April 26, 2016

How To 20x Yourself: Training & Anti-Aging Secrets Of One Of The Most Bad-Ass Navy SEAL Coaches On The Face Of The Planet.

58 minutes

This is a special bonus podcast episode

with the guy you get to meet and hang out with if you come to

the July 8, 9 and 10 SEALFit 20x event at my

house!

Two years ago, I reported on my experience at the brutal

SEALFit Kokoro camp, a 60+ hour crucible you can read more about at

"26 Mile Night Hikes, Surf Swim Torture, 450 Pound

Giant Logs And More: What To Expect at SEALFit Kokoro Camp And 9

Ways To Get More Tough."

In that article, I mention a guy named "Lance Cummings".

Coach Lance's snarling face struck fear deep into the heart of

every Kokoro participant in my class, and he is well

known for being the man who dishes out extreme amounts of suffering

and hardship for anybody brave enough to step into

Kokoro.

But there's much more to coach Lance Cummings than simply being

a man who could kill you with his pinky finger.

Technically, Lance is director of training at SEALFit.

Before that, retired from Active Duty Navy Service with 30

years of combined Active and Reserve service. After graduating

BUD/s Class 124 he deployed overseas in support of US Foreign

Policy with six different SEAL teams on both the east and west

coast. He served at the Naval Special Warfare Center as a Basic

Underwater/SEAL (BUD/s) instructor where he earned his Master

Training Specialist classification. He also worked several State

Department Security Team contracts with private employers during

his time in the Naval Reserves.

He left Active Duty in 1995 to pursue a Doctorate of

Chiropractic degree, graduating in 2000 from Life Chiropractic

College in Atlanta. While running a Chiropractic practice in Ga.

and continuing to serve in the SEAL Reserves, he was recalled to

Active Duty in January 2002 to deploy to the Middle East in support

of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He made 7 subsequent

Middle East deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq with three

different SEAL Teams as well as contracting with Blackwater

Security.

As the Training Officer at Naval Special Warfare Group 1, in

charge of West Coast SEAL Team operational training and readiness,

he helped establish the Human Performance Initiative, a tactical

readiness assessment and evaluation testing system utilized by

every SEAL team today.

Since retiring from the Navy in 2011, Lance has coached at

SEALFIT Integrative Training, where he, Mark Divine, and numerous

SEALs and selected civilian coaches conduct multi-day Academies,

20X, Kokoro Camps and custom team events, both locally and

internationally.

His athletic accomplishments include hundreds of triathlons,

multi-day adventure races (he once paddled from the Atlantic to the

Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal in 15 hours), endurance

horse racing, and he has been a member of World Championship Teams

in Military Pentathlon, Naval Pentathlon, Outrigger Canoe and

Dragon Boat racing. He has won several Marksmanship awards in

inter-service competition in both handgun and carbine categories,

and also competes in Stand Up Paddle Board Racing, archery and

mountain biking.

He continues his passion for Chiropractic, both with people and

animal patients. He is certified in Cold Laser Therapy, Functional

Mobility, Thermal Imaging, and is a registered Emergency Medical

Technician. His wife is a practicing Emergency Physician,

and he also has nine year old twins.

His certifications and experiences include:

Honor Graduate, US Army Master Fitness Trainer

Academy SEAL Team Training Officer Certified

Chiropractic Sports Physician NAUI Scuba Instructor

US Navy Master Training Specialist Certified

Veterinary Chiropractitioner Certified Strength and

Conditioning Specialist Doctorate in

Chiropractic, Life University, Marietta GA BS

Education, Southern Illinois University American College

of Sports Medicine Fitness Instructor TRX Suspension

Training Level 1, 2 and Sports Rehabilitation Trainer

Functional Movement Systems (FMS) Level II Certified

Structural Functional Movement Assessment Certified US

Military Pentathlon Athlete US Navy Pentathlon

Athlete USA Mens Dragon Boat Team 2011, 2013, 2015 – Team

physician and competitor Outrigger Canoe USA/World

Championship Teams

So the guy is a wealth of knowledge on not just survival

and warfare, but also fitness, taking care of aging and injured

bodies, pushing through pain and much more. During our discussion,

you’ll discover:

-What it feels like for Lance to be "the man" who strikes

fear in the heart of all Kokoro participants...

-When Lance decided he wanted to be a SEAL...

-Whether Lance thinks he is simply "hardwired" differently

from a genetics standpoint, or whether something happened during

his childhood that made him a high achiever...

-Why Lance got into pentathlon (and this crazy

Brazilian penthathlon video)...

-Lance's story of paddling from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Ocean through the Panama Canal in 15 hours...

-As one of the "fittest old dudes" I know, what Lance's

fitness program look like... -How Lance pushes through

pain...

-The top tools Lance uses as a chiropractor - tools people

know little about, but should when it comes to enhancing

recovery or managing injuries...

-What to expect at a SEALFit 20x event, and what

can people expect at the Eastern Washington event at my

house...

-And much more!

Resources from this episode: -The SEALFit 20x physical standards -Erchonia

laser practitioner directory -"The Mindful Athlete" book by George Mumford

-The TRX

Suspension trainer that Lance swears by -FMS Functional Movement Systems -My three part series on SEALFit Academy &

Kokoro -The SEALFit events page -SEALFit Kokoro -The upcoming SEALFit 20X course at Ben Greenfield's

house

Do you have questions, comments, or feedback about

anything that coach Lance Cummings and I discuss in this episode?

Leave your thoughts at BenGreenfieldFitness.com and

one of us will reply. And remember to click here if you want to get in

on the upcoming SEALFit 20X course at Ben Greenfield's

house!

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