The Ready State Podcast

Meg Fisher: From Catastrophic Injury to Champion Cyclist and Gold at the Paralympics, the Healing Potential of Sport Oct 31, 2024

Meg Fisher is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, 2x Paralympian and 11x World Champion Cyclist. She earned her doctorate at the University of Washington in 2014. Meg continues to race bikes professionally, predominantly endurance gravel and mountain bike events. She is pioneering para-cycling categories in off-road events. She also runs her own physical therapy clinic in Missoula, Montana. She loves to play outside on the trails with her dog Pax.

Meg is an absolute inspiration and we were happy to support her in her latest adventure, climbing Chimborazo to raise money for ROMP, a non-profit providing high-quality prosthetic care for underserved people. From tennis to trauma, to the healing potential of sport, this episode is a must listen.

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Dean Stott: Resilience, Transitioning from Special Forces to Crisis Management Expert, and Breaking World Records Oct 17, 2024

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Dean Stott is a former British Special Forces soldier who served in the Special Boat Service (SBS). After a career-ending parachute accident, he transitioned into the private security sector, gaining renown for handling high-risk situations, including evacuating the Canadian Embassy in Libya. He later set two world records for cycling the 14,000-mile Pan-American Highway. Dean is now a motivational speaker, security consultant, adventurer, and podcaster known for tackling extreme challenges. Dean was awarded the distinguished honor of Member of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire (MBE) for his services to sport, humanitarian and mental health awareness. He embodies resilience and adaptability in both personal and professional pursuits.

Dean has led an amazing life and is a master storyteller. We get into his abrupt transition out of the British Special Forces, developing a new path and career based on his strengths, and working with his wife Alana, also an MBE and complete force as Dean's business partner, as well as within her own career as an author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are still abuzz about LMNT Sparkling now available to everyone. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Single serve Creatine packets have changed our lives. We no longer go through security with little baggies of white powder. And any time we forget to take our Creatine, we've got a packet in our backpack which eliminates all barriers to adherence. If you want to make your day foolproof, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Chase Jarvis: Taking Risks to Achieve a Life You Love Oct 03, 2024

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Chase Jarvis is an award-winning artist, entrepreneur, and Emmy-nominated director, recognized as one of the most influential photographers of the past 20 years. He has shot global campaigns for Apple, Nike, and over 100 brands, and contributed to the Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT story Snowfall. He founded several startups, including Best Camera, Apple’s App of the Year, and CreativeLive, an online learning platform serving millions of creators, acquired by Fiverr in 2021. He is following up his bestselling book, Creative Calling, with his brand new book, Never Play it Safe, out October 8th, 2024.

Chase has done so many amazing things in his career and is living proof that taking risks and never playing it safe is a model with real value. We get into Chase's career and some of the key aspects of this tactical guide to achieving the life you love. This conversation is for anyone looking to love the life you are living.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. The Starretts make sure their teen athlete starts the day fueled and ready with a healthy breakfast, Creatine, a Multivitamin, Omegas, and a Momentous Fuel in case she needs it during practice. If you want to check out this teen stack, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are still abuzz about LMNT Sparkling now available to everyone. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

Dr. Vonda Wright: Active Aging Through Lifestyle Habits to Remain Healthy, Vital, and Joyful at Any Age Sep 19, 2024

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Dr. Vonda Wright is a double-board-certified orthopedic surgeon, internationally recognized researcher, and elite team doctor specializing in optimizing performance at any age. Her pioneering research in mobility and musculoskeletal aging is transforming how we approach aging. Dr. Wright is also an expert in cutting-edge Orthobiologics, including PRP for arthritis. She has extensive experience caring for athletes of all ages and skill levels, including Division I teams, Olympic athletes, and professional ballet dancers.

Dr. Vonda is such an expert in so many areas and her background and work as an orthopedist gives her such a unique perspective on the state of the population. She has dedicated her career to treating the whole person and in particular focusing on women's health and research which is historically lacking. A must listen for raising healthy kids, aging well, and remaining active into older age.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are still abuzz about LMNT Sparkling now available to everyone. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Creatine is one of the most widely researched supplements on earth and now there's even more evidence to support creatine use for concussion as well as for sleep! If you want to try it out, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Joanne Lipman: Navigating the Reinvention that Comes with Career and Life Transitions and How Aha Moments Aren't as Random as They Seem Sep 05, 2024

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Joanne Lipman has authored a pioneering journalism career. She was the first female Deputy Managing Editor at the Wall Street Journal, where she created the Weekend Journal and Personal Journal sections and oversaw the creation of the paper’s Saturday edition. She was founding editor-in-chief of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine. And she served as Editor-in-Chief at USA Today and Chief Content Officer at Gannet. Under her editorship, she led these organizations to numerous awards, including six Pulitzer Prizes. Dubbed “star editor” by CNN, she is author of the No. 1 national bestseller That’s What She Said, about closing the gender gap, and coauthor of the music memoir Strings Attached. She is a lecturer at Yale University and a Fellow at Princeton University’s Institute for Advanced Study. Lipman is a contributor to CNBC.

Transitions in work and life are part of being a modern human. Joanne sets us up with very actionable thoughts and advice on how to think about and navigate these massive changes, and really helps us understand how to reinvent ourselves in meaningful ways.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are still abuzz about LMNT Sparkling now available to everyone. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. One of our favorite supplements, Collagen Shots, are back in stock! It's a clinically valid collagen peptide and we always travel with them because they are so easy! Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Giboard, a balance trainer for everyone, everywhere. We keep one of these at The Cube and at home and everyone that stops by wants to jump on it. Balance is one of the most critical skills in preventing injury and decreasing fall risk, especially as we age. The Giboard is fun, accessible, safe, and most importantly looks cool! To get yours, go to giboardus.com/TRS and use code TRS for $10 OFF.

Sam Walker: Exploring the Leadership of Successful Dynasties and Why Great Team Captains are Rarely the Stars Aug 22, 2024

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Sam Walker is the author of The Captain Class, a critically acclaimed portrait of the men and women who led the most successful dynasties in sports history. He works as a team building consultant and leadership coach for professional, national and collegiate sports teams; elite military units; national law-enforcement agencies; global NGOs and large companies across many industries. Walker spent two decades at The Wall Street Journal, where he served as a leadership columnist, chief sports columnist, global sports editor and deputy page one editor. He attended the University of Michigan and lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

Sam spent 11 years researching the most successful teams to determine the winning formula and the results were unexpected yet actionable. If you want to understand leadership, team culture, and what makes great teams great, this episode is a must listen.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. One of our favorite supplements, Collagen Shots, are back in stock! It's a clinically valid collagen peptide and we always travel with them because they are so easy! Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are still abuzz about LMNT Sparkling now available to everyone. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. The Chilipad bed cooling system is your new bedtime solution. It lets you customize your sleeping environment to your optimal temperature, ensuring you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. Kelly credits the Chilipad mattress topper with revolutionizing his sleep. Go to sleep.me/TRS and use code TRS and save up to $315!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Cockpunch Coffee. Created by our friend Tim Ferriss, Cockpunch Coffee is roasted on a Bellwether Roaster, creating the lowest carbon footprint coffee available today. All proceeds go to Tim’s nonprofit foundation, Saisei. If you want to get some delicious coffee that gives back, go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Dr. Mary Claire Haver: Demystifying Menopause after Decades of Subpar Care for Women Aug 08, 2024

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Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist, LSU Medical Center alumna, and UTMB residency graduate. She's also a Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist and Menopause Society Certified Menopause Practitioner. In 2021, she founded Mary Claire Wellness, focusing on menopausal patient care. Her debut book, The Galveston Diet, launched in 2023 alongside ThePauseLife.com, a global menopause resource. With 4+ million social media followers, Dr. Haver is renowned for her insights and #1 New York Times Bestseller, The New Menopause, aiming to empower women and demystify menopause.

After the flawed interpretation of the WHI study in 2002, women have received substandard care during perimenopause and menopause. All that is finally starting to change as the word for better treatments is getting out thanks in large part to doctors like Dr. Mary Claire and the "Menoposse", a collective of clinicians working hard to dispel pervasive disinformation from the study. This episode is for everyone, including women, practitioners treating women, coaches, and anyone interested in improving women's healthcare.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. One of our favorite supplements, Collagen Shots, are back in stock! It's a clinically valid collagen peptide and we always travel with them because they are so easy! Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are still abuzz about LMNT Sparkling now available to everyone. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Cockpunch Coffee. Created by our friend Tim Ferriss, Cockpunch Coffee is roasted on a Bellwether Roaster, creating the lowest carbon footprint coffee available today. All proceeds go to Tim’s nonprofit foundation, Saisei. If you want to get some delicious coffee that gives back, go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Giboard, a balance trainer for everyone, everywhere. We keep one of these at The Cube and at home and everyone that stops by wants to jump on it. Balance is one of the most critical skills in preventing injury and decreasing fall risk, especially as we age. The Giboard is fun, accessible, safe, and most importantly looks cool! To get yours, go to giboardus.com/TRS and use code TRS for $10 OFF.

Michael Easter: Recognizing Scarcity Mindset and Shedding Habits that Don't Serve You Jul 25, 2024

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As a New York Times bestselling author, Michael Easter has built a career traveling the globe to uncover practical insights that enhance people's lives. From war zones to the Arctic to the Bolivian jungle, he's interviewed thousands of experts, including Nobel laureates and world-class athletes, and distilled their wisdom into science-backed strategies to help people optimize their lives. Michael's mission is to make these insights accessible, publishing them in bestselling books like Scarcity Brain and The Comfort Crisis, and sharing the latest in his newsletter, 2% with Michael Easter. His work is endorsed by leading institutions, from professional sports teams to the military, transforming how they approach health, performance, and success. Ultimately, Michael Easter's ideas have empowered millions to lead healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives.

In this episode we take a deep dive into how a scarcity mindset can show up in many aspects of our modern lives and Michael shares insights on how to shed habits that are not serving us in the long term.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are still abuzz about LMNT Sparkling now available to everyone. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. When the zombie apocalypse hits, what are you packing? We're grabbing our foundational supplement stack which is omegas, creatine, and a multivitamin. If you want to get prepared, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. The Chilipad bed cooling system is your new bedtime solution. It lets you customize your sleeping environment to your optimal temperature, ensuring you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. Kelly credits the Chilipad mattress topper with revolutionizing his sleep. Go to sleep.me/TRS and use code TRS and save up to $315!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Cockpunch Coffee. Here at The Ready State we are OBSESSED with coffee, and we can’t get enough of this coffee with a cause. Created by our friend Tim Ferriss, Cockpunch Coffee is roasted on a Bellwether Roaster, creating the lowest carbon footprint coffee available today. If that isn’t enough, all proceeds from the sale of Cockpunch Coffee go to Tim’s nonprofit foundation, Saisei, focused on cutting-edge scientific research that explores treating conditions that are widely considered “untreatable”. If you want to get some delicious coffee that gives back, go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

David Vaux: Strength Training in Midlife for Longevity Jul 11, 2024

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David Vaux, a former London firefighter turned osteopath and academic, draws on his extensive experience to advocate for strength training, particularly for older adults. With degrees in osteopathy and health and exercise science, he's a leading voice in promoting resilience and healthy aging. He also heads therapy and exercise for a major UK arthritis charity and has contributed to public health initiatives. His book, "STRONGER," published by Hachette in July 2024, aims to make strength training accessible to all for better long-term health.

David really makes the case for why strength training is critical as we age, but he also gives people a template for how to get started. If you or someone you know wants to get your strength practice going, this episode is a must listen.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast was brought to you by the following products that we use and love:

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Mike Brown: Bridging the Gap Between Wealth and Financial Freedom Jun 27, 2024

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Mike Brown is an entrepreneur, investor and wealth coach. Prior to founding and exiting an 8-figure oil and gas investment firm, Mike flew F/A-18 Super Hornets for the Navy and combined the tactical precision honed in the cockpit with real world experience in navigating the complex world of finance. His coaching programs focus on helping entrepreneurs bridge the gap between wealth and freedom.

No one in the fitness space is talking about money and wealth and the impact it has on our mental and physical wellbeing. It is one of the biggest stressors on our personal and professional lives and Mike gives us some actionable tools and strategies on how to reframe our relationship with money.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast was brought to you by the following products that we use and love:

MOMENTOUS, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

COCKPUNCH COFFEE, created by Tim Ferriss with the lowest carbon footprint available on the market today. Plus all proceeds go to the non-profit Saisei focused on cutting-edge scientific research that explores treating conditions that are widely considered “untreatable”. Go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

GIBOARD, a balance trainer for everyone, everywhere. Balance is one of the most critical skills in preventing injury and decreasing fall risk, especially as we age. To get yours, go too giboardus.com/TRS and use code TRS for $10 OFF.

Dr. Emily Kraus: Youth Sports, RED-S in Males and Females, and Actionable Advice for Keeping Developing Athletes Healthy Jun 13, 2024

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Dr. Emily Kraus is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center trained in the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has research and clinical interests in endurance sports medicine, injury prevention, running biomechanics, prevention of bone stress injuries, and the promotion of health and wellness at any age of life. Dr. Kraus is the director of the FASTR Program, which stands for Female Athlete Science and Translational Research. The FASTR program seeks to help close the gender gap in sports science research with an emphasis on early identification and interventions to prevent injury and identify ways to optimize performance in female athletes. Dr. Kraus is also a member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Women's Health Task Force and is the medical director of the Stanford Children's Motion Analysis and Sport Performance Lab. She has completed nine marathons including the Boston Marathon twice and one 50k ultramarathon. With running and staying physically active as one of her personal passions, she recognizes the importance of fitness for overall wellbeing and the prevention of chronic medical conditions.

Dr. Kraus joins us to talk about the state of youth sports, RED-S in males and females, and actionable advice for keeping developing athletes healthy.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast was brought to you by the following products that we use and love:

MOMENTOUS, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

SLEEPME, makers of The Chilipad bed cooling system enabling your to set your optimal sleeping temperature ensuring you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. Go to sleep.me/TRS and use code TRS and save up to $315!

COCKPUNCH COFFEE, created by Tim Ferriss with the lowest carbon footprint available on the market today. Plus all proceeds go to the non-profit Saisei focused on cutting-edge scientific research that explores treating conditions that are widely considered “untreatable”. Go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Colin O'Brady: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone to Access Untapped Potential May 30, 2024

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Colin O’Brady is a 10-time world record breaking explorer and a world-renowned expert on mindset. He isn’t your typical adventurer despite his unmatched athletic accomplishments. After overcoming a devastating accident that left him nearly unable to walk, he became the first person to cross Antarctica solo, unsupported and fully-human powered, completed the world’s first ocean row across the treacherous Drake Passage and summited Mount Everest twice. Colin is a New York Times bestselling author, a highly sought-after keynote speaker and a Yale University graduate. He’s also a television host, an executive producer, a successful entrepreneur and YPO Jackson Hole member. Colin knows firsthand how to harness the power of the mind to prove that anything is possible.

Colin is a master story teller and his adventures and accomplishments are nothing short of outrageous. From catastrophic injury, to the powerful and intuitive women that shape his life, to actionable takeaways, this episode has it all.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. We are over the moon about the new LMNT Sparkling available to LMNT Insiders. All the electrolytes you need, in the MOST festive beverage you've ever tasted. If you love LMNT, this is going to blow your mind. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. The Chilipad bed cooling system is your new bedtime solution. It lets you customize your sleeping environment to your optimal temperature, ensuring you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. Kelly credits the Chilipad mattress topper with revolutionizing his sleep. Go to sleep.me/TRS and use code TRS and save up to $315!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Cockpunch Coffee. Here at The Ready State we are OBSESSED with coffee, and we can’t get enough of this coffee with a cause. Created by our friend Tim Ferriss, Cockpunch Coffee is roasted on a Bellwether Roaster, creating the lowest carbon footprint coffee available today. If that isn’t enough, all proceeds from the sale of Cockpunch Coffee go to Tim’s nonprofit foundation, Saisei, focused on cutting-edge scientific research that explores treating conditions that are widely considered “untreatable”. If you want to get some delicious coffee that gives back, go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Nolan Kim: Limiting Beliefs, Being Present, and the Power of Magic May 16, 2024

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Nolan Kim has a background as a transformational coach, a professional magician, and a member of the Magic Castle. He transitioned to the health and wellness space as a performance coach after a significant health event 7 years ago. He is a master breath coach, with 6 certifications at the advanced level. After 5 years of working with elite athletes & executives, he and his wife Dr. Amanda Kim, blended emotional health with executive coaching, physical health & magic (yes magic!) to create a journey of growth by integrating mind, body & spirit to become fully present to your life and rediscover your power. He has 2 dogs and loves being active, working out, spending time with friends, and is passionate about people becoming the best versions of themselves.

Nolan's story is bonkers and there is so much to be learned here about recovery and how shedding limiting beliefs and integrating mind, body, and spirit will improve performance and overall health and wellbeing.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. If you eating clean you probably need more salt. Next time you are feeling in need of that afternoon coffee, reach for an LMNT instead and check out the bump you get. You'll feel different and perform better. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. If you feel overwhelmed by the amount of supplements out there, just focus on the basics. Protein, Creatine, and Omegas are foundational and cover a lot of bases. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Cockpunch Coffee. Here at The Ready State we are OBSESSED with coffee, and we can’t get enough of this coffee with a cause. Created by our friend Tim Ferriss, Cockpunch Coffee is roasted on a Bellwether Roaster, creating the lowest carbon footprint coffee available today. If that isn’t enough, all proceeds from the sale of Cockpunch Coffee go to Tim’s nonprofit foundation, Saisei, focused on cutting-edge scientific research that explores treating conditions that are widely considered “untreatable”. If you want to get some delicious coffee that gives back, go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Justin Roethlingshoefer: Own Your Health and Improve Your Capacity with Data Driven Consistency May 02, 2024

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From a young age Justin Roethlingshoefer has always been self-motivated to improve, developing the discipline and work ethic necessary to excel. At 13 years old his father said “son, talent will get you noticed but consistency will get you paid” and that set up his quest of founding Own It.

