High Intensity Business

I used to work 80+ hours per week and waste time on unimportant tasks that made me feel  busy. Fast forward ~3 years later to my last position in B2B IT Sales, I managed to get my most important stuff done in 2-hours per day, close multiple million-pound contracts, smash my sales targets and earn a six-figure income ( ... had I not left to live in Ireland and grow Corporate Warrior ). Time managem...

In addition to founding Pure Physique and serving as the president of the International Association of Resistance Trainers (IART), Mike Lipowski is a professional natural bodybuilder, international fitness speaker and author, co-founder of the Drug-Free Athlete's Coalition (DFAC), and has been voted Westchester's Best Personal Trainer . He works with fitness professionals, competitors, and everyda...

Drew Baye is one of the top high intensity training experts around today. He is the founder and owner of  Baye.com , the most popular high intensity training website online. He's a prolific writer, researcher, and elite level personal trainer. To listen to my previous episode with Drew Baye, go here:  Part 1  and  Part 2 . In  The 4-Hour Body , the author, Tim Ferriss featured Drew to demonstrate...

Dr Andy Galpin ( Instagram and Twitter ) has a degree in exercise science, a masters in Human Movement Sciences and a PhD in Human Bioenergetics (studying the structure and function of human skeletal muscle at the single cell level), This also resulted in the opening of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory  (BMEP) at CSU Fullerton. The BMEP lab studies the acute responses...

Christopher B. Scott PhD is a Professor of Exercise, Health & Sport Sciences at the University of Southern Maine. As a working exercise physiologist, Professor Scott continues a 35-year career in fitness, science, medicine and academia. His current teaching priorities reside within the Exercise Science program at the University of Southern Maine with a research agenda that focuses primarily on the...

This episode is a little bit of an experiment. My guest is Richard Chartrand. Richard is not a trainer and he does not own a big health and fitness business. He is student of HIT and has been a HIT proponent for 35 years. Richard was featured in Holiday Thanks , a popular article written by Dr Doug McGuff in 2009, which explains how Richard may have single handedly revitalised the HIT movement wit...

Noah Kagan is Co-Founder/Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com , where he helps entrepreneurs kick more ass. Before working at Intel, Noah was employee #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint . His blog, OkDork.com , provides in-depth guides and strategies on  how to start a business ,  marketing , and  more . Noah Kagan is, in my opinion, the #1 dude for helping people learn how to start and grow their b...

Dr. Tim Allerton  (email: timallerton [at] gmail [dot] com or tweet ) is a postdoctoral fellow for the National Institute of Health and Pennington Biomedical Research Center conducting research on metabolic resiliency. He was recently named a National Scholar for the American Kinesiology Association and is also an experienced trainer with over 10 years of experience working with clients and corpor...

Jay Vincent is a nationally recognized personal trainer, health coach and professional fitness model. As the owner and primary trainer at BioFit , Jay's mission is to instruct highly effective, time efficient, and safe exercises for people of all ages, goals and physical conditions. Jay has been featured on many popular Podcast interviews, magazines and has modeled for popular athletic companies s...

Brian D. Johnston was the founder and President of the International Association of Resistance Trainers ( I.A.R.T. ) a certification institute for fitness professionals, which he sold in 2009, but remains as Director of Education. He is also the Director of Education for Prescribed Exercise Clinic . Brian has lectured internationally on the topics of sport nutrition, health, and exercise science,...

Dr. Tim Allerton  (email: timallerton [at] gmail [dot] com) is a postdoctoral fellow for the National Institute of Health and Pennington Biomedical Research Center conducting research on metabolic resiliency. Tim earned his bachelor degree in Kinesiology from Louisiana State University thereafter he earned his master's degree in in clinical exercise physiology from Northeastern University in Bosto...

Esther Gokhale is the creator and founder of The Gokhale Method , an ecosystem of posture education, products, and community to help people recover a pain-free life. After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Esther began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb Institute in Paris and years of research in non-indust...

In this episode, I am interviewed by Stuart Ralph . Stuart or "Ralph" as I know him, is a very close friend and the founder of T he OCD Stories podcast , which gets in excess of 40,000 downloads per month. He's an excellent interviewer and knows me better than almost anyone. This was a really fun episode, where I had the opportunity to answer all of your questions and explain how my perspective an...

