Optimal Performance

Aaron Alexander is the founder of Align Therapy. Trained at the Rolf Institute, Aaron is a master of structural integration and musculoskeletal health. We look at ways to increase recovery, hack your posture, hormones, boost energy & vitality and more.

3 young veterans, recently retired from active-duty & founders of Endless Frontier. These vets share their mission and give us tips to live with purpose, develop our own skills and mental toughness, overcome fears and pass ''The Rocking Chair Test''.

Tony Wrighton is a Sky Sports host, and host of the Zestology Podcast. He reveals the mindset secrets of NLP, hypnosis, and subliminal messaging and how we can employ these tactics to calm nerves, increase focus, change habits, and increase success.

Ancestral Health Radio's James Broderick shares his top 10 tips to build ancestral living into our lives for improved health & wellness. Humans are maladapted to modern living - here's how to re-evaluate our relationship with food, land, tech. & community

Rick Strassman, author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule joins us on the OPP for an in-depth look at our Pineal Gland, the part of the brain often called the Third Eye, it's regulation of melatonin, and it's link to DMT, spirituality and consciousness.

Team Natural Stacks is on the Hot Seat this week. Meet the team and get our favorite books of 2016, best advice, top new biohacks and more tools for Optimal Performance - like new coffee recipes, food logging tips, and mushroom teas with our Myco Stacks.

Sleep hacking with Michael Lares. We discuss the 5 stages of sleep, physical & mental recovery during sleep, the brain waves involved with each stage and how PEMF can help you get better sleep, heal tissue, migraines and more.

Flow States can increase productivity by 500-700%. Flow Grade founder Max Gotzler reveals the 3 neurological changes that occur in our brain during flow & tips for us to achieve flow in our everyday lives to increase purpose, productivity & happiness.

Dr. Cate Shanahan is the author of Deep Nutrition and the Director of the LA Laker's PRO Nutrition Program. Dr. Cate explains the 4 components that all healthy diets share, how the low-fat craze began, & why vegetable oil is ''liquid age''.

Katie Singer, author of An Electronic Silent Spring, educates us on legislative policy that has paved the way for cell phone and electronics usage that has been proven to uncouple DNA, linked to brain cancer, and most importantly - how we can limit exposure and damage to our health.

Biohacking legend Steve Fowkes talks nootropics, piracetam use, metabolism, reducing viral susceptibility, HIIT for brain function, dangers of cell phones and his favorite sleep hacks to improve sleep, increase energy, ad improve health.

Biohacking legend Steve Fowkes: We talk Alzheimer's prevention and reversal, including the role - and importance - of pH, redox reactions, grounding, glutathione and the ''browning out'' of our metabolisms. Plus the dangers of living ''wired to the max''.

''Learning is the only skill that matters'' If we can learn, there is no new skill, trait or ability that is out of our reach. Super Learner Jonathan Levi shares the secrets to acquire new skills at an accelerated rate, improve memory, and read faster.

On-site recordings from my LA trip to Peak Brain and the Biohacking Summit in Finland explain neurofeedback and give you tools (both ancient and space-age) to train short-term states and long-term traits of your brain for increased cognition & happiness.

Deuce Gym's Logan Gelbrich talks about the most common reasons we fail in our pursuits - including accountability, developing a growth mindset, becoming Anti-Fragile and how to hold yourself & others to higher standards.

NAMMEX founder Jeff Chilton has been growing mushrooms for over 30 years. On this episode, we reveal our new partnership with Jeff and discuss the dirty secrets of ''mushroom'' products - mycelium grown on grain is NOT mushroom & how to tell the difference.

The epic Ketone Episode with keto expert Dominic D'Agostino and metabolic flexibility champion Dr. Mike T. Nelson - we deep dive into ketosis, optimal fuel utilization, safety of exogenous ketones, applications for ketosis, and new research frontiers.

A behind the scenes look at The Vanguard. Takeaway: You are a platform, a blank slate to which you can add skills. Never be complacent. Lessons and interviews from the event so you can seek constant growth and evolution, and be an asset, not a liability.

James Swanwick is best known for his blue-light blocking sleep glasses. Yes, we talk about hacking light, sleep, and habits, but James also lays out the exact strategy he used to overcome his fears of mediocrity to create his dream life.

Peak Brain Institute founder and lead neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Hill on brain optimization. We talk about sugar & brain dysfunction, the link between insulin resistance & Alzheimer's (likely a lifestyle disease) and brain waves for focus & attention.

Part 1 of 2, I talk with Special Forces vets Jake Saenz and Tod Moore, creators of The Vanguard - a 3 day camp teaching survival skills, situational awareness, fear inoculation, and always growing, learning, evolving before attending the event in Part 2.

9 experts at The 2016 Bulletproof BioHacking Conference get 5 minutes each to bring you their best health, wellness, and fitness advice on this special ''Hot Seat'' episode of the OPP. We've got Mark Sisson, Joe DeFranco, Kelly Starrett, & more top experts.

The star of one of March Madness's greatest upsets, underdog Jakob Gollon shares his secrets for getting peak performance under pressure, overcoming adversity, and how to pull off the ultimate David vs. Goliath upset in the biggest spotlight of your life.

MAPS Founder Rick Doblin founded MAPS in 1986. For 30 years, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies has advanced psychedelic research, consciousness exploration and is using MDMA to help heal PTSD.

Your Ultimate Guide to Gut Health: The downside of PRObiotics, the best (and worst) foods for optimal gut health, the science of digestion, immunity, leaky gut, SIBO why Splenda is bad and why you should avoid Soylent like the plague.

