Optimal Performance

This week we speak with Daniel Chao, co-founder and CEO of Halo Neuroscience and creator of the Halo Sport.  It’s the world’s first and only neural stimulator to accelerate improvement in athletic strength and skills based training.

I sit down to talk with CILTEP founder and Natural Stacks legend Abelard Lindsay about Acetylcholine Brain Food, a multidimensional approach to cognition, self tests, the state of "biohacking", peony, and so much more!

Outline

• Abelard's Daily Stack
• What makes Acetylcholine Brain Food Unique in Brain
• When do you take Acetylcholine Brain Food?
• Breaking Down the Brain Foods
• A Multidimensional Approach to Cognition
• Know Thyself: Self Directed Tests
• Russian Peptides
• Theories of Aging
• The State of "BioHacking"
• Detoxification for Environmental Toxins
• Abelard's Physical Excercise
• Microdosing and Fringe Medicine
• Closing Acetylcholine Remarks

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I sit down to talk with CILTEP founder and Natural Stacks legend Abelard Lindsay about Acetylcholine Brain Food, a multidimensional approach to cognition, self tests, the state of "biohacking", Pioni, microdosing and so much more!

This week's episode is a wide ranging conversation with NFL kicker Steven Hauschka. I met Steve when he was playing with the Seattle Seahawks and floating at Float Seattle; now he plays for the Buffalo Bills. He's got an interesting take on things; he's a thoughtful guy, a biohacker and always looking for techniques and tips to be his absolute best. We talk about mediation, athletes speaking their minds, techniques for optimal performance, tribalism, life after football, society in general and much more!

Podcasting and the Joe Rogan Experience (3:30)

Steve has been a long time Joe Rogan's Podcast listener and when he's always wondered what it was like to be one of the guests. It's a tricky thing because you could be exposed when you talk for an hour, it is not just a premeditated interview! That's what makes podcasts so interesting: it's actually just a conversation. That is the beauty of it too. You really get to know the people and get to see everything.

Going Deeper With Athletes (10:00)

With publications like Derek Jeter's Players Tribune, athletes write articles themselves and share their experiences. And may come as a surprise to some that Steve insists that athletes are definitely as human as it gets with just as many flaws and issues as everyone else in the world. To be able to speak openly or as openly we can think that we can get in the fact that, millions and millions people are going to read exactly what we write.

Steve feels like there is a shift coming in the way that we consume media and in the way we understand story telling so that outlets like the players should be in or blogs by athletes because we are so visible and we mean so much to such a giant group of people and they want to hear the opinion about X or Y or Z. If it is all filtered through just blurb after blurb, there is nothing there.

Growth And Repair (19:40)

Steve says that if we break it down, it's not really that complicated to get like good work out but we see all these information with all those stupid products. People try to sell gym memberships - they don't care if we go to the gym - they just want to sell you the membership.

We get these different machines but nobody knows how to use them, so once again we have to weed your way through that –"what's the best in there and I have figured out that the bodies are incredible, if you can invest your time and body, you feel amazing, you just feel amazing", we need to get private instruction at the beginning just to learn it.

Growth For 2018 (34:10)

Even though you know people are working all year and a lot of people skip their vacations or they are banking their vacations for later, there is still opportunities for everybody to continue to dig or continue to fact find and find resources that help them in their life.

In terms of Steve's growth for 2018, the goal is research. He essentially had to find a new formula for success in Buffalo because he saw different therapist in the Luciano area and he had a specific workout routine. When we are working with different people, there is no way to keep it the same. So he knew he had to find a new system in Buffalo.

Part of this he was able to maintain and part of this was like he had to take a step back and think- what's going on here, what I need to work on and he want to act on basics, He is going to work with his foundation with his trainer. He is investing his time in those two things. It's not always about what you do but how you do it.

He also bought himself a pair of rollerblades. Because when were rollerblades ever not cool?

