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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and in the past we've had some interesting podcast discussions

about fasting and specifically the combination of fasting and exercise.

For example, last year we had Dr. Peter Atia on the podcast and he talked about how he's

turned himself into a fat burning machine by fasting for 24 hours then going out and

doing these monster five to six hour bike rides.

We talked to Dr. Dominique Diagostino a few months ago on this podcast about ketosis

and how he's working with people like Navy SEALs and extreme athletes in the US military

to kind of get their bodies into a state of ketosis for enhanced endurance adaptations

specifically.

And I've even talked on this podcast about myself and how I utilized quite a bit of fasting

exercise protocols and ketogenesis to prepare for Iron Man Canada and the Iron Man Hawaii

World Championships last year.

But when it comes to fasting and endurance performance specifically, there is one person

who I've followed quite a bit over the past year.

As far as paying attention to the protocols that he is implementing, especially when it

comes to combining fasting and exercise, and some of the things that he's written and

his name is Barry Murray.

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