Optimal Performance

We're really going there this week... Our conversation with Paul Austin takes us down the rabbit hole of microdosing: using sub-perceptual doses of psychedelics to perform at a higher level. Our specific and narrow look explores which psychedelics and at what doses to experience different effects. We discuss the different application of microdosing psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA, to perform at a higher...

For this week's episode, I sit down with Dr. Bob Greczanik.  I'd be willing to bet Bob is the most influential sports specialist that you've never heard of.  He's worked with sports teams like the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Milwaukee Bucks to help their players operate at a higher level.   We get into NFL athletes that he's helped speed up their recovery and I get poked with "antennae" for...

This week, I talked to Alon Shabo, founder of  Sabaidee , a brand new disruptive company taking the CBD oil industry by transparency.  This is the future of medicine. Sabaidee not only wants to help heal through the power of cannabis, they partner with a 501(c)(3) charity to help plant trees for every unit sold. CBD helps you sleep, relax your muscles.  And after talking with Alon, you'll be a sle...

This week we speak with Daniel Chao, co-founder and CEO of Halo Neuroscience and creator of the Halo Sport .  It's the world's first and only neural stimulator to accelerate improvement in athletic strength and skills based training.   I've been using a Halo Sport for the last month or so and it's pretty incredible. It sends low grade electric currents into your motor cortex and is used by profess...

I sit down to talk with CILTEP founder and Natural Stacks legend Abelard Lindsay about Acetylcholine Brain Food, a multidimensional approach to cognition, self tests, the state of "biohacking", peony, and so much more! Outline Abelard's Daily Stack What makes Acetylcholine Brain Food Unique in Brain When do you take Acetylcholine Brain Food? Breaking Down the Brain Foods A Multidimensional Approac...

This week's episode is a wide ranging conversation with NFL kicker Steven Hauschka. I met Steve when he was playing with the Seattle Seahawks and floating at Float Seattle; now he plays for the Buffalo Bills. He's got an interesting take on things; he's a thoughtful guy, a biohacker and always looking for techniques and tips to be his absolute best. We talk about mediation, athletes speaking their...

Minimum Effective Dose.  If you're like me, you're interested in getting the most from the least. That's really the nature of bio-hacking and performance optimization right? How can we all get the most return from our output. What movements, dietary supplements, and therapies can we do to perform at our highest levels?  If yer jiving with this... you should be rowing. Greg Hammond from  Concept2  ...

By now, you know that our brains and bodies can run on various fuel sources. No longer confined to run on glucose, we know that FAT is not only an effective fuel source, but often preferred for high performance.  But what if you've never been fat adapted? What if you're yet to take that plunge to re-program your metabolism, give us sugar and get yourself into ketosis.? What if you've never measure...

Lots of exciting content in this episode of the OPP. We sit down with Natural Stacks co-founder Roy Krebs. Tons of exciting announcements and chances to win cool stuff! We're really excited to give you a chance to win a Concept 2 Rower! We're always looking to hook you guys up stuff you'll love.  Enter here. CILTEP Studies coming soon -2 large scale, double-bling placebo controls with two groups h...

I've done Ayahuasca around 25 times, but never with a shaman who was also a Western medical doctor.  Until recently.  Dr. Joe Tafur  is a fascinating human being and author of a new book called  The Fellowship of the River  - A Medical Doctor's Exploration Into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine. Dr. Tafur and I dive into a deep conversation surrounding the power of psychedelic shamanism. Highli...

OPP host Sean McCormick has a ranging conversation with Stem Cell expert and Integrated Health Specialist Regan Archibald. Regan has had 7 therapeutic sessions of stem cell therapy himself and is an expert in it's wide ranging uses. 

OPP 96 Guest Dr. Christine Rosche returns to talk gut permeability, stool testing and how leaky gut can lead to leaky brain and have a drastic effect on your whole body. 

Craving The Truth author Chris Dufey

Perfect Keto founder Dr. Anthony Gustin on the integrative approach to Movement, Stress, Sleep and Nutrition for optimal health and performance. Dr. Gustin is a sports chiropractor who owns multiple businesses (Perfect Keto & Equip Foods) and can talk leadership and time management skills just as well as he can explain physiology and nutritional strategies. On this episode of the OPP, we talk abou...