Stresses of Football (41:00)

Being an NFL kicker can certainly have its stresses. "We put in all the work, you have your program and we are going to do that no matter what, and then things can happen that are totally out of our control." NFL kickers are specifically expected to be perfect and this combination of perfectionism and uncertainty can weigh on anyone.

Tribalism (45:10)

It's in our DNA to worry about what the other members of the tribe think. We connect our identities to these ideas and then when people have a different opinion, we enter Fight or Flight mode since you're defending your own identity. We have to realize it's great we have different opinions; it's how we form a better future and evolve our culture.

Best Parts of Football (52:00)

"There's an amazing ability to spread positivity when you play for a football team," Steve says. In his first couple of years in Seattle, he saw the city improve alongside the team on their way to being Super Bowl champions. There are infinite opportunities for good, like meeting 5 year old Madeline Herman, a pediatric cancer patient with whom he developed a friendship and was able to shine a light on.

Life After Football (62:15)

At the end of the day, we just need more awareness. If people are more aware, they will pass that on to other people who will make good decisions with the best interests of humanity in mind.

Meditating (75:25)

Steve says that if there was one thing people were to take away from this episode, it would be to meditate. That's the tool. There's a constant flow of things into our lives for our brains to handle and you've gotta give it some time to breathe.

"Meditating is the superpower that nobody uses but everbody has. You're never gonna 'get there'. There's no end-goal, there's no winning; that's why they call it a practice."

Links

• Steve Hauschka
• Steve Hauschka Instagram
• Seattle Seahawks
• Buffalo Bills
• Joe Rogan Podcast
• Float Seattle
• The Players' Tribune
• Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
• Purple Carrot
• Pilates
• Foundation training
• Ginastica Natural
• Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging
• Toxic Tribalism
• Madeline Herman
• Headspace

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This week’s episode is a wide ranging conversation with NFL kicker Steven Hauschka. I met Steve when he was playing with the Seattle Seahawks and floating at Float Seattle; now he plays for the Buffalo Bills. He’s got an interesting take on things; he’s a thoughtful guy, a biohacker and always looking for techniques and tips to be his absolute best. We talk about mediation, athletes speaking their minds, techniques for optimal performance, tribalism, life after football, society in general and much

Minimum Effective Dose.

If you're like me, you're interested in getting the most from the least. That's really the nature of bio-hacking and performance optimization right? How can we all get the most return from our output. What movements, dietary supplements, and therapies can we do to perform at our highest levels?

If yer jiving with this... you should be rowing. Greg Hammond from Concept2 joined me for a ranging conversation about fitness, performance and active lifestyles. Greg really broke down why rowing is the ideal exercise - it goest something like this.

• More than any other exercise equipment the rower engages your entire body, from your ankles all the way up to the top of your shoulders. • QUADS. The rowing motion safely and consistently engages your quads, which are obviously essential for your physical performance. • Each rowing motion engages your core. It's a contraction and release motion that's like doing a ton of crunches.

So who uses the Concept2 rower?

High performers. There are several Concept2 rowing machines at the Olympic Games in PeyongChang South Korea. Olympic Biathlon competitor Emily Dreissigacker who is the daughter of the Concept2 founders and former Olympians Judy Greer and Dick Dreissigacker. Who else trains on the Concept2?

• 2016/2017 Crossfit Champion Mat Fraser • Crossfit phenom Rich Froning • Hugh Jackman • Countless Olympic athletes • Natural Stacks co-founder Ben Hebert (wink)

Greg and I talk about the future of exercise and how genetic technology, blood testing and bespoke recovery approaches will continue to evolve. As an exercise science major in college, Greg mentioned that there wasn't much information about blood markers or the recovery process. It'll be interesting to see where it leads. And by golly, I'm committed to staying at the cutting edge.

Greg also gives all of us an intro to the rowing machine. Heck, I learned something.

Did I mention we're giving one of these bad-boys away? In addition to the Concept2 Rower we're also adding a Polar H10 heart rate monitor to elevate your home fitness game.

