Boundless Life

Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting Kauai, Hawaii and hanging out with a few of the coolest couples on the face of the planet. One such couple was big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton and his wife, volleyball Olympian and fitness celebrity Gabby Reece. You can listen to my podcast interview with them here. Another couple was James Sol Radina and Dr. Somer Nicole, who you get to meet in this podca...

Sleep can be super confusing. I get lots of questions about it and have my own too...for example: Are there healthy substitutes for sunlight? What does it exactly mean to be a fast vs. a slow caffeine metabolizer? What's the ideal nap length? How can you limit the damage from a night shift? What's the ideal sleeping position? Should you use an alarm? My guest on today's podcast is Shawn Stevenson...

A few months ago, I released the article " Dark & Dirty Secrets Of The Wine Industry, Four Ways To Make Wine Healthier, and What Kind Of Wine Fit People Should Drink. "  In it, I detailed the serious issues with arsenic, overpricing, lack of sustainability, high levels of sulfites, amines and ochratoxins, boatloads of sugars, high pH levels (that increase the possibility of contamination by unwant...

If you don't know who Robb Wolf is, you have probably been living either in a cave or at McDonald's. Robb is a former research biochemist and author of the New York Times Best Selling book "The Paleo Solution – The Original Human Diet ". Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, book and seminars. He has functioned as a re...

This is a special bonus podcast episode with the guy you get to meet and hang out with if you come to the July 8, 9 and 10 SEALFit 20x event at my house! Two years ago, I reported on my experience at the brutal SEALFit Kokoro camp, a 60+ hour crucible you can read more about at " 26 Mile Night Hikes, Surf Swim Torture, 450 Pound Giant Logs And More: What To Expect at SEALFit Kokoro Camp And 9 Ways...

I get tons of questions about my daily routine. Do I meditate and if so, how? On which days do I do which workouts? How many cups of coffee are "acceptable"? When do I time alcohol intake? Do I have a special journaling routine?  You get the idea. And I've already revealed all this and much more in previous articles... ...including: - My morning routine - My afternoon routine - My evening routine...

http://bengreenfieldfitness.com/351 April 20, 2016 Podcast: 351: Secrets Of The Fittest Old People, Ben's Top Healthy Baby Tips, How To Get Rid Of Injuries Fast & More! Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to SpeakPipe ), use the Contact button on the app , call 1-877-209-9439, or use the “ Ask Ben ” form at the bottom of this page. -----------------------------------...

Aron Snyder is a man of many hats and should be highly interesting to you if you are interested in the outdoors, weightlifting, backpacking, MMA or hunting. As a former military man, search and rescue team member and MMA fighter, and the current knowledge guru at an outdoors gear company called " Kifaru " ( use code "BGF15" for 15% off backpacks, rucks, sleeping bags and sleep systems, tents, stov...

http://bengreenfieldfitness.com/350 April 13, 2016 Podcast: 350: Why You Should "Cheat" On Meals, When You Shouldn't Get A Blood Test, Which Massage Oil Is Healthiest & More! Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to SpeakPipe ), use the Contact button on the app , call 1-877-209-9439, or use the “ Ask Ben ” form at the bottom of this page. -----------------------------...

Ever heard of Soylent? Three years ago, it popped up on a blog post entitled " Why I Stopped Eating Food ", and in it, author Rob Rinehart introduced a special meal replacement powder he had formulated that he claimed, among other things, would allow you to be in peak mental and physical condition for less than $2/day, would not spoil for months, does not require refrigeration, and would allow a f...

After being introduced to it by music mogul Rick Rubin , I've been practicing transcendental meditation (TM) for the past year. Why? More than 380 peer-reviewed research studies on the TM technique have been published in over 160 scientific journals. These studies were conducted at many US and international universities and research centers, including Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical Schoo...

This is a special Premium audio episode. Click here to activate a Premium subscription to the BenGreenfieldFitness show and access this and over 300 additional hidden audios, videos, pdf's and more! I read plenty of books about gut health, immune system, and alternative medicine, but one of the best books I discovered in the past several months is entitled " The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbia...

