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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Ben Greenfield

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6908 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Ben Greenfield is a leading figure in health and wellness, renowned health consultant, New York Times bestselling author, and host of influential podcast, Boundless Life. Voted “America’s Top Personal Trainer” by the NSCA and named one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness” by Greatist, he combines cutting-edge research with practical strategies to connect mind, body, and spirit. Greenfield leverages his background as a collegiate athlete and 13-time Ironman triathlete to coach others on optimizing longevity, performance, and well-being. Alongside best friend Caleb Applegate, he is the founder of Life Network, a platform that makes health and wellness accessible to all through cutting-edge biohacking technology, community support, and expert guidance. He’s authored 18 books, including Beyond Training, Boundless, and Endure, and ultimately, he is committed to inspiring individuals to take control of their health, push boundaries, and live with purpose.  ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Athletic Nicotine https://www.athleticnicotine.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Vivo Barefoot http://vivobarefoot.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA25' ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

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0:00.0

Tetragrammaton.

0:03.0

Tetragrammaton.

0:06.0

You know the story, the original biohackers, they were, gosh, they're almost like human

0:28.6

cyborgs.

0:29.5

You know, they called their bodies wetware, and they'd put things on it that was the hardware.

0:33.8

It's like a compass that would vibrate every time you faced true north that's

0:38.9

implanted in your chest. Another guy had some type of chlorophyll like compound injected into his

0:45.6

eyeballs for night vision. Kevin Warwick, I think he was the original so-called human cyborg.

0:52.4

He got implants. I think his wife did too in his fingers, like magnetic

0:56.9

implants, so he could interact with screens, kind of like Tom Cruise and minority report. And these

1:03.6

were all way before biohacking became, you know, just self-quantification or putting ghee in your tea or something like that but

1:14.1

i think if you were to go by the the broad new term for biohacking it was probably back when i was

1:21.7

racing iron man and i started getting into blood testing and biomarker testing you know but when it

1:26.8

finally kind of hit the streets and became a little bit more affordable and accessible

1:31.3

and began to see that the years and years that I spent studying fitness and so-called healthy nutrition,

1:40.3

you know, the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, 65 to 85% carbohydrates healthy whole grains and lean

1:47.4

protein diet was kind of making me healthy on the outside but unhealthy on the inside and that got me

1:54.6

sucked down the rabbit hole of hormone optimization and gut optimization and testing the body and beginning to look into

2:03.5

recovery modalities, you know, many of which are prominent in the biohacking industry,

2:08.4

like red light or compression boots, hyperbaric oxygen, et cetera.

2:13.7

So between that and doing the podcast for 17 years and replying to a lot of questions, 17 years.

2:21.3

That's amazing.

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