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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and you may have been hearing a lot lately about this thing called

Iowaska. So there was this new movie, relatively new movie called Wanderlust and in that movie

Jennifer Aniston actually drinks Iowaska. And there's this other video that's out there

on YouTube right now where Bodybuilder and Six-Time Mr. Olympia winner Dorian Yates is

kind of lauding the benefits of Iowaska. And it seems to be kind of popping up all over the

place like these Iowaska retreats and ceremonies and celebrities and athletes became to use this

Iowaska stuff. But what I wanted to do for you today was really delve into a podcast that could

fill you in on kind of Iowaska 101 and everything that you need to know about this stuff.

Because it actually is a pretty cool kind of potent adaptogen and the fact is if you know a

little bit about it and you know how to use it right, it may be something that turns out to

to be something that you can use. So my guest today is Stephanie Holbrooke and Stephanie is a

personal trainer and a coach over at Pacific Elite Fitness. She's an Ironman finisher,

she's done cycling, running, swimming, triathlon since 2004. She's participated in Olympic and

powerlifting competitions. So she's not one of these people who's just like sedentary,

you know, in a jungle somewhere doing Iowaska. Like she's out there totally modern living the

athletic lifestyle and delving into this stuff and she even does Iowaska retreats and all

sorts of cool stuff like that. She's a check certified coach. She is certified by my superhuman

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