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Ben Greenfield Life

Working Out Hard With "The Big Pygmy", Saving Villages in the African Jungle, Animal Psychology & Much More with Justin Wren.

Ben Greenfield Life

Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2022

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

https://bengreenfieldlife.com/forgotten

Justin “The Big Pygmy” Wren is a former UFC and current Bellator MMA fighter, podcast host of Overcome with Justin Wren, and founder of the charity Fight for the Forgotten.

Fight for the Forgotten exists to empower the most bullied people in the world. They serve displaced indigenous peoples groups in west Africa to help ensure their health and human rights, and work to address the mental and emotional health needs of at-risk youth in the US through bullying prevention and character development programs.

Enjoy my conversation with Justin, which was definitely more of a chat than a traditional interview.

In my conversation with Justin Wren, you'll discover:

-Ben's workout and diet while on the go...

-Boundless origin stories...

-Ben's journey as a human guinea pig and investigative journalist...

-How Ben defines "biohacking"...

-Non-negotiable elements of high-quality sleep...

-Justin shares stories of saving villages in the African jungle...

-Preparing mentally and physically for living in Africa...

-Motivation for Ben's new parenting book...

-Secrets to a great relationship with your spouse and children...

-Justin does the animal psychology quiz with Ben...

-And much more!

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-Ben Greenfield Coaching

https://bengreenfieldlife.com/forgotten

Transcript

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0:00.0

My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast.

0:04.0

The biggest thing I've learned that has been the best, most magical thing for our family

0:08.2

was this idea of branding the family the same way that you would brand a business.

0:13.6

We're moving them out of that environment into a little bit more rural area where three other

0:17.6

communities are welcoming them there because we're going to have a community hub with the

0:21.4

Health Center, the school. We're doing a business marketplace like a little shotgun.

0:24.8

With just from one sting, I would have all these welps all around and their neighbors too.

0:28.8

Their neighbors would say we will die if we try to do that.

0:30.8

Wow, but they don't.

0:35.8

Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition, longevity,

0:43.2

ancestral living, biohacking, and a whole lot more. Welcome to the show.

0:48.2

Well, hello, everyone. Today's podcast recorded on the road once again, which is why I'm recording

1:01.4

this introduction for you on my crappy little portable microphone. Hopefully you don't mind.

1:07.4

The episodes with Justin Ren. Justin Christopher Ren. W-R-E-N. The show notes for everything

1:14.2

Justin I talk about is going to be at bengreenfieldfitness.com slash forgotten.

1:19.1

It's bengreenfieldfitness.com slash forgotten. Why forgotten? Because Justin has done a number of charity

1:26.4

drives and expeditions for his charity called Fight for the Forgotten. He's been featured on the

1:31.6

Joe Rogan Experience multiple times where he talks about this work, which is fascinating. We talk

1:36.5

about a little bit on this show and we also just delve into a very wide ranging conversation.

1:41.2

Everything from fitness, to parenting, to even animal psychology. Ren's a great guy. He's a Christian

1:48.4

brother. He's a professional mixed martial artist. He's competing in the heavyweight division of

1:53.4

Bellator MMA and been a professional competitor since 2006 in the room of fighting. He may have

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