Gary Brecka: Biohacking to Live Longer and Feel Better (E284)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Gary Brecka is a renowned human biologist and expert in the science of human performance. With over two decades of experience, Gary has become a leading voice in the world of biohacking, dedicated to optimising health and extending lifespan through science-backed methods.
In this episode, Jake welcomes Gary Brecka to dive into the fascinating world of health optimisation. Gary shares his insights on the powerful benefits of ice baths, explaining how they can drastically improve physical health. He offers insights into breathwork techniques, discussing how they can bolster immunity, regulate body temperature, and improve overall health.
Gary also breaks down the science behind his famous quote, “the presence of oxygen is the absence of disease,” and discusses how increasing oxygen levels in the body can lead to transformative health improvements. Beyond physical health, Gary addresses crucial topics like nutrition, mental stress, and sleep. He provides actionable tips for better nutrition and shares warning signs of mental stress that could impact our physiology.
This episode offers practical advice on enhancing sleep quality and provides a holistic approach to maintaining both physical and mental well-being.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't want to be the ultra woke biohacker just talking to other ultra work |
| 0:04.3 | biohackers I want to be a messenger for the masses so that a small amount of |
| 0:09.9 | education can inspire somebody to make a change. I believe that every human being |
| 0:16.3 | has a superhuman inside of them. If I can improve your sleep score 28% that is your |
| 0:21.3 | inherent superpower. So what's happening is over the next five years you're going to see three centuries of medical |
| 0:26.6 | Advancement happen in the next five years |
| 0:30.2 | That is the voice of Gary Brecker, human biologist and biohacker, the latest guest here on high performance, |
| 0:36.6 | the show that delves a little deeper into the stories and ideas as some of the most extraordinary people in the world. |
| 0:42.8 | I'm J. Humphrey, and like a lot of you, |
| 0:45.0 | I'm simply fascinated by unlocking a better version of myself, |
| 0:48.5 | by discovering not just how people achieve great things, |
| 0:51.7 | but the why that drives them. And Gary Brecker has had an incredible rise to prominence in the last couple of years, and quite simply he believes two things. One, you have a superhuman inside you. |
| 1:04.0 | Two, you're likely currently operating at about 50% of your true capabilities. |
| 1:10.0 | And as a former competitive triathlete and then with a career in mortality modeling where he worked for an American insurance business predicting to the month, yes, to the month when customers would die, he transitioned into changing the lives of individuals, |
| 1:25.2 | and he now wants to change yours. |
| 1:27.4 | This episode offers practical advice for you on enhancing sleep quality, |
| 1:31.6 | how you can maintain both physical and mental well-being in a challenging |
| 1:35.2 | world, the things you're getting wrong, and the simple changes that Gary believes you can make |
| 1:40.8 | to get it so right. And look, Gary isn't without his detractors, okay? We have to be open about that, but we push him and we question him on his methods, his success, his beliefs and his values so that you can make up your own mind and there are things |
| 1:54.5 | that Gary says that I have taken into my own life since this conversation and I've |
| 1:58.3 | genuinely felt the benefits. So come to this with an open mind and let's see what we all learn as we welcome human |
| 2:04.8 | biologist and biohacker Gary Brecker to high performance. |
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