In theory, positive change isn't so difficult. The reality, as we all know, is a much different story. This week, we talk with Ari Banayan and Mikey Ahdoot, 2/3 of the founding team at Habit Nest to explore the neural connections involved in habits. We discuss the reasons change is so difficult, and what the research and their experience tells us about the best ways to help all of us take back our...

Is Virtual Reality the Future of Fitness Devices & Fitness Tracking? That's exactly what we discuss with Wellovate founder Joe Morgan as we explore potential applications for their mixed reality health and wellness platform. A collaboration between 3 doctors, Wellovate is creating an innovative health and wellness experience that may change the way we see health and fitness, the way we track it, a...

This week on the OPP, we're decoding our genetics by analyzing 23&Me data with Dr. Anthony Jay.   Author of Estrogeneration and a previous guest on the OPP (#97), Dr. Jay is back to talk Epigenetics by using our 23&Me data to look at our single nucleotide polymorphisms, or snips (SNP).   These polymorphisms (not mutations), or DNA snips are the most common variations in our genes, playing a direct...

Get ready to give yourself permission to act outside the status quo and seek adventure as our guest Joe Di helps us cultivate a Spartan lifestyle on this week's OPP. Joe DiStefano is the articulate and inspiring head of Spartan Sport and Spartan coaching.  He also owns his own adventure travel company and in this episode of the OPP, we cover the rising popularity of obstacle course racing, tips fo...

We're pleased to welcome Alitura Naturals founder Andy Hnilo back to the OPP this week. Recorded in-person during the Bulletproof Conference in Pasadena, California last month we talk about Andy's latest projects - at Alitura, on TV, and more - as well as his world-famous habits that are part of his quest for optimization. On this episode of the OPP: Find out what Andy has been working on for his...

NAD, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is found in every living cell and many researchers are excited by it's potential for recovery, longevity, DNA protection, energy, and cellular health. On this week's OPP, we're talking with Tom Ingoglia from the NAD Treatment Center on NAD in San Diego, CA about: My experience with NAD injections Tom's recovery story and how NAD treatments helped him "mira...

Photobiomodulation is the scientific term for light hacking. PBM for short, photobiomodulation extends beyond avoid blue light after dark. Volumes of scientific literature show that red and infrared light therapy improve cellular health, leading to a long list of health benefits - including wound healing, tissue repair, muscle recovery, skin clarification and more. I caught up with Scott Nelson an...

Paul Reddick is a coach, mentor and friend. A former professional baseball player, baseball scout, and Yogi Berra Museum, he's helped big names in fitness like Joe Defranco and Mark Divine. He also helped me and dozens of other gym owners grow as humans and coaches so we could help thousands of others- a fact that reflects his "bumble bee" strategy. Paul changes the way people think, which allows...

Multiple experts and industry leaders answering rapid fire questions in one episode of the Optimal Performance Podcast can only mean one thing - it's Hot Seat time. A fan-favorite format, the 2017 Bulletproof Conference edition of the OPP "Hot Seat" features:    Brain expert Jim Kwik Nutrition pioneer Jonny Bowden Natural medicine big-wig Dr. Joseph Mercola PaleoChef & Phat Fudge Creator Mary Shen...

Author of Burn Your Couch, Rick Alexander is human movement advocate, military veteran, and ultra endurance athlete. We talk about his book, why you seek adversity daily, choice architecture, mindset, and intentional lifestyle design. If you refuse to settle for the status quo, then  this episode of the OPP  has your name all over it. Rick is a human movement advocate, US Military Veteran, entrepr...

Dr. Stephen Porges is the man who discovered Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in the 1960's and created the Polyvagal Theory - a model to explain how we function and operate. Thanks to Dr. Porges, this episode of the OPP is full of wisdom to help us understand our neurophysiology, how the Vagus Nerve impacts heart rate, HRV, emotional resiliency and how we can use that knowledge to optimize mental and...