Sean McCormick

Optimal Performance

Optimal Performance is the podcast all about taking your mental and physical performance to the next level. Whether it's through nootropics, cutting-edge biohacking techniques, or adjusting your approach to nutrition and fitness, we'll have the best minds in the industry on to talk about how you can achieve optimal performance in all areas of your life.

Author

Sean McCormick

Category

Education

Podcast website

seanmccormick.com

Latest episode

May 4, 2026

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Episodes

Rolfing, Posture, Hormones, and Energy with Aaron Alexander 01.03.2017

Aaron Alexander is the founder of Align Therapy. Trained at the Rolf Institute, Aaron is a master of structural integration and musculoskeletal health. We look at ways to increase recovery, hack your posture, hormones, boost energy & vitality and more.

Endless Frontier: Combat Veterans on Living with Purpose & The Pursuit of Knowledge 22.02.2017

3 young veterans, recently retired from active-duty & founders of Endless Frontier. These vets share their mission and give us tips to live with purpose, develop our own skills and mental toughness, overcome fears and pass ''The Rocking Chair Test''.

Mastering Our Mind with NLP, Hypnosis, and Subliminal Messages with Tony Wrighton 15.02.2017

Tony Wrighton is a Sky Sports host, and host of the Zestology Podcast. He reveals the mindset secrets of NLP, hypnosis, and subliminal messaging and how we can employ these tactics to calm nerves, increase focus, change habits, and increase success.

Ancestral Health: 10 Ways To Optimize Our Health Through Ancestral Wisdom 08.02.2017

Ancestral Health Radio's James Broderick shares his top 10 tips to build ancestral living into our lives for improved health & wellness. Humans are maladapted to modern living - here's how to re-evaluate our relationship with food, land, tech. & community

Rick Strassman: Pineal Gland, DMT, Melatonin and Consciousness 01.02.2017

Rick Strassman, author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule joins us on the OPP for an in-depth look at our Pineal Gland, the part of the brain often called the Third Eye, it's regulation of melatonin, and it's link to DMT, spirituality and consciousness.

Natural Stacks Hot Seat: Team NS Shares Top Books, Advice and Secrets for Success 25.01.2017

Team Natural Stacks is on the Hot Seat this week. Meet the team and get our favorite books of 2016, best advice, top new biohacks and more tools for Optimal Performance - like new coffee recipes, food logging tips, and mushroom teas with our Myco Stacks.

Sleep Stages, Brain Waves and PEMF for Improved Sleep 18.01.2017

Sleep hacking with Michael Lares. We discuss the 5 stages of sleep, physical & mental recovery during sleep, the brain waves involved with each stage and how PEMF can help you get better sleep, heal tissue, migraines and more.

Flow State: Neuroscience of Getting in ''The Zone'' with Max Gotzler 11.01.2017

Flow States can increase productivity by 500-700%. Flow Grade founder Max Gotzler reveals the 3 neurological changes that occur in our brain during flow & tips for us to achieve flow in our everyday lives to increase purpose, productivity & happiness.

Deep Nutrition: 4 Pillars of the Perfect Human Diet with Dr. Cate Shanahan 04.01.2017

Dr. Cate Shanahan is the author of Deep Nutrition and the Director of the LA Laker's PRO Nutrition Program. Dr. Cate explains the 4 components that all healthy diets share, how the low-fat craze began, & why vegetable oil is ''liquid age''.

Cell Phones, Brain Cancer, and Public Health with Katie Singer 28.12.2016

Katie Singer, author of An Electronic Silent Spring, educates us on legislative policy that has paved the way for cell phone and electronics usage that has been proven to uncouple DNA, linked to brain cancer, and most importantly - how we can limit exposure and damage to our health.

Nootropics, Metabolism, and Circadian Hacks with Steve Fowkes 21.12.2016

Biohacking legend Steve Fowkes talks nootropics, piracetam use, metabolism, reducing viral susceptibility, HIIT for brain function, dangers of cell phones and his favorite sleep hacks to improve sleep, increase energy, ad improve health.

Alheimer's Prevention and Reversal with Steve Fowkes 14.12.2016

Biohacking legend Steve Fowkes: We talk Alzheimer's prevention and reversal, including the role - and importance - of pH, redox reactions, grounding, glutathione and the ''browning out'' of our metabolisms. Plus the dangers of living ''wired to the max''.

