Nutrition, Fitness, Online Entrepreneurism, Homeschooling & What Happened When He Trained for an Ironman on a Low Carb / High Fat Ketosis Diet

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2013

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

For fans of Ben Greenfield, this is Ben like you've never heard him before. For longtime listeners and fans of health & fitness podcasts, Ben Greenfield needs no introduction. Self-avowed training guinea pig, ardent nutrition student, accomplished multisport athlete, podcast host, blogger and health entrepreneur at Ben Greenfield Fitness and all around good dude. Ben and I have been acquainted for some years — but only through the internet. He was an early guest on this show ( RRP #11 ), I have guested on his podcast as well as his Endurance Planet podcast ( HERE ), we did a nutrition-oriented Spreecast with Vinnie Tortorich back in February ( HERE ) and he has written about my exploits a bit as well ( HERE ). And yet surprisingly, we had never met in person. So it was a pleasure to finally sit down with the guy one-on-one so we could dig a bit deeper. Skype interviews are great, but there is just no substitute for sitting across from someone when you want to have a proper chat. And this interview gets it done in spades. Today on the show we talk about a multitude of things, including: * How he turned his passion for health and fitness into a thriving online business * Some keys for entrepreneurial online success; * His experience training for and racing an Ironman on a high fat / low carb ketogenic diet; * His plan for putting on 30lbs of muscle during the upcoming winter months; * Our experiences interviewing Durianrider; * What the lifestyle “hack” (as in #lifehack or #biohack) actually means; * His experience as a homeschooled child and how he homeschools his children; * How his dietary regimen is often misunderstood, his passion for plants & his vegetable garden; and * Ben's Upcoming Human Performance Course on CreativeLive. Like many of my guests, I don't agree with all points & issues raised. But I truly like and respect Ben, particularly his willingness to engage in all forms of self-experimentation and his transparency when it comes to openly sharing his results. I hope you enjoy the conversation! Rich

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 59 of the Rich Roll Podcast with Fitness Guru Ben Greenfield.
0:08.0	The Rich Roll Podcast
0:19.0	Plant Power
0:26.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the show I am Rich Roll.
0:28.7	This is the Rich Roll Podcast.
0:30.7	What's up, wellness warriors, plant-based freaks, fitness fanatics.
0:35.7	Hope everybody had a great Halloween.
0:37.7	I wanted to talk about Halloween for a little bit.
0:39.7	If you've been listening to the show, you might recall a recent episode
0:43.7	where Julie and I kind of talked about Halloween and the problems that it often poses.
0:51.7	If you have kids, how to navigate the pitfalls of Halloween and everything that it presents.
0:57.7	I don't know about you, but I love Halloween.
0:59.7	We love Halloween as a family.
1:01.7	We make a big deal out of it every year.
1:03.7	We spend weeks putting together our costumes.
1:05.7	And it's a ton of fun.
1:07.7	We all look forward to it very much.
1:09.7	But we have to deal with this issue of how do we go around in trick-or-treat
1:16.7	and collect all of this crazy, crappy candy.
1:20.7	And how do you deal with the kids who want to eat it
1:24.7	and be a responsible parent who is supposed to be guiding their kids in the right direction
1:29.7	with respect to nutrition and health?
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