CEO and co-founder of multiple businesses, author of The Float Tank Cure, and serial entrepreneur Shane Stott shares his secrets to get it all done - time management, increasing productivity, protecting yourself with boundaries, and increasing happiness.

Inspirational mountain climber Maria Granberg took our nootropic CILTEP to the summit of Mt. Everest. Now she's on the OPP to explain her mental training regimen, the realities of Everest, and goal setting tips to ensure the best version of you lies ahead.

Get the details on alkaline water from Kangen water's VeJohn Heinemann who also talks about the science of healing with hydrogen ions, killing cancer, antioxidants, and alkaline diets. Plus artificial sweeteners link to formaldehyde in the brain.

Celebrity Trainer Ted Ryce has coached Richard Branson and Robert Downey, Jr. He has also overcome two horrific tragedies in his personal life. This inspirational episode is full of tips to cope with stress, lessons from high-performers, and fitness myths

We dive head first into a vat of cow fat in this 2-guest episode. The health benefits of tallow-based skin care, skipping anti-perspirant, and oil cleansing with Cassy Burnside of FatCo, plus organic ghee with Daniel Draskinas of Gold Nugget Ghee.

The Paleo Cardiologist, Dr. Jack Wolfson argues that today's health maladies stem from poor nutrition and exposure to environmental toxins. Hear what you can do to safeguard your home and family & what spices you should be using for health and vitality.

Dr. Raleigh Duncan changed the sauna industry - from developing the first EMF-free heating elements to mind-blowing fat loss studies. Tune in to hear the benefits, uses, and applications of saunas and why you need more time in the parasympathetic state.

Anti-Aging experts Dr. Bill Andrews and Rachael D'Aguiar explain the aging process and share tips from their research to help us increase lifespan, live longer, look younger and feel better. HINT: Most anti-aging skin products actually accelerate aging!

For this episode of the OPP, I spent a day with Grass-fed Farming Pioneer Joel Salatin at his world famous Polyface Farm. We toured the farm, talked about faming, passion, integrity, creating a home-centric haven and Joel shared top tips for success.

Upgrade your performance in this special episode of the OPP. Luke Storey and I cover a lot of ground on many of biohacking's topics - including stem cells, cold thermogenesis, drinking water, light, sleep, PEMF, and more!

Dry Farm Wines sources the world's healthiest wines. These Paleo and Ketogenic friendly wines are 100% natural, chemical-free, sugar-free, and no hangover. Founder Todd White reveals the secrets of irrigation, grape growing, sugar-free, keto-friendly wine, wine industry regulations and processing and more in this amazing episode!

Health expert and professional cyclist Christopher Kelly, co-founder of Nourish, Balance, Thrive discusses natural ways to reduce fatigue and optimize your hormones, libido and vitality.

Everything you need to know about Bone Broth. Kettle and Fire co-founder Justin Mares explains the benefits of bone broth, how to make bone broth at home helps us create your Ultimate Bone Broth Bible.

Mattias Ribbing is a Memory Grand Master and has been named one of the Top 100 minds of all time. The good news for us...he's not a natural! He started training at 29 and he shares his methods for enhanced learning & how to become an expert faster.

Recorded live at Paleo f(x), Tait Fletcher, Keith Jardine and Lacie Mackey of Caveman Coffee talk coffee, personal responsibility and how their ''Pirate Life Code'' is empowering others to captain their own lives.

Beyond organic and grass-fed farmer Joel Salatin revels the surprising truth about agriculture, government control and regulations, & how he has pioneered a polyculture farming system that is revolutionizing the financial climate of the farming industry.

Think faster. Focus better. Remember more. Become a better driver. Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich founded Brain HQ, wrote the book Soft-Wired and explains how we can use neuroplasticity and brain training to create the brain and life we want.

Ancestral health leader and founder of Primal Kitchen foods Mark Sisson is on the OPP to talk about becoming fat-adapted, being a fat burning beast, increasing mitochondria and how to train to increase your fitness and enjoy your life.

Andrew Smith's article ''Why It's Impossible To Actually Be A Vegetarian'' challenged moral defenses of vegetarianism, and went viral last week. He shares the full story and explains the research, science, and logic behind his arguments in this interview.

World-renowned health expert Dr. Russell Jaffe reveals the most important 8 predictive biomarkers you need to monitor to ensure lifelong health and wellness. We cover blood sugar, A1c, oxidative stress, morning urine pH and 21st Century Toxins.

New York Times best-selling author of The Fat Flush and internationally renowned pioneer in nutrition and holistic health, Ann Louise Gittleman brings her cutting edge dietary acumen to the OPP for a great show on digestion, bile, parasites, & omega-7's.

Bill Harris is the creator of Holosync, the most powerful self improvement, brain enhancement and stress-relief tool in the world. Learn how you can master your mind, create more awareness and how that awareness leads to choice and happiness.

Guest Taylor Collins, co-founder of EPIC Bars, talks about grass-fed ranching, General Mills acquisition of EPIC and how he hopes to use this merger with ''big food'' to lead the grass-fed food and farming movements to change industrial agriculture.

Mother Dirt's Jasmina Aganovic explains our skin microbiome, how modern personal care products harm our skin and why bacteria sprays are the future of hygiene.

Natural Stacks co-founder Roy Krebs helps us recap last week's record setting Natural Products Expo West 2016 and we look some of our favorite brands, products and people as well as the future of the natural foods, supplement and nootropics industries.