Over the last 20+ years Justin has worked with Stanley Cup Champions, NHL MVPs, Super Bowl Champions, Olympians, 8, 9, and 10 figure entrepreneurs and fortune 500 companies. After completing his MS in Sport Performance and Human Biology, Justin sought out post graduate work in functional medicine. He has worked as a Performance Director in the NHL & NCAA, and founded a private camp for professional hockey players focusing on healing them from the inside out. He is an Amazon best selling author for his books: Intent, Blueprint, and the Own It Manual. They focused on peak performance, human optimization, and applying data and testing to create personalized blueprints. Justin’s latest book, The Power of Ownership, hit shelves April 23rd.

Justin does a masterful job of explaining how we can own our health by using data like HRV to adopt and constantly refine behaviors that serve us the best.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. If you are working out hard, you might need a little carbohydrate with your protein. And if you can believe it, Momentous Recovery Protein tastes even better than the regular protein. If you want to supercharge your recovery, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. If you are in a situation where you can't drink tons of water during a workout or sport (like skiing!), make sure to dose yourself with at least a little LMNT water before you start. You'll feel different and perform better. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Cockpunch Coffee. Here at The Ready State we are OBSESSED with coffee, and we can’t get enough of this coffee with a cause. Created by our friend Tim Ferriss, Cockpunch Coffee is roasted on a Bellwether Roaster, creating the lowest carbon footprint coffee available today. If that isn’t enough, all proceeds from the sale of Cockpunch Coffee go to Tim’s nonprofit foundation, Saisei, focused on cutting-edge scientific research that explores treating conditions that are widely considered “untreatable”. If you want to get some delicious coffee that gives back, go to cockpunchcoffee.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Karissa Bodnar: Thriving as an Entrepreneur with Purpose Apr 18, 2024

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Karissa Bodnar launched Thrive Causemetics, a vegan direct-to-consumer cosmetics brand in 2015 with the mission of “Bigger than Beauty.” She began her career as a makeup artist and product developer/cosmetic chemist prior to starting Thrive Causemetics and now Bigger Than Beauty Skincare. Thrive Causemetics® and Bigger Than Beauty® Skincare exist to empower their customers, employees, and Giving Partners to live their most confident life. Thrive Causemetics has donated over $135 million in products and funds to over 500 nonprofit Giving Partners around the world. Their Giving Partners help communities enduring battles with cancer, emerging from homelessness, surviving domestic abuse, fighting for racial and social justice, pursuing education, supporting LGBTQ+ causes, uplifting underserved marginalized youth, and assisting veterans. Acknowledging her amazing work and success, Karissa has been named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30, Forbes’ America's Richest Self-Made Women, Marie Claire’s Most Powerful Women, and Inc.’s Badass Female Founders list.

We absolutely loved having Karissa live in studio for this podcast! We are utterly inspired by how and why Karissa started this brand and what she's accomplished and continues to do with the Thrive and their 500+ giving partners. Thrive is self-funded and has grown into one of the most impactful philanthropic organizations around. If you are an entrepreneur, this episode is a must listen.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Juliet is stoked on her pre-workout stack - Vital Aminos and Creatine. If you are like Juliet and don't love eating before training, we highly recommend this stack to get everything your muscles need on board before your session. To check it out, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Kirk Parsley: Why Sleep Impacts Every Aspect of Life and How You Can Improve and Protect Yours Apr 04, 2024

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Kirk "Doc" Parsley completed SEAL training as a teenager and served on SEAL Team Five for 6 years. After leaving to attend college, Kirk received his medical degree and returned to the military as the physician for the West Coast SEAL teams. It was while helping the world's most elite warriors optimize and maintain their performance after years of sustained combat that he noticed a significant gap between "healthcare" and true "health." Kirk was compelled to delve into extensive alternative medical literature, synthesizing and applying plans that relied minimally on pharmaceuticals, supplements, or gadgets. His unparalleled success led him to become a sought-after medical human performance expert, not only for Navy SEALs but also for various military special forces commands. Kirk firmly believes that 80% of health is derived from focusing on Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise, and Stress mitigation, with a strong emphasis on Sleep.

Doc Parsley was the first person in our universe that helped us understand the importance of sleep. In this episode, we learn the mechanisms by which sleep impacts every aspect of life, and it is filled with practical and actionable information on what you can do to improve and protect yours.

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Caroline Paul: Outdoor Adventure for Healthy and Happy Aging Mar 21, 2024

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Caroline Paul is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure and Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, which has been translated into fifteen languages. She is also the author of the memoir Fighting Fire, the middle-grade book You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World, and the novel East Wind, Rain. Her TED Talk, “To Raise Brave Girls, Encourage Adventure,” has been viewed over 2 million times. A longtime member of the Writers Grotto, she lives in San Francisco. Her latest book, Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking, How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age came out in March.

We absolutely love the importance Caroline puts on ADVENTURE for healthy and happy aging. She makes it really clear that adventure is everybody regardless of your interests and tastes, and provides purpose, novelty, community and so many things that benefit our brain health, durability, and mental well-being.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Our go-to sleep supplement is Magnesium L-Threonate. We’ve taken many magnesium supplements over the years, but with Momentous Magnesium we can really tell the difference on nights we take it and nights we don’t. It’s like a tranq dart. To check it out, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Tia Toomey: Finding Your Why, Rejecting Complacency, and Developing a Champion's Mindset Mar 07, 2024

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Tia Toomey was named one of the world’s fittest women by Sports Illustrated, and is a six-time CrossFit Games champion, Olympic weightlifter, and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. She is the only CrossFit athlete to have competed in the CrossFit Games and the Olympics in the same year. With her sixth title, she solidified her record-breaking streak as the most successful CrossFit athlete the sport has ever seen. Tia’s new book, THE HEART IS THE STRONGEST MUSCLE was released on 2/13.

We loved getting to understand how Tia went from great to unstoppable, and that the missing piece isn't always physical, even in high performance. She is a new mom and a banner example of how women CAN have it all, including babies and demanding careers competing in elite sport.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high-performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. We find that athletes can eat a balanced diet but still struggle to meet their protein minimums. Enter Momentous Whey Protein which is hands down the best-tasting protein powder and our most favorite Momentous product. And if you don’t tolerate whey, check out their plant-based protein. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Michael Gervais: Master Your Mindset and Stop Worrying About What Other People Think Feb 22, 2024

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We are thrilled to welcome Michael Gervais to the podcast today. Dr. Gervais is one of the world’s top high-performance psychologists and leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance. He has spent his career helping the best of the best across the worlds of business, sports, the arts, and science when they need to achieve the extraordinary. His clients include world record holders, Olympians, internationally acclaimed artists and musicians, MVPs from every major sport and Fortune 100 CEOs.

He is the founder of Finding Mastery, a high-performance psychology consulting agency that helps individuals and innovative companies solve the most dynamic human performance challenges through mindset training. Dr. Gervais is also the host of the Finding Mastery Podcast and the co-creator of the Performance Science Institute at USC.

We've had tons of experts on the podcast talking about the physical aspects of sport, but this episode is focused on the mindset piece of high performance which is a critical aspect whether you want to excel in sport, business, or any type of activity. Michael joins us to talk about mastering your mindset and the importance of not worrying about what others think.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Juliet is not great at fueling before working out in the morning. So on mornings when she doesn't eat, she makes sure to take the Momentous Vital Aminos which are critical for muscle repair, growth, and overall performance. Bonus, they taste great. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Dan Garner: Objective Measures, Patterns, and the Art in Biomarkers Feb 08, 2024

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Dan Garner has quickly become one of the go-to experts in the human performance industry. His detailed “inside-out” approach and science-backed programming have quickly pushed him to the forefront of his industry. With his extensive work as a world-class performance lab analyst, Dan continues to push the industry forward with his publications, research, and no-nonsense approach to education and training.

Professionally, Dan has over 20 of the top certifications in both training and nutrition as well as a formal education in functional medicine and health science. Dan is the co-founder of BioMolecular Athlete helping individuals achieve their full potential through research, science, and education, and the co-owner of RAPID Health Optimization specializing in athletic performance and physique transformation. His list of clientele include a long list of UFC, MLB, NHL, NFL, PGA, Olympians, and Hollywood Actors.

If you are even a little interested in understanding how things are working in your body, and specifically what your blood can tell you, this episode is hugely informative. Sometimes it is difficult to understand if the behaviors you are adopting are working, and biomarkers are an elegant way to get unbiased information. And Dan is not simply a science guy, he is working with actual high level athletes and proving out the utility of biomarkers in real time.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. A recent study concluded that a daily multivitamin can significantly boost memory and slow cognitive aging compared to placebo. Taking the Momentous Multivitamin is a simple solution with a big impact. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Kristen Holmes: Improving Circadian Behaviors, Tracking, and Leveraging Wearable Data Jan 25, 2024

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As Vice President of Performance Science and Principal Scientist at Whoop, Kristen Holmes blends her academic and applied background in athletics, coaching, performance technology, psychology, and exercise physiology to drive research, education, partnership, and product development initiatives to strengthen WHOOP as a leader in Human Performance. Kristen's research is focused on understanding the effect of sleep, circadian, recovery, and load behaviors on our physical, mental, and emotional resilience.

Kristen was a 3x All American, 2x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa, competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball, and a 2021 University of Iowa Hall of Fame Inductee. 7-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team and one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, having won 12 league titles in 13 seasons and a National Championship at Princeton University.

We love having the ability to track our data with wearable technology, but often wonder how the large amount of data being collected can be used to help the general population. Kristen's background in sport and coaching gives her a unique perspective while running performance science at Whoop and we really enjoyed understanding how we can all use data to track and improve the behaviors that will serve our health and fitness goals.

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Bonnie Wan: A New Take on Goal Setting and Living Life Without Regret Jan 11, 2024

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Bonnie Wan is an author and speaker, as well as partner and head of brand strategy at the world-renowned advertising agency, Goodby Silverstein & Partners. As creator of The Life Brief, Bonnie helps people live with greater clarity, creativity, and courage by teaching them how to write creative briefs for their lives. The Life Brief has evolved from a short form biography agency talk into a workbook, workshops, and speaking appearances at Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop, Jane Goodall’s Activating Hope Summit, the 3% Conference, SXSW, Accenture, Apple, Google, Change.org, and more.

We loved getting to know and understand Bonnie’s Life Brief strategy and can really see its application to us in the health and fitness space and to anyone wanting to get clear on any aspect of their life.

Eric Freitag: Concussions, Recovery, and the Action Plan You Need at the Ready Dec 28, 2023

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Dr. Eric Freitag is a licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified neuropsychologist, and certified Emergency Medical Technician. His clinical expertise includes assessing and treating dementia, traumatic brain injury, and sports concussions. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Mt. Diablo Memory Center.

Dr. Freitag works extensively with individuals who have experienced sport-related concussions, including current and retired professional athletes and collegiate and high school student-athletes. He previously served as the Co-Director of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Sports Concussion Program. He is a consultant with UC Berkeley and St. Mary’s College sports medicine departments and works with several Bay Area high schools. Prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Dr. Freitag served as the NFL Neuropsychological Consultant to the Oakland Raiders.

We found this conversation critical for understanding concussions and having an action plan for treatment from the moment of injury. It is a must listen for parents of youth athletes and coaches alike.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly has a bunch of travel coming up, and his go-to travel stack is Momentous Multi, Magnesium for sleep, Omegas, and Collagen Shots. If you want to stock up for your travel plans, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Tommy Wood: Brain Health, Novel Stimuli, and Actionable Advice to Keep You Sharp as You Age Dec 14, 2023

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Tommy Wood BM BCh, PhD is a neuroscientist, elite-level professional nerd, and performance consultant to world class athletes in a dozen sports. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. Tommy is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington and Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. His research focuses on brain health and brain injury treatment across the lifespan, as well as developing easily-accessible methods with which to track health, performance, and longevity in both professional athletes and the general population. Tommy serves as deputy editor of the Wiley Journal Lifestyle Medicine, is a Director of the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine, and consults for a number of digital health companies and charities that focus on how lifestyle and the environment can affect long-term health and chronic disease.

We really appreciate Tommy’s unique perspective working as a physician and neuroscientist from pediatrics up through aging adults. This episode is packed with practical information about brain health and maintaining cognitive function as we age.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. We always recommend getting your nutrients from whole foods. But if you are looking to supplement that, one of the best and easiest things you can take is the Momentous Multivitamin, designed to replicate a whole-food, nutrient-dense diet, filling in any potential gaps that may occur in your diet. To try it out, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Andy Galpin: Removing Performance Anchors, Strength and Cognition, and the Future of Digital Twins Nov 30, 2023

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Andy Galpin is a tenured full Professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he is also Co-Director of the Center for Sport Performance and Founder/Director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory. He is a Human Performance scientist with a PhD in Human Bioenergetics and over 100 peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Dr. Galpin has worked with elite athletes (including All-Star, All-Pro, MVP, Cy Young, Olympic Gold medalists, Major winners, World titlist/contenders, etc.) across the UFC, MLB, NBA, PGA, NFL, Boxing, Olympics, and Military/Special Forces, and more. He is also a Co-founder in Absolute Rest, BioMolecular Athlete, Vitality Blueprint, and RAPID Health & Performance.

Andy is the first scientist in our orbit that transcended the sports science into actual sport. He has such a unique perspective stemming from being not just a scientist, but a professor and coach. And this has led to his ability to synthesize all this research and make it understandable and applicable to the average person.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly’s new favorite stack before biking or training is Collagen, Creatine, and Vital Aminos. He’s calling it the Hat Trick of Performance. If you want to try it out, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Jared Hanley: The Profound Health Benefits of Spending Time Outside in Natural Environments Nov 16, 2023

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Jared Hanley is a co-founder and CEO of NatureQuant, a research and technology firm building tools to assess and promote nature exposure. Prior to founding NatureQuant, Jared used data science and statistical modeling techniques and provided advisory services in finance, energy, and real estate applications. He is a published author and speaker on ERISA laws and plans. He has a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Cognitive Science, both from Yale University. He is a FINRA-registered securities principal and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

We loved learning about Jared’s company NatureQuant. They’ve mapped the entire United States and you can use their app to track not just how MUCH outdoor time you are getting, but the QUALITY of the outdoor spaces you are spending time in. Turns out you can really bump up the health benefits of being outdoors by choosing more natural environments.

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Adam Bornstein: Ditching Diet Culture, Mindset Changes, and Expanding Your Comfort Zone Nov 02, 2023

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Adam Bornstein is a New York Times bestselling author who is rewriting the rules of nutrition and fitness. He is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Born Fitness. The former Men's Health fitness and nutrition editor and editorial director of Livestrong.com has seen a lot of trends come and go, and then something became clear: diet plans are designed to make you screw up. He wants to change that with his latest book, You Can’t Screw this Up, released in May 2023.

Adam is an old school legend in the health and fitness industry. We love that he is working to simplify complex behavior and his new book helps people ditch diet culture and build better habits with actionable advice. Adam also writes and produces Arnold Schwarzenegger's daily newsletter and we get to hear about what goes into that enormous undertaking.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Vitruvian, a technology that revolutionizes strength training. Kelly keeps his Vitruvian set up in the garage to get that last minute seesaw pressing in. Literally, Juliet will be standing with her suitcase waiting to head to the airport, and Kelly gets in some pressing on the way out the door. To learn more about Vitruvian, go to thereadystate.com/vitruvian.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Having muscle mass on your body is like having a longevity 401K, but you’ve got to have plenty of protein to build and maintain that muscle. Juliet has a scoop of Momentous protein with a scoop of Momentous Creatine and can hit her daily target easily. If you want to try Juliet’s muscle and longevity stack, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Tom Walters: Empowering People with Simple Exercises to Alleviate Pain and Recover from Injury Oct 19, 2023

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Dr. Tom Walters is a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist that specializes in the treatment of pain and movement disorders. He is the founder of Rehab Science and dedicates his time to teaching people about human movement, pain, and how to most effectively recover from injury. Besides running his clinical practice, Tom served as a full-time undergraduate kinesiology professor for eight years where he taught human biomechanics, therapeutic exercise, and pain science.

Kelly has known Tom for a long time and really appreciates his new book Rehab Science. It reiterates what Kelly has been preaching for years: that “All human beings should be able to perform basic maintenance on themselves”. Much like Becoming a Supple Leopard, this book empowers people to take a crack at fixing their bodies before having to see a professional.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Juliet has started drinking a scoop of Momentous Vital Aminos before working out in the morning which helps support muscle growth and repair, and boosts exercise and athletic performance. Juliet has felt a big difference while training so if you want to transform your morning workouts, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Shawn Stevenson: Creating Kitchen and Table Culture to Reap the Vast Benefits of Gathering for Family Meals Oct 05, 2023

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Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter and the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each month. A graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and became the cofounder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, ABC News, ESPN, and many other major media outlets.

Shawn’s latest book, the Eat Smarter Family Cookbook is out October 10, 2023. What’s radical about this book is that it transforms the health of the family by focusing on nutrition and the benefits of gathering, cooking, and eating together.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Vitruvian, a technology that revolutionizes strength training. Injury rates in kids that aren’t learning the fundamentals of strength training are through the roof. But it's not always possible to have an extensive home gym for your kid. If you need a home setup without a big space commitment, try Vitruvian. To learn more about Vitruvian, go to thereadystate.com/vitruvian.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Do you have a kid that only eats beige foods? We feel you! The Caroline Starrett morning stack is B, D, and Momentous Omegas. All Momentous products are 3rd party tested and content certified, so you can trust that what you are taking is actually what the label states. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by YETI, from coolers to drinkware to bags, YETI products are Built for the Wild. Kelly literally hates buying water while traveling and the Yonder Bottle is now his main travel companion. Not only is it leakproof, it’s clear so he actually remembers to drink his water. If you want to check out the lightweight and shatter resistant Yonder Water Bottle for yourself, go to thereadystate.com/yeti.

Brad Stulberg: Mastering Change, Taking Action, and Rugged Flexibility Sep 21, 2023

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Brad Stulberg is the bestselling author of the new book Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything is Changing, Including You. Brad writes and coaches on mental health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He regularly contributes to the New York Times and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Atlantic, among other outlets. In his coaching practice, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and athletes on their mental skills and overall well-being. He is on faculty at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. His past books include The Practice of Groundedness and Peak Performance. He lives in Western North Carolina.

