Dirty Secrets Of The Supplement Industry, Lucid Dreaming, Smart Drugs, Hurricane Training & More: The Ryan Munsey Podcast.
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🗓️ 13 August 2016
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
My guest on today's podcast, Ryan Munsey, is a former fitness model and gym-owner-turned writer, speaker, and biohacker. He's a mental and physical performance specialist with a degree in Food Science & Human Nutrition from Clemson University, and a wealth of knowledge on topics such as smart drugs, lucid dreaming, unconventional strength training and cardiovascular training techniques, and dirty secrets in the supplement industry. Ryan is also the Chief Optimizer at Natural Stacks and host of the Optimal Performance Podcast.
During our discussion, you'll discover:
-Why Ryan thinks most people shouldn't eat breakfast...[6:10]
-The strange and shocking history of corn flakes...[20:50]
-How to "hack" yourself into a state of lucid dreaming...[22:20]
-How Ryan uses resistance bands to get strength breakthrough...[31:00]
-The concept of something called "Hurricane training" for a huge boost in cardiovascular fitness...[39:24]
-How Ryan stays lean when he can't workout... [45:45]
-Ryan's unique personal "smart drug" stack that he uses...[53:00]
-Why you should use caution when you see the word "proprietary" on a supplement label (and other dirty secrets of the supplements industry)...[62:10]
-And much more!
Resources from this episode: -Ryan's article on why he skips breakfastr -The strange and shocking history of why corn flakes were invented -Ryan's podcast interview on lucid dreaming -Galantamine for lucid dreaming -CBD oil vs. Rick Simpson's oil -Rogue monster resistance bands -Ryan's article on Hurricane Training -Martin Rooney's Cardio Workouts for Warriors book -Bulletproof Instamix -The Longecity forum -How To Make Your Own Smart Drugs -Top 10 dirty secrets of the supplement industry -Natural Stacks (for CILTEP, etc.) (use 15% discount code BEN15 on anything)
Do you have questions, comments or feedback for Ryan or me? Leave your thoughts at BenGreenfieldFitness.com and one of us will reply!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Ben Greenfield here. |
| 0:02.0 | Quick, fun quiz for you nerds out there. |
| 0:04.3 | Do you know what? |
| 0:05.2 | Alpha GPC is, alpha GPC. |
| 0:07.8 | So pass this around at your next cocktail party. |
| 0:10.7 | It's alpha glycerophosphocoline. |
| 0:14.0 | And it's what's called a colonurgic compound. |
| 0:16.3 | That means it can be used for cognitive promoting properties. |
| 0:20.1 | Cognitive promoting properties is that ironic |
| 0:22.1 | that I can't say that word. |
| 0:23.9 | And it also has been shown in a ton of different research |
| 0:26.9 | studies to enhance power output. |
| 0:29.2 | And to also support the function of cellular membranes |
| 0:32.4 | and for those of you who are concerned about getting stupid |
| 0:35.5 | to prevent cognitive decline. |
| 0:37.9 | Now why am I telling you all this? |
| 0:39.5 | Because our first sponsor for today's episode |
| 0:42.8 | figured out how to put this stuff into coffee. |
| 0:45.8 | And they're named Camaracophe. |
| 0:48.1 | K-I-M-E-R-A-K-O-F-F-E-E. |
| 0:51.6 | They stuffed not just alpha GPC, |
| 0:54.2 | but a host of other safe proven natural neutropics. |
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