You Won’t Get Anywhere If You Don’t Nail These Basics: Listen to This Before 2026

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Cowboy Colostrum, BUBS Naturals, and Hollow Socks. If you’ve ever felt buried by all the health advice out there, the hacks, the supplements, the trackers, the endless protocols, you’re not alone. With so much noise, it’s easy to believe the next big breakthrough is some new gadget or complicated routine. But the real transformation comes consistently from nailing the fundamentals. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about moments with exercise and nutrition expert Stan Efferding. Stan breaks down why returning to the basics of nutrition, training, sleep, and mindset will consistently outperform chasing the latest novelty. He also shares the key exercises to prioritize and the tried-and-true principles he’s refined over decades of working with athletes and everyday clients alike. Stan Efferding is an IFBB Professional bodybuilder, World Record-holding powerlifter, and one of only ten men in the world to total over 2,300 pounds raw in competition, earning him the title of the World’s Strongest Bodybuilder. With a degree in Exercise Science from the University of Oregon, Stan has over 25 years of experience training high school, collegiate, and professional athletes. He conducts seminars nationwide, sharing expertise in sports, nutrition, and training techniques, and has been featured in publications like Muscular Development, Flex Magazine, and Power Magazine. In this episode, Dhru and Stan dive into: The importance of food quality and testing (2:48) Exercises to prioritize and how to begin (10:09) Stan’s core principles for optimal health (17:56) Why most people stay in “reaction mode” and how to shift out (25:48) Stan’s biggest takeaways you can use today (31:05) Also mentioned: Full episode with Stan Efferding Try This: Mihir's Weight Loss Journey This episode is brought to you by Cowboy Colostrum, BUBS Naturals, and Hollow Socks. Right now, Cowboy Colostrum is offering my listeners 25%. Just go to CowboyColostrum.com/DHRU and use code DHRU to save 25% today. Support your skin and your health with BUBS Naturals Collagen Peptides. Head to BUBSNaturals.com and use code DHRU for 20% off your order. For a limited time, Hollow Socks is offering my community a Buy 2, Get 2 Free Sale. Head to HollowSocks.com for up to 50% off your order. Sign up for Dhru’s Try This Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, Drew Prode here. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by all the health advice that's out there,
0:04.8	the biohacks, supplements, gadgets, blah, blah, blah, blah, you're not alone. In today's episode,
0:09.9	we're asking, what if the real breakthrough doesn't come from chasing one silver bullet and instead
0:15.4	comes from mastering the fundamentals that actually move the needle forward? Last year, I had the chance to talk with
0:22.2	exercise and nutrition expert Stan Efforting. And I'm excited to share a segment of that
0:28.0	conversation for today's featured moment with you, where we dive into the basics of nutrition,
0:33.8	training, sleep, and mindset. And just a reminder, these moments episodes take past episodes where we
0:39.5	highlight a featured part of the conversation, a part that even if you heard the episode, it's a good
0:44.3	reminder to hear it again. Or if you miss the episode, don't worry, we've pulled out one of the
0:49.1	best segments that you have to listen to to support your health journey. I guess you don't have to,
0:53.8	but it'd be nice to. Anyways, Stan Efforting. Let me tell you a little bit about him before we get into some of what
0:59.0	he's talking about today. Stan is a professional bodybuilder, world record holding power lifter,
1:05.0	and one of only 10 men in the world to total over 2,300 pounds in raw competition, earning him the title of the world's
1:13.3	strongest bodybuilder. With a degree in exercise science from the University of Oregon, Stan has over
1:17.8	25 years of experience training high school collegiate athletes, professional athletes, and so many
1:23.7	more people. He conducts seminars nationwide, sharing his expertise in sports, nutrition,
1:27.7	and training techniques, and has been featured in publications like muscular development,
1:32.1	Flex Magazine, and Power Magazine. And in today's featured moment, you'll hear why focusing
1:37.1	on the core pillars of your health consistently beats chasing novelty. It's a reminder that
1:44.1	we all need. I need this reminder in my own life as well.
1:47.3	And Stan shares why things like micronutrient density, resistance training, and quality
1:52.2	sleep shape everything from our body composition to our daily performance. Stan also shares a few
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