The Starretts are navigating the massive life change of their oldest leaving for college. Brad’s book is the framework everyone needs to create a rugged and flexible mindset in times of change.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Vitruvian, a technology that revolutionizes strength training. Strength training for adults is critical and linear progression is key. The Vitruvian enables you to do this easily and accomplish some real weight training, without a gym set up. If you want to learn more about Vitruvian, go to thereadystate.com/vitruvian.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. The Starretts are obsessed with deep sleep and one of the best ways to improve deep sleep is supplementing with Magnesium. It’s like a tranq dart. We take it every night and always bring Momentous Magnesium Threonate along while traveling. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Dan Buettner: Blue Zones Secrets, Actionable Lessons, and Transforming Communities By Changing Local Environments and Social Networks Sep 07, 2023

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Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world – dubbed blue zones hotspots – where people live the longest, healthiest lives.

Buettner now works in partnership with municipal governments, large employers, and health insurance companies to implement Blue Zones Projects in communities, workplaces, and universities. Blue Zones Projects are well-being initiatives that apply lessons from the Blue Zones to entire communities by focusing on changes to the local environment, public policy, and social networks. The program has dramatically improved the health of more than 5 million Americans to date.

We are obsessed with the Blue Zones and were delighted to dig into Dan's new book, The Blue Zones: Secrets for Living Longer. Simple nutrition, natural movement, and strong social circles play into the increased lifespan for people in these areas, and it's all without a conscious pursuit of health or longevity.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Vitruvian, a technology that revolutionizes strength training. The Vitruvian is amazing in many ways, but its true value is its ability to give you super heavy loads without all the gym gear. You can literally deadlift 400lbs in your living room and then slide it under the couch. If you want to learn more about Vitruvian, go to thereadystate.com/vitruvian.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly is obsessed with mixing Momentous Chocolate Protein Powder into some Icelandic Skyr (yogurt) making a delicious pudding that he adds berries to and crushes every morning. He’s waiting to get tired of it, but it’s just not happening. If you want to try his special pudding, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by YETI, from coolers to drinkware to bags, YETI products are Built for the Wild. The Starrett’s oldest just left for college and headed to Michigan with a bunch of YETI drinkware. And get this, they customized it for her so she can keep track of her stuff. You can choose from all sorts of design galleries, sports logos, or upload your own artwork. If you want to stand out from the crowd, customize your next Yonder Bottle at thereadystate.com/yeti.

Josh Appel: Pararescue, Emergency Medicine, and a Lifetime Commitment to Service Aug 24, 2023

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Josh Appel is an Emergency Medicine Physician, and Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Southern Arizona VA. He is a former Air Force Pararescue Specialist (PJ) who deployed on the rescue/recovery missions for OPERATION: Red Wings, including Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell and LT. Michael Murphy. Working with the Murphy family, Josh founded the Memorial Day Murph tradition. Josh is a husband, father of three active girls, a teacher, mentor and wellness evangelist.

Kelly first met Josh while out training his PJ squadron when they were new to strength and conditioning. We get into the origin story of the Memorial Day Murph tradition, Operation: Red Wings and the subsequent film, emergency medicine, and the state of healthcare in the US.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Vitruvian, a technology that revolutionizes strength training. Normally this type of thing doesn’t interest Kelly too much, but when he tried the Vitruvian, he was blown away. You can deadlift over 400 pounds on it, you can do eccentric-only loading on it, and it's really easy to set up and store away. IF you want to learn more about Vitruvian, go to thereadystate.com/vitruvian.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. The Starretts are just back from vacation and it has given them a renewed appreciation for what they call “The Juliet Stack” - a single serve protein packet, a sleep pack, and a collagen shot. No more traveling with weird bags of powders and pills. If you want to hit Juliet’s travel stack, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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Jason + Colleen Wachob: Well-Being vs. Wellness, Accessibility, and Building Habits That Bring You Joy Aug 10, 2023

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Jason and Colleen Wachob are the co-founders and co-CEOs of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media brand dedicated to well-being with 15 million monthly unique visitors.

Jason is also the host of the popular mindbodygreen podcast, and the best-selling author of Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Resume. He has been featured in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, BoF, and Vogue, and has a BA in history from Columbia University, where he played varsity basketball for four years.

After graduating from Stanford with degrees in international relations and Spanish, Colleen spent ten years working at Fortune 500 companies including Gap, Walmart, and Amazon before devoting her life’s work to mindbodygreen. Colleen has been a speaker at Fortune 500 companies and numerous trade conferences on well-being trends.

The Starretts and the Wachobs arrived at their life’s work on parallel paths. We get into the similarities and differences in their approaches and thinking around the common goal of empowering people to prioritize well-being.

Tom Morris: Resilience Mindset, Controlling the Controllables, and Achieving Goals Regardless of Circumstance Jul 27, 2023

Tom Morris is in his 16th year within the Indiana Strength and Conditioning department of Indiana University, serving as the senior Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Performance for the department of intercollegiate athletics. He is responsible for the development and implementation of sport specific strength, conditioning, flexibility, speed, and agility programs for Indiana's 24 men's and women's NCAA Division I programs including the 8x national champion men’s soccer program.

In 2012, Tom suffered a catastrophic injury that changed everything. We get to learn all about this life threatening event and how Tom now uses his energy and passion for life to show others that anything is attainable if you just start and never give up.

Dr. Darren Candow: The Myths, Facts, and Vast Benefits of Creatine Supplementation Jul 13, 2023

Dr. Darren Candow, PhD, CSEP-CEP, is Professor and Director of the Aging Muscle and Bone Health Laboratory in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. The overall objectives of Dr. Candow’s internationally renowned research program are to develop effective lifestyle interventions involving nutrition (primarily creatine monohydrate) and physical activity (resistance training) which have practical and clinical relevance for improving musculoskeletal aging and reducing the risk of falls and fractures.

We had our minds absolutely blown by Dr. Candow's wealth of knowledge and extensive research on creatine. We cover some myths, facts and how every human can benefit from creatine supplementation.

Katy Bowman: Expanding Your Movement Diet and Making Movement Meaningful Beyond Fitness Jun 29, 2023

Bestselling author, speaker, and a leader of the Movement movement, biomechanist Katy Bowman is changing the way we move and think about our need for movement. Bowman teaches movement globally and has written 9 previous books on the importance of a diverse movement diet, including Move Your DNA, Dynamic Aging, and Grow Wild. Her latest book, Rethink Your Position, is a much-needed guide to how our bodies move, why we need to move more, and the intentional steps anyone can take to feel, move, and even think better--one part at a time.

Rethink Your Position and Built to Move have so much in common in terms of the mission and goal to focus on the basics. We get into all the ways in which movement is being left behind in modern life and how to combat this trend.

Sean Pastuch: Humanizing Healthcare by Professionalizing the Fitness Industry Jun 15, 2023

Dr. Sean Pastuch is a dedicated husband, father, and leader. He is the Founder and CEO of Active Life, a company that guides its clients to a life well-lived, through the attainment of empowered thought, physical freedom, and emotional wellbeing. When he’s not working to improve the lives of his clients, Dr. Sean spends his time with his wife and three daughters. He credits his wife with being his biggest supporter, and his children with being the best leadership coaches he has ever had. At Active Life, Dr. Sean and the team believe that the two industries that exist today to help people enjoy a life well-lived, fitness and healthcare, fall severely short.

We get into Sean’s experience helping people by providing simple education, practical fitness, and professional mentorship. In addition, Sean works directly with coaches and gym owners to help them thrive which enables his expertise to serve an even broader community.

Joyce Shulman: Intentional Walking for Health, Creativity, and Longevity Jun 01, 2023

Joyce Shulman is Co-Founder and CEO of 99 Walks and Jetti Fitness, two wellness and walking lifestyle brands on a mission to forge connection and inspire millions to walk their way to better.

Throughout her personal and professional life, Joyce’s regular walking practice has been her key for managing stress, fueling creativity, and maintaining her health. After discovering that the research bears out all that she knew instinctively, Joyce and her husband, Eric Cohen, founded 99 Walks and Jetti Fitness to help others experience what recent studies have shown: walking can improve decision-making and executive function, combat depression, increase creativity and literally add years to your life.

In this episode, we discussed our mutual love and appreciation of walking, the vast health benefits of the practice, and were delighted to get into some additional advantages that are outside of our area of expertise.

For more info about Joyce and 99Walks, check out their website, and follow Joyce and 99 Walks on Instagram.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly has been begging Momentous to make palatable Aminos for a while, and they are finally HERE! Vital Aminos are a powerful combination of amino acids helping to boost recovery, improve performance, and enhance your protein intake with over six grams of protein per serving. Go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Dave Colina: Founding O2 Hydration, Lessons Learned, and the Myth of Big Soda and Sports Drinks May 18, 2023

Dave Colina is the founder and CEO of O2 Hydration, an Inc. 5000 beverage brand and the Official Sports Drink of The CrossFit Games. A former corporate strategist, Dave cut his entrepreneurial teeth while helping open a non-profit charter high school in Columbus, OH. He then left the office life to coach CrossFit and create a healthier hydration drink - eventually launching O2 from the trunk of Ohio's hardest-working Prius in 2014. Dave is a graduate of The Ohio State University, a certified CrossFit coach, Krav Maga black belt, and the marketing mind behind 2020's Best Beverage Marketing Campaign of the Year. He lives in Boulder, CO, and when he's not teaching business classes part-time at CU Boulder he's out riding his Harley and howling at the moon.

We get into his journey as an entrepreneur, lessons learned, and the myth of big soda and sports drinks.

Lindsay Berra: Growing Up with Baseball Legend Yogi Berra and the Emotional Documentary that Goes Beyond the "Yogi-isms" May 04, 2023

Lindsay Berra is a freelance sports journalist based in New Jersey. She is the oldest grandchild of Carmen and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and serves as an executive producer of the brand new documentary, IT AIN’T OVER, an intimate and revealing portrait of Yogi Berra. She currently creates content for Mustard, the pitching biomechanics app developed by Tom House, and contributes regularly to Men’s Health magazine. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Fast Company and The Sports Business Journal. Lindsay has also hosted the sports nutrition and training podcast Food of the Gods, been a national correspondent for the MLB, and a writer for ESPN Magazine.

We were delighted to chat with our friend Lindsay on the process of making a documentary about a larger than life baseball great through the lens of a journalist, fan, and adoring granddaughter.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. If you work out in the morning with only a little coffee on board, we have an experiment for you. Try drinking an LMNT in the morning before you train and watch how it transforms your session. Our bodies are driven on salt and you will perform and feel better. Right now, order through our link and you’ll receive a free sample pack with all of LMNT’s flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. One unexpected benefit of the Dock Pro is how useful it is when you are sick. Kelly was running a fever the other day and was able to warm up the bed when he was cold and cool it back down when he got hot again. Having absolute control of your bed temperature is game changing. If you want to get more quality sleep no matter what is going on in your environment, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up feeling refreshed, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly always struggles to get enough protein each day with whole foods, so he supplements with a protein shake. He’s had issues with protein powders not making him feel very well, until he found Momentous. It doesn’t hurt his stomach and tastes really good. If you want to up your protein game, go to livemomentous.com/TRS and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Jon Gregory: Resistance Training Technology, and the Value of Convenience, Efficiency, and Effectiveness Apr 20, 2023

Jon Gregory is the founder and CEO of Vitruvian, a resistance training technology company. Jon has a background in applied physics but worked for years in finance and as a high frequency trader, ultimately starting his own firm. The lo-tech weight room just beyond the trading floor sparked the idea for Vitruvian. Jon figured he could make resistance training a lot more sophisticated using technology and thus the tinkering began, and eventually Vitruvian was born.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt — with no sugar. If you are intermittent fasting or following a keto diet, you might notice that you don’t feel great, and that is probably because you aren’t getting enough salt. LMNT is a great way to add that salt back in and feel a lot better. Right now, order through our link and you’ll receive a free sample pack with all of LMNT’s flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by our newest book, New York Times instant bestseller, Built to Move. Built to Move is the antidote to modern living: 10 simple actions for restoring the body’s capacity for free and easy movement by defending it against technology creep, desk jobs, food confusion, rising stress levels, sleep disruption, and the inevitable process of aging. We have also created a free follow along video companion to the 21 Day Built To Move Challenge detailed in the book so go to builttomove.com to sign up today and solidify these simple practices as HABIT!

Stefi Cohen: From Soccer to Olympic Lifting to Powerlifting to Boxing, How Determination and Grit Shattered All the Barriers Apr 06, 2023

Stefi Cohen is a 25-time world record holding powerlifter and the strongest woman pound for pound in the world. She has dedicated her life to pushing the boundaries of what is physically possible. In addition to her passion for sports, Stefi is also a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Exercise Physiologist, using her knowledge and experience to educate the public about health and fitness by sharing evidence-based information using a no-BS approach. As an author, podcast host, YouTuber, and influencer, she uses her platform to encourage others to focus on building themselves from within. Stefi is also an advocate for women's rights and strives to inspire younger generations to make a positive impact on those around them through their skills and talents.

We get into Stefi’s background coming to the US, finding strength sports, going to PT school while launching a business and competing professionally, and everything that’s transpired since - which includes dominating in multiple professional sports.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt -- with no sugar. If you are eating a great whole food diet (think Paleo, Keto, etc) and working out like crazy, you probably aren’t getting enough salt. LMNT is a simple way to add some salt back into your diet. Right now, order through our link and you receive a free sample pack with all of LMNT’s flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

Jim "Smitty" Smith: Everyone's Favorite Strength Coach, Ageless Athletes, and Lifelong Learning Mar 23, 2023

Jim Smith or Smitty is the owner of Diesel Strength & Conditioning. He has dedicated his life to helping others fall in love with fitness. Developing the Ageless Athlete protocol, Smitty has created the solution for all lifters and athletes who want to train pain free and reach their goals - in and out of the gym. Smitty also co-created the best hands-on practical certification called the CPPS certification, along with Joe DeFranco, that has changed the lives of PTs, coaches, trainers, and lifters all over the world. Smith is a highly respected and world-renowned author, strength & conditioning coach, and lecturer, who has been in the fitness industry for over 20 years.

Smitty is everyone's favorite strength and conditioning coach and we get into his background, S&C lineage, and his insatiable thirst for knowledge.

Jason McCarthy: Rucking, Embracing the Suck, and Community Building Through Fitness Mar 09, 2023

Jason McCarthy is the founder and CEO of GORUCK. While serving in Special Forces, GORUCK was born and the goal was simple: build a rucksack with life or death quality standards that would thrive from Baghdad to NYC. Jason is also the co-founder and CEO of Sandlot, an organization that empowers everyone into fitness with the tools they need to workout with real people in the real world.

We get into Jason’s background and the origin story of GORUCK, the extensive benefits of rucking, and building community through fitness.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Kelly and Juliet love a weighted blanket but most weighted blankets make you way too hot. They believe that Sleepme has created the greatest weighted blanket of all time. You get all the benefits of sleeping under something heavy, but none of the night sweats. If you want a weighted blanket with thermoregulation, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up feeling refreshed, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by LMNT, a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. That means lots of salt -- with no sugar. LMNT is formulated to help anyone with their electrolyte needs and is perfectly suited to folks following a keto, low-carb, or paleo diet. As you may have heard, the TRS office and studio is cold, like really cold. One thing that has made a huge difference is sipping on hot LMNT. Replacing electrolytes and staying toasty - Yes, please! And right now, order through our link and you receive a free sample pack with all of LMNT’s flavors. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/TRS and check it out!

Joe De Sena: Resilience, The Quitters Office, and Life Lessons from a Crime Boss Feb 23, 2023

Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s leading endurance sports brand. He has built Spartan into a global fitness and wellness brand, with a 10 million+ community of athletes across the globe. Under his leadership, Spartan’s portfolio of brands has grown to include Spartan Trail, DEKA, La Ruta, Tough Mudder, and HIGHLANDER. Joe is also a New York Times bestselling author of a number of books.

We get into the origin of Spartan, Joe’s love of suffering (and torturing others?), and the amazing ability Joe has of inviting people in to discover their own greatness.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. There’s no denying that getting into an ice cold bed in the summertime is amazing. But in the winter, not so much. Kelly’s love language is cranking Juliet’s Dock Pro up to 95º before she hops in bed. The app then cools the bed down during the night for deep, dense sleep. If you want to control the highs and lows of your bed, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up feeling awesome, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Built to Move, or newest book out April 4, 2023. Built to Move is the antidote to modern living: 10 simple actions for restoring the body’s capacity for free and easy movement by defending it against technology creep, desk jobs, food confusion, rising stress levels, sleep disruption, and the inevitable process of aging. These ten essentials build durability, vanquish muscle and joint restriction, and improve overall health. They’re basic body maintenance for everyone, from Olympic-caliber athletes to people who haven’t exercised a day in their lives. For more information and to order, check out builttomove.com.

Marcus Filly: From Medical School to Professional CrossFit Athlete to Founding Functional Bodybuilding Feb 09, 2023

Marcus Filly is the founder of Functional Bodybuilding. After leaving medical school, Marcus turned instead to health and fitness to help people more directly with training and nutrition in their day to day lives. Drawing on an extensive training background in soccer and his competitive CrossFit career, Marcus owned an affiliate for years before changing methodologies to help athletes better succeed through individual coaching. After the 2016 CrossFit Games, Marcus was burned out and broken, and about to become a first time father. Functional Bodybuilding was born out of a need to train more for longevity and sustainability – while still looking good and moving well.

We get into how and why Marcus left medical school, went pro, and then synthesized all his experience and knowledge into his own methodology, Functional Bodybuilding.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Do you like waking up without an alarm? During the winter, Juliet and Kelly are obsessed with the Dock Pro’s Warm Wake-Up feature. You can use the app to set a time for your bed to warm right up which is way more delightful than a loud buzzing alarm. If you want to be stirred from your torpor by a cozy warm bed, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up refreshed, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Built to Move, or newest book out April 4, 2023. Built to Move is the antidote to modern living: 10 simple actions for restoring the body’s capacity for free and easy movement by defending it against technology creep, desk jobs, food confusion, rising stress levels, sleep disruption, and the inevitable process of aging. These ten essentials build durability, vanquish muscle and joint restriction, and improve overall health. They’re basic body maintenance for everyone, from Olympic-caliber athletes to people who haven’t exercised a day in their lives. For more information and to order, check out builttomove.com.

Dave Durante: Current State of Men's Gymnastics, The Power of Progression, and Why Gymnastics Skills are Fundamental Jan 26, 2023

Dave is a multiple-time USA Gymnastics National Champion and was part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team. Dave has coached gymnastics teams to multiple National Championships, was a lead coach for the CrossFit Gymnastics L1 Course where he developed the CrossFit Gymnastics Advanced Course. Dave is the co-founder of Power Monkey Fitness where he travels the world delivering world class knowledge and coaching to those looking to improve their movement quality and longevity by ensuring they have the proper foundation in place to always strive towards their highest capability.

