Mike Bryan on Biohacking and the State of the Bryan Brothers

This week ATP legend Mike Bryan joins Chris Oddo to talk about his passion for biohacking and give us an update on how the Bryan Brothers are feeling ahead of the U.S. Open Series.

We talk about Mike's evolution as an athlete and how biohacking now plays a key role in his ability to keep playing elite tennis at the age of 41.

We talk about theraguns and Oura Rings (full disclosure: host had to look these up after the show!).

Mike talks about his brother Bob's recovery from surgery and how he is beginning to embrace some of the concepts that Mike has been following for over a decade.

Mike talks about that special cup of Bulletproof coffee that he likes to take on court with him for matches and how his fitness has benefited immensely from altering the ratio of court time to fitness time.

We also chat about what it means to be back on tour after Bob's career-threating surgery and, of course, what the goals are moving forward, both for this season and beyond.

Here are some of Mike's quotes:

On the Bryan Brothers return to relevance in 2019:

“We’re trying to ring out every last drop of potential out of these bodies."

“We feel like we still have something to prove out there. We still feel like we’re in the conversation to win some of these big tournaments—we can compete and beat all the teams out there.”

“We had no expectations coming into the year, now we’re expecting to win all these tournament that we enter, and we’re disappointed if we don’t.”

On Mike's dedication to fitness and how it's a full-time job:

“I’m sitting here in the living room, I have my two theraguns, I have my roller here, I have my roller stick, I have massage balls, I have a whole roomful of stuff.”

“I’ll probably be biohacking my body until the day I die.”

“I went gluten-free back in 2004, when it was unheard of. I’d go to restaurants and I’d ask ‘can I get this gluten-free’ and they wouldn’t even know what I was talking about.”

“Every year I’ve felt a little bit better than the year before and it feels like I figured out something that I can hack.”

On the future of the Bryan Brothers:

“Once we don’t have smiles on our face and it becomes work, I don’t think we’re going to suit up and take the court.”

“We don’t know if we’re going to play another Wimbledon or a US Open, so we’re walking into these places kind of wide-eyed and soaking it in a little bit more.”

Thanks to Mike for joining and thanks to Bulletproof for helping us connect!

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