Meet CAR.O.L - your AI powered fitness bike. Get the same benefits of a 45 minute jog in 2, 20-second sprints. Sounds too good to be true - I know. So I record this episode while sitting on the Carol Exercise Bike.

It uses the latest Artificial Intelligence to compress a workout into a few seconds. It sounds barely credible I know, but imagine having your workout compressed into two 20 second spurts every day.... And hear me get absolutely destroyed in those two 20 second bits! Since we recorded this podcast I've been using it quite a bit and I'm really starting to enjoy the brief, intense push, and the extra time. I'm hoping I'll see the results on my chicken legs too. Here's what the company say about their extraordinary bike. 

• SHORT: Cuts your exercise time dramatically CAR.O.L is clinically proven to give you the same cardio benefits of a 45-minute jog with only 40 seconds of hard work.
• SMART: A personalized True HIIT bike CAR.O.L’s AI algorithms dynamically personalize and optimize your resistance so you hit max intensity levels and max glycogen depletion every time, making it the most efficient cardio workout.
• SCIENTIFIC: Proven by peer-reviewed research Implementing True HIIT, CAR.O.L has been independently proven by the American Council on Exercise to smash government exercise guidelines.

Coming up; minimalist living and the unexpected joy of a broken laptop, getting rid of all your bills, minimalist mobile phones, alternative meditation techniques such as staring into someone's eyes for 63 minutes (!), breathwork and how sometimes it can feel like a mild stimulant, celebrating your successes and admitting to your failures, and lots more.

He's back - you might have heard previous interviews with friend of the show Brett Moran recorded in Thailand. This time he was visiting London, so came to stay for the night.

I'm excited about today's podcast. I'm a big fan of Chris's podcast and his books, and in fact had to try hard not to be a fanboy when recording this interview.

I love his stories and thoughts about everything from travelling in India to polyamorous relationships to lots more...  he's like the best lecturer you never had in sociology, anthropology, history and sexuality.

After being the person wrote THE book that so many people like to turn to about sexuality, he's now written Civilised To Death which has just been released.

It's an important and intense read. As he says: "Our most urgent dreams may simply reflect the world as it was before we fell asleep."

So what's the way forward? How can we seek future guidance in our past? And should we start looking backward to find our way into a better future?

It’s another Zest Hacks episode - featuring...

• 2 supplements. Lift your mood and improve your memory
• A Productivity method to energise you:
• A Shop to energise you:
• 2 gadgets to energise you
• And an album to energise you.

Listen on to find out more, or check tonywrighton.com for the show notes.

Have I ever been more chilled out recording a podcast?

I am a big fan of the float tank - an hour's sensory deprivation to restore mind and body. And that features in today's podcast.

I recently spent some time at Yue Float and feel as good as new. Also trying the para light pad, the ajna light, and the infrared sauna. All of which means that the start of this podcast is very relaxed, and owner, biohacker and health optimiser Tim Allen is the perfect person to discuss cutting-edge energy hacks. He's a man who is really going for it to optimise every area of his health, life and performance.

Today, sort out your stress, pain, low energy, headaches, anxiety, depression, poor skin and beauty, low fertility, bad digestion and/or a lack of sleep. Sound good?

After a car accident that ended her dreams of becoming an opera singer, followed by complications around fertility, weight, stress, depression and daytime fatigue, Katie Brindle used Yang Sheng to solve her own health problems and thousands of others around the world.

She's a Chinese Medicine Doctor who knows her stuff. Oh and today, as well as that ancient item, how to combat the 3pm slump many of us get after lunch, and other Chinese medicine hacks.

And a big focus is on the ancient item that gives you more energy, gets rid of fat, and stops you going bald? Know what it is? Listen in to find out.

Dr John Gray is back to talk relationships, stress management within a relationship and loads more.

NB - calling this podcast X-rated is not a cynical way to get more listeners, honest. It certainly is X-rated, and John is as always brilliant.

John has sold over 50 million books, has appeared repeatedly on Oprah, as well as on The Dr Oz Show, Today, CBS This Morning and loads more.  In this talk we cover:

• Gender-specific stress management for optimal health and resilience
• How stress levels are on the rise for both men and why women are four times more stressed than men
• How stress affects our health
• How different hormones lower stress for men and women
• The importance of oxytocin and estrogen for reducing stress in women
• The importance of testosterone for reducing stress in men
• Relationship and communication skills essential for combating stress at home and at work 
• New listening skills for men to help lower stress in women
• How men can dramatically increase a women’s estrogen and oxytocin to lower their stress levels
• How messages from a woman to a man can dramatically increase testosterone and lower stress
• The importance of cave time for a man and talking for a woman

Dr. Harry Adelson, the stem cell doctor for Dave Asprey, Mark Hyman, MD and Vishen Lakhiani was in London last week, and we had a good chat about Stem Cells.

I'm quite excited about stem cells but don't really understand how it all works, so that's where we started. Oh, and asking the important question - are stem cells a miracle cure? Because they certainly sound like it....

Bonuses in this episode: geek out and learn about the latest advances in the use of stem cells from your own bone marrow and fat combined with exosomes and full stem-cell body makeover, the most comprehensive stem-cell upgrade ever conceived.

Here's a chance to experience some of the hacks, gadgets, apps and experts that came to London for the Health Optimisation Summit. It finished yesterday - what a weekend.

Featuring:

• Intro
• Localised cryotherapy
• Getting rid of EMFs with gadgets
• Methylene Blue - what is it?
• CEO of the summit Tim Gray
• Sensate meditation pebble
• "Dr B"
• An awesome tracking app
• Natural, biodynamic wine
• And lots more...

Check out my two websites, http://tonywrighton.com/ and https://histamineintolerance.net/the-histamine-intolerance-blog

It's the podcast all about energy, and today boost your vitality levels by becoming an inner activist.  End the internal war and you can effectively contribute to the wider world.

Other topics;

• Also featuring: the role of gratitude in our lives and how it fuels our energy and motivation.
• What being in service can offer you.
• And loads more.