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🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Dr. Parsley began his journey into the realm of peak human performance when he became a Navy SEAL at the ripe age of 19 years and went on to serve during the Gulf War. After a brief hiatus from the SEAL community to complete his undergraduate studies, medical school, his internship and residency, Dr. Parsley then went full-circle and became the physician for the West Coast SEAL teams. His incredible success with the SEALs lead to him becoming the go-to medical human performance expert for not only the SEALs, but the entire special forces of the US military, even after his departure from the military practice and into private consulting. Dr. Parsley is currently a highly sought after human performance expert and works with the elite of the elite in their respective fields. Countless entrepreneurs, professional sports teams, top tier athletes, international corporations, and high level executives turn to Doc when they need that extra boost to ascend to their peak capabilities.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Gabriel Lion Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent |
0:08.5 | conversations. |
0:14.6 | In today's episode of the Dr. Gabriel Lion Show, I sit down with Dr. Kirk Parsley. |
0:25.1 | Dr. Parsley served as a Navy SEAL during the first Gulf War. He was tasked with being the SEAL team physician for the West Coast SEALs. |
0:34.4 | And really, after the realities of eight years of nearly continuous combat |
0:39.2 | were beginning to weigh on the seals and Dr. Parsley was tasked with optimizing and maintaining |
0:44.8 | the performance of the most incredible and toughest men in the world. |
0:51.3 | He was struck by the disparity between health care and actually health. During this time, |
0:57.2 | Kirk was forced to learn an enormous amount of alternative medicine, the alternative treatments |
1:03.5 | in medical literature, synthesize and apply it in a way that was both effective and practical |
1:09.6 | for the seals to maintain peak performance |
1:12.3 | 365 days a year. There is so much that we can learn from Dr. Parsley. He's worked with thousands |
1:21.1 | of elite performers and has had tremendous success from the physical to the cognitive |
1:26.4 | to emotional performance. And in this episode, |
1:30.0 | we talk all about ways in which you can perform to your most optimal, peptides and other |
1:39.5 | strategies for peak performance. And finally, the importance of sleep on training, life, and overall wellness. |
1:50.1 | Please take a moment to rate, subscribe, share this episode, and let's dive in. |
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