In this podcast, what is CrossFit Endurance? Protein intake and supplements for young athletes,

blood sugar spikes from protein powder, taking supplements with coffee,

birth control and weight loss, losing weight for iron man, elbow pain from bicep curls,

is casing okay for vegans and the pose running method.

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So whether you're an iron man triathlete or you're just trying to shed a few pounds,

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Hey folks, Ben Greenfield here and for any of you who have wondered what CrossFit is all about and

whether you can actually use CrossFit to train for triathlon or marathon, this podcast is for you

because today's featured topic is with Brian McKenzie of CrossFit Endurance and this is the

guy that probably knows more about CrossFit endurance than anybody else on the face of the planet.

So we've got an interview with him coming up after of course our Q&A. Now a couple of quick

announcements you may have noticed that this week the official Ben Greenfield fitness t-shirt,

the new t-shirt came out and what I am going to offer to you right now and nobody else is

getting this offer other than the people who listen to the podcast is if you send me a photo

of you wearing the t-shirt then you will get a complimentary console with me, a phone console

with me to go over your nutrition and your fitness program. So all you need to do is get the t-shirt

and send me a photo of you wearing it wherever at the gym on the edge of a cliff in the shower at

Disneyland. I don't care where it's at but if you send me that photo then you will get a free

console and the other option is you can simply upload the photo to your Facebook page and tag it

with Ben Greenfield fitness and I'll see it if you do that. So the other special announcement is

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