Wendy McGuff trained at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio to become a registered dental hygienist. She worked in the field of dental hygiene full and part-time. After moving to Seneca, South Carolina, Wendy attended Clemson University and received a Bachelor of Arts majoring in history. She worked for a local historic foundation until her kids came along. After she had h...

John Little ( Linkedin ) is considered "one of the top fitness researchers in North America" (Ironman magazine). An accomplished author in the field of exercise (Max Contraction Training, Body By Science, The Art of Expressing the Human Body), philosophy, history and martial arts, Little's articles have been published in every major fitness and martial arts magazine in North America. He's produced...

Tom Church ( @tomchurch ) kindly joins me for a round 2! Listen to Part 1 here . Tom is one of the most interesting people and polymaths I know. Check out some of the notches on Tom's belt so far: Co-founder, Latest Deals (63,000 registered and active members, 62,000 Facebook Fans, 250,000 unique users per month, 50,000 daily newsletter subscribers, 200+ pieces of national press coverage, nominate...

Shawn Baker MD ( @SBakerMD  and Insta:shawnbaker1967 ) is a board certified orthopedic surgeon, multi-sport world record holding Masters 50+ Athlete, and Zero-Carber (he basically just eats red meat). After much demand from his following and you guys, Shawn was kind enough to give me 2-hours to dig deep on exercise, health, nutrition, etc. We answer your questions and more in this epic and detaile...

Author 'The Biohacker' Guide To Upgraded Energy And Focus', CNS, NCSF-CPT, Specialist in Energy Production and Mitochondrial Optimization. Anthony DiClementi ( @TheHealthBP ) is a health expert, author, and international speaker specializing in innovative methods to maximize energy. His uncommon biohacks use science, nature, and technology to upgrade the body and mind. DiClementi has been a popula...

Dr James Steele ( @JamesSteeleii ) is an Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Science at Southampton Solent University (United Kingdom). James teaches across both exercise physiology, biomechanics, and research methods, is an active researcher and has published numerous peer reviewed articles on a variety of areas relating to health and fitness. He is currently involved in a number of project...

Andrew Shortt is an experienced Master Fitness Clinician™ and one of very few to have achieved the status under IART (International Association of Resistance Training) Founder, Brian D. Johnston. Furthermore, he has been a natural fitness athlete with the IDFA over the past 7 years. Academically, Andrew was three-time IART Fitness Clinician™ of the year and has contributed a large amount of materi...

Shawn Baker MD ( @SBakerMD ) is a board certified orthopedic surgeon, multi-sport world record holding Masters 50+ Athlete. And he does it all on a Zero-Carb Diet... Shawn's background is fascinating. He played Semi-Professional Rugby in New Zealand, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Airforce and responsible for launching nuclear weapons! Shawn went on to become a surgeon operating in war zones a...

Every now and again, I get asked "how do you get guests?", "how do you find the time to do a podcast alongside a job?", "how do you monetise it", etc. Podcasting is becoming more and more popular. Lots of brands, public figures and companies are exploring podcasting as a method to grow their audience and business. When a friend said he was considering starting a podcast, it occurred to me that I c...

Ted Naiman ( @tednaiman ) is the founder of BurnFatNotSugar.com , Ted is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who has devoted much of his time to the study of diet and exercise and their relationship to health. He has used his diet and exercise techniques to treat thousands of patients and has seen miraculous health transformations and amazing weight loss. Shortly after we concluded our pod...

Ryan A. Hall, BS, MS, Exercise Physiology, Certified Master Trainer, and major partner in Exercise Science, LLC has over 25 years of experience in the health and fitness industry. Ryan's  Exercise and Genetic Variability Lecture  formed the basis of Chapter 8 :  The Genetic Factor   in Body By Science by Dr Doug McGuff and John Little. He also contributed to  Chapter 3: The Dose/Response Relations...

Dr. Jeremy Loenneke is an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at The University of Mississippi within the School of Applied Sciences. He obtained his PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Oklahoma under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Bemben. Dr. Loenneke had previously earned a Master's degree in Nutrition and Exercise Science from Southeast Missouri State University under the mento...