We get into everything from youth development, the state of gymnastics in America, to why everyone - including middle aged big guys like Kelly - should care about gymnastics skills.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. It might be true that in your 20s you could sleep on the floor of a rock-n-roll squat and be 100% the next day. But as you mature, that is definitely no longer the case. Sleep masks, black-out shades, and earplugs are the new normal, but if you want to really dial in your sleep, you have to control your temperature. Sleepme has you covered with an entire line of thermoregulation options. So head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up refreshed, everyday!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Built to Move, or newest book out April 4, 2023. Built to Move is the antidote to modern living: 10 simple actions for restoring the body’s capacity for free and easy movement by defending it against technology creep, desk jobs, food confusion, rising stress levels, sleep disruption, and the inevitable process of aging. These ten essentials build durability, vanquish muscle and joint restriction, and improve overall health. They’re basic body maintenance for everyone, from Olympic-caliber athletes to people who haven’t exercised a day in their lives. For more information and to order, check out builttomove.com.

Travis Mash: Powerlifting, Youth Development, and the Importance of Athlete Monitoring Jan 12, 2023

Travis Mash has been strength training for over 21 years and has been working with athletes on their strength, speed, and athletic performance for over 15 years. Travis has worked with athletes and non-athletes of all levels from NFL and Olympic hopefuls, to 7-year-olds just starting out, to a 70-year-old senior seeking increased mobility. Travis is a current world champion in powerlifting and has held the all-time pound-for-pound world record.

We talk to Travis about his career path, the importance of athlete monitoring, youth development, and his love of the flywheel.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Did you know you can turn the temperature up on your Doc Pro to actually heat up your bed in the winter? Juliet changes her whole routine during the cold months so that she can hop into a super toasty bed in the evening. She then programs it to adjust back down to her sleeping temperature during the night and a warm wake in the morning. If you want to crack the code on your sleep routine this winter, head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and wake up warm and refreshed, everyday!

Shane Farmer: Finding Grounding Through Sport, The Ability to Suffer, And Why You Should Care About Indoor Rowing Dec 29, 2022

Shane Farmer is the founder of Dark Horse Rowing. He's a rower, a 4X CrossFit Games athlete, former gym owner, Concept2 Master Instructor and has made his career de-mystifying rowing for non-rowers. He's married with two kids and has 13 chickens and an orchard. He loves soil regeneration, permaculture, and testing himself regularly at new and interesting forms of fitness.

We go way back and hear how Shane first started rowing, almost by accident, and then was exposed to CrossFit as his rowing team’s exclusive strength and conditioning program. Fast forward to post-college life and Shane has turned his passion for rowing into a business instilling a love of indoor rowing in non-rowers and rowers alike.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Are you ready to wake up every morning and not feel tired? We track lots of things on the daily, but our sleep is what we really nerd out on with our Oura rings. And tracking it has proven to us that changing the temperature of your sleep changes everything about your sleep metrics. If you want more deep sleep, more REM sleep, better HRV and RHR scores, try thermoregulation with one of Sleepme’s life changing products. And if you don't track your sleep metrics, you'll be able to tell the difference by how you FEEL each morning. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up refreshed, everyday!

Lynsey Dyer: Extreme Skiing, Experiencing Flow States, and Motherhood as a Professional Athlete Dec 15, 2022

Lynsey Dyer is a professional athlete, illustrator, self healing and wildlife advocate. As an athlete, Dyer won the FREESKI overall extreme skiing tour (7 straight wins), was the first female on the cover of FREESKIER Magazine (mid air off a record sized 70ft cliff), and named Skier of the Year multiple times by Powder Magazine. Lynsey hosts the popular outdoor podcast ShowingUP with Lynsey Dyer. She is a trained Breathwork and flow-state facilitator offering movement, mentorship and breathwork to those who inquire. She also offers ski fitness and pregnancy workshops to elevate people to their highest potential. At 21 Dyer co-founded ‪SheJumps.org‬, to increase participation of women in the outdoors, and designed the iconic Girafficorn (the charity’s main fundraising and branding icon) to welcome more playfulness in the outdoors. She produced and directed the groundbreaking film, Pretty Faces, the first all female action sports film for women and girls.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. When you live in a midcentury modern Eichler home, it might be beyond beautiful, but it is also beyond freezing in the winter. Kelly’s new favorite feature of the Dock Pro is setting the warm wake-up so his bed heats up to downright toasty each morning. And you know what that means? Waking up without an alarm, which is delightful. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. Take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up like Kelly, refreshed, everyday!

Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter: Empowering and Supporting Veterans with the National Veterans Memorial and Museum Dec 01, 2022

Lieutenant General Ferriter, U.S. Army (Retired), is the founding President and CEO of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM). Not simply a museum, NVMM seeks to honor and positively impact the lives of Veterans by sharing the Veteran experience as well as through outreach programs directly supporting Veterans and their families.

Before heading to Columbus, Ohio, Lt. Gen. Ferriter successfully supported Veterans and their families, underserved groups, students, and business leaders with his consulting firm, the Ferriter Group LLC. He has dedicated his civilian career to helping organizations and associations, and remains committed and passionate about serving Veterans, military families, and families of the Fallen.

Lt. Gen. Ferriter served 35 years in the US Army commanding Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and International Forces at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels all around the world and has received numerous honors and distinctions for his service.

As an added bonus, we are also joined by Jennifer Ballou, Master Sgt., U.S. Army (Retired), who is the Deputy Chief of Staff of the NVMM supporting the entire staff and all programs, and is currently building up the museum's Resilience and Wellness program.

Jeff Byers: Life After Football, Prioritizing Attitude and Effort, and Democratizing High Performance Nov 17, 2022

Jeff Byers is the co-founder and CEO of Momentous -- a holistic wellness and nutrition company based in Park City, Utah. Designed by the brightest minds in performance athletics, but available for the everyday wellness enthusiast, Momentous is the first and only supplement brand to build formulas directly with experts from each of the four Major American Sports Leagues, launching in 2018 with a line of products designed by performance directors and dietitians from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB.

Before Momentous Jeff had an insane collegiate athletic career all while getting his undergraduate degree and MBA, and THEN went on to play in the NFL for four years. We get into it all and learn why one of Jeff’s goals is to democratize high performance.

This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly and Juliet want to make sure to have all the building blocks on board to prevent those all too common middle-aged strains and tweaks. Which is why they are obsessed with the Momentous Collagen Shots. Yes, it's collagen, but because it's a little single-serve shot, their consistency game is leveled up. Keep them in your bag or your pockets and never get behind on Collagen again. To stuff your pockets, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Kelly used to wake up 1000 degrees. He’s literally a supernova. They’ve tried every iteration of fans and cooling devices, which didn’t work and also made Juliet miserable. But now with Sleepme, Juliet and Kelly each dial their side of the bed to the temperature they like and both can fall asleep and stay asleep all night. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time! So take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up refreshed, everyday!

[Bonus] Built To Move: Introducing the Vital Signs, a Simple Way to Assess and Ultimately Improve Your Ability to Move Throughout Life Nov 10, 2022

We’re back with another bonus episode about our upcoming book, Built To Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully. The book is structured around “Vital Signs” and we get into what that means, and why we think these vital signs in particular are a simple way to assess and ultimately improve your ability to move and do the things you want to do throughout your life. We can’t wait for the book to be released April 4, 2023 and hope you’ll join us in adopting these super simple habits that will serve you for life.

For more information about Built to Move or to pre-order, go to builttomove.com.

Jill Miller: The Evolution of a Fascia Expert, Body Blind Spots, and a Bottom Up Approach to Healing Nov 03, 2022

Jill Miller, C-IAYT, ERYT, YA-CEP fascia expert, has 30 years of corrective movement expertise that forges links between the worlds of yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Her signature self-care fitness programs, Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® are found at gyms, yoga studios, hospitals, athletic training facilities and corporations worldwide. Kelly and Jill have been friends and collaborators for over a decade. We get to learn about the evolution of her business and her thinking as well as hear about her new book, Body by Breath out winter 2023.

If you’ve ever had to lay on a roller or ball and gut smash with us, that’s all Jill Miller. You’re welcome.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly and Juliet are obsessed with sleep, and have optimized all aspects of their sleep hygiene - but travel and life can put a wrinkle in the best laid plans. They always take Magnesium before bed, but Momentous has made it even easier with the Momentous Sleep Pack. Each pack has Apigenin, L-Theanine, AND Magnesium L-Threonate. This is their go-to routine that Momentous created in partnership with Dr. Andrew Huberman, and it really levels up the Starrett's consistency. If you want to remove more barriers to adherence in your sleep routine with the Momentous Sleep Pack, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Sleepme. Sleepme’s thermoregulation devices have revolutionized the Starrett’s sleep for years. And now with the Dock Pro, Kelly is able to get as cold as he wants to fall asleep and stay asleep, but as morning approaches, he has set the Dock Pro to start warming up enabling him to wake up cozy and refreshed without an alarm clock. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time! So take advantage of our exclusive discount and you too can wake up refreshed, everyday!

[Bonus] Built To Move: Introducing Our New Book Detailing The Ten Essential Health Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully Oct 27, 2022

In this bonus episode, we sit down and chat about the Starrett's upcoming book, Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully. We introduce the book, go over how and why the project came about and who it is for. Spoiler: YOU! We are so excited about this book and can't wait for it to be released April 4, 2023. Stay tuned for more bonus episodes where we get even deeper into the content of the book.

For more information about Built to Move or to pre-order, go to builttomove.com.

Layne Norton: Demystifying Nutrition Research, Bone Crushing Consistency, and Why You Should Date Not Marry Your Beliefs Oct 20, 2022

A self-proclaimed nerd who lifts heavy things, Layne has completed with honors both a BS in Biochemistry and a PhD in Nutritional Sciences. As an innovator in the fitness industry, Layne helped popularize flexible dieting and online nutrition coaching/contest prep. He has worked with countless clients and hundreds of competitors, many attaining pro status. Since moving away from online coaching Layne has written several books, developed the Carbon Diet nutritional coaching app, and created a number of certification courses. In 2016 Layne co-founded and launched the Biolayne Workout Builder subscription platform, and more recently, he launched Outwork Nutrition, an evidence-based supplement company.

Layne has made it his mission in life to demystify nutrition research. He has become a trusted source of solid information for us and the entire staff of The Ready State.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly is always chasing his daily protein target so his go-to snack is Icelandic yogurt with Momentous Grass-Fed Whey Protein Powder mixed in. Add a chopped apple and he has a delicious chocolate or vanilla protein bomb. Kelly especially loves this protein because it contains ProHydrolase, an enzyme blend that aids digestion and makes it way easier on your stomach. Go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by ChiliSleep. Juliet is obsessed with her Sleepme weighted blanket. The problem with a traditional weighted blanket is that halfway through the night she wakes up and must throw it off because she is 1000º. The Sleepme weighted blanket is temperature controlled so Juliet can set it to the temperature she prefers and stay cool all night long. Which means her sleep quality, density, and quantity have all improved. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time!

Luca Padua: Surfing Big Waves, Innovative Training Techniques, and Being the Youngest Person to Surf Mavericks Oct 06, 2022

Luca Padua is a big wave surfer and all around stellar athlete. At 13, Luca was the youngest person to ever surf Mavericks, and has never looked back. We got to catch up with Luca about how he got into surfing, his off-season training regimen, big waves, and what it’s been like to live and train with Laird Hamilton for the last three years.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Here at The Ready State we are big proponents of bone crushing consistency. And that’s just what Momentous Collagen Shots help us maintain. We ALWAYS have at least a few shots in our bags and backpacks so we never forget to take them. No way you’re getting enough collagen in your diet, so check them out! Go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by ChiliSleep. Science tells us that having a lower core body temperature helps us sleep better. Science also tells us that good sleep is critical for recovery, overall health, and just about everything in between. Head over to sleep.me/trs to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time!

Kyla Channell: Fueling for Performance, Common Misconceptions, and Why Carbs are King Sep 22, 2022

Kyla Channell is a Degreed Nutritional Practitioner, specializing in elite athlete fueling for each unique sport and sex differences between athletes. She is the founder of Nutritional Revolution where she works 1:1 with clients providing nutrition plans tailored to each athlete's specific sport, body, training schedule and goals. There is so much confusion around nutrition in sport and nutrition in general, and you'll walk away from this conversation with a much better understanding of how and why you should fuel for performance (at any level).

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. The Starretts are the first to admit that they don't eat a lot of fish in their family, so they've come to think of fish oil supplements as a food. Thankfully, fish oil has come a long way since the giant Costco bottles of the 90s. Momentous Omega-3 has become the Starrett's daily fish oil supplement, delivering a potent 1600mg of EPA and DHA in a 1:1 ratio. Even their kids take it. To check it out, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by ChiliSleep. California just went through an extreme heat wave, and guess who doesn't have AC? Turns out, with the Dock Pro Sleep System, you don't need air conditioning. Sleepme's customizable, climate-controlled mattress pads keep your bed at the perfect temperature for deep sleep, so you can fall asleep and stay asleep. Head over to chilisleep.com/TRS to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time!

Brent Brookbush: Transforming Continuing Education, Evidence-Based Practice, and How to Be a Better Consumer of Research Sep 08, 2022

Dr. Brent Brookbush has been an impassioned human movement professional since 1998, and an impassioned educator since 2004. As the founder and CEO of the Brookbush Institute, Brent is on a mission to transform education by creating a subscription platform offering short evidence-based courses and certifications that are affordable, highly consumable, and widely accessible. Brent is also an expert in understanding and disseminating research and we spend a lot of time in this episode talking through "evidence-based practice" and understanding how to be better consumers of research.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Kelly, like many athletes, struggles to get enough protein in a day and supplements with a protein shake. If you are an athlete that likes to supplement with protein but your system can't handle whey protein, or you are vegan or vegetarian, try Momentous Plant-Based Protein. It is a 70:30 blend of pea and rice protein yielding a complete amino acid profile. To check it out, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by ChiliSleep. Kelly might be the hottest sleeper of all time. We're talking atomically hot and sweaty. When he ran into ChiliSleep at a conference, his life changed instantly. He's used every one of their products, the Cube, OOLER, and Dock Pro systems, which are all hydro-powered, temperature-controlled mattress toppers that fit over your existing mattress to provide your ideal sleep temperature. If you are struggling to improve your sleep quality, this is the missing piece. Head over to chilisleep.com/TRS to learn more and save on the purchase of any new Cube, OOLER or Dock Pro Sleep System. There is an offer available exclusively for The Ready State Podcast listeners -- and only for a limited time!

David Weck: Fitness Innovation, Balance, and the Origin of the Rope Flow Aug 25, 2022

David Weck is the inventor of the BOSU® Balance Trainer and founder of WeckMethod. David’s influence reaches millions of people across the globe. From world class athletes to disabled individuals regaining the ability to walk, David has been helping people achieve better functional fitness for the past 30 years. Among his many inventions, David is very excited to be launching a new ‘Innovation Group’ with the introduction of his latest invention, the WeckDeck. David’s stated mission is making “Every Step Stronger” for everyone.

We talk to David about the invention and development of the Bosu Ball, the origin of his rope flows, and get a great understanding of his passion for improving locomotion and human optimization for everyone.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Juliet and Kelly just did a week on a river in Utah that was a lot of paddling flat water in a fully loaded boat. And this happens to people a lot on vacation, they go out for a big adventure and then over do it and end up with some hot spots or irritated tissues. One way the Starretts combat this is taking collagen every day, even on vacation. Momentous Collagen is truly one of the only supplements they ALWAYS bring along on their adventures. Daily Collagen supplementation is useful to long-term tendon, joint, and soft-tissue integrity so If you want to stay ahead on your post-vacation recovery, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Perry Nickelston: Reframing Pain, Tiny Little Action Steps, and Why If You're Human...You've Got a Lymphatics Problem Aug 11, 2022

Perry Nickelston, DC, NKT, FMS, SFMA, is a Chiropractic Physician with primary focus on Performance Enhancement, Corrective Exercise, and Metabolic Fitness Nutrition and trained from The American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders. He is an expert in myofascial, orthopedic, medical and trigger point soft tissue therapy. A member of the Board of Directors and Medical Staff Advisor for AIMLA (American Institute of Medical Laser Application). Dr. Perry teaches healthcare professionals all over the world how to successfully use Class IV Deep Tissue Laser Therapy in alleviating pain. He is the Director of clinical protocols and training for LiteCure Medical Lasers specializing in Myofascial Laser treatments.

Dr. Perry is an expert in movement assessment and diagnosis. Certified and trained as a Functional Movement Specialist (FMS) and Selective Functional Movement Assessment Specialist (SFMA). He uses programs designed to find your source of painful dysfunction and correct it so the site of pain improves. A regular columnist for Dynamic Chiropractic, Practice Insights, Chiropractic Economics, To Your Health Magazine, Advance Physical Therapy, PT on the Net, LiveStrong, StrengthCoach, and other industry publications for health and fitness.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. For Kelly, the very best part of Momentous Whey Protein is that it doesn't make him nauseous. For Juliet, it just tastes good! Kelly's current jam is to mix a scoop of protein into a coconut probiotic yogurt. Juliet's go-to is mixing Momentous Whey Protein with ice and water and she's all set for her post-workout nutrition. If you want to get in on the Starrett's protein game, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Rory Mckernan: Moving from CrossFit HQ to CrossFit Mayhem, Habit Formation, and the Legend of Some Missing Gold Jul 28, 2022

Rory Mckernan is the Director of Business Development and Athlete representation at Mayhem Nation. He brings a wealth of industry knowledge to his athletes from his years working as a Media Director and on-camera personality for CrossFit and the Host of the CrossFit Games from 2010-2017. Rory is a father and husband and lives in Cookeville, TN.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, a leading high performance lifestyle company making the best supplements and sports nutrition products for individuals looking to optimize all parts of their lives. Dr. Stacy Sims once told us to eat some protein within 30 mins of exercise and that it was particularly important for women. Juliet really took that to heart and religiously drinks a scoop of Momentous Whey Protein, a scoop of Momentous Collagen, and a scoop of Momentous Creatine right after working out. That combined with water has made a huge difference in how she feels post-workout. If you want to try Juliet's routine, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Kenny Kane: From Stand-Up Comedy to Coaching, and the Critical Nature of Context Jul 14, 2022

Kenny Kane is a life-long performer and coach who is fueled by improving quality of life for people in principled ways. He bought CrossFit Los Angeles in 2014 with a vision to build a unified coaching team and the business to support it. The business rebranded in 2017 as Oak Park, a nod to the Kenny’s roots in Santa Rosa, CA as well as a symbolic transition to something evergreen. His dream has always been to create an environment where he can be a student and learn entirely new things from the people within it. As the Oak Park coaches and community continue to evolve, that dream becomes more of a reality.

