Primal Endurance Podcast

Hi folks! We're back this week with our chapter-by-chapter summary of Primal Endurance. Today we're taking a look at Chapter 6: Sprinting. Learn how to properly integrate these high intensity workouts into your endurance training schedule and the assorted benefits you'll get from doing occasional sprints, which teach your body to perform at maximum intensity when you need it the most.

Happy Friday, listeners! We're back to our chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Primal Endurance. This week, we're taking a look at Chapter 5: Strength Training.

Learn how to properly (and safely) integrate high-intensity strength training workouts into your endurance training program. Be your own gym by incorporating full body functional movements such as; push-ups, planks, and squats.

You’ll be fascinated by the details on how maximum sustained power workouts tie into your endurance performance and how to enjoy maximum power output even as you fatigue, so make sure to tune in today!

Hi folks, we're back this week with a breakdown of Primal Endurance, Chapters 3 and 4: The Primal Blueprint Eating Strategy. Learn how to modify your diet, once and for all, to escape the tragic outcome of carbohydrate dependency for endurance athletes.

Today, Brad dives into Chapter 2 of Primal Endurance, which tackles the flaws in the traditional regimented and methodical approach to training. Learn the importance of balancing stress and rest, by aligning the difficulty of your workouts with your daily level of energy, motivation, and general health.

Tune in today for a very special rundown of the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Primal Endurance - arguably the most critical parts of the book, as they really set the stage for what the Primal Endurance approach and philosophy is all about.

Tune into this special preview of Mark Sisson’s newest book, Primal Endurance. Show host and co-author, Brad Kearns, details 115 things you’ll need to know as a Primal Endurance Athlete, including: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Primal Endurance Athletes, what your training schedule should look like per season, over the course over the entire year, and the importance of strict rest and recovery periods.

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Brad talks about maybe the most important element of a successful endurance program--emphasizing aerobic base building at the proper heart rates. This fast paced narration will give you the straight scoop about how to train aerobically, and help you avoid the egregious mistakes that endurance athletes of all ability levels make when they drift into slightly too difficult intensity zone during workouts - training in the Black Hole! Brad dispenses Dr. Phil Maffetone's secret formula of "180-age" heart rate training, and details the burnout he experienced early in 2015 by mistakenly training at too elevated of an aerobic heart rate. Get your training straight by listening to this quick, informative podcast!

Host Brad Kearns talks with Los Angeles-based author, diet coach and Ironman triathlete Nell Stephenson. Nell, the author of Paleoista, is on the cutting edge of fat adapted endurance training. She details her gradual transition from carb-dependent endurance athlete to being fully fat adapted. She started by ditching gluten, ditching other grains, then trying to exercise while fasted. She gradually extended her abilities here, but still relied on gels to fuel extended workouts and races. The final breakthrough came for Nell when she bested the field at 70.3 triathlons in Honu, Hawaii and Vineman, California while fasted beforehand and consuming minimal calories during. A ketone burning beast on the podium. Nell is a wealth of knowledge about nutritional coaching and details the services she offers to clients to help them improve health, reduce inflammation and perform better with endurance goals.

Host Elle Russ turns the tables on host Brad Kearns and makes him an interview guest. Brad discusses his athletic background, including his unlikely ascent into the elite professional triathlete ranks with arguably the greatest upset in the history of the sport as a rookie triathlete; his early coach/athlete relationship with Mark Sisson and how it transformed his career and led to multiple national championships and a #3 world ranking, and his eventual journey into the world of Primal Blueprint with Mark that began in 2006. Toward the end of the show, Elle grills Brad about the benefits of being a fat adapted Primal Endurance athlete, foreshadowing the release of Mark and Brad’s new book, Primal Endurance.