323: Laird Hamilton - Born To Surf, XPT (Extreme Performance Training), Ice Baths & Saunas
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Laird Hamilton (IG: @lairdhamiltonsurf) is best known as an American big-wave surfer and pioneer in the world of action water sports. In addition to his affinity for the water, Laird is labeled as an inventor, author, stunt man, model, producer, TV host, fitness and nutrition expert, husband, father, and adrenaline junkie.
Partnering with his wife, Gabrielle Reece, Laird created Extreme Performance Training (XPT).
Laird’s passion for health and wellness combined with innovation, led him to pioneer his own plant-based product line in 2015, Laird Superfood.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Living off the land in Hawaii
- Being born to surf
- Surfing is limitless, anything is possible
- Finding comfort with the sea
- Are sharks the spirits of our ancestors?
- The evolution of Laird’s surfing journey
- Enjoying the creative process
- What is hydrofoil surfing?
- Continuing to learn
- The origin of tow-in surfing
- Surfing competitions set you up for failure
- Being fulfilled by achieving
- Underwater pool training
- Stress builds bonds
- The benefits of ice baths & saunas
- Hot rock saunas vs. infrared saunas
- The philosophy & innovation behind Laird Superfood
- XPT = Extreme Performance Training
- Starting the day with hydration
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Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (documentary)
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| 0:00.0 | And in surfing, you have the freedom to kind of do it the way you want to and then the boundaries are limitless. |
| 0:05.8 | So there's no, you know, there's no kind of restrictions. It's do it how you want it and and there's no limit really to what's possible it just it expands to |
| 0:16.1 | your you know the ocean has the ability to take on as much as you desire to implement. |
| 0:23.2 | Hello and welcome to the ultimate |
| 0:28.6 | Hello and welcome to the ultimate health podcast episode 323 |
| 0:32.4 | Jesse Chappas here with Marnie Wasserman, and we are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:37.0 | Each week, we will bring you inspiring and informative conversations about health and wellness, |
| 0:42.0 | covering topics of nutrition, lifestyle, |
| 0:44.4 | fitness, mindset, and so much more. |
| 0:46.8 | This week we are speaking with Laird Hamilton. He's best known as an American Big Wave Surfer |
| 0:51.7 | and pioneer in the world of action water sports. |
| 0:54.9 | In addition to his affinity for the water, Laird is labeled as an inventor, author, stuntman, |
| 1:00.7 | model, producer, TV host, fitness and nutrition expert, husband, father, and adrenaline junkie. |
| 1:09.0 | Partnering with his wife Gabriel Reis, Laird created extreme Performance Training, also known as XPT. |
| 1:15.4 | Laird's passion for health and wellness combined with innovation led him to |
| 1:19.7 | pioneer his own plant-based product line in 2015 layered superfood. |
| 1:25.0 | We've actually known about layered for a long time and have been following his journey |
| 1:29.0 | and have many of his superfoods in our home that we're using on a regular basis. |
| 1:34.0 | He is definitely a unique individual. |
| 1:36.5 | You'll hear his passion for surfing, fitness, and just optimal performance and living in this episode. |
| 1:42.0 | And this is definitely a great episode to share, |
| 1:44.5 | along with so many of our others, |
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