Kenny has an extraordinarily diverse background. He grew up in a family fitness business with a mother in the Swimming Hall of Fame and a father who was an officiant at the Olympics. At 15, he earned his Black Belt and began his coaching career as a martial arts instructor. Kenny attended UC Davis where he played soccer, ran track, and competed in triathlons. He then went on to teach physical education and drama in his hometown while training for the Olympic Trials. A career ending running injury pushed him to shift focus to stand-up comedy and private training. Kenny spent 14 years splitting time between training clients and touring the world. He performed standup and gave motivational talks while simultaneously transforming people as a coach. Kenny retired from performing in 2013 to do what he loves. He now dedicates all of his professional time to coaching and the business endeavors that support it.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. When we travel, the one supplement we bring along is Momentous Collagen. We can't control a lot when we travel, so we focus on walking a TON, like 15k-20k steps per day and getting collagen on board first thing in the morning. If you want to give our travel protocol a try, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Megan Young: Being a Data Driven Performance Coach, Surviving Cancer, and Winning with the Seattle Sounders Jun 30, 2022

Megan Young is the Performance Coach for the Seattle Sounders. She is a lifelong learner of optimizing for human performance, health and welfare, strategic integration of sport science, human optimization technology, data systems, and leading cross-functional management to support winning organizations. With over 15 years of high performance experience, she’s applied these areas of expertise in various roles including Strength Coach and High Performance Director spanning collegiate athletics, and women's and men's professional soccer. Coach Young ensures her coaching leverages data-influenced decision making, contextual compassion, and tactical empathy. She has been fortunate to train elite US and international athletes, Olympians, and World Cup Champions. She is often sought after as a thought leader, speaker, and expert in the evolution of the global coaching paradigm.

As a cancer survivor, Megan elevates and educates in conversations of cancer, specifically around leukemia awareness.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. One of Kelly's gifts is being able to swallow a weird amount of supplements in one chug. And every morning, that is his Momentous stack: Essential Multi, Omega-3, and Vitamin D. If you want to get on Kelly's Momentous morning routine, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code TRS for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Lauren Fisher: Moving to Iceland, Joining A Super Team, And a Decade Competing as a CrossFit Games Athlete Jun 16, 2022

At 28, Lauren Fisher has been one of the best known names in CrossFit for a long time. Over the years, this CrossFit Games Athlete has collected a Top 10 finish at the Games (2014), a 3rd place finish at the CrossFit Games on her team (2019), and seven overall Games appearances in total (4 individual, 3 team). At age 20, she represented USA Weightlifting at the Junior World Championships. As a well recognized athlete in the sport of CrossFit & Weightlifting, Lauren’s versatility, determination, and boundless enthusiasm continue to make her a popular figure and an inspiration to many up-and-coming athletes and women around the world.

Through her own journey, she founded her company Grown Strong. Her mission is to challenge women to tap into their individual strength to see that strong is beautiful and giving up is simply not an option. Fisher’s formula is surprisingly simple: stay dedicated and work a little harder than everyone else. Success will follow.

Lauren is currently living and training in Iceland with her team, CrossFit Reykjavík.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is brought to you by Momentous, the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Today's guest, Lauren Fisher, is a Momentous athlete and we got the download on her favorite products. She loves Creatine, of course the Collagen Peptides and Shots. But there is something else that is making a huge difference in her programming: carbohydrate during and after her workouts. Momentous Fuel supports hydration with key electrolytes and provides easy-to-digest carbohydrates for sustained energy during your workout. Momentous Recovery kickstarts recovery with 20g of protein and 10g of carbohydrates to replenish energy and increase absorption of key nutrients. If you want to be a beast like Lauren, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Julie Foucher: Precision Medicine, The Jump from CrossFit Games Athlete to Family Physician, and How Health Habits are Contagious Jun 02, 2022

Julie Foucher is a former four-time CrossFit Games athlete and family physician practicing precision medicine. She launched the Pursuing Health podcast back in 2015 while transitioning from CrossFit competition to being a full-time medical trainee. Based on what she saw in her medical training and CrossFit career, she realized her passion and unique position to help patients maximize their health through lifestyle, and she's committed to transforming primary care delivery to achieve this mission. Julie is currently working with Wild Health, a precision medicine practice which takes a comprehensive look at genetics, laboratory results, microbiome, and lifestyle factors in order to craft a plan that fits the patient's health, fitness, and longevity goals.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous, the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Kelly might have "the gift" when it comes to falling asleep the second he wants to, but that doesn't mean he always has the best sleep quality. That's where Momentous comes in. Kelly's sleep stack is Momentous Magnesium Threonate and Elite Sleep and he sleeps like a baby. Every. Single. Night. For more info go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Diana Kapp: Modern-Day Female Role Models, The Climate Crisis, and the Problem with Our Current Rate of Consumption May 19, 2022

Diana Kapp is a journalist with an MBA from Stanford University. She has criss-crossed this country writing for and about empowered girls… girls who expect to be leaders, founders and inventors. Diana’s first book, Girls Who Run the World, was published in 2019, and was endorsed by Madeline Albright(!) and featured in Forbes and on NPR’s Marketplace. On April 5th, 2022, in time for Earth Day, her second book, Girls Who Green the World, was released and covers 34 of the most revolutionary environmental change makers, fighting the climate crisis head on.

In addition to her books, Diana’s work has appeared in most major media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, ELLE, Marie Claire, O the Oprah Magazine, California Sunday Magazine, Sunset, Outside.com.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous. Kelly first learned about Momentous when a national champion cyclocross athlete sent him a bottle of PR Lotion as a thank you gift. When one of the best athletes on the planet hands you a tool to unlock your own athletic suffering, you pay attention! Fast forward to today and Momentous is the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Micronutrient and functional nutritional support isn't a gimmick, it's a performance advantage. Whether you are looking for a high quality daily vitamin, collagen supplementation, or NSF certified protein to support working tissues, no one does it better. For more info go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Jami Tikkanen: The Winningest CrossFit Coach, Developing a Framework, and the Importance of a Human-First Approach May 05, 2022

Jami is the Founder and head coach of The Training Plan, an online program for athletes in functional fitness. Jami's mission is to teach athletes to train with a purpose, and learn to overcome their obstacles to reach their potential. He is an Osteopath, a Fellow of Applied Functional Science with the Gray Institute, a Z-Health Master Practitioner and one of the few Certified CrossFit Level 4 Coaches.

Jami has been working with elite level CrossFit athletes since 2010 and is coach to Annie Thorisdottir (Fittest Woman on Earth 2011, 2012), Björgvin Gudmundsson (2-time 3rd Fittest Man on Earth) and other CrossFit Games athletes (most recently Katrin Davidsdottir and Team CF Reykjavik). In 2013, Jami was selected as coach for Team Europe at the first ever CrossFit Invitational against Team USA.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous, the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Micronutrient and functional nutritional support isn't a gimmick, it's a performance advantage. And now Momentous has collaborated with Dr. Andrew Huberman to develop a suite of supplements that optimize health in the areas of sleep, focus, physical performance, hormone support, and longevity. Dr. Huberman is one of our favorite thinkers around neuroscience and research-backed protocols that are simple and actionable. Each of the new products has been carefully developed and selected to pair with the protocols Dr. Huberman recommends for foundational health and optimal physical & mental performance. Go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Stacy Sims: Thriving Through Menopause with Science-Backed Strategies and Protocols Apr 21, 2022

Dr. Stacy Sims is a forward thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women.

With the unique opportunities Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk.

Stacy’s latest book, Next Level: Your Guide To Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, And Crushing Goals Through Menopause And Beyond, is out May 17th.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous, the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. In this conversation with Stacy Sims, a couple of supplements come up a lot: Collagen and Creatine. And the importance of starting them early. Right now, Momentous is offering The Ready State listeners a discounted Collagen/Creatine Bundle. Go to thereadystate.com/momentous to check it out and use code "TRS" for an additional 20% OFF your first purchase.

Dave Spitz: Olympic Weightlifting, Regret vs. Disappointment, and the Transformational Mantra "Never Do Nothing" Apr 07, 2022

Dave Spitz is the CEO and Founder of California Strength. He holds recognition as one of the few USA Weightlifting Senior International Coaches in the country and is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist. California Strength has dominated the United States Olympic weightlifting landscape, producing numerous National Team Titles, American Records and earning medal recognition on the international stage. Most recently, Dave coached Wes Kitts to an 8th place finish at the Tokyo Olympics.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous. Kelly first learned about Momentous when a national champion cyclocross athlete sent him a bottle of PR Lotion as a thank you gift. When one of the best athletes on the planet hands you a tool to unlock your own athletic suffering, you pay attention! Fast forward to today and Momentous is the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Micronutrient and functional nutritional support isn't a gimmick, it's a performance advantage. Whether you are looking for a high quality daily vitamin, collagen supplementation, or NSF certified protein to support working tissues, no one does it better. For more info, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Jonathan Lee: Adaptive Training Using AI, Fueling on the Bike, and the Importance of Structure Mar 24, 2022

Jonathan Lee is a cyclist, certified coach, and the host of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast presented by TrainerRoad. He is the Communications Director for TrainerRoad where they focus on using AI to make cyclists faster.

Rich Froning: Dominating That Fittest Man on Earth Title, Balancing Family & Career, and Building His Business Empire Mar 10, 2022

Rich Froning has dominated the title of “Fittest Man on Earth'' by winning four consecutive CrossFit Games men’s titles, and five Affiliate Cup Championships. The former firefighter from Cookeville, Tennessee, took up CrossFit in 2009 and made his Games debut a year later, finishing second overall. In 2014, after his fourth consecutive win, Rich stepped away from the individual competition to focus on his growing family, only to come back a year later starting a run of six additional podium finishes with Mayhem Freedom between 2015 and 2021.

In addition to world-class athlete, Rich has added entrepreneur and media brand to his portfolio; launching Froning Farms, Buffalo Brew Coffee, and Mayhem Athlete Programming business ventures. Rich is also an integral part of the ever-growing CrossFit Mayhem and Froning Farms YouTube channels, and two podcasts: Froning and Friends and Into The Storm.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous. Kelly first learned about Momentous when a national champion cyclocross athlete sent him a bottle of PR Lotion as a thank you gift. When one of the best athletes on the planet hands you a tool to unlock your own athletic suffering, you pay attention! Fast forward to today and Momentous is the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Micronutrient and functional nutritional support isn't a gimmick, it's a performance advantage. Whether you are looking for a high quality daily vitamin, collagen supplementation, or NSF certified protein to support working tissues, no one does it better. For more info, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Jason McCann: Flexible Workspaces, Innovation, and Creating Engaged, Impactful Cultures Feb 24, 2022

As a founder and the CEO of Vari, Jason McCann’s mission is to help companies create environments that elevate people. A lifelong entrepreneur, Jason has more than 30 years of experience building and running successful companies. He learned the importance of putting the customer first early-on while working in his mother’s hair salon as a child.

Jason co-founded VariDesk in 2013, and the brand quickly became synonymous with sit-stand desks. Under his leadership, the company grew at an incredible pace and expanded its product and service offerings significantly, calling for it’s new, more inclusive name – Vari.

Today, the company has grown into a workspace innovation company that provides everything high-growth businesses need to unlock the potential of their workforce – from a full suite of office furniture to the workspaces themselves, offering space-as-a-service with VariSpace. A multi-tenant campus ideation lab designed to elevate the way businesses approach office, VariSpace offers first-class amenities, fully furnished offices, and flexible lease terms to enterprise-level clients.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous. Kelly first learned about Momentous when a national champion cyclocross athlete sent him a bottle of PR Lotion as a thank you gift. When one of the best athletes on the planet hands you a tool to unlock your own athletic suffering, you pay attention! Fast forward to today and Momentous is the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Micronutrient and functional nutritional support isn't a gimmick, it's a performance advantage. Whether you are looking for a high quality daily vitamin, collagen supplementation, or NSF certified protein to support working tissues, no one does it better. For more info, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Stuart McMillan: Olympic Coaching, Performance Therapy, and Building a Culture of Collaboration Feb 10, 2022

Stuart McMillan is the co-owner and CEO of ALTIS. He has been a professional coach for over 28 years, and has worked with professional and amateur athletes in a variety of sports - with the focus being on power and speed development.

Stuart is an accredited S&C and Sprints Coach, and has spent most of the last two decades working in these two domains. He has personally coached over 70 Olympians at 7 Olympic Games; over 30 of whom have won Olympic medals.

Stuart has worked as part of NGBs in 6 countries, and has been part of and/or led ISTs in the United States, Canada and the UK. He has had the unique experience of coaching at three Home Olympic Games, having worked with American athletes at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, Canadians at the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Games, and British athletes at the 2012 London Games. Most recently, he coached British sprinter Jodie Williams to a sixth-place finish in the 400m at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Stuart has been at ALTIS in Phoenix, AZ since 2013 and they recently moved the entire operation to Atlanta, GA.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous. Kelly first learned about Momentous when a national champion cyclocross athlete sent him a bottle of PR Lotion as a thank you gift. When one of the best athletes on the planet hands you a tool to unlock your own athletic suffering, you pay attention! Fast forward to today and Momentous is the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Micronutrient and functional nutritional support isn't a gimmick, it's a performance advantage. Whether you are looking for a high quality daily vitamin, collagen supplementation, or NSF certified protein to support working tissues, no one does it better. For more info, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Jim Klopman: Balance Training, Micro Muscles, and How This Simple Method Can Improve Your Performance Jan 27, 2022

Jim is a lifelong innovator who has always been one of those people who thinks differently. He believes balance training has sharpened his ability to make new neural connections and see the possibilities and pathways that others miss. Originally Jim was simply looking for a way to maintain his own athletic performance well into his 90s. But the SlackBow Balance Training System he developed turned out to be a key to whole body and mind fitness that was even more revolutionary than he could have imagined. He is eager to spread his knowledge, techniques and tools far and wide to help seekers like him tune their brains to perform better in work and sports, sleep better, look younger and live longer.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Momentous. Kelly first learned about Momentous when a national champion cyclocross athlete sent him a bottle of PR Lotion as a thank you gift. When one of the best athletes on the planet hands you a tool to unlock your own athletic suffering, you pay attention! Fast forward to today and Momentous is the largest supplier of nutritional support to college, pro-sports teams, and the military in the world. Micronutrient and functional nutritional support isn't a gimmick, it's a performance advantage. Whether you are looking for a high quality daily vitamin, collagen supplementation, or NSF certified protein to support working tissues, no one does it better. For more info, go to thereadystate.com/momentous and use code "TRS" for 20% OFF your first purchase.

Dan Clark: Functional Music, Neuromodulation, and How Brain.fm's Music Can Change Your Life Jan 13, 2022

Dan Clark previously worked as a website and app developer. When he switched careers from building an advertising agency, he came across Brain.fm. In his first session, he bought an account and was so excited after a week of use, he decided he needed to be part of the company. After calling 12 times, he finally landed a job and worked the first month for free. Fast forward to present-day and Dan’s now the CEO of Brain.fm and has been included in the Forbes 30 under 30 in 2019. Dan is always excited about how technology can change the world.

Stay tuned at the end of the episode for a 30 minute sample of Brain.fm's functional music.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

Bianca Valenti: Big Wave Surfing, Gender Inequity, and Winning the Fight for Inclusion and Equal Pay Dec 30, 2021

Bianca is one of the best big wave Surfers in the world. A true warrior, she is recognized for many victories including winning equal pay and access for all athletes in professional surfing. Notable recent surf victories include a podium finish at the 2021 XXL Big Wave Awards for biggest paddle of the year, 2X winner of the Puerto Escondido CUP in 2018 + 2019, and Bianca is the first woman in history to win a big wave competition in 2014 at Nelscott Reef in Oregon.

Lookout for an upcoming Hollywood Film with Charlize Theron telling the story of Bianca’s "fight for gender equality in one of the most dangerous sports on earth” based on the NYT Magazine cover story from February 2019. SheChange is the documentary film version of the story following Bianca, Keala Kennelly, Paige Alms and Andrea Möller, as they fight to be included in the competition at Mavericks.

In her free time when she’s not practicing and playing pro surfer, she’s fighting for all athletes in outdoor sports, by creating BETTERWAVE an investment vessel enabling athletes to focus on "athleteing".

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

Dean Pohlman: Yoga for Athletes, Accessibility, and the Evolution of the Practice Dec 16, 2021

Dean Pohlman has made a name for himself as the go-to internet yoga instructor for men and those interested in improving their fitness with yoga. His first internationally published book, Yoga Fitness for Men, was published in 2018 and has since been translated into French, German, and Mandarin. His second book, Yoga for Athletes, was internationally published in December 2021. His DVD series, Body By Yoga, includes multiple top-10 best-selling programs made for all fitness levels, and his website, manflowyoga.com, is one of the most popular resources on the internet for on-demand fitness-centric yoga workouts and programs.

He has worked with physical therapists to create yoga programs for back health and spinal recovery. A former collegiate lacrosse player, his workouts and programs have been used by professional and collegiate athletes, athletic trainers, and personal trainers; and have been recommended by physical therapists, doctors, chiropractors, and other medical professionals; and his work has been featured in Muscle & Fitness Magazine, Mens' Health, The Chicago Sun, New York Magazine, and many more major news media outlets.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

Rachel Balkovec: The Yankees' First Female Hitting Coach, Sabbaticals, and the Utility of Being a Generalist Dec 02, 2021

Rachel Balkovec is in her second year as a minor league hitting coach with the New York Yankees. She is the first woman (alongside Rachel Folden of the Chicago Cubs) to hold that title in the history of professional baseball. She is one of 4 women that are in uniform in 2021 in various roles with Major League clubs. Rachel joined the Yankees in 2019 after completing her second master’s degree in biomechanics in the Netherlands where she served as an apprentice hitting coach for the national softball and baseball programs. She completed her research for this degree in eye tracking at Driveline Baseball.

