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Welcome to the first ever ‘Best of Stacked’ compilation episode where I’ve gathered together some of my favorite clips from former episodes. This show focuses on how to relieve pain and avoid injury and you’ll hear advice from some of the world’s leading scientists, doctors, and athletes on how to adapt your lifestyle and manage your training program to make sure you stay fit, healthy, and pain-fr...

This week, I sit for a second time with Dr. Stuart McGill, one of the world’s leading experts on lower back pain, health, and high performance. Dr. McGill is the author of several bestselling books on treating back pain and preventing injury and he is a professor emeritus at Waterloo University where he taught for over 30 years. As well as being a respected clinician and an acclaimed academic who...

This week I share my monthly AMA session with members of the Tribe who join me for a super-candid and casual online conversation where we dive deep into the topics of gut health, probiotics, injury prevention, and popping joints. This type of personalized monthly online AMA session is just part of the service I offer to Tribe members, a growing online community of like-minded individuals who have...

On this week’s show, I’m joined by Lindsey Mathews, the founder of BIRTHFIT, an organization whose strength and conditioning programs help keep women fit throughout pregnancy and prepare them mentally and physically for birth and the postpartum period. Lindsey’s qualifications and experience as a doctor of chiropractic, a doula, and a strength and conditioning coach have enabled her to create appr...

Today, I discuss how many of the things we do to our bodies in the name of health, such as Wim Hof-type breathing, fasting, immersing ourselves in cold water, and training intensively, are inherently stressful. However, when these activities are carried out in a safe and highly controlled environment they can create positive adaptations in the body and lead to significant improvements in our healt...

In this episode, I reconnect with Lois Laynee, creator of the Laynee Restorative Breathing Method. If you're a regular listener to the show, you might remember Lois from Episode 11, where we talked in-depth about the role and significance of the cranial nerves which control our senses and dictate most of our flight or fight and rest and digest responses. Lois has a wealth of knowledge to shar...

Welcome to this week’s AMA episode where I dive into some of the ways you can take your home gym life to the next level. In this new socially distanced world, we’ve all become used to exercising at home and since many people are now considering converting their garage into a home gym or their spare bedroom into a yoga sanctuary, I’ve compiled a guide to the essential pieces of equipment you’ll nee...

For this week’s episode, I’m joined by Jay Campbell, a popular previous guest on the podcast and an expert on optimizing hormonal health and manipulating diet to lose body fat in the fastest possible way whilst preserving muscle. Jay is the author of several books on health and nutrition, including The Metabolic Blowtorch Diet: The Ultimate Guide for Optimizing Intermittent Fasting, and Guaranteed...

Today, I dive into some weight-loss strategies and set out my unconventional approach to dieting which is focused on mindset, self-belief, and intention rather than the traditional ‘calorie in calorie out’ approach. Interestingly, during this time when many of us have been freed from the constraints of the daily commute and find ourselves with more time on our hands to work on our fitness, I’ve no...

Today’s guest is Patrick McKeown, a leading authority on nasal breathing and the author of The Oxygen Advantage, a best-selling book that contains simple and effective techniques to help improve health and optimize athletic performance. Patrick has carried out extensive research into the biochemistry and biomechanics of breathing and he is the creator of the SportsMask, which is designed to boost...

Today, I talk about my preparation for the Russian Kettlebell Certification and describe how failing at my first attempt forced me to come up with a carefully considered approach designed to build an aerobic base and strength-endurance. I share how following this program prepared me for the challenge of handling sustained efforts of strength and helped me to conquer the physical and mental obstacl...

My guest this week is Steve Capobianco, co-founder and Medical Director of Rocktape, a company that creates and supplies premium kinesiology tape for athletes of every level. Steve, who is known as the Fascia Doc on Instagram, is a leading authority on the fascial system, and his work has saved careers, changed lives, and improved the day to day performance of countless people around the world.  I...

