Today's guest brings over 15 years of experience two master degrees in exercise physiology and

clinical nutrition, helping men and women build customized science-back strategies to reclaim

their strength, confidence, and energy, much like they had in

their 20s. He's a host of the Smart Nutrition Made Simple Podcast, a podcast about cutting through

the noise and health and fitness to deliver practical, sustainable results for lasting energy,

strength, and well-being. Ben Brown, welcome to Papa Bear Hikes.

Martin, it's an absolute pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for having me. Ben, I've read over your resume and it's quite

impressive. I see you've worked, you work with Fortune 500 companies. You've been featured on ABC,

Fox, NBC, and you even worked with some professional sports teams such as the Golden State Warriors,

Arizona, Diamondbacks. Very qualified background you're bringing here to this field.

Well, I'm trying my best, Martin, and it's a bit of an eclectic career so far, but I've had a lot

of really unique and wonderful opportunities to work with a diverse

array of individuals and athletes and corporations. And so, yeah, I love what I do, and I'm happy

to talk shop. Now, Ben, what we're going to talk about today is, for those of us who are on the

other side of 50,

those of us are getting up there in age, but want to make, A, maintain a fitness level,

it allows us to go into the outdoors and engage in activities such as backpacking, hiking,

biking, canoeing, anything that requires a certain level of fitness to enjoy.

That group and the other group, and this is people I speak to quite a bit,

that are sitting there saying, wow, I really wish I could get back into hiking or I can start hiking.

I used to do that when I was younger, but I just don't feel like I have the energy or the

strength or whatever it takes, go out and do that.

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