Previous to crossing over to being a hitting coach, she spent 7 seasons in professional baseball as a strength and conditioning coach in various roles with the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. In addition to her more recent groundbreaking role with the Yankees, she was also the first woman to be hired full time as a strength and conditioning coach in MLB.

Before entering professional baseball in 2012, she served in various apprentice roles for Louisiana State University, Los Tigres Del Licey Beisbol, The Chicago Whitesox, Arizona State University and EXOS. The Omaha native is a former NCAA Division I softball catcher and has special interest in organizational culture and behavioral psychology. She has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science, and a master’s degree in Sport Administration from LSU.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

Chris Kresser: Functional Medicine, the Sick Care System, and Why Health Is More Than the Absence of Disease Nov 10, 2021

Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac is the founder of Kresser Institute, the creator of ChrisKresser.com, and the New York Times best selling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. He is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health, and has trained over 1,500 practitioners and health coaches around the world in his unique approach. Chris was named one of the 100 most influential people in health and fitness by Greatist.com, and his blog is one of the top-ranked natural health websites in the world. Chris lives in Utah with his wife and daughter.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

David Joyce: The Modern Super Coach, Good (Not Best) Practices, and Curating the Environment for Others to Succeed Oct 28, 2021

David Joyce is an internationally recognized leader in human performance, strategy and decision making. He holds Masters degrees in both Sports Physiotherapy and Strength & Conditioning, as well as an MBA. He has worked with hundreds of elite athletes, including multiple world and Olympic champions and in multiple sports around the world.

Nowadays, Dave’s focus has shifted much more towards enabling major sporting organizations, corporations and start-ups navigate through the choppy seas of complexity, and set themselves up to thrive in an increasingly uncertain future.

He has written and co-edited 2 internationally best-selling textbooks on high-performance and rehabilitation, and the new edition of High Performance Training For Sports has just been released to critical acclaim around the world.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

Chris McDougall: Running, Bodysurfing, and the Magic of Human-Animal Relationships Oct 13, 2021

Christopher McDougall is a former war correspondent and the author of Born to Run, the most popular book ever written about the sport of running. McDougall has also explored the ancient art of the hero in Natural Born Heroes and animal-human partnerships in Running with Sherman. He’s currently on a new project that involves big waves, deep bruises, and the occasional shark.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

Brett Bartholomew: Social Atrophy, Power Dynamics, and Why Communication is a Required Skill Sep 29, 2021

Brett Bartholomew is a keynote speaker, performance coach & consultant, best-selling author, and Founder of Art of Coaching™. His experience includes working with members of Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Special Forces, and sporting organizations and professional athletes. Brett is also a self-published, best-selling, author of Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science of Building Buy-in. Taken together, Brett has coached a diverse range of athletes from across 23 sports worldwide, at levels ranging from youth athletes to Olympians. He’s supported numerous Super Bowl and World Series Champions, along with several professional fighters. He is currently conducting his doctoral research focused on the role of power dynamics, persuasion, and optimizing change management within organizations at the University of Central Lancashire.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

Annie Thorisdottir: 2x CrossFit Games Champion, Overcoming Postpartum Depression, and Balancing Sport and Motherhood Sep 15, 2021

Annie Thorisdottir is a two-time CrossFit Games Champion. After only a couple of months of CrossFit practice, Annie competed in the 2009 CrossFit Games where she famously performed her first muscle-up mid-competition. Her 1st place wins came shortly after in 2011 and 2012 making her the first female athlete to ever win the CrossFit Games twice. Of her eleven Games appearances, she has podiumed six times. Annie took a break in 2020 to have her first child and was back at it placing 3rd in 2021. Annie is known for competing with a smile and her infectious positive attitude. Annie lives in Iceland with her partner, fellow CrossFit Games athlete Frederik Aegidius and their daughter Freyja.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click HERE!

Pivotal Coaching: Making the Complex Simple, Connecting the Dots, and Healthy Movement Nutrition Sep 01, 2021

Hayley Hollander and Scott Hopson are the co-founders of Pivotal Coaching - a global development company empowering people to fulfill their greatest potential.

Scott is an internationally recognized leader in human performance, coaching and education. In a career spanning 25 years his work has impacted over 100,000 coaches and leaders in more than a 100-countries world-wide. At the heart of his extensive leadership work is the ability to empower and develop people by making the complex simple, to create breakthrough performances. Scott is renowned for his passion and impact in professional coach development and youth coaching. In addition to Pivotal, Scott is co-founder of PTA Global, Education Director for the Gray Institute, a Team EXOS education specialist, and Chairman of the Global Advisory Board at Power Plate.

Over her 20+ year career, Hayley’s leadership, programming, and content creation has influenced the masses. She has coached and educated thousands of clients, teams, athletes, and coaches from all over the world. Hayley is renowned for program creation and implementation, and her work can be found in major health club chains, university recreation centers, non-profit wellness centers, and professional sports training centers. In addition to Pivotal, Hayley is the Co-Director of Education for Gray Institute, Precor Master Coach, and Power Plate Master Trainer.

Scott and Hayley join us to talk about connecting with the human inside the human body, rebuilding an industry that is hitting bottom, and healthy movement nutrition.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Beef Sticks. Made from 100% organic grass-fed beef and organic spices, these are hands down our favorite on-the-go protein snack. They are naturally fermented making them shelf stable without chemicals or questionable ingredients, for when you find one in a backpack you haven’t used since last summer. For more info and 15% off, go to thereadystate.com/beefsticks

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), go to thereadystate.com/freeLMNT

Mike Sinyard: Founding Specialized, Determination, and the Curiosity that Drives Innovation Aug 18, 2021

Mike Sinyard is the founder and CEO of Specialized Bicycle Components. Mike was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1988. The StumpJumper mountain bike was added to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s collection in 1994.

Mike’s journey begins in the summer of 1973 when he sold his VW van for $1,500 and cycled around Europe. During his travels, he connected with Cinelli and Campagnolo, Italian bike component manufacturers, to establish an import-business relationship. Today, Specialized is a leading manufacturer of bicycles and gear. Made by riders, for riders.

In 2015, Mike launched the Specialized Foundation, known today as Outride, which focuses on linking cycling to improve cognitive, emotional, and social health. The foundation helps kids achieve academic, health, and social success. Outride currently supports community cycling, trail projects, and the Riding for Focus program.

Mike joins us to talk about founding and growing Specialized and the obsessive curiosity that drives their unparalleled innovation.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Essential C Complex. Created to be the most powerful, completely natural and organic source of vitamin C on the planet, Essential C Complex is one of the only supplements the Starretts take every single day. Because nothing’s funny about scurvy. For more info and 15% off, go to thereadystate.com/essentialc

Anastacia Maggioncalda: Creating at the Speed of Culture, Authenticity, and the Importance of Connecting with Everyone Aug 04, 2021

Anastacia Maggioncalda is the Head of Production for the Creative Studio at LinkedIn.

Anastacia was a photography and cultural anthropology student at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and after graduating, worked as a producer and studio manager alongside fashion photographers in New York. After transitioning to commercial work, she led production at both Shelter Films and Crossroads Films.

Anastacia made the move to the west coast and the agency side of things working with such brands as BMW, Gatorade, Target, Lexus, Coke, Virgin America, Oakley, Apple, Visa, and Aria. She has also run visual effects production on numerous music videos for artists like N'SYNC, Ricky Martin, Linkin Park, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliot, Kanye West, and on feature films like Spiderman, Hell Boy, Castaway, Sin City and Iron Man.

Anastacia has won a Webby and a Bronze Lion for her work with Virgin America.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Beef Sticks. Made from 100% organic grass-fed beef and organic spices, these are hands down our favorite on-the-go protein snack. They are naturally fermented making them shelf stable without chemicals or questionable ingredients, for when you find one in a backpack you haven't used since last summer. For more info and 15% off, go to thereadystate.com/beefsticks

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Kion Aminos. Available as powder or tablets, these aminos are 100 percent plant based with no artificial ingredients. Essential amino acids are the building blocks for all muscle and tissue but your body can only absorb about 50% from food which is why Kelly takes them everyday. For more info and 20% off your first purchase, go to thereadystate.com/aminos

Selema Maskela: Being 'The Only' in the Spaces You Love, Using Your Platform, and Living in the Bonus Jul 21, 2021

Selema Masekela is a beloved commentator, journalist, host, and Emmy nominated producer best known for his work across VICE, E!, ESPN/ABC, Nat Geo, Red Bull Media House and beyond. A relentlessly curious narrator of the human experience, he thrives as a Black man who has historically been ‘the only’ in the spaces of action sports and entertainment. The son of South African jazz legend and activist Hugh Masekela, Selema‘s roots are as South African as they are New York City and San Diego.

Music and water being the most influential parts of his life at the age of 16 he first felt 'at home' on a surfboard; at 8 you’d find him sitting at Birdland in late night jazz sessions with his father and Miles Davis. It’s this unique life experience which paved the way for him not only becoming the face of ESPN’s X-Games but also a musician himself, recording under the alias 'Alekesam' (Masekela backwards).

His recently launched podcast, What Shapes Us?, explores he and his guests human experiences; who they are, what drives and gives them joy. Its mission is to highlight people and places through a mold breaking lens and redefine culture. He is the co-founder of Stoked Mentoring, an organization dedicated to mentoring at risk youth through action sports and the host of Hyundai’s series The Un-Adventurers on Tastemade Network. In 2020, Selema was also welcomed onto the Board of Directors for Burton Snowboards as a general advisor.

Selema joins us to talk what it's like to be the only person of color in the spaces you love, using whatever is in your toolbox to help break the cycle of racism, and how middle age is pretty sweet.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Essential C Complex. Created to be the most powerful, completely natural and organic source of vitamin C on the planet, Essential C Complex is one of the only supplements the Starretts take every single day. Because nothing’s funny about scurvy. For more info and 15% off, click thereadystate.com/essentialC

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Kion Aminos. Available as powder or tablets, these aminos are 100 percent plant based with no artificial ingredients. Essential amino acids are the building blocks for all muscle and tissue but your body can only absorb about 50% from food which is why Kelly takes them everyday. For more info and 20% off your first purchase, click thereadystate.com/aminos

Kate Courtney: Life as a Mountain Bike Champion, Training for the Olympics, and the Value of Competition Jul 08, 2021

Kate Courtney is a professional mountain bike racer for the Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team. She is the reigning UCI World Cup Overall Champion, the 2018 World Champion in women’s cross-country mountain biking, and a member of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team. Kate has also earned multiple Continental and National Championship titles. She is a member of the USA Cycling National Team and a Red Bull Athlete.

Kate grew up in Marin County, California, at the base of Mount Tamalpais, the birthplace of mountain biking. Though she was introduced to the sport at a young age – riding on the back of her dad’s tandem mountain bike – her race career started as a freshman on the Branson High School MTB Team. In 2018, Kate became the first American in 17 years to win an Elite XCO World Championship, only the fourth American woman to do so, and had the honor of bringing the title back to Marin and the roots of the sport.

Besides training and racing her bike, Kate enjoys yoga, skiing, hiking and writing. Kate is known for her insightful and clear voice, and her articles about being a professional athlete have been published in numerous outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, VeloNews and Cycling Tips. Kate holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Biology from Stanford University.

Kate joins us to talk about life as a mountain bike champion, getting a second year to train for the Olympics, and how having her family as part of the team makes the whole process joyful.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Beef Sticks. Made from 100% organic grass-fed beef and organic spices, these are hands down our favorite on-the-go protein snack. They are naturally fermented making them shelf stable without chemicals or questionable ingredients, for when you find one in a backpack you haven't used since last summer. For more info and 15% off, go to thereadystate.com/beefsticks

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Kion Aminos. Available as powder or tablets, these aminos are 100 percent plant based with no artificial ingredients. Essential amino acids are the building blocks for all muscle and tissue but your body can only absorb about 50% from food which is why Kelly takes them everyday. For more info and 20% off your first purchase, go to thereadystate.com/aminos

Soman Chainani: Becoming a Writer, Making a Movie, and Finding a Physical Practice that Works Jun 23, 2021

Soman Chainani’s debut series, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, has sold more than 3 million copies, been translated into 30 languages across 6 continents, and will be a major motion picture from Netflix in 2022. Each of the six books in the series — THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, A WORLD WITHOUT PRINCES, THE LAST EVER AFTER, QUESTS FOR GLORY, A CRYSTAL OF TIME, and ONE TRUE KING — have debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. Together the books have been on the print and extended lists for 38 weeks. Soman has recently announced a new book, BEASTS & BEAUTY, coming September 28, 2021 from HarperCollins.

A graduate of Harvard University and Columbia University’s MFA Film Program, Soman began his career as a screenwriter and director, with his films playing at over 150 film festivals around the world. He has been nominated for the Waterstone Prize for Children’s Literature, been named to the Out100, and also received the $100,000 Shasha Grant and the Sun Valley Writer’s Fellowship, both for debut writers.

We talk to Soman about growing up in Florida, transitioning from filmmaker to writer, making his first novel into a movie, and the accidental physical practice that keeps him sane.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Essential C Complex. Created to be the most powerful, completely natural and organic source of vitamin C on the planet, Essential C Complex is one of the only supplements the Starretts take every single day. Because nothing’s funny about scurvy. For more info and 15% off, click https://thereadystate.com/essentialc

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Kion Aminos. Available as powder or tablets, these aminos are 100 percent plant based with no artificial ingredients. Essential amino acids are the building blocks for all muscle and tissue but your body can only absorb about 50% from food which is why Kelly takes them everyday. For more info and 20% off your first purchase, click https://thereadystate.com/aminos

Anya Fernald: Building Belcampo, Carbon Impact Positive Farming, and the Ability to Pivot in a World Where Industrial Meat Can't Jun 09, 2021

Anya Fernald is the co-founder of Belcampo, a farm-to-table supply chain complete with regenerative farm, full service butcher shops, and restaurants. She is an entrepreneur, chef, and agriculture expert. And when we say “entrepreneur” there isn’t enough time in the day to go over all of the incredible things Anya had founded and done in her career prior to Belcampo. From founding a cheese co-op in Italy that led to micro-financing and investing in small family businesses, to founding Live Culture, Eat Real, Slow Food, to being asked by Alice Waters to serve as the Executive Director of Slow Food Nation in the bay area.

She also managed to write a cookbook called Home Cooked, and serve as a judge and sustainable food expert on Iron Chef from 2009-2015. She was named Food and Wine 40 Under 40, and one of the top 100 female founders in INC Magazine. She also runs “Meat Camp”. Which might be the single greatest thing we have ever heard.

We get into all the details of Anya's past that have led up to her success today, proving that Belcampo and regenerative farming is a model that can work and even thrive in our world of industrial meat and confinement farming.

For more info on Anya, check out the Belcampo website and follow her and Belcampo on their Instagram channels.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Beef Sticks. Made from 100% organic grass-fed beef and organic spices, these are hands down our favorite on-the-go protein snack. They are naturally fermented making them shelf stable without chemicals or questionable ingredients, for when you find one in a backpack you haven't used since last summer. For more info and 15% off, go to thereadystate.com/beefsticks

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Kabuki Strength. Kabuki designs, engineers, and manufactures novel strength equipment, provides research-based education, world-class coaching services, and gives back by serving others in the community. The Kadillac Bar has been so crucial to Kelly's training that he keeps one at work and at his home gym. To check out all of their innovative products go to thereadystate.com/kabuki

Matt Vincent: Competing with Joy, Performing When it Counts, Transitioning to Entrepreneurship May 26, 2021

Matt Vincent is a traveling strength athlete, two-time Highland Games World Champion, and founder of HVIII Brand Goods. Through his travels, Matt was lucky enough to spend time with exceptional people who were chasing strength, fulfillment, and personal growth in every imaginable way. In Matt's first book, Training Lab, he spelled out the philosophy of “The HVIII,” and tried to capture the spirit of self-improvement through self-loathing. This idea would serve as the spark that led to HVIII Brand Goods and a ton of adventures afterwards. Matt chronicles his travels and conversations with people in the strength game and beyond on his podcast UMSO.

We talk to Matt about his evolution from World Champion Athlete to founding a highly successful company by way of a number of other ventures and a total knee replacement.

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Paleovalley Essential C Complex. Created to be the most powerful, completely natural and organic source of vitamin C on the planet, Essential C Complex is one of the only supplements we take every single day. Because nothing's funny about scurvy. For more info and 15% off, visit thereadystate.com/essentialC!

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This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by Kabuki Strength. Kabuki designs, engineers, and manufactures novel strength equipment, provides research-based education, world-class coaching services, and gives back by serving others in the community. The Kadillac Bar has been so crucial to Kelly's training that he keeps one at work and at his home gym. To check out all of their innovative products visit thereaydstate.com/kabuki!

Stan Efferding: Vertical Diet Aug 20, 2020

Stan Efferding is the founder of the Vertical Diet and is an IFBB Professional bodybuilder and World Record Holding Powerlifter. He is one of only 10 men in the world to ever total over 2,300 pounds raw in competition. Stan holds the title as the Worlds Strongest Bodybuilder.

Stan studied Exercise Science at the University of Oregon and has been training high school, Collegiate, and Professional athletes for over 25 years. Stan conducts seminars all over the country for various sports and nutrition and training techniques. He has appeared in many magazines and writes for Muscular Development, Flex Magazine and Power Magazine. Stan is also a successful entrepreneur having built three different start-up businesses into multi-million dollar companies.

Robb Wolf: Paleo Aug 12, 2020

Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and the 2X New York Times/WSJ Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars.

Robb has functioned as a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism (Biomed Central) and as a consultant for the Naval Special Warfare Resiliency program. He serves on the board of Directors/Advisors for: Specialty Health Inc, The Chickasaw Nation’s “Unconquered Life” initiative and a number of innovative start ups with a focus on health and sustainability.

Robb holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, is a former California State Powerlifting Champion, and a 6-0 amateur kickboxer. He has provided seminars in nutrition and strength & conditioning to a number of entities including NASA, Naval Special Warfare, the Canadian Light Infantry and the United States Marine Corps.

Robb joins us to talk about the Paleo Diet and the science behind his nutrition choices and recommendations.

