a devoted CrossFit athlete with superhuman strength and athleticism, learned the hard way about burnout when he combined a heavy CrossFit schedule with his night shift firefighting work and guaranteed sleep interruptions. Chris talks about expertly managing the Adrenalin rush that comes when the bell rings for emergencies, how to manage the common "compassion fatigue" that afflicts public servants, and how to respect the big picture instead of "compartmentalize stress," i.e., making workout decisions based on workout schedule, but not respecting the influence of your work schedule. Enjoy this informative conversation, especially if you deal with sleep disruption or are trying to balance enthusiastic workout goals with a challenging career. Learn how Chris helped fire academy students slow down and then deliver major peak performance breakthroughs on testing day.

My favorite event of the year is fast approaching...well, it's still a good seven months away, but today's the day when I get to announce that tickets for the ultimate PrimalCon 2015 are officially on sale! This September we're hosting the mother of all PrimalCons--the one and only PrimalCon of the year--and as such we've put together the ultimate lineup of presenters and are taking over the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort and Oxnard Beach Park from Wednesday Sept 23rd through Sunday September 27th, 2015. It's just you, me and 200 other Primal enthusiasts going full-on Primal for four unforgettable days. Yes we've expanded from our usual 3-day template to have both more presentation options and more relaxation! (This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Brock Armstrong)    

Brad continues his fascinating interview with Ashley Merryman, where he explores her new ideas on parenting and competition. Ashley picks up the commentary on the topic of competition as presented in her New York Times bestselling book, Top Dog. She and her co-author, Po Bronson, offer an assortment of interesting insights that challenge our conventional notions of parenting and competitive success. She will be presenting at the next Primalcon in Oxnard next September.

Host Brad Kearns talks with New York Times bestselling author Ashley Merryman (author of Nurture Shock and Top Dog). Ashley offers an assortment of interesting insights that challenge our conventional notions of parenting and competitive success. She will be presenting at the next Primalcon in Oxnard next September. Ashley relates the disparate challenges of focusing on writing and research versus the ambitious efforts to lecture to live audiences. Unlike many keynote speakers, Ashley makes the effort to create a customized presentation based on the nature and interests of her audience.   

PrimalCon presenter and psychologist Dr. Alessandra Wall stops by the blog to offer advice on how to make your goals a reality.(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Dr. Alessandra Wall, and is narrated by Brock Armstrong)

Mark expands the Primal Blueprint Podcast by recording select Mark's Daily Apple posts for your listening pleasure! Tune into today's episode for a captivating recap of our annual PrimalCon retreat, held this past weekend in sunny Oxnard, California!(These Mark's Daily Apple articles were written by Mark Sisson, and are narrated by Brock Armstrong)

Host Brad Kearns talks with Mike DiLandro of New Jersey, a Primal Blueprint success story and presenter of the Primal Transformation Seminar and at PrimalCon. Mike was also the very first graduate of the Primal Blueprint Expert Certification program. Mike discusses how he came to try out the Primal Blueprint after becoming frustrated that his chronic cardio approach (10 gym workouts each week!) didn't improve his body composition. After switching to a primal eating pattern and backing off the chronic cardio in favor of more intense workouts and more rest and recovery between intense workouts, Mike lost 25 pounds of excess body fat, ditched his statin medication and resolved his ongoing knee pain.Mike's enthusiasm inspired him to get his parents into primal living, off of their statin meds, and with a combined weight loss of 80 pounds. He also took his enthusiasm to his workplace, where he has inspired numerous co-workers to pursue Primal eating and writes a outstanding monthly newsletter to inform and inspire his following. Mike discusses how he built his knowledge base and confidence to eventually present the Primal Transformation Seminar at locations all over the east coast, and also conduct popular presentations at PrimalCon. Mike is a true evangelist and consensus builder for Primal living and has had an amazing impact on his friends, family and co-workers. This lively conversation will get you focused and inspired to spread the word like Mike!