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If you're like me, you're interested in getting the most from the least. That's really the nature of bio-hacking and performance optimization right? How can we all get the most return from our output. What movements, dietary supplements, and therapies can we do to perform at our highest levels?

By now, you know that our brains and bodies can run on various fuel sources.

No longer confined to run on glucose, we know that FAT is not only an effective fuel source, but often preferred for high performance.

But what if you've never been fat adapted?

What if you're yet to take that plunge to re-program your metabolism, give us sugar and get yourself into ketosis.?

What if you've never measured your blood ketones, but are are curious about the wonderful world of ketone esters, ketone salts and (of course) optimal performance.

Exogenous ketones my friends. Exogenous ketones.

I've been eating for ketosis about 80/20 for about 2.5 years. Meaning, most of my meals are keto-friendly, high fat, moderate protein, low carb. I have a cheat day though, sometimes two.

But, after trying exogenous ketones twice in one week, I can tell you, there's a shortcut.

My first test with Ketoneaid went like this: Woke up, opted for black coffee instead of my daily butter coffee (upon suggestion), skipped breakfast as well as my typical Natural Stack supplements: Krill, D3, Curcumin, Vit C, Ciltep, MycoImmune, MycoMind. Then around 930am, I tested my blood ketones and they read .4. Mind you, the standard fat-burning ketosis range starts at .5 - but it was the day after the superbowl and I watched at Ben's house...and his lady Deana made these ridiculous chocolate chip cookies (I had 3).

After my first blood test reading of .4 - I chugged the 30 grams of Ketoneaid. Within 20 min I was in full ketosis.

Frank Llosa is the founder and CEO of KetoneAid - the same ketone ester company that raised over $150,000 on Indiegogo to continue research on their ketone ester product. They had so many people pre-order the product, that they had to stop the offer. YOU COULD SAY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.

Frank is an interesting and energetic guy. I had a great time talking with him. He got into the wide world of ketones after his wife's godfather - the creator of the exogenous ketone Dr. Richard Veech tapped him on the shoulder.

Our conversation ranges from both the very technical, to the standard operating procedures when taking exogenous ketones.

Here's some highlights:

• There are some key differences between salts and esters. They are the same in that they are both beta hydroxybutyrate, but ketone salts are bonded with salts and ingested (and to get an effect you have to eat half a salt shaker to see the increase - whereas ketone esters are bonded with 1 3 butanediol which is an organic alcohol.
• With effective ketone esters like Ketoneaid, there is a point of diminishing returns. You can actually get too much energy, which may be wasted if you're not burning energy for performance.
• You can take Ketoneaid for mental performance (which I did) or for physical performance.
• Frank suggests that consumer grade ketone esters like Ketoneaid will be available at convenience stores at some point in the near future, as a healthier option to energy drinks.
• If you're used to ketosis. As in, if your baseline is a ketogenic state, then you may not benefit or notice the effect of the exogenous ketones. We said in the podcast "You can't be in more flow then then flow."

Back to my first exogenous ketone ester experience.

I tested my blood ketones 20 min after drinking the 30gram bottle of Ketoneaid - and they had jumped from .4 to 2.9. That's full ketosis. I tested 20 min later and again got 2.9, then I kept working and did another test at 60 min and it registered at 3.2. My cognitive speed noticeably increased, as well as my vocabulary. I was able to focus faster and more clearly almost immediately. I liked the energy boost as well. Energy without jitters.

After talking with Frank a little more about baselines, he suggested that I do another test, but take the same standard vitamin/nootropic stack i usually do. So, about a week later I took another 30 gram test, on top of my daily stacks.

At 930am I tested my blood ketones beforehand again, and I was at .5. Then I drank another 30 grams of Ketoneaid and tested after 20 min. They had jumped to 3.4! Also, my immune system had been tested all week by a cold that both my kids and wife had been working through. I was holding out, and at the day of my second test, I woke up with a bit of dryness in the sinuses and a little brain fog...not bad, but noticeable.

