How A Top Silicon Valley Executive Lost 40 Pounds of Fat And Became A Kettlebell Swinging, Paddleboarding, Semi-Pro Tennis Player With 8-Pack Abs
Ben Greenfield Life
Ben Greenfield
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2014
⏱️ 41 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Paul Sebastien is one of the top executives in Silicon Valley, currently Chief Marketing Officer at a division of T-Mobile after his startup was acquired, and previously held leadership roles at Microsoft's Xbox Live division, Disney Mobile, and has had three of his former startups acquired. He's also gone from not picking up a tennis racquet since he was a kid all the way to playing semi-pro level tennis at age 46 in his spare time.
And he's lost 40 pounds of fat, added muscle he never thought was possible, and looks and feels younger now than he did 15 years ago.
So what does a successful Silicon Valley executive who's also become a semi-professional tennis player while losing 40 pounds, adding muscle, looking and feeling 15 years younger as the most important factors, above all else?
In this episode, you'll discover the exact changes Paul has made to his diet and exercise, and some smart biohacking he implements every day.
Resources:
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness.com Podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | We provide you with free exercise, nutrition, weight loss, triathlon and wellness advice |
| 0:13.0 | from the top fitness experts in the nation. |
| 0:15.9 | So whether you're an Iron Man triathlon or you're just trying to shed a few pounds, |
| 0:20.7 | get ready for non-runner-the-mill cutting edge content from Ben Greenfield Fitness.com. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield here and there's a guy on the line with me today who is |
| 0:45.4 | engaged in a few things that are near and dear to my heart and that you're also going to |
| 0:50.6 | find are incredibly intriguing when it comes to optimizing your health, to biohacking, |
| 0:56.4 | to achieving fat loss, muscle gain, extremes of physical and mental performance. |
| 1:02.4 | And he's really got a lot of things going for him. |
| 1:04.7 | He's a silicone Valley exec who's been a semi-professional tennis player while losing 40 pounds, |
| 1:10.8 | adding muscle, looking and feeling 15 years younger as hugely important factors in his life. |
| 1:17.6 | And he's done some pretty radical changes to adopt his diet, his exercise program. |
| 1:21.9 | He's done some biohacking. |
| 1:22.9 | Sir, we're going to delve into that. |
| 1:24.9 | And his name is Paul Sebastian and Paul is one of the top executives in silicone Valley. |
| 1:30.2 | He's currently the chief marketing officer at a division of T-Mobile and he's previously |
| 1:35.7 | held leadership roles at Microsoft's Xbox Live Division, Disney Mobile and also had three |
| 1:42.7 | of his former startups acquired. |
| 1:45.4 | Like I mentioned, he's also playing tennis and he's gone from not picking up a tennis |
| 1:48.9 | record since he was a kid, although he's playing semi-pro-level tennis at age 46. |
| 1:54.8 | So he's accomplished a lot and he's going to share some of his secrets with us today. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ben Greenfield, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ben Greenfield and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.