This Friday, I take an in-depth look at vitamin D, a topic that has become quite controversial due to the conflicting information put out by various sources about its efficacy in reducing the risk of contracting and becoming seriously ill with coronavirus. Opinions about what constitutes vitamin D deficiency also vary significantly, but studies show that people whose vitamin D level is lower than...

In this show, I chat with Jared Pickard who, along with his wife Velisa, is the founder of Be Here Farm and Nature, a Demeter certified biodynamic farm, situated on Spring Mountain, just outside St. Helena, California. Jared and Velisa grow over three hundred varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers without the use of heavy machinery or shop-bought chemicals and they have recently start...

In today’s show, I consider the impact, both positive and negative, that CrossFit has had on the fitness industry. CrossFit was a game changer when it first appeared in the early 2000s and broke free from the constraints of traditional training regimes. Its unorthodox approach led to improved fitness and increased adherence to exercise programs and many of us have CrossFit to thank for the variety...

Eric Cressey is a shoulder expert and an internationally-famous strength and conditioning coach. As the president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, he is responsible for the arm care and injury prevention programs of hundreds of Major League baseball players and, earlier this year, he was appointed Director of Player Health and Performance for the New York Yankees. As well as being an...

In today’s AMA episode, I share my current supplement regime and reveal the products I use to optimize my overall health and well-being. Of course, everyone’s nutritional needs are unique so I suggest you take a blood test to check for any specific deficiencies before diving into a supplement regimen. That being said, these products work for me and some of them, such as the Quinton Iso & Hyper...

Amelia Boone is a legend in the obstacle course racing world. Over the course of her phenomenally successful athletic career, she’s chalked up over thirty victories, been crowned a Spartan Race World Champion and won the World’s Toughest Mudder three times. Fiercely competitive, determined and willing to undergo intense physical suffering in order to achieve her goals, Amelia became known as the ‘...

In this week’s show, I set out my step by step guide to cold immersion and explain why the practice is so beneficial for our physical and mental wellbeing. The trappings of modern life have made us weaker and less willing to expose ourselves to discomfort so the idea of cold-water immersion can seem daunting. However, it is important to consider that if we are not prepared to face challenges our c...

In this episode, I sit with Wade Lightheart, co-founder and president of BiOptimizers, a nutrition company whose mission is to bring you the best in health and nutritional supplements. Wade is an advisor to the American Anti-Cancer Institute, the author of numerous books on health, exercise, and nutrition, and the host of The Awesome Health Podcast. As well as being one of the world’s leading auth...

In today’s ask-me-anything episode, I explain why mobility training doesn’t always work and set out what you need to know if you’re an athlete who is thinking of shifting to a keto diet.  I talk about the mind-body connection, tell you why you should adopt a full-body approach to fitness rather than focusing on stretching specific muscles, and explain why it is easy to fuel a sedentary lifestyle o...

Shaun T is best-known as the creator of high-intensity workouts such as Insanity, Focus T25 andTransform:20, but he is also a sexual abuse survivor who has had to conquer severe emotional trauma in order to become the successful fitness coach and entrepreneur that he is today. As a former track and field athlete, Shaun T knows all about how to build a strong committed mindset and achieve peak phys...

In my first AMA episode, I offer some solutions to the questions I am most frequently asked about health and wellbeing and give some practical and easily achievable advice about how we can optimize our health and start Ieading more active and empowered lives. I also explore the role that supplements can play in our diet and consider how our exposure to electromagnetic radiation and environmental t...

Dr. Perry Nickelston is a chiropractic physician, creator of the Body Aquarium, and founder of Stop Chasing Pain, a movement dedicated to optimizing health and helping people heal from chronic pain. He is also an expert on the lymphatic system, one of the most overlooked body systems, which plays an important part in maintaining health and helping to protect us from disease and infection. Ever sin...

 In Part 2 of my series on endurance training, I’ll show you how to adopt a more intelligent, more ancestrally aligned, lower-risk approach to marathon running and I’ll describe how to maintain the endurance and durability needed to complete the race in a way that is safe, healthy, and leaves you with more energy than when you started. You’ll learn how to avoid burnout and discover how to bridge t...