Host Brad Kearns, making his way through the Primal Endurance book, gets into Chapter 9 about assorted tips and techniques to support recovery. First we discuss the hot topic of cold exposure. It provides an assortment of psychological benefits to the “Central Governor,” helping you feel less fried (literally, with the refreshment of your brain…

Endurance sports are tough and involve plenty of suffering. The Type A behavior patterns common among enthusiasts can actually hamper your progress by promoting chronic patterns, insufficient stress/rest balance, and an overly stressful mindset about your workouts and races. The key is to release your attachment to the outcome of your competitive efforts, take what…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5445310/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Increase Everyday Movement, Part 3: Practical Tips On the heels of two shows detailing the problems associated with insufficient movement and the importance of finding ways to move more each day, host Brad Kearns offers up some practical suggestions to increase general everyday movement.…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5445274/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Host Brad Kearns talks about avoiding the “lazy athlete” mentality, where you give yourself permission to be less active and perhaps overeat due to the fact you completed an impressive workout. Realize that even a serious-training athlete putting in 10,15, or 20 hours a…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5425575/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Increasing all forms of general everyday movement is a critical element of the endurance athlete’s lifestyle. There are adverse metabolic and cognitive consequences from prolonged periods of sitting – you become more insulin resistant, dysregulate critical appetite and metabolic hormones, and suffer from assorted…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5384578/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Host Brad Kearns covers the complementary benefits of deliberate movement practices like yoga to balance the repetitive, fight or flight stimulation of endurance training. Pursuing assorted forms of play and toning down your linear, Type-A mentality to endurance goals will help ease the stress…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5384567/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Get some “movement nutrition” as Katy Bowman says and ditch that lazy endurance athlete’s mentality that gives you a hall pass to sit around all day just because you did an impressive workout. Remember there are 168 hours in a week and that increasing…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5309351/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] For part two of the sleep chapter, Host Brad Kearns focuses on the benefits of napping and how you can target sleep deficiencies?either deep sleep or REM sleep?and how naps actually don’t mess up your evening sleep. Then we pull it all together and…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5320657/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Tune in as Host Brad Kearns discusses how sleep is more important to endurance athletes than anyone! If you aren’t getting adequate sleep, you shouldn’t even be training. Minimize artificial light and digital stimulation after dark. Check out this episode!

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5320703/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] We pick up the Interval Show series covering the content of the Primal Endurance book with part 2 of Chapter 7 – Sprinting. Pick the ideal training period/time of year, the ideal day, workout type (weight bearing is the best, but low or no…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5309328/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Host Brad Kearns focuses on the importance of sleep. Sleep is more important to endurance athletes than anyone! If you aren’t getting adequate sleep, you shouldn’t even be training. Minimize artificial light and digital stimulation after dark. Check out this episode!

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5302612/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Host Brad Kearns picks up the Interval Show series covering the content of the Primal Endurance book with part 2 of Chapter 7 – Sprinting. Pick the ideal training period/time of year, the ideal day, workout type (weight bearing is the best, but low…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5287518/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Host Brad Kearns returns to the series of Interval shows covering content in the Primal Endurance book. Here we review Chapter 7 on strength training, discussing the rationale and benefits of strength training for endurance athletes: preserving good form while fatigued and reducing injury…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5258136/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/505111/custom-color/e78438″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Host Brad Kearns returns to the series of Interval shows covering content in the Primal Endurance book. Here we review Chapter 7 on strength training, discussing the rationale and benefits of strength training for endurance athletes: preserving good form while fatigued and reducing injury…

Brad Kearns joins Foreigner on stage for a bit of Cold as Ice, then talks about his typical daily eating patterns during his nutritional keto journey: Fasting in the morning until experiencing feelings of true hunger; using an assortment of ketone supplements – especially before workouts (these products are the real deal, and deliver drug-level…

Brad Kearns honors Tupac with a long serving of memorized rap lyrics and then talks about going keto. Maffetone suggests you restrict more carbs as you age, since we become more insulin resistant as we get older. Brad discusses his first effort at nutritional ketosis, which lasted only 3 weeks until he bombed out and…

Brad Kearns warms up his voice with Tupac and then covers a topic that hasn’t been mentioned much – how to taper for a peak competitive event. Here’s what NOT to do: don’t training chronically for weeks on end and then crash on the couch for the final couple weeks before the event. Instead, pretend…

Brad Kearns raps with Ludacris and Bieber and then discusses concepts relating to maximum aerobic heart rate and how to escape carb dependency and become a fat burning beast. Brad reflects on Peter Defty’s recent appearance on the show and his suggestion of increasing your maximum aerobic heart rate if you are fat adapted; how…

Host Brad Kearns talks about the various options for how to use keto as a long-term tool for metabolic optimization. Long term nutritional ketosis is recommended by oracles like Dr. Phil Maffetone and could be a good option for many. Cyclic ketosis is a reasonable choice, where you enjoy the benefits of fasting/keto-aligned meals and…

Host Brad Kearns nears the end of the long series of interval shows on diet, with discussion about going keto in this show and the next. In particular, this show covers the importance of doing the proper groundwork to prepare for a successful foray into nutritional ketosis, and understanding (per Dr. Dom D’Agostino) that you…

Time to leverage the information from the previous shows and try out a ketogenic eating period! First, be sure you are highly fat adapted, ideally with months under your belt of primal aligned eating. In particular, you want a virtual elimination of grains, sugars and refined vegetable oils, and definitely an average daily carb intake…

Ketone burning has assorted health and performance benefits, including drug-like anti-inflammatory properties and neuro-protective benefits. As a clean burning fuel (less oxidative stress than dirty burning glucose) it’s especially helpful to the brain. When your brain gets more oxygen and better neurotransmitter function during exercise, workouts seem easier and you consequently recover faster, as validated…

Fine-tuning Fat Adaption to Prepare for a Keto Experiment  On the heels of the numerous Interval shows on transitioning to Primal-style eating, host Brad Kearns discusses practical steps you can take to try a ketogenic eating period and experience the wide-ranging benefits.  First, explore the edges of your fat adaptation abilities by delaying your first…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…

Primal Eating Step 2: Commit to Primal Foods The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights.…

Primal Eating Step 1: Ditch grains, sugars and refined oils The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and purposeful…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and purposeful…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and purposeful…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…

The Primal Endurance podcast Interval shows are published in between our full-length feature episodes published on Fridays. For the Interval episodes, podcast host Brad Kearns discusses various elements of the Primal Endurance approach, pulling from topics in the book/digital course and adding some candid and fresh insights. The Interval shows will keep you focused and…