408: How a 55-year-old former football player is in the best shape of his life | NFL Hall of Famer Troy Aikman

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🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Troy Aikman: "I'm 55 years old, and I’m in the best shape of my life in every way—mentally, physically, and emotionally.” Aikman, an NFL Hall of Famer and broadcaster, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss his nonnegotiable tips to feel healthier than ever, plus: - Why Aikman swears by the pegan diet (~03:16) - What a daily meditation practice can teach you about happiness (~13:59) - The key to thriving after an athletic career (~19:38) - How he exercises his brain (~25:42) - How to raise confident, self-aware kids (~32:36) Referenced in the episode: - Aikman's better-for-you beer, EIGHT. - Read more about Aikman's nutrition philosophy & fitness routine. - Learn more about the pegan diet. - Follow Mark Hyman, M.D., on Instagram. - Watch Mark Hyman, M.D., at mbg revitalize 2014. - The Untethered Soul, by Michael Singer. - Read Aikman's 1998 interview in Texas Monthly. - mbg Podcast episode #383, with Daniel Pink Take 25% off vitamin D3 potency+ with code D3POD. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Apply code at checkout. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:43.6	performance is not guaranteed. Troy Ackman is a Hall of Fame quarterback as he led the Dallas
0:52.0	Cowboys to three Super Bowl championships. Post career you probably know him as a football
0:57.8	announcer, or for his charity work, or his latest venture into Better for You beer with
1:03.6	eight elite logger, which I happen to love. But did you know that Troy is a huge fan of MyBuddyGreen?
1:10.2	He's a meditator and a believer in the pagan diet, which our friend doctor Mark Hyman coined
1:16.2	at our very first revitalizer event back in 2014. At any rate, you're going to see a different
1:22.4	side of Troy Ackman today on the show. Troy, welcome. Yeah, thank you. Good to be on.
1:31.2	So great to have you and what I'm curious about a lot of things, but what I'm most curious
1:36.4	about to start is how your philosophies changed on health and well-being from your days of being
1:43.2	professional quarterback in the NFL, at the peak of your career, and where you are today,
1:50.2	and walk us through your evolution, because I know that it has been an evolution. For sure.
1:55.4	Yeah, 100%. That's a good question. Goes back. I started, I've been a lifelong athlete,
2:00.7	of course, since I was a kid. I started taking my, I guess, my being in good shape and condition,
2:07.7	going back to when I was probably about 10 years old. But let's move forward through college,
2:12.7	and then once I got to the Dallas Cowboys, you know, health to me was really all from a physical
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