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Welcome to the Friday show. Today, I’m going to talk you through another one of my favorite workouts. It’s called The 30/30 for 30. For this workout, we’re going to do three different exercises. The first exercise is aerobic, so I recommend using a fan bike, a rowing machine, a treadmill, or a jump rope. The second exercise is the kettlebell swing (or the snatch if you’ve learned how to do it on a...

This week, I sit with chiropractor, spine expert, and CrossFit enthusiast Dr. Andrew Yaun. Andrew is the owner of Optimal Sports Therapy and Wellness, a chiropractic practice in Fairfield, Connecticut, specializing in the treatment of sports injuries. He also happens to be my former college roommate, whose background as a CrossFit competitor and experience as a clinician, make him the perfect pers...

In today’s AMA, I turn my attention to sleep. We all know how important sleep is for our health and performance but many of us regularly experience problems sleeping, and we’re often unsure what the best strategies are for consistently getting a good night’s sleep. When it comes to improving the quality of our sleep, I believe we need to concentrate on three core areas; repairing our circadian rhy...

In this episode, I take an in-depth look at the benefits of heat and light therapy with the founder of SaunaSpace, Brian Richards, who describes how he was inspired to create his own near-infrared sauna when he was looking for a natural and drug-free way to cure his acne, insomnia, and adrenal fatigue. Although Brian’s first sauna was cobbled together from scavenged parts and chicken wire, he was...

This show focuses on teaching you how to develop the skills you’ll need to swing a heavy kettlebell safely and effectively. As a coach, I know that building up to a Hardstyle Kettlebell Swing takes practice and if you’re new to kettlebells, you’ll need to work on your breathing and on developing the sort of explosive hip power that will allow you to swing a heavy bell between your legs. To get you...

Today, I talk to martial arts guru and fear management expert Tony Blauer about how to understand, control and confront our fears. As someone who’s trained professional fighters, military personnel, and law enforcement officers, Tony understands how to face fear. His personal defense program, the SPEAR System, teaches people how to protect themselves in the event of a physical threat and his KNOW...

This Friday Fitness Workout is a 20-minute EMOM (every minute on the minute) program that you can adapt to suit your fitness level and the equipment you have available. It consists of 10 sets of 10 Hardstyle Kettlebell Swings (that we’re going to do every other minute on the minute) and 10 sets of push-ups or chins-up (starting with 1 and building up to 10) that we’re going to do in the minute bet...

Joining me for the 100th episode of the show is Greg Scheinman, the host of The Midlife Male Podcast. As a committed family man with a successful professional career, Greg feels that he is finally starting to come into his own at the age of 47. Although he had to deal with tragedy and adversity in his younger years, Greg is excited about the future and he is on a mission to help other men successf...

Welcome to my first ever audio Kettlebell Workout where I guide you through a Kettlebell Deadlift, a Hardstyle or Russian Kettlebell Swing, and the Humane Burpees Workout. We start with the deadlift (which is a great precursor to the swing) and move on to the swing before practicing the correct technique for the Goblet Squat and the Push-Up. Finally, we put the Hardstyle Swing, the Goblet Squat, a...

In this super-informative episode, I’m joined by Dr. Emily Splichal. Dr. Emily is a podiatrist, a human movement specialist, and the founder of Naboso, a company whose proprioceptive insoles, yoga mats, and mobility balls are specifically designed to stimulate the hypersensitive nerves in the feet. As an expert in barefoot training and sensory movement, Emily’s mission is to help people move bette...

This Friday, as a follow-up to my recent episode with Jim Crowell, I talk about my experiences as a coach, a gym owner, and the manager of a large fitness franchise. For the sake of the fitness professionals listening, I focus on the criteria I used to hire trainers and look into the reasons why some gyms succeed and others don’t. On a more general note, I make the case for a more heart-centered a...

This show focuses on the way forward for the fitness industry and my guest, Jim Crowell, the former CEO of OPEX Fitness turned independent adviser and business strategist, explains what coaches and gym owners need to do to survive and thrive in the current climate. Prior to his career in the fitness sector, Jim worked as a commodities trader for an energy hedge fund and his business acumen (along...