I was actually pretty interested in seeing what effect, if any the Ketoneaid had on my incoming cold symptoms. After a second post-drink test, I was at 4.2 (well within the ideal range of ketosis). This day wasn't a big cognitive load day, instead, my family was headed to the beach to walk and built driftwood forts. But, after driving about 15 minutes I felt like the pressure mounting in my sinuses and brain fog had lifted noticeably and I actually mentioned to my wife that i felt much better.

I didn't test again that day, but I did notice a few things:

• My bourgeoning cold symptoms suppressed. Whether that's my own badass immune system or the MycoImmune or what, I don't know. But, I didn't get sick.
• I felt a mood increase, a brain speed increase, and even a slight increase in my wit. At least I thought I was funnier my wife and kids may not :).
• I felt a natural energetic increase. Despite feeling the start of a start of a cold, the symptoms decreased and really dissipated over the next 24 hours.
• I didn't experience a drop off or anything like that. Perhaps it was the 3pm cup of tea I had while conversing with my folks at their house, but I didn't get tired until my typical repose around 915pm.

This was my first experience with Ketoneaid, or any other sort of ketone ester. I like it. I can absolutely see why it's getting these really exceptional results for people. Of course, I took the mind protocol, which Frank explained to me in an email. But the other protocol is for performance and I can clearly see how it's effective in that respect.

I'd do it again for sure. And since it sounds like the goal is to make it available at convenience stores everywhere (but probably health food stores and amazon before that), it sounds like everyone will have the chance to try it.

I don't know of any research that says exogenous ketone esters are harmful. I think it's really really early in the process to try and understand how all of this works, the effects and it's uses.

But I dig the stuff.

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Frank Llosa is the founder and CEO of Ketoneaid - the same ketone ester company that raised over $150,000 on indiegogo to continue research on their ketone ester product. They had so many people pre-order the product, that they had to stop the offer. YOU COULD SAY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.

Lots of exciting content in this episode of the OPP. We sit down with Natural Stacks co-founder Roy Krebs. Tons of exciting announcements and chances to win cool stuff!

We're really excited to give you a chance to win a Concept 2 Rower! We're always looking to hook you guys up stuff you'll love. Enter here.

CILTEP Studies coming soon

-2 large scale, double-bling placebo controls with two groups healthy adults, and healthy elderly. Of course, these are top notch University studies instead of a Contract Research Organization (which many other supplement companies use) which leave room for manipulation.

NEW PRODUCTS FOR 2018

-Ciltep to-go pack! Take it with you when you travel. No-brainer.

-This March we're releasing a drink! Won't say which product though (wink)

- Targeted probiotic products for memory, focus and sleep. Roy is developing a probiotic supplement which will be for specific optimization. Studies are showing that specific strains help specific areas and Roy is working to optimize probiotics.

- Better Blue Blocker Glasses - along with an eye health supplement sold as a stack

NEW CONTENT FOR 2018

-We'll be looking at developing some online courses in collaboration with the NS Board of Directors - who are experts in nutrition, brain training and the body.

-OPP as a whole, will continue to evolve and focus on useable, accessible content that everyone can use.

-We may be reaching out to you to hear your story and potentially have you on the podcast to share your journey with everyone.

Roy is a master innovator as you probably already know, so it should come as no surprise that he's working on a dozen projects all at once. But the best part about it - everything Roy develops is done with transparency, high ethics and accountability to the absolute best possible ingredients. As Roy mentioned, every batch of every product is tested and results posted online for you to see.

As always, we want to hear from you. We want your feedback, reviews, thoughts and concerns. If you have a cool show idea - we want to hear it. If you have a cool story to tell - let us know. If you want to be an affiliate, email [email protected]

Stay tuned folks, there's a lot more where this came from!

Sean

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