Jen Widerstrom: Carb Cycling Aug 05, 2020

Jen Widerstrom is a world-renowned fitness trainer, published author, and Fitness Director of SHAPE Magazine. She is well known for her work as a trainer on the American television series The Biggest Loser. Before that, she appeared on American Gladiators, as the female gladiator Phoenix. Jen most recently founded GetUP, a CBD supplement company, continues to coach athletes of all stripes including leading monthly carb cycling challenges through her site Widerstrong.com. Juliet has personally found great success zipping up her diet with carb cycling. Jen joins us to talk nutrition, movement, and the important role both play health, wellness, and self image.

Adee + Michael Cazayoux: Working Against Gravity Jul 29, 2020

Adee Cazayoux is the Founder and CEO of Working Against Gravity (WAG), an online nutrition coaching program with a mission to transform lives. Having made a name for herself in nutrition, Cazayoux has worked with elite athletes such as Katrin Davidsdottir, Jessica Lucero and Tia Clair-Toomey, just to spotlight a few. Adee is lifelong learner with a Bachelors in Honors Psychology and a Masters in Teaching and is working toward a Masters in Nutrition and Human Performance. Beyond being an entrepreneur and student of the nutritional sciences, Adee is also an accomplished athlete, having competed in the National Pro Grid League, CrossFit Open and won the Bronze Medal in the 2016 Canadian National Weightlifting Championships.

Michael Cazayoux, president of WAG, specializes in helping his team and clients “get out of their own way” by identifying self-limiting beliefs and ineffective behaviors. In fact, the back-to-back CrossFit World Cup Champion is no stranger to this unique process of self-examination. At the impressionable age of 17, Cazayoux confronted his own limiting beliefs and ineffective behaviors head on, attending drug rehabilitation to overcome his addiction to opiates. It’s this experience that inspired a love of health and fitness on a personal level, which later translated into a passion for coaching and mentoring inside and out of the gym. Prior to joining WAG, Michael cofounded Brute Strength, an online fitness training company, where he continues to contribute to operations and remains as the podcast host.

Adee and Michael live in Austin with their dog, Otis and welcomed their first child this year.

Dr. Mike Nelson: Flex Diet Jul 22, 2020

Dr. Mike T. Nelson (known as Dr. Mike) joins us to talk about the Flex Diet. He is a research fanatic who specializes in metabolic flexibility and heart rate variability. He is also an online trainer, adjunct professor, faculty member at the Carrick Institute, presenter, creator of the Flex Diet Cert, kiteboarder, and (somewhat incongruously) heavy-metal enthusiast. The techniques he's developed, and the results Mike gets for his clients have been featured in international magazines, in scientific publications, and on websites across the globe.

EC Synkowski: 800g Challenge Jul 15, 2020

EC Synkowski joins us to talk about the 800g Challenge, lazy macros, and the easy ways we can make a big impact on our health with a simple nutrition approach. EC is the founder OptimizeMe Nutrition, a company dedicated to making nutrition easy through digital education products and corporate wellness programs. The mission of OptimizeMe Nutrition is to provide solutions for anyone to improve their weight, health, and overall wellbeing through sustainable diet methods. Thousands have used her #800gChallenge®, a diet free of restrictive rules, to eat healthily and have reported weight loss, increased energy, improved performance and more! EC has an extensive scientific background, 2 masters degrees, and a CF-L4 certification which enables her to translate evidence-based scientific data into practical solutions for everyday success. She also recently did a Tedx Talk called An Elegant Diet, which is one of our favorite Ted Talks ever.

Darin Olien: Plant-Based Lifestyle Jul 08, 2020

Darin Olien is a widely recognized plant-based exotic superfoods hunter, author of the book, “SuperLife: The Five Fixes That Will Keep You Healthy, Fit And Eternally Awesome,” and a TV host on the Netflix docu-series "Down to Earth with Zac Efron". He has travelled the planet discovering new and underutilized exotic foods and medicinal plants. In April 2020 Darin launched 121 Tribe, a health app created to help people live an optimal and sustainable life. Darin is the formulator of the whole-food supplement, “Shakeology”, as well as the plant based, “Ultimate Reset" 21-day detoxification program. Darin is one of the founders of Barukas™, a new super nut from the Savannah “Cerrado” of Brazil. Through sustainable business practices the company is committed to supporting this important biome by planting 20 million Baruzeita trees. In addition, Darin is partner and advisor to several global environmental and health companies. Darin joins us to talk superfoods and how he maintains a healthy plant-based lifestyle.

Diana Rodgers: Regenerative Farming Jul 01, 2020

Diana Rodgers is an advocate for regenerative farming. She is a registered dietician and “real food” nutritionist as well as a writer living on a working organic farm. She runs a clinical nutrition practice, hosts the Sustainable Dish Podcast, and speaks internationally about human nutrition, sustainability, animal welfare and social justice. She’s written two books and helped to produce the short film, Soft Slaughter, which won a real food media award. Her work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Edible Boston and To Market.

Later this year she is releasing a new book and film project, Sacred Cow, exploring the important role of animals in our food system.

Mark Bell: Carnivore Jun 24, 2020

Mark is the meathead millionaire who has leveraged a successful powerlifting career into a multi-million dollar business empire. He owns and operates the Super Training Gym, dubbed “The Strongest Gym In The West” and largest free gym in the world. Mark also publishes a national fitness magazine, has an impressive YouTube following, and is the host of a Top 50 health and fitness podcast. Much of Mark’s business success has come from his patented invention called the Sling Shot, a widely popular weight lifting device, billed as the greatest invention since the weight lifting belt. It is used by athletes and coaches and can be found in gyms throughout the country. His motto in life is simple: "If you’re not getting better, then you’re getting worse, so never be caught standing still."

Melissa Urban: Whole30 Jun 17, 2020

Melissa Hartwig Urban is the co-founder and CEO of the Whole30 program, and a six-time New York Times bestselling author. She has been featured by Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, People, and Forbes; and ranks #19 on Greatist's Top 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness. Melissa is the host of the Do the Thing podcast, and is a prominent keynote speaker on social media and branding, health trends, and entrepreneurship. She lives in Salt Lake City, UT.

Introducing Our Series on Nutrition Jun 10, 2020

Season 6 of The Ready State Podcast is all about NUTRITION STRATEGIES. There are so many different diets out there and we wanted to get a detailed understanding of what they are, how they work, and who is seeing results. We don't advocate for any diet in particular with the exception of eating whole foods, so we went straight to the experts to unpack this complex and sometimes controversial topic.

Join us this season for conversations with some of the greatest innovators in health and fitness including Melissa Urban, founder of Whole30, Robb Wolf, bestselling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat, EC Synkowski, creator of the 800g Challenge, Mark Bell of SuperTraining Gym and inventor of the Sling Shot, and more!

Dr. Nick DiNubile: Longevity vs. Durability Dec 25, 2019

Dr. Nick DiNubile is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of the bestselling book, FrameWork- Your 7 Step Program for Healthy Muscles, Bones & Joints and is Executive Producer and host of the award winning national PBS television special, Your Body’s FrameWork. Dr. Nick has served on The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports with Arnold Schwarzenegger and also sits on the board as well as serves as the Chief Medical Officer of The American Council on Exercise (ACE). He has worked with Philadelphia 76ers, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and countless athletes and celebrities. Most recently he has been named Vice President of The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. We talk about boomers, injuries plaguing young female athletes and Dr. Nick raises the point that it’s not about longevity as much as it’s about durability.

For more info about Dr. Nick follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

Matt Hasselbeck: Break a Sweat Every Day Dec 18, 2019

Matt Hasselbeck is a former pro-football player spending the bulk of his career with the Seattle Seahawks after his initial position as back-up Quarterback to Brett Favre on the Packers for 2 years. Matt led Seattle to six playoff appearances including the 2005 Superbowl against the Steelers and was selected to 3 Pro Bowls. After 10 seasons and a contract dispute, Matt went on to play for the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts. At retirement, Matt signed a one-day contract so that he could officially retire as a Seahawk after 18 seasons in the NFL and continues to be beloved by the Seattle community. Matt went on to become an ESPN analyst working on Sunday NFL Countdown, and most recently calling Thursday night college football games.

For more info about Matt follow him on Instagram and Twitter.

Erwan Le Corre: Movement Poverty Predicament Dec 11, 2019

Erwan Le Corre is the founder of “MovNat”, a coaching method, fitness program and certification system for Natural Movement, encompassing exercise, fitness, functional rehabilitation, and physical education. Growing up in France, Erwan spent his time outside exploring nature. Throughout his life he has trained in every discipline imaginable from martial arts, to Olympic weightlifting and long distance triathlons, to Combat Vital - a hardcore lifestyle of physical and mental training. Synthesizing his years of training his passion for natural movement, MovNat was born. Erwan believes it is everyone’s universal and biological birthright to be strong, healthy, happy and free. He calls this state of being our “True Nature”. We do a deep dive on the Natural Movement methodology, as well the current state of movement poverty for many humans, and look at how reintroducing versatility, variability, and frequency into your movement behavior could be the cure for many physical ailments.

For more info on the work Erwan is doing, check out the Natural Movement Instagram, the MoveNat website, or follow MovNat on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Petra Kolber: Emotional Health Matters Dec 05, 2019

Petra Kolber is an author, speaker, podcast host and most recently a DJ. She is a wellness leader who is known throughout the industry as a crusader for change and a beacon of authentic happiness. In August 2018, Petra released her first book, The Perfection Detox: Tame Your Inner Critic, Live Bravely and Unleash Your Joy, which made its debut at no.1 in new releases on Amazon. Petra has over thirty years of experience in the fitness industry and has been honored with countless speaker and instructor awards. For over a decade she was a spokesperson for Reebok traveling around the world, starring on their VHS tapes (!!), and was a regular fitness host on FitTV. As a two-time cancer survivor, she is passionate about waking people up to the precious gift of time. Her mission is to inspire people to move more, fear less, and build an inspired life, full of joy and gratitude.

For more info on Petra, check out her website, or follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Mark Sisson: Food + Play for Longevity Nov 21, 2019

Mark Sisson is the founder of the popular health blog, Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and the New York Times Bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint, which was credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009. After spending three decades researching and educating folks on why food is the key component to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness, Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.

For more info on Mark, check out Mark's Daily Apple, his Books, or follow him on Instagram.

***This episode was recorded on a particularly raucous day at San Francisco CrossFit, so please excuse all the weights dropping and exuberant convos happening in the background.***

Gabby Reece: 75 Inches of Badass Nov 14, 2019

We are so excited to kick off this season with Gabby Reece who is a legend on and off the court. Not only is she a Pro Beach Volleyball World Champion, but she is also a New York Times best selling author, model, actress, Nike’s first female spokeswoman, TV host, and leader in the world of health and wellness. Gabby is an avid proponent of empowering people to take responsibility for their own health and together with her husband, surfing legend, Laird Hamilton, she founded XPT – Extreme Performance Training. Gabby has become a role model to women worldwide in achieving peak fitness, good health, and overall well-being for themselves and their entire family.

For more info on Gabby, check out XPT or follow her on Instagram.

Introducing Our Series on Aging and Longevity Nov 06, 2019

Season 5 of The Ready State Podcast is here and it is all about AGING and LONGEVITY. Aging is a universal experience and yet we often feel powerless to its effects. We want to dig into this subject and learn about all the environmental and lifestyle factors that contribute to how we age, how long we live, and our quality of life as we age. Is it all about genetics? Or can we make a positive impact on how we age and increase longevity by making more educated choices? How does life, health, and sport change as we age? What actionable advice can we implement right now?

We rounded up some friends that are not letting age define them. We check in to see what nutrition, sleep, and exercise look like for those that seem to have this aging thing down. People from Gabby Reece to Mark Sisson and Erwan Le Corre. Join us and get a little insight and some actionable advice so we can push further and redefine what health and performance look like on the back half of this journey we call life.

Chris Spealler: All The Speals Jul 30, 2019

Chris Spealler competed as an individual in 7 CrossFit Games, is an Affiliate Owner, and is an all around great human and fan favorite. Chris collected top 10 finishes at the Games in 2007, 2008, and 2010, and the “Spirit of the Games” award in 2010. He has numerous podium finishes in regionals and opens as well as his 3rd place finish at the 2007 Games. Chris has been teaching at a variety of competitions and seminars since 2007 and is currently sharing his knowledge and experience developing and programming for Icon Athlete. We talk to Chris about early CrossFit, The Games, and his "we're all in this together" mentality. It was an absolute pleasure to wrap up this season of The Ready State with Chris!

For more info on Chris, check out CrossFit Park City and Icon Athlete or follow him on Instagram.

John Welbourn: You Down With SPP? Jul 25, 2019

John Welbourn is CEO of Power Athlete and Fuse Move, as well as the creator of the online training phenomena, Johnnie WOD. He is a 9 year veteran of the NFL and was a starter for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2003, the Kansas City Chiefs from 2004-2007, and appeared in 3 NFC Championship games. In 2008, he played with the New England Patriots until an injury ended his season early with him retiring in 2009. Over the course of his career, John has started over 100 games and has 10 play-off appearances. After retiring from the NFL, John got involved with CrossFit and eventually developed the CrossFit Football program, but we’ll let him explain how that all went down. John has worked with the MLB, NFL, NHL, Olympic athletes as well as the Military, and he currently travels the world lecturing on performance and nutrition for Power Athlete.

For more info on John, check out Power Athlete, Johnnie WOD, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

Dave Werner: Movement Matters Jul 23, 2019

Dave Werner co-founded the first ever CrossFit affiliate. Dave is a Navy SEAL veteran, a highly experienced strength coach, founder of moveSKILL.com, and a long time leader in the fitness industry. He authored the Athletic Skill Levels© in 2006, a tool for gauging general fitness, which is now used by athletes and gyms all over the world. MoveSKILL.com, is an online resource for people seeking improved general fitness and helping them reach the strength and conditioning goals described by the Athletic Skill Levels. Before joining the U.S. Navy at age 17, Dave grew up wrestling, working on farms, and playing the cello in Oklahoma and Oregon. We talk to Dave about the earliest days of CrossFit, how affiliation came to be, and even hear the origin of the first named workout.

Brian Mackenzie: Breathe Bake Tan Jul 18, 2019

Brian Mackenzie was involved with CrossFit from the very beginning as the SME of CrossFit Endurance. He is an expert in the development and application of custom protocols to optimize human health and performance. His work harnesses and integrates respiratory, movement, strength and endurance-based training approaches to elicit unprecedented positive results. His protocols have been used to accelerate and raise both mental and physical performance in world-class Olympic and professional athletes, top executives, and operators, as well as to improve the health for people suffering from various chronic illnesses. Everyday people have also used Brian’s tools to reduce pathologic stress and to vastly heighten their mental and physical well being and performance. He has gone on to be the Founder & Creative Director of Power Speed Endurance, and the Co-Founder & President of the Health and Human Performance Foundation. We talk about everything from early CrossFit days, to how his methodology has evolved, to his sourdough bread baking practice.

For more info on Brian, follow him on Instagram and Twitter, and check out PSE and follow them on Instagram.

Mike Minium: All or Nothing Jul 16, 2019

Mike Minium started coaching when he was only 14, coaching adults and kids in tennis. He played competitive tennis through college, but never strayed too far from coaching, eventually focusing on general strength and conditioning. He discovered CrossFit in 2003, and was amazed at the impact it had on his fitness. He immediately got certified to coach and opened the very first CrossFit gym in the Bay Area. Mike has now expanded the CrossFit Oakland family to three locations. In this episode, we hear how Mike got started with CrossFit and discuss the importance of using CrossFit to improve athletic performance outside of the gym.

For more info on Mike, check out CrossFit Oakland or follow them on Facebook.

Annie Sakamoto: Still Nasty Jul 11, 2019

Annie Sakamoto was one of the first women to take up CrossFit and she went on to become a trainer, affiliate owner, competitor, and one of the most beloved icons of the sport. She was one of the original “Nasty Girls”, pushing the limits of human performance not just for women, but humans in general. She placed in the top 10 three of the four times she competed in the CrossFit Games and was awarded the spirit of the Games award in 2011. Most recently she placed 3rd in the Legends division of the Rogue Invitational. In this episode, Annie runs us through her first experience with CrossFit (and consequently her first case of abdo), her affiliate journey, and what she is up to now.

For more info on Annie, check out CrossFit Santa Cruz Central or follow her on Instagram and Facebook.

Tom Brose: Community Builder Jul 09, 2019

Tom Brose took a trip to Santa Cruz in 2005 to check out something called CrossFit. He trained alongside some of the earliest CrossFit legends, and learned directly from CrossFit founder, Greg Glassman. The intensity stunned him and the insights transformed his view of fitness. But what impressed him the most was the community. Tom has kept this in mind running his affiliate, and the people around him gush about what an amazing community of coaches and members he has built. We get to hear how Tom discovered CrossFit, what the early days were like, and how CrossFit DC has evolved over the years.

For more info on Tom, check out CrossFit DC, or follow them on Instagram and Facebook.

Hollis Molloy: Never Subpar Jul 04, 2019

Hollis Molloy has been part of CrossFit from the beginning and is one of only a handful of Certified Level 4 CrossFit Coaches worldwide. He is the co-owner of CrossFit Santa Cruz, and believes that everyone is an athlete, regardless of current ability or past experience. He does not tolerate subpar movement in his classes and works to inspire athletes to become the best possible movers. For Hollis, CrossFit is a way of expressing our true potential as human beings. When not in his gym, he travels the world as a CrossFit Seminar Staff member teaching both the Level 1 and Level 2 Seminars. Kelly has always said that “there are few coaches that are able to effectively blend technical ability, passion, and the capacity to understand and address an athlete's weaknesses as well as Coach Hollis”. In this episode we hear about how Hollis went from an unhealthy weight to taking over the original CrossFit HQ space, and running it successfully for over a decade.

For more info on Hollis and CrossFit Santa Cruz, check them out here, or follow them on Instagram and Facebook.

Coach Burgener: Thee Geezer Jul 02, 2019

Mike Burgener is known by most as Coach B. After excelling at multiple sports in high school, Coach B headed to Notre Dame to play football. This is where he began what would be the most influential relationship of his life, weightlifting with Father Lange. He went on to get an MS degree from the University of Kentucky and was a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. But Coach B’s passion for Olympic Weightlifting is what he has focused on for over 50 years as an athlete, coach, and mentor. He is a Level 5 Senior International Weightlifting Coach, a certified strength and conditioning specialist, and got involved with CrossFit early on as their weightlifting SME. He runs Mike's Gym, the 5th CrossFit affiliate, out of his garage with a special emphasis on training "The Geezers". He has been named coach of the year by United States Weightlifting but maybe more importantly is considered family by the athletes he coaches.