Super Learner Jonathan Levi on Learning, Memory and Speed Reading 07.12.2016

''Learning is the only skill that matters'' If we can learn, there is no new skill, trait or ability that is out of our reach. Super Learner Jonathan Levi shares the secrets to acquire new skills at an accelerated rate, improve memory, and read faster.

Neurofeedback, Finland Biohacking Summit and My QEEG Brain Scans 30.11.2016

On-site recordings from my LA trip to Peak Brain and the Biohacking Summit in Finland explain neurofeedback and give you tools (both ancient and space-age) to train short-term states and long-term traits of your brain for increased cognition & happiness.

Accountability, Growth Mindset, and Holding the Standard with Deuce Gym's Logan Gelbrich 23.11.2016

Deuce Gym's Logan Gelbrich talks about the most common reasons we fail in our pursuits - including accountability, developing a growth mindset, becoming Anti-Fragile and how to hold yourself & others to higher standards.

Medicinal Mushrooms: NAMMEX Founder Jeff Chilton Exposes Industry Lies, Mycelium on Grain, and How 16.11.2016

NAMMEX founder Jeff Chilton has been growing mushrooms for over 30 years. On this episode, we reveal our new partnership with Jeff and discuss the dirty secrets of ''mushroom'' products - mycelium grown on grain is NOT mushroom & how to tell the difference.

The Ketone Episode: Dominic D'Agostino and Mike T. Nelson 09.11.2016

The epic Ketone Episode with keto expert Dominic D'Agostino and metabolic flexibility champion Dr. Mike T. Nelson - we deep dive into ketosis, optimal fuel utilization, safety of exogenous ketones, applications for ketosis, and new research frontiers.

Be An Asset. Not A Liability. (The Vanguard Part 2) 02.11.2016

A behind the scenes look at The Vanguard. Takeaway: You are a platform, a blank slate to which you can add skills. Never be complacent. Lessons and interviews from the event so you can seek constant growth and evolution, and be an asset, not a liability.

Blue Blocking Glasses, Overcoming Fear & Mediocrity To Live Awesome with James Swanwick 26.10.2016

James Swanwick is best known for his blue-light blocking sleep glasses. Yes, we talk about hacking light, sleep, and habits, but James also lays out the exact strategy he used to overcome his fears of mediocrity to create his dream life.

Brain Waves, Sugar and Alzheimer's with Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Hill 19.10.2016

Peak Brain Institute founder and lead neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Hill on brain optimization. We talk about sugar & brain dysfunction, the link between insulin resistance & Alzheimer's (likely a lifestyle disease) and brain waves for focus & attention.

Stronger. Faster. Harder To Kill. The Vanguard Part 1 12.10.2016

Part 1 of 2, I talk with Special Forces vets Jake Saenz and Tod Moore, creators of The Vanguard - a 3 day camp teaching survival skills, situational awareness, fear inoculation, and always growing, learning, evolving before attending the event in Part 2.

2016 Bulletproof Conference Hot Seats: Top Experts Share Their Best Tips 05.10.2016

9 experts at The 2016 Bulletproof BioHacking Conference get 5 minutes each to bring you their best health, wellness, and fitness advice on this special ''Hot Seat'' episode of the OPP. We've got Mark Sisson, Joe DeFranco, Kelly Starrett, & more top experts.

Get Peak Performance Under Pressure with March Madness Hero Jakob Gollon 28.09.2016

The star of one of March Madness's greatest upsets, underdog Jakob Gollon shares his secrets for getting peak performance under pressure, overcoming adversity, and how to pull off the ultimate David vs. Goliath upset in the biggest spotlight of your life.

Psychedelic Researcher Rick Doblin on Treating PTSD with MDMA 21.09.2016

MAPS Founder Rick Doblin founded MAPS in 1986. For 30 years, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies has advanced psychedelic research, consciousness exploration and is using MDMA to help heal PTSD.

The Gut Health Episode: How To Fix Your Gut 14.09.2016

Your Ultimate Guide to Gut Health: The downside of PRObiotics, the best (and worst) foods for optimal gut health, the science of digestion, immunity, leaky gut, SIBO why Splenda is bad and why you should avoid Soylent like the plague.

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