The Outside Interview: The Whole Life Challenge Is Easier Than You Think

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Andy Petranek and Michael Stanwyck know fitness. Petranek was a former adventure racer and RedBull Athlete before founding one of the first CrossFit gyms. Soon after, Stanwyck walked in looking for a new type of workout and quickly became CrossFit LA’s manager. But while their classes made gym members stronger, the pair longed to have a more holistic impact on their clients. In 2011, they created the Whole Life Challenge, a six-week program that focuses on seven lifestyle changes that optimize well-being. The Challenge, which turns healthy living into a game, now attracts more than 50,000 participants a year. Last week, Petranek and Stanwyck sat down with Outside editor Chris Keyes to discuss the problem with diets, the keys to changing habits, the power of crowds, and how small lifestyle changes add up to make a big difference.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Saris, a company that dedicates $100,000 every year to cycling advocacy programs.
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0:12.0	the kind that allow you to ride your bike around a fictional
0:14.4	video game island from the comfort of your podcast partner's basement.
0:18.4	All right, there you are, that's your guy.
0:19.9	That's me? That's you. So start pedaling. Now, my podcast partner happens to be a competitive cyclist.
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0:36.8	a stationary bike and link it to your computer.
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0:48.7	riding through slip in and draft behind the peloton, and you'll feel the difference.
0:53.6	Jump on him, see, oh, you could.
0:55.8	There, see if you close the gap.
0:57.6	Yeah, if you catch them, then you'll get a drafting boost,
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