Mark Sisson talks to Wendy about living a healthy primal lifestyle and everything you should be incorporating into your life regarding work, sleep, exercise and play. By the way, Mark is the Paleo God! He's also my neighbor here in Malibu.  Transcript Click here to view the full transcript for #65 Living the Primal Lifestyle with Mark Sisson.   We are going to go on a Paleo safari today, talking about all things Paleo. We’re going to be discussing his ideas about the Paleo diet and living an ancestral lifestyle to promote the optimal health that is fundamental in living to 110. About Mark Sisson Mark Sisson is an American fitness author and blogger. You can find his websites at marksdailyapple.com and primalblueprint.com. He has written five books about the Paleo diet and living a Paleo lifestyle including the seminal The Primal Blueprint and his most recent book The Primal Connection. He provides so many ways for you to learn about Paleo. He has travel events like the PrimalCon conventions in Tulum and Oxnard, CA, and a weekend retreat in Malibu. He has a publishing company, having published many books on the primal way, including Denise Minger’s Death by Food Pyramid. He now hosts the Primal Blueprint podcast and enjoys over 400,000 subscribers to his blog. He is the PALEO GOD! Works Health researcher Mark Sisson’s innovative program, The Primal Blueprint, empowers you to identify and flip those switches that control your weight, health, energy and your destiny. Combining modern genetic (DNA) science with the principles of human evolution, Sisson presents a simple, easy-to-follow program based on ten Primal Blueprint laws that will forever change your life. In this book you will learn Learn the one concept that will guarantee lifelong weight con- trol—no matter how much extra weight you carry, or how “bad” your family’s genes. Learn a few easy steps to permanently eliminate cravings for sugar and sweets. Naturally and completely control your appetite and blood sugar levels. Reprogram your body to get most of its energy by burning stored fat 24 hours a day. Discover proven strategies to get through the “cold and flu season” scot-free. Find out why a high-fat diet can actually be healthy. Forget eating multiple small meals! Eat whatever “Primal” foods you like until you are satisfied at every meal. Achieve incredible fitness with less time and suffering than you thought possible. Find Mark Sisson MarksDailyApple.com PrimalBluePrint.com Primal Blueprint podcast  If you’re enjoying the Live to 110 podcast, please leave Wendy a review in iTunes. Thanks! Are toxic metals causing your fatigue and health issues? Find out by taking Wendy’s Heavy Metals Quiz at

Chris Adams and Tina Leaman, the Primal power couple from Phoenix, AZ, have a lively discussion about their long history as PrimalCon group leaders. Chris and Tina have attended all seven PrimalCons held, and list some of their highlights and humorous memories. Included are the Oxnard ocean plunge/jacuzzi sprint, where the resort jacuzzi (a 2 minute sprint from the chilly ocean) overflows beyond capacity; an impromptu Oxnard beach house party where 100 people danced the night away; the beautiful hike to Angora Lakes above Lake Tahoe; the amazing connections formed where strangers traveling from across the world become close friends and vacation together beyond PrimalCon; and the great work of presenter Angelo Dela Cruz, another 7 for 7 PrimalCon attendee, who starts each day off with his VitaMoves session and does 1:1 bodywork with guests to promote natural healing.Chris and Tina then detail their role as beta-testers for the Primal Blueprint Expert Certification course. They, along with Primal Transformation Seminar presenter Mike DiLandro, became the first three graduates of the course. They provided intensive feedback on the text material, making suggestions for additions and clarifications. They, along with DiLandro, also scrutinized every test question to ensure fairness and relevance to the course. They describe how taking course renewed their enthusiasm for Primal living, and how the material will be appealing to a broad audience of not just trainers but all Primal enthusiasts.

26/03/14: Matt and Keris have a chat about their trip to PrimalCon in Mexico with Mark Sisson and a general discussion about healthy habits

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