For more info on Coach B, check out his website here, or follow him on Instagram and Facebook.

TJ Cooper: Tactical AF CF Jun 27, 2019

TJ Cooper has been a lead trainer in tactical topics since 1987 and recently retired in 2016 after 34 years of continuous service. He still serves as a Lead Trainer for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, and now works for the University of North Florida Police Department as a Police Officer leading the Training division. TJ teaches civilian, law enforcement and military agencies on demand. As a lead tactical trainer, he continually trains, attends and teaches high liability topics in criminal justice academies, colleges and training forums. TJ opened the second ever affiliate, CrossFit East, and was really the first to bring CrossFit to the tactical community with amazing results. In this episode we learn about how TJ got into CrossFit, how he has grown the community spirit CrossFit by creating the CrossFit East Family, and how CrossFit is a necessary skill set that can be applied in life and death situations.

For more info on TJ, check out his website here, or follow him on Instagram and Facebook.

Jason Khalipa: Grinding it Out Jun 24, 2019

We are kicking off this season with one of the best and most beloved CrossFit Games athletes of all time. Jason Khalipa has competed in the CrossFit Games on 8 separate occasions - as an individual for 7 consecutive years, and wrapping up an 8th year as a team competitor. Throughout his CrossFit Games career, Jason has only placed outside the Top 10 once, has won every Regional competition he has participated in, and he won the Spirit of the Games award in 2009. Not only has Jason held all podium positions at the world championships, but he was also named to Team USA 3 times. Jason opened his gym in 2008 after winning 1st place in his first CrossFit Games appearance and 11 years later has expanded to over 20 locations. Jason and his wife Ashley live in Los Gatos with their 2 children Kaden and Ava. Ava’s 2016 leukemia diagnosis has led them into a life of philanthropy with the intention of supporting other families faced with the same adversity.

For more info on Jason, check out his website and podcast here, follow him on Instagram, and definitely learn more about the Khalipa’s non-profit, Ava’s Kitchen.

Introducing Our Series on the Early Days of CrossFit Jun 24, 2019

Season 4 of The Ready State is a "Where are they now" of early CrossFit. Juliet and Kelly are coming up on 15 years of CrossFit affiliation and a lot has changed over the years. CrossFit literally revolutionized how we think about fitness and the limits of human performance. Its innovative training style, combined with a focus on community, completely upended the fitness industry. It has led to the creation of thousands of companies that support CrossFit affiliates and athletes, and has produced countless thought leaders. With more than 15,000 current affiliates, it is arguably responsible for creating the boutique fitness industry as we know it today. This season we talk to some of the earliest affiliates, Games athletes, and SMEs that helped shape this movement to find out their CrossFit origin stories, how the journey as been, and what they are doing now.

Nic Gill: Health Your Kids Dec 07, 2018

Nic Gill has been the head strength and conditioning coach for the New Zealand All Blacks for the last 11 years, a time of great international success including World Cup titles in 2011 and 2015. In addition, Nic is a wellness and fitness consultant to numerous international corporations as well as a limited number of individuals. He continues to refine his philosophy through research at the University of Waikato. Nic recently released his first book, Health Your Self, that aims to give practical knowledge to enable readers to build their own health and fitness plan. We talk with Nic about fitness, nutrition, and simple tweaks that are both reasonable and effective at improving health and wellbeing, all through the lens of raising healthy kids.

For more information on Nic, check out his website, blog, and follow him on Instagram.

Katie Wells: Wellness Mama Dec 07, 2018

Katie Wells is the founder of WellnessMama.com, an online resource for women and moms (and dads!) who want to live healthier lives. Katie works with a team of researchers and medical advisors with the goal of making every post a simple answer to a single question. In this conversation we get tons of practical advice on raising kids with a focus on prioritizing nutrition, sleep, and bringing healthy habits into our homes. We were blown away with the system that Katie has created in her own home and the amount of responsibility that all kids can and should handle to become truly valuable members of the team we call family.

For more info on Katie, check out WellnessMama.com, her podcast, or follow her on Instagram.

Dr. Mark Benden: Sedentary Lifestyles Dec 07, 2018

Dr. Mark Benden is an associate professor and department head for the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Texas A&M School of Public Health, where he also serves as director of the Ergonomics Center. Mark has done extensive research around kids and standing desks and actually is on the Board of the Starrett's non-profit, StandUp Kids. We get into tons of info on the negative impacts of sedentary lifestyle, and he offers up a ton of practical advice on how parents can work to combat this cultural trend.

For more info on the work that Mark is doing, check out the Texas A&M Health Science Center website, the Texas A&M Ergonomics Center website, and StandUp Kids.

Gray Cook: Functional Movement Dec 07, 2018

Gray Cook is a physical therapist, lecturer, author, and instructor. He founded Functional Movement Systems which promotes the concept of movement screening and assessment. Gray has been a seminal figure in how we think about and quantify movement, and how we communicate the language of movement. We get into the state of children's health and what's missing from global agreement about movement after a child passes the 21 month old mark. We also get some great takeaways about free play and how a half foam roller can change everything.

For more information on Gray and Functional Movement Systems, check out his website, the FMS website, or follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

Dr. Stacy Sims: Sex Differences Dec 07, 2018

Dr. Stacy Sims is an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist specializing in sex differences in response to exercise heat stress, recovery, and nutritional adaptations for health, body composition, and maximizing performance. She authored one of Juliet's all time favorite health and fitness books, Roar, which is a comprehensive guide to nutrition and training designed especially for women. We talk about all our favorite topics as they relate to kids and really start to get an understanding of why kids aren't just little adults and how girls and boys are inherently different.

For more info on Stacy, follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

Dr. Jose Greenspon: Childhood Obesity Dec 07, 2018

Dr. Jose Greenspon is a board certified pediatric surgeon with a special interest in metabolic disorders, obesity, and bariatric surgery. He gives us a thorough and rather shocking state of the childhood and adult obesity epidemic, as well as a ton of practical takeaway advice for all families. We also get into the specifics of TeenLIFT, a multidisciplinary adolescent weight management program that was carefully designed to increase the likelihood of compliance, success, and long-term sustainability. Additionally, we put the fructose debate to bed once and for all.

For more information on TeenLift, visit their website or follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

John O'Sullivan: Changing the Game Dec 07, 2018

John O'Sullivan is the founder of Changing the Game Project, whose mission is to ensure that we return youth sports to our children by providing the resources needed to make sports a healthy, positive, and rewarding experience for kids. After two decades playing and coaching soccer, John is an expert at training high-performing athletes by creating player-centered environments. He is also the best selling author of both Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids and Is it Wise to Specialize? John offers some really practical advice on how parents and coaches can help bring the fun back into youth sports.

For more about John and Changing the Game Project, visit their website, or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Mark Verstegen: Youth Development Dec 07, 2018

Mark Verstegen is the founder and president of EXOS and one of the world's foremost experts on human performance. Mark has coached some of the most elite athletes on the planet and has also worked extensively with the NFL, corporations, and the military. EXOS is built around four pillars of performance - mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery - and Mark takes us through it all. He has trained a ton of kids and gives everyone from parents to coaches a lot of great takeaways. We were so excited to have Mark in-house to talk about his philosophy and experience training youth athletes.

For more information on Mark and EXOS, check out the EXOS website, or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Introducing Our Series on Raising Healthy Kids Dec 07, 2018

Season 3 of The Ready State is here and it's all about KIDS! We wanted to understand how to raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted kids without mucking it up. We talk extensively about nutrition, fitness, sleep, the current state of childhood obesity, sports specialization, what we are doing right, and what we are getting wrong. Our goal was to provide parents and coaches with tons of practical advice and takeaways that are both actionable and reasonable. Check out these fascinating conversations with Mark Verstegen of EXOS, John O'Sullivan, Dr. Jose Greenspon, Dr. Stacy Sims, Gray Cook, Dr. Mark Benden, Katie Wells, and Nic Gill of the All Blacks.

Amelia Boone: The Queen Of Pain Jul 11, 2018

Amelia Boone started her racing career by winning 2nd place female (11th overall) in 2011’s World’s Toughest Mudder, her first ever obstacle race. Since then, she has become the most decorated obstacle racer of all time with over 50 podiums, all while working full-time as a corporate attorney. In 2016, Amelia suffered a debilitating femur fracture and subsequent sacral fracture that kept her from racing for over a year. Amelia talks to us about how she manages pain during competition and gives us an honest look into everything she feels she did wrong while recovering from her injuries to return to an elite level of performance. Amelia joined us via Skype.

Dr. Alex Hutchinson: The Science of Suffering Jul 11, 2018

We can not get enough of Alex Hutchinson’s book, Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance (2018) this year. His book takes a detailed look into the science of endurance and covers heat, hydration, nutrition, and all the things that we love to think about! Alex takes us through many of the topics in his book and gives us some insight into how the brain may ultimately be the limiter on our ability to suffer, and how changing our perception of pain can expand the limits of our endurance. As an added bonus, we talk briefly with Erin Cafaro, a 2x Olympic Gold Medalist in rowing, about how she thinks about and manages pain while competing. Alex joined us via Skype from Toronto.

Chris Bell: Opioids + Kratom Jul 11, 2018

A conversation about pain would not be complete without acknowledging opioids and all of the drugs used to treat pain. Chris Bell is the award winning documentary filmmaker behind Prescription Thugs (2015) that explores the opioid crisis in America. His newest film, A Leaf of Faith (2018), covers all aspects of the controversial drug, Kratom, a plant-based supplement showing big promise in pain relief. Chris has first-hand experience with chronic pain and the all to common drug abuse that comes with it. He talks openly about his experience with pain, drugs, death, and we go deep into all things Kratom. Chris joined us via Skype.

Sue Falsone: From Rehab To Sport Jul 11, 2018

Sue Falsone is the first female head athletic trainer in any of the four major sports in the US, most recently with the LA Dodgers for 6 years. Functioning as both an athletic trainer and physical therapist to her athletes, she was able to develop a truly innovative and successful approach to treatment. She discusses her philosophy on pain and treatment, returning injured athletes to an elite level of sport, as well as being female in a male-dominated field. Sue joined us via Skype.

Laird Hamilton: Pain Is My Cousin Jul 11, 2018

You may know Laird Hamilton as a big wave surfer, innovator, actor, and writer. What you might not know, is that Laird suffered and surfed through extreme chronic pain from a hip injury (and various other injuries). Laird has an interesting perspective on pain and helps us understand how his philosophy on life, nutrition, and fitness all play into health and recovery. Laird joined us via Skype from his home.

Dr. Andrew Huberman: Neuroplasticity Jul 11, 2018

Dr. Andrew Huberman is a professor and researcher at Stanford University and is one of the foremost experts in neuroplasticity. He talks about the experience of pain, the brain's capacity to re-wire itself, and what he calls self-directed and adaptive plasticity. As we get into the specifics of his current work around fear and anxiety, he even gives us some fear reduction techniques. Andrew joined us via Skype from his lab at Stanford.

Dr. Stuart McGill: Pain Jul 11, 2018

Dr. Stuart McGill is one of the biggest influences on the spine-first philosophy laid out in Becoming a Supple Leopard. He is a retired Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, the writer of many influential books, and is an expert on back pain. Stu speaks with us about pain, the mechanisms, and his unique treatment methodology with clinical examples including his work with legendary powerlifter, Brian Carroll, the subject of his newest book, Gift of Injury (written with Carroll).

Georges St-Pierre: Pain Expert Jul 11, 2018

To dive right into the subject of pain, we knew we had to talk to the one and only Georges St-Pierre, UFC's 2017 Middleweight Champion of the World, and formerly 2x Welterweight Champion of the World. You can't talk about UFC without considering the role that pain plays in both training and competing. GSP talks frankly about how he experiences and deals with pain, both physical and mental, at the highest level of competitive sport. Georges joined us via Skype from Montreal, CA.

Introducing Our Series on Pain Jul 11, 2018

Pain is a universal experience for every human and we wanted to understand more about how it works, the role of that the brain plays, and how we can shift our relationship with pain. We spoke with athletes, scientists, filmmakers, and writers to help conceptualize the very complex and subjective nature of pain. Check out Season 2 for chats with Georges St-Pierre, Chris Bell, Laird Hamilton, Amelia Boone, Sue Falsone, Stu McGill, Andrew Huberman, and Alex Hutchinson.

Welcome to Season 2. We think you're gonna like it here.

Dr. Cate Shanahan: Deep Nutrition Jan 16, 2018

We are continuing our discussion on nutrition in this episode with Dr. Catherine Shanahan. Dr. Cate is a board-certified family physician with a background in biology, biochemistry, genetics, and ethnobotany. She attended medical school with an interest in how nutrition affects genetic health but graduated not having learned much about nutrition. It wasn't until she relocated to Hawaii that everything she did know about nutrition was turned upside down. Hawaii has the longest lifespans of any state and she was able to study the culinary habits of her patients – each of whom were raised in rural areas on home-grown foods prepared by simple methods. These findings were the start of her groundbreaking book, Deep Nutrition. This book is the single most important nutrition book that Juliet has ever found, and has truly changed the way the Starretts think about food and the way they eat.

For more info on Deep Nutrition, check out Dr. Cate's website!

John Berardi: Precision Nutrition Jan 16, 2018

Nutrition is a huge part of the conversation for us, both personally and professionally. We are constantly hearing about fad diets and calorie counting. Our basic philosophy is to EAT REAL FOOD. Even still, we are always exploring how nutrition affects our overall health and fitness -what we eat, when we eat, the quality of the ingredients, even the types of oils we use. We are excited about this conversation with John Berardi - he is a writer, coach, researcher, athlete, and the co-founder of Precision Nutrition. John has devoted his career to making health and fitness something that can be achieved by everyone. Precision Nutrition is built on the simple idea that "Good health and a thriving body are the birthright of every single person on this planet." They have an extensive network of multidisciplinary, research-driven coaches that have helped tens of thousands of people work toward their goals and live healthier lives. Precision Nutrition also offers two certification programs enabling fitness and health professionals to become elite coaches using the latest nutrition knowledge in their own practices.

Check out more info on Precision Nutrition!

Check out the infographic that Juliet mentioned at the top of the episode!

Rebecca Rusch: The Role of Fear Jan 16, 2018

Rebecca Rusch has famously been dubbed "The Queen of Pain" and is one of the toughest athletes in the world. Her litany of accomplishments literally defies belief. She's a seven-time World Champion in multiple sports, four-time Leadville 100 MTB Champion, the first person to ride the entire length of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and the list goes on. We asked Rebecca on to talk about fear. In thinking about raising kids, as well as training high-performance athletes, we've developed a fascination and respect for the role fear plays in helping us all grow and be our best selves. We've started to think of training for fear and becoming fear-adapted as a vital component of any training plan.

Check out more about Rebecca here!

Harry Marra: Developing Well-Rounded Athletes Jan 16, 2018

Coach Harry Marra is one of the world's foremost experts on developing well-rounded athletes. He is a legend in the world of track and field and cemented his reputation as one of the all-time greats at the 2016 Rio Olympics when he coached American Ashton Eaton to his second Olympic gold medal in the decathlon - securing back-to-back wins in London and Rio. But that was just part of the story in Rio, because he also coached Ashton Eaton's wife, Brianne Theissen-Eaton to an Olympic bronze medal in the heptathlon. Coach Marra has also coached youth programs and is a big advocate for the role of play in shaping well-rounded athletes.

Eric Cressey: Foundational Movement for Kids Jan 16, 2018

Eric Cressey, the president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, is a trainer famous for his extensive work with baseball players. Because he works with players from the youth level all the way up through the pro level, in a sport where specialization is a major issue, Eric has an incredible perspective on how we can all help our kids get the most out of the sport they love while avoiding the perils of overtraining.

Check out more info on Eric!

Jeff and Mikki Martin: How We Train Kids Jan 16, 2018

As parents who are fitness and health professionals, Kelly and Juliet are constantly having conversations with teachers, parents and coaches about how to set kids up for healthy lives. In this episode, we take a crack at understanding how to think about kids' fitness. Jeff and Mikki Martin are a husband and wife coaching duo with more than a decade of experience training kids to be great movers who are set up to be athletes for life. They are the founders of The Brand X Method with training centers around the world.

For more info, check out The Brand X Method!

Check out the Canadian infographic mentioned in the episode!

Dr. Jeremy Koenig: Bringing Genetics to the People Jan 16, 2018

Dr. Jeremy Koenig is the Founder and CEO of Athletigen, a sports genetics company with a mission to educate and empower the community with their personal genetic information. This interview makes a great Part 2 to the last episode with Dr. Richard Lee. With Jeremy, we really get into his experience building a business and being on the front lines of bringing genetics research and science out into the world. Juliet and Kelly have had their DNA analyzed with Athletigen and we get into specifics of what Athletigen can offer.

For more info on the partnership with MobilityWOD, check out Athletigen!

Dr. Richard Lee: The Current State of Genetics Jan 16, 2018

Dr. Lee is a pioneer in using cutting-edge technology to provide preventative healthcare. In this conversation we cover the science of genetics, the current state of research, where it's helpful, where it's not helpful, what we all need to know, and what we all need to watch out for. Juliet and Kelly have both had their DNA analyzed and seen Dr. Lee as patients, so we are able to get into specific examples of what can be learned and acted on, and whether they found it useful.

Introducing The Ready State Podcast Jan 15, 2018

We live in a world of extraordinary human physical achievement. More people today are fitter, stronger, faster, and pushing their physical limits than at any time in history. And yet, we are still often bewildered by many of the most fundamental questions relating to our physicality. What constitutes the peak of physical well-being and how do we get there? Should men and women train differently? How does physical fitness really affect our mental state? What should we eat? These are questions not just about physical fitness, but questions for our time. As hosts of The Ready State, Dr. Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett, bestselling authors and luminaries in the health and fitness world, will guide you on an intellectual adventure to find answers to these questions and many more. They will engage top athletes, entrepreneurs, academics, and scientists in conversation, sharing theories and stories about human capacity and self-actualization. The goal: to help us all more fully realize our talents and skills, and explore what it means to be human in the 21st century.

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