#131 - Brad Kearns: Pursuing Peak Performance, Elite Athleticism, How To Train Appropriately, When Rest is Best, Social Media & Exercise Addiction, Conscientious Failure, Impulse Vs Intuition, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 151 minutes

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/bradkearns 2:30 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:45 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 11:35 - Brad's Personal History 16:10 - Are Extreme Athletic Endeavors Healthy? 18:20 - What Historically Would Mimic Triathlon Type Exercise? 21:50 - Natural Endurance Vs Training & Over Training 25:40 - The Stress Of Overtraining 27:45 - Prioritizing Sleep 31:10 - Maximizing Your Efforts 32:50 - Being Intuitive With How Much And How Hard To Work 36:50 - Impulse Vs Intuition 39:30 - The Arbitrary Nature Of Marathons And Triathlons 45:10 - Can Anybody Achieve Elite Athleticism? 50:40 - Cardio Junkies 51:10 - Melanie's Activity 56:10 - Resistance Training 57:50 - Brad's Morning Routine 1:09:30 - The Morning Cortisol Spike 1:12:55 - Intermittent Variable Rewards 1:15:30 - The Lure Of Social Media 1:18:45 - Exercise Addiction 1:23:15 - Type A Personalities And Addiction 1:26:35 - Ironman Blues 1:29:15 - Feeling Hollow After Major Achievements 1:33:55 - Manifesting 1:35:55 - Being Overly Fixated With Results 1:42:45 - Moving On At The Right Time 1:48:30 - Failure 1:50:30 - Training Appropriately 1:53:20 - Maximum Aerobic Fitness Test 1:56:50 - Sprinting 2:02:10 - Inputting High Intensity In A Lower Intensity Workout 2:06:05 - How Many Sprints Is Enough? 2:10:00 - What's Fueling The Sprints? 2:13:25 - Emsculpt Neo 2:16:25 - Muscle Soreness 2:18:50 - Brad's Current Mission

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0:00.0	just move more frequently in everyday life.
0:02.8	Then right behind that is we have to use it or lose it.
0:06.2	So we have to put our bodies under resistance load to maintain muscle mass.
0:11.2	What you want to do is land in this sweet spot where the routine is doable and sustainable.
0:16.9	You know, the workouts are short duration.
0:18.5	They're powerful.
0:19.2	They're explosive.
0:19.9	They're fun.
0:20.7	Fitness and competitive success is not aligned with leading a healthy lifestyle.
0:26.3	It's important to not attach your self-esteem to the outcome of your competitive pursuit.
0:31.6	Welcome to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health,
0:40.2	mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack
0:47.1	your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind. We're not dispensing medical advice
0:52.9	and are not responsible for any outcomes you may
0:55.7	experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. Are you ready? Let's do this.
1:04.2	Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast. Friends, you are in for such a treat with today's episode for so many reasons.
1:13.4	Brad Kearns is quickly becoming one of my favorite people. Just recording this intro and thinking
1:19.2	about Brad makes me smile. He is so incredible, so funny, so knowledgeable. And what's really
1:26.6	awesome is this is a topic today, everything that we talk
1:29.6	about that I really don't know much about and don't really talk about much. And by that, I mean
1:35.9	things like athletics, concentrated workouts. It's just not my forte. To clarify, I think
1:43.2	supporting muscle, being active is so, so important. I think it's
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