Blaine Lints (Navy SEAL Selection, Autism and Optimizing the Tactical Athlete) - Episode 1174
Behind The Shield
James Geering
4.9 • 696 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 133 minutes
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Dr. Blaine Lints is an applied physiologist, former Navy SEAL, and former professional triathlete whose research focuses on optimizing cognitive and physical performance in high-stakes operational settings. Blaine's dissertation work examined the physiological and cognitive effects of operational stressors such as thermal strain and physical exertion. His overarching goal is to generate research and communicate those findings to preserve and enhance operator performance and health.
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| 2:14.6 | Welcome to the Behind a Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing. and this week it is my absolute honor to welcome on the show, Navy SEAL veteran, former professional triathlete and applied physiologist Dr. Blaine Lynch. |
| 2:29.9 | Now, in this conversation, we discuss a host of topics. From Breaking World Records as a youth athlete, |
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