Ep. 223: Stan Efferding - The Vertical Diet
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Cody McBroom
4.8 • 812 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2018
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Today’s guest is Stan “The White Rhino” Efferding, creator of The Kooler and The Vertical Diet. Stan is a legend in the space who is known for being the strongest bodybuilder alive, coaching the strongest people in the world (literally), and for creating the somewhat controversial, yet undeniably effective, “Vertical Diet” – which is exactly what we dive into today.
Follow Stan on instagram at @stanefferding or visit his site to grab his book, The Vertical Diet, at www.stanefferding.com
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(3:34) - Who is Stan Efferding and How Did you get into Fitness?
(5:07) - Was there a point that you fell into the gimmicks or fads or struggled to gain weight? Or did you naturally gain weight easily?
(7:18) - Can you explain the vertical diet and how it all started?
(12:14) - Stan gets into the details of the philosophy behind the vertical diet. What the principals are and how it works so well.
(19:20) - Do you find when you are training guys to get bigger and stronger that they need less calories because their nutrient partitioning and food quality is better?
(31:04) - Do you find when you are fixing health parameters that people have less cravings and can stay more consistent?
(39:17) - Why was sodium demonized and why do people need to have it?
(46:57) - What is your stance on caffeine?
(50:54) - You recommend people should take three 10-minute walks per day. What started this and why three 10 minute walks?
(1:00:21) - What is your perspective on vertical diet plus intermittent fasting?
(1:06:03) - In regards of health and fitness, what advice would you give yourself 10 years ago?
(1:12:20) - Where can listeners find you and all of your content?
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| 0:00.0 | what is going on guys welcome to another episode of the boom boom performance podcast today's |
| 0:17.3 | guest is somebody who i've been following for quite some time now. I'm super |
| 0:22.0 | fired up to have on the show. Man, we've been having a lot of great guests, and this one |
| 0:26.0 | does not fall short from the great list. Today's guest is the white rhino himself, Mr. Stan |
| 0:32.3 | Efforting. Stan Efforting is known to be the strongest bodybuilder ever. |
| 0:40.7 | Like that's literally one of his nicknames along with the white rhino. |
| 0:43.0 | But Stan Efforting is a powerlifter. |
| 0:44.1 | He has a bodybuilder. |
| 0:47.0 | He is somebody who has over 30 years of coaching experience. And he is the founder and the creator of multiple things, including the cooler and different |
| 0:51.8 | stuff. |
| 0:52.1 | But mainly what we're going to talk about today is the vertical diet, what he is the founder of, the vertical diet and peak performance. |
| 0:59.0 | And he is known by this diet because it has caused some controversies because he's so |
| 1:04.7 | invested in micronutrients and an industry that is so consumed with macro nutrients. |
| 1:10.1 | So he really breaks down the what, why, and how of the vertical diet, |
| 1:13.9 | why it's so important for us to prioritize health first. |
| 1:17.4 | And once we do that, we can go vertical with our macros and with our performance |
| 1:20.8 | and with all these other measurements. |
| 1:22.1 | And he actually dives into specific detail of how he is helping the world's strongest man, |
| 1:29.1 | professional crossfitters, bodybuilders, bikini athletes, powerlifters, everyday mom and dad's, I mean literally thousands |
| 1:34.8 | and thousands of people around the world using this diet protocol. |
| 1:38.3 | And he's getting them fantastic results, but not only fantastic results, performance, and |
| 1:43.7 | aesthetically, but also with |
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