In this AMA, I’m excited to share details of my daily morning movement and breathing practice and talk you through the exercises in my e-book Breathe Better, Move Better, which you can download for free from the RUNGA website. This workout is a combination of strength and conditioning exercises, Kundalini yoga postures, and powerful breathwork practices that have the potential to improve mobility,...

This week I’m joined by the legendary strength and conditioning coach Dan John. Dan is an All-American discus thrower who has also competed at the highest levels in Olympic Lifting and holds the American record in the Weight Pentathlon. Dan has spent many years training high-school and elite athletes and he has recently created the Workout Generator, an online exercise and coaching program that pr...

Today I talk about some of the ways our approaches to health and wellbeing have changed over the past year and consider what action we should take to help us cope with the challenges ahead. On a positive note, I’ve noticed that many of us are having our blood tested more regularly to check for potential vitamin and mineral deficiencies and, as a result, we are starting to realize which supplements...

In this episode, I sit for a third time with Dr. Chris Shade, founder and CEO of Quicksilver Scientific. As regular listeners to the show will know, Dr. Shade is an expert in detoxification and Quicksilver Scientific is known for its highly bioavailable supplements that deliver the nutrients you need quickly and efficiently to your cells. In previous episodes, Dr. Shade and I discussed free medici...

In this special episode, I share a guided meditation that my wife Emilía recently hosted on The Tribe’s online community platform. Emilía is an amazing yoga and mindfulness teacher and in this offering, she concentrates on helping you to identify your priorities and face the New Year with a renewed sense of focus, courage, and intention. She starts the session with a short guided meditation before...

My first guest of the year is the renowned fitness innovator and movement coach, Mike Fitch. Mike is the founder of Global Bodyweight Training and the creator of Animal Flow, a quadrupedal ground-based movement practice that helps you rediscover your body’s deepest evolutionary patterns. Mike teaches people how to master movements that were once ingrained in their DNA but have now been largely for...

Welcome to the first episode of 2021. 2020 was a year that taught us a lot about ourselves and made us realize what really matters. Like many of us, I’ve had a chance to re-assess my priorities and work out where I want to focus my energy and resources in the future. For me, that means spending time with my family and my Tribe and choosing an active and engaged lifestyle that optimizes my health a...

In this episode of the Best of Stacked 2020 series, I delve into the subject of consciousness and my guests discuss everything you need to know about raising your vibration, connecting to your highest self, and encountering the divine.  Amongst other things, we talk about the ability of the soul to survive the physical death of the body and consider the profound effects that psychedelic drugs and...

Welcome back to another installment in the Best of Stacked 2020 Series. This show is a sequel to my previous episode on nutrition and today I turn my attention to the topics of gut health, ancestral diets, healing mushrooms, and specialty coffee. As always, my guests have a wealth of knowledge and information to share and we dive into some interesting subjects, such as the complex and hugely benef...

In Part 3 of the Best of Stacked 2020 series, I take a deep dive into nutrition. For this show, I’ve put together a compilation of clips that focus on all things food-related. The clips cover a wide range of subjects including natural wine production, biodynamic farming, fasting, food intolerances, and dietary supplements, and my amazing guests, who are all experts in their fields, provide some st...

Today, I share some Q&As from a recent call with members of The Tribe. We talk about how a breastfeeding mother’s diet affects her baby, the best grounding techniques to do when it’s freezing outside, toxins and radiation in the home, and how to move from guided to non-guided meditation. This AMA was super fun and, if you’d like to take part in these types of conversations and hear more in-dep...

In this second installment of the Best of Stacked 2020 series, I dive deep into the subject of the breath and discuss how consciously making an effort to control and correct our breathing can have a significant impact on our mental and physical wellbeing. In this show, I’ve put together some of the best clips from previous podcasts that demonstrate the positive difference that diaphragmatic breath...

After 10 months in Europe, I’ve finally arrived back in the US and, since neither Emilia nor I experienced any jet lag after our journey, I want to talk about my approach to long-haul travel and share some of the hacks that helped my family, my dog, and myself move from Europe to the US without too much disruption to our health, our sleep patterns, or our stress levels.  Support the show