Meet Ray Maker (pictured above). Via his website " DC Rainmaker ", and his podcast by the same name , Ray single-handedly tests, reviews and reports on nearly every self-quantification device that hits the market, including the latest devices from established players like Garmin and Polar, along with new companies like Strava, Zwift, Stages Cycling, 4iiii, and other brands that attract the attenti...

http://bengreenfieldfitness.com/349 March 30, 2016 Podcast: 349: Why Athletes Get Sick, How To Biohack Survival, How Often Do You Need To Workout & More! Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to SpeakPipe ), use the Contact button on the app , call 1-877-209-9439, or use the “ Ask Ben ” form at the bottom of this page. --------------------------------------------------...

I'll admit it: I'm a complete nerd when it comes to using a dizzying array of bodywork tools, massage and deep tissue manipulation, mobility methods and more. I wake up every morning and "hit" my body with everything from a Rumble Roller to mobility bands to vibrating massage devices and more. It's like some kind of medieval torture experiment. So I was pretty excited when I got a chance to read a...

Several weeks ago, I published an article entitled " A Tiny, 1/2 Ounce Piece Of Game-Changing Sleep Technology (And How To Use PEMF For Sleep) ". In that article, I introduced a brand new device called the SomniResonance® DeltaSleeper (affectionally known as the "SR1") that am now placing on my collarbone each night before I go to sleep and also using if I wake up in the night, and even using for...

Did Lindsey Lohan really get drunk on kombucha? How much caffeine and sugar is in kombucha? Can you eat that slimy scoby thing that floats to the top? How can you make kombucha more "bubbly" if you're making it yourself? Can kombucha be used for things other than just drinking? Is it safe to mix kombucha with cocktails or (as I do) to top it off with a bit of vodka now and then? We're going to tac...

BenGreenfieldFitness.com/breadhead Confession: I eat bread a few times a week. Mostly, it's my wife Jessa's mouth-watering, homemade sourdough bread. But lately, I saw a documentary got me thinking a bit more about bread, how much you can "get away" with eating, how often you can or should eat it, and whether it affects parts of your body other than your gut, even if you don't have something like...

This is a special Premium audio episode. Click here to activate a Premium subscription to the BenGreenfieldFitness show and access this and over 300 additional hidden audios, videos, pdf's and more! Back in college, I interned at Duke University and worked with an NFL football player named  Willie Roaf. I remember being completely flabbergasted at how this enormous man who was over 6'5" and weighe...

Several podcast episodes ago, I tackled a very tricky and often confusing topic with a doctor named Konstantin Monastyrsky.   In that episode, entitled " How Much Fiber To Eat, Where To Get Your Fiber, And Is Fiber *Really* Killing Your Insides? ", Konstantin covered several topics, including: -Why it is that doctors tell us to eat plenty of fiber…and what doctors don’t know… -How much fiber is “t...

March 9, 2016 Podcast: A 382 Day Fast, How To Biohack A Hotel, Chia Seeds vs. Flax Seeds, Carb Cycling For Fat Loss & More! Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to SpeakPipe ), use the Contact button on the app , call 1-877-209-9439, or use the “ Ask Ben ” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can rece...

Meet Laird Hamilton and Gabrielle Reece - sporting legends, nutrition and fitness gurus, parents, and - as you will discover on this podcast - deep thinkers and philosophers of life. Laird is an American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, and an occasional fashion and action-sports model. He is married to Gabrielle Reece (AKA "Gabby"), a professional volleyball player, television pers...

Ben is off-the-grid hiking and exploring the island of Kauai in Hawaii ( click here to stay tuned to Instagram to see some very entertaining photos of his adventures ). So today, we bring you a special audio episode: the full chapter 3 of Ben's New York Times best-selling book "Beyond Training" .   In this chapter, you're going to discover that there is definitely more than one way to build endura...

Three years ago, an inventor named Paul Becker joined me for a podcast entitled " How Something Called Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy Can Make You Sleep Like A Baby (And Do Much More Than That) ". In it, Paul talks about a special "PEMF" device called " The EarthPulse ". I also mention my own use of this little doughnut-shaped magnetic device for enhancing sleep in the sleep-hacking chapters...

February 24, 2016 Podcast: A Potent New Fat Loss Workout, Why Ben Eats Bread, 5 Things You Must Know About Nutrition & More! Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to SpeakPipe ), use the Contact button on the app , call 1-877-209-9439, or use the “ Ask Ben ” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can rec...