How do you balance a passion for ancestral living with pursuing optimal modern peak performance?

This episode is all about how you can achieve that balance by utilizing and adapting the ancestral model to modern times while striving for optimization. In this show we will be discussing the benefits, as well as the effects and the necessity of certain elements of the ancestral model—you will hear about my experience with fasting, time-restricted feeding, and low carbohydrate dieting, and why I made the decision to cut these practices out of my life. I also discuss when things like fasting and time-restricted feeding are appropriate and helpful, why my goal now is to perform and recover, perform and recover, and stay fit while staving off the disastrous accelerated decline we sadly see as “normal” these days, and the benefits of taking an “eat more and move more” approach to diet and lifestyle.



TIMESTAMPS:

Eric Frohart points out that exercise is the single most potent driver of health and longevity and averting disease risk.  [00:50]

A protein-centric diet supports muscle growth, development, and muscle maintenance. [02:57]

The hunter-gatherer, by definition, did the bare minimum necessary in order to survive. [05:07]

It’s a stress mechanism to kick into ketone manufacturing to replace the glucose that’s not coming from the diet. [10:37]

Don’t misinterpret what you hear about the amazing scientific benefits of eating less food or fasting for long periods of time. [14:01]

Brad is now getting fully fueled each morning, having changed from his period of morning fasts. [19:18]

You may notice when you have those days where you are not eating the normal big meal in the morning, your body temperature cools down in the afternoon because your thyroid turns down the temperature to conserve energy. [28:39]

Our biological drives can be destroyed with too much stress in our life. Reproduction, repair, growth, and locomotion are what we need to maintain. [30:46]

Go out and find the maximum amount of nutritious calories and move. [34:16]



LINKS:
Brad Kearns.com
Brad’s Shopping page
B.rad Whey Protein Isolate Superfuel
Human migration
Brad’s Cold Exposure
Why I Stopped Fasting (Mutzel)
Keto Reset Diet
Rayn Baxter Podcast
John Gray Podcast
Beyond Mars and Venus



Join Brad for more fun on: 

Instagram: @bradkearns1

Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh

Twitter: @bradleykearns

YouTube: @brad.kearns

TikTok: @bradkearns



We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you!

Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life.
Mito Red Light: Photobiomodulation light panels to enhance cellular energy production, improve recovery, and optimize circadian rhythm. Use code BRAD for 5% discount!
Plunge: Sensational custom-designed home cold plunge with filtered, circulating water, custom temperature setting, and sleek design. Save $150 with code BRAD
B.rad Whey + Creatine Superfuel: Premium quality, all-natural supplement for peak performance, recovery, and longevity.
Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement
Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend.
Online educational courses: Numerous great offerings for an immersive home-study educational experience.

Shopping Page For Discounts And Navigation To The Best Products

I have a newly organized shopping experience at BradKearns.com/Shop. Visit here and you can navigate to my B.rad Nutrition products on Amazon (Macadamia Masterpiece and Whey + Creatine Superfuel), my library of online multimedia educational courses, link to great discounts on an assortment of my favorite products and partners, complete details and discounts on my MOFO product with Ancestral Supplements, and a library of my favorite hand-picked Amazon products for fitness and healthy living!

How do you balance a passion for ancestral living with pursuing optimal modern peak performance?
This episode is all about how you can achieve that balance by utilizing and adapting the ancestral model to modern times while striving for optimization. In this show we will be discussing the benefits, as well as the effects and the necessity of certain elements of the ancestral model—you will hear about my experience with fasting, time-restricted feeding, and low carbohydrate dieting, and why I made the decision to cut these practices out of my life. I also discuss when things like fasting and time-restricted feeding are appropriate and helpful, why my goal now is to perform and recover, perform and recover, and stay fit while staving off the disastrous accelerated decline we sadly see as “normal” these days, and the benefits of taking an “eat more and move more” approach to diet and lifestyle.
 
TIMESTAMPS:
Eric Frohart points out that exercise is the single most potent driver of health and longevity and averting disease risk.  [00:50]
A protein-centric diet supports muscle growth, development, and muscle maintenance. [02:57]
The hunter-gatherer, by definition, did the bare minimum necessary in order to survive. [05:07]
It’s a stress mechanism to kick into ketone manufacturing to replace the glucose that’s not coming from the diet. [10:37]
Don’t misinterpret what you hear about the amazing scientific benefits of eating less food or fasting for long periods of time. [14:01]
Brad is now getting fully fueled each morning, having changed from his period of morning fasts. [19:18]
You may notice when you have those days where you are not eating the normal big meal in the morning, your body temperature cools down in the afternoon because your thyroid turns down the temperature to conserve energy. [28:39]
Our biological drives can be destroyed with too much stress in our life. Reproduction, repair, growth, and locomotion are what we need to maintain. [30:46]
Go out and find the maximum amount of nutritious calories and move. [34:16]
 
LINKS:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/">Brad Kearns.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bradkearns.com/shop/">Brad’s Shopping page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://a.co/d/731gssV">B.rad Whey Protein Isolate Superfuel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dnalc.cshl.edu/view/15145-Human-migrations-out-of-Africa-Stephen-Oppenheimer.html">Human migration</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfSofrl4MZM">Brad’s Cold Exposure</a></li>
<li><a href="https://highintensityhealth.com/fasting-is-it-good-for-you-why-i-stopped-and-am-doing-this-instead/">Why I Stopped Fasting (Mutzel)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Keto-Reset-Diet-Metabolism-Forever/dp/1524762253/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1642725650&amp;sr=8-2">Keto Reset Diet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/2022/08/12/ryan-baxter-eating-more-calories-to-lose-fat-and-perform-better/">Rayn Baxter Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/2020/07/28/healing-strained-relationships-with-increased-self-awareness-hopeful-new-strategies-and-fake-it-till-you-make-it/">John Gray Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mars-Venus-Relationship-Complex/dp/1953295134/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1689887538&amp;sr=8-1">Beyond Mars and Venus</a></li>
</ul>
 
Join Brad for more fun on: 
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bradkearns1/">@bradkearns1</a>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bradkearnsjumphigh">@bradkearnsjumphigh</a>
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bradleykearns">@bradleykearns</a>
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4XXEoULD0AiiuPHdRw-Efg">@brad.kearns</a>
TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bradkearns">@bradkearns</a>
 
We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&amp;A shows, emailed to <a href="mailto:getoveryourselfpodcast@gmail.com">podcast@bradventures.com</a>. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you!
Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, Brad won’t promote anything he doesn’t absolutely love and use in daily life.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.mitoredlight.com" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mitoredlight.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1670784308464000&amp;usg=AOvVaw29pWkTXUYp7Rg1ax_ytaJA">Mito Red Light: </a>Photobiomodulation light panels to enhance cellular energy production, improve recovery, and optimize circadian rhythm. <a href="mailto:podcast@bradventures.com"></a>Use code BRAD for 5% discount!</li>
<li><a href="https://thecoldplunge.com/?irclickid=QJ0Vy7V-3xyIRUjQQMwkGTlIUkAyzjzlQ1DeTY0&amp;irgwc=1&amp;utm_source=impact&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=bb_affiliate&amp;utm_content=Online%20Tracking%20Link&amp;utm_term=3616965_Bradventures">Plunge:</a> Sensational custom-designed home cold plunge with filtered, circulating water, custom temperature setting, and sleek design. Save $150 with code BRAD</li>
<li><a href="http://bradnutrition.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bradnutrition.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1670784308464000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PAiAtJqOz4Q5BBBEjhISn">B.rad Whey + Creatine Superfuel</a>: Premium quality, all-natural supplement for peak performance, recovery, and longevity.</li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/mofo/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bradkearns.com/mofo/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1670784308464000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0n-Lt5oY6uhkAzSQV0c6tR">Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO):</a> Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement</li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/macademia-masterpiece/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bradkearns.com/macademia-masterpiece/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1670784308464000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3B88Ys_qUUidGZcCu8FVG-">Brad’s Macadamia Masterpiece: </a>Mind-blowing, life-changing nut butter blend.</li>
<li><a href="https://bradventures.thinkific.com/collections" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bradventures.thinkific.com/collections&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1670784308464000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1cEUH1rIYcgawotpNmWxGx">Online educational courses:</a> Numerous great offerings for an immersive home-study educational experience.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://bradkearns.com/shop/">Shopping Page For Discounts And Navigation To The Best Products</a>
I have a newly organized shopping experience at BradKearns.com/Shop. Visit here and you can navigate to my B.rad Nutrition products on Amazon (Macadamia Masterpiece and Whey + Creatine Superfuel), my library of online multimedia educational courses, link to great discounts on an assortment of my favorite products and partners, complete details and discounts on my MOFO product with Ancestral Supplements, and a library of my favorite hand-picked Amazon products for fitness and healthy living!

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, Speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life. Enjoy memorable insights from leading experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, personal growth, relationships, happiness, and longevity. Brad’s “Breather” shows provide step-by-step tips you can implement right away to improve your life. Let’s explore beyond shortcuts, hacks, and crushing competition to laugh, have fun, appreciate the journey, and not take ourselves too seriously. It’s time to B.rad!

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, Speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life. Enjoy memorable insights from leading experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, personal growth, relationships, happiness, and longevity. Brad’s “Breather” shows provide step-by-step tips you can implement right away to improve your life. Let’s explore beyond shortcuts, hacks, and crushing competition to laugh, have fun, appreciate the journey, and not take ourselves too seriously. It’s time to B.rad!

Brad Kearns, NY Times bestselling author and Guinness World Record athlete,  offers a fun and diverse mix of interviews with leading authors and health experts, and "Breather" shows for peak performance and personal growth

The B.rad Podcast

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life, without taking ourselves too seriously! You'll learn from experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, and personal growth, and enjoy Brad's brief "Breather” shows where you get simple, actionable tips to improve your life right away. Let’s explore beyond hype, hacks, shortcuts, and sciency talk to laugh, have fun, and appreciate the journey. It’s time to B.rad!

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life, without taking ourselves too seriously! You'll learn from experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, and personal growth, and enjoy Brad's brief "Breather” shows where you get simple, actionable tips to improve your life right away. Let’s explore beyond hype, hacks, shortcuts, and sciency talk to laugh, have fun, and appreciate the journey. It’s time to B.rad!

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