The Joel Evan Show

We welcome Dr John Jaquish back to "The Hacked Life" podcast for the third time!!! In our last two episodes we broke down variable resistance, the X3 bar, Osteostrong, and tons, tons, of info. Well, he comes back a third time and we go deep again, but this time delving deep into his bestselling and highly controversial book "Weightlifting Is A Waste of Time & So Is Cardio." We talk about veganism and why it'll be one of the greatest scandals in history, why the fitness industry is an absolute joke, why fasting actually builds muscle, and much, much more. We just scratch the surface of what the book breaks down into detail. Make sure to like the video that's how people can this information and please subscribe or leave me a comment and let me know what you liked. Last but not least, pick up Dr J's book, it's phenomenal and it's an easy read.If you want the show notes and other resources, head over to https://www.joelevancoaching.com/ If you're interested in life/health coaching, email me at [email protected]:10 - Why write a book?9:50 - Why most peer reviewed studies are not full proof?14:22 - Is there ever a time to life weights?20:00 - Why the fitness industry is the most failed industry in the world26:50 - Why veganism will go down as the greatest scandal in history32:00 - Why fasting builds muscle36:59 - Why amino acids are important44:18 - Why carbs are not a macronutrient48:00 - What’s Dr Jaquish’s daily protocol like54:00 - 10 reps increases testosterone, so why not just do 10 reps?56:50 - Should I lift heavy or do more reps?1:10:30 - Myofibrils & sarcoplasm, and why X3 works out both.1:13:00 - Blood flow restriction training (BFR) induces hypoxia, why not just do that?1:16:00 - How hypoxia works1:19:00 - Time under tension and the force curve 1:24:43 - Hyperplasia and how to split muscles cells to increase growth1:34:00 - The difference between professional athletes’ training & the average athlete1:44:45 - What is the fitness industry going to be like in 5 years?

In this week’s podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing the founder and creator of Energybits, Catharine Arnston. Energybits is a brand of algae, specifically spirulina and chlorella. You might be wondering why on earth I’d talk about something like algae, a green plant found at the bottom of oceans and swamps. Well, Catharine has been fascinated with algae for over 10 years, since her sister was first diagnosed with cancer and the doctor told her she needed to eat more alkaline foods. Catharine geeked out on alkaline types of foods and stumbled upon algae and all the amazing health benefits. She couldn’t believe how much research had been poured into the amazing health benefits of algae but that no one was really promoting it. Spirulina for example is loaded with over 40 vitamins and minerals. It has one of the highest sources a protein and is extremely low calorie, so that people on a keto diet can still eat it and remain in ketosis. It also has a ton of B Vitamins, which is great for energy production and is why many endurance athletes are a fan of Catharine’s Energybits. Spirulina has also been shown to be anti-viral, and can penetrate the cell walls of virus, a possible great biohack for coronavirus (Spirulina & COVID) Chlorella on the other hand is great for recovery and removing toxins such as mercury, lead, and other toxins from the body. Chlorella is rich in iron and is great for cellular clean up and anti-aging. Because chlorella is a rich in iron, it might. be a great ‘hack’ for COVID-19, as they are now realizing that COVID is ripping away iron from the blood, causing a loss of hemoglobin and heart attacks (COVID19: hemoglobin, iron, hypoxia beyond inflammation). Spirulina has also shown to be helpful with enriching the blood with oxygen specifically in anemic patients (Spirulina and anemia with Immune Function in Senior Citizens)Needless to say, I’ve been ingesting Energybit algae tabs for years (my kids really like the chlorella), and after interviewing Catharine, I am even more impressed with the health benefits of spirulina and chlorella, When you look at all the health benefits just in terms of coronavirus, you can’t help but realize all the downstream effects you can experience due to eating algae: lowering inflammation, enriching your blood with oxygen, providing your essential nutrients, and much more. This was an amazing episode! Be sure to check out Catharine at www.energybits.com for more info and enter the PROMO code “JOEL” for 20% off.TIMELINE2:30 - Cancer and algae, how Catharine got interested in algae16:30 - What is algae and what are the two different types?20:40 - The benefits of spirulina26:30 - Why athletes are benefiting from spirulina29:30 - The benefits of chlorella37:05 - Why is chlorophyll important? 50:00 - How many would you take for a detox?57:00 - Can Energybits replace your multi-vitamin?1:02:10 - How can algae help with the coronavirus?1:16:58 - Testimonials from customers who’ve recovered from auto-immune, lethargy, ADHD, colds, traveling, alcohol intoxication and much more

In this series, I explained the perils of vegetables oils and sugar to your health (part 1 & 2). In this final episode of this series, I explain what you can and should eat, and how you should prioritize your diet What's fascinating about these principles, is it doesn't matter what race you are, or whether you're male or female, these same principles apply to living a thriving and healthy lifestyle. If you eliminate vegetables oils and sugar consumption and follow these four pillars to health, you will lead an optimal healthy life. FOUR PILLARS OF HEALTH 1. Meat on the bone2. Fermented and Sprouted Foods3. Organs & Other "Nasty Bits"4. Fresh, Unadulterated Plant & Animal ProductsMeat on the bone will bring enough of the glycosaminoglycan growth factors and bone-building minerals to make a child’s joint strong and their bones tough, enabling them to grow tall and excel in sports. In adulthood, these same factors will keep your joints well-lubricated and prevent aging bones from crumbling. No combination of supplements has the right balance of bioavailable minerals and collagen-derived growth factors to fortify your body as effectively as meat on the bone.Organ meats bring the vitamins and brain-building fats that can ensure children will have mental stability and an aptitude for learning, and continued consumption of these foods is the best way to guarantee that your brain cells and nerves tay healthy for the rest of your life. Because these nutrients deteriorate so rapidly no pills can effectively encapsulate them.Fermented foods, full of probiotics, protect the intestinal tract from invading pathogens. Since a healthier intestine more able to take in nutrients, probiotics may prevent infections and allergic disorders from developing elsewhere in the body, reducing the need for repeated doses of antibiotics. Probiotics living in our intestine also produce all sorts of vitamins which help round out a diet that might other be deficient. Sprouted foods enable you to enjoy your breads and breakfast porridges without consuming the empty calories that cause obesity and diabetes. Finally, fresh foods are naturally loaded with more antioxidants than can possibly survive the process of drying, overcooking, or being stuff into a capsule and bottled.

“A half teaspoon of sugar puts white blood cells to sleep for four hours.”In this podcast, I take a deep dive on SUGAR and why it wreaks havoc on your health more than you know. I'm sure most of you are thinking, "yeah I already know sugar is a problem big deal." But let me ask you, are your joints stiff and creaky? Do you suffer from heart palpitations, hormonal disruption, high cholesterol, migraines or cluster headaches? These could all be caused from too much sugar in your diet. In this podcast, you're going to hear why sugar is so devastating for your health, and then some amazing testimonials from others who cut out their sugar intake and rid themselves from once thought "uncurable" conditions.Quick Facts About Sugar- Sugar is sticky and heats why high blood and tissue levels can have toxic effects- The body knows sugar is toxic and releases hormones to regulate it- Eventually, too much sugar disrupts hormonal function- Too much sugar also disrupts basic cellular functions in ways that accelerate the aging process- Because grocery stores are full of foods that raise blood sugar, most people eat more sugar than they realize

On the show this week, I met up with Angi Campos of Egoscue Method San Francisco. I had read about Egoscue Method almost 10 years prior in the book Pain Free by Pete Egoscue. It was recommended by a friend to help treat my low back pain. I found the book fascinating, but the exercises seemed too simple and required 45 minutes of my time, and I just felt like I couldn’t commit to that amount of time. Angi helped dispel all those myths and showed me how to correctly implement the Egoscue Method into my busy life.This episode is phenomenal, because we also film an almost 40 minute session of me going thru a typical Egoscue analysis and first time session. Angi used a camera and special computer program to help analyze my posture from four different views. From there, the computer correctly can help diagnose what exercises are needed to help rebalance my body. The photos were to say the least, eye opening. I couldn’t believe the mechanical faults I was displaying. If you watch my session, you’ll see that I ask Angi, “Based on my photos where do you think I experience pain.” She was able to say, “You probably experience right knee pain.” She was 100% right. I couldn’t believe it.Then she walked analyzed my gait and how I walk. By making one simple adjustment, my gait improved 75% better, I was walking lighter (not so heavy like a thud thud sound every time I step). She then had me touch my toes, which I couldn’t do without falling over. After a two minute isometric hold, I was touching my toes again. It was incredible!The idea behind Egoscue is restoring the posture and getting to the root cause of your problems to help extinguish pain that you might feel in your low back, hip, or knees (as they ware the most common). This is a phenomenal episode, and if you listen to this episode please contact your local practitioner or Angi at Egoscue San Francisco, because Angi is doing Zoom video conference postural analyses where she can actually use the same computer software to diagnose your structural issues remotely! How cool is that? Your first postural analysis session is free if you just mention JOEL and where you heard the episode. I can’t thank Angi enough for offering this service to our listeners, it’s people like her that make us realize we are all connected in a much bigger way, and I’m grateful for people like her that are out serving us every day.Timeline12:42 - How Angi got started with Egoscue17:00 - How Egoscue is different20:10 - Why Egoscue works22:18 - What’s a typical session like27:02 - What are E-cises and how these exercises turn on our muscles?30:30 - Why just doing exercises to “turn on” the muscle might not work32:40 - Herniated discs & why they are not a big deal34:20 - How Egoscue practitioners can continue to support clients via ZOOM37:00 - Most common injury trends Angi is seeing in the clinic37:52 - Egoscue and professional athletes 41:20 - How often should patients come in and retest?45:20 - How do you make time for Egoscue? Doesn’t it take a long time?47:30 - What’s Angi’s movement practice52:10 - How Egoscue can help with anxiety and panic attacks54:30 - How someone dodged hip replacement surgery using Egoscue

Today’s guest is Dr Richard Bartlett, a traditionally trained Western MD out of West Texas. Dr Bartlett has held many positions as a doctor and has worked in multiple facilities, from smaller clinics to the emergency room to overseas in war zones doing missionary work. He might have not seen it all, but he’s been exposed to a lot over his 28 years as a practicing physician. Dr Bartlett, a religious man, told me he believed his discovery of finding a viable treatment for COVID-19 was a miracle, and it came to him after a lot of prayer. Dr Bartlett began treating several of his patients affected by COVID-19 with a steroid known for treating asthma and respiratory problems known as Budesonide. Budesonide is so safe he said, that they even give it to preemie babies. Dr Bartlett has been giving it to even his worst patients, those that have smoked their entire lives and test positive for COVID-19. One patient had a fever lasting multiple days and was having trouble walking. After inhaling neublized Budesonide, she was back teaching piano lessons the next day. Dr Bartlett said its ironic, because Budesonide isn’t if the best steroid when it comes to treating asthma, based on all the feedback he’s gotten back from patients. However, Budesonide seems to really be working for COVID patients. Dr Bartlett calls it the fire extinguisher for putting out the base of the fire. With viruses, you’re breathing a 1000 viruses a minute out of your mouth just with normal breathing.Where normal patients die from COVID due to a “cytokine storm,” - A cytokine storm is an overreaction of the body's immune system. In some people with COVID-19, the immune system releases immune messengers, called cytokines, into the bloodstream out of proportion to the threat or long after the virus is no longer a threat. When this happens, the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, potentially causing significant harm. A cytokine storm triggers an exaggerated inflammatory response that may damage the liver, blood vessels, kidneys, and lungs, and increase formation of blood clots throughout the body. Ultimately, the cytokine storm may cause more harm than the coronavirus itself. Budesonide seems to be able to dampen or put out the cytokine storm. before it ever gets out of control and destroys the body.Dr Bartlett and I also discuss viruses and basic immunology, the effectiveness of masks, whether he believes this virus is man made, and much, much more.Timeline7:40: How Dr Bartlett discovered the “silver bullet” for COVID-199:20: What is Budesonide?11:39: Examples of patients treated by Dr Bartlett13:18: How viruses work and why this one is different21:30 - Why other doctors aren’t doing this?25:43 - How Budesonide works27:45 - What is a cytokine storm?34:27 - Why ventilators are absolutely worthless40:15 - Could you use prophalatically?44:50 - How Budesonide stops the cytokine storm53:20 - Why a vaccine is highly unlikely1:00:15 - Should we be wearing masks?1:06:45 - Lightning Round Questions

This week’s guest is a bit of detour for me in terms of health and fitness type of interviews. A friend of mine and doctor recommended I check out Lizzy Leslie who is a psychic medium. Even he said, “This kind of stuff is not really my thing, but she’s legit.” Not in my wildest dreams would I think of interviewing a psychic, because even I’m not sure I really believe in these “secret” powers. However, I’m open to new ideas, and I’m open to possibility. I’ve learned over the years, there’s a lot we don’t know about the world, and there’s a lot we can’t explain from science for why something works, even though it works. There’s miracles all around us, and faith alone is a great example of things, ideas, or plans manifesting for us in the future all through faith. Lizzy is from Santa Rosa, California and was a lot of fun. She’s not your typical psychic either. Sometimes she uses Cardi B or 2pac to get her into a higher vibration that allows her to connect with the innate. Then again, it depends what you think your typical psychic should look or behave like. What I mean, is she doesn’t have a crystal ball or read your palms, but she taps into the innate with what she calls “Guides,” or spirits that help her. These “Guides” help direct her readings and tell the message to the client. This was a really fun episode and at the end of the episode she even did a reading for me, so stay tuned to the end to hear what Lizzy had to say about me, and to experience a real psychic reading.

This week’s guest needs no introduction and is none other than Dr Robert Rowen. Dr Rowen just turned 70 years old (and he looked amazing, especially his skin) and has been practicing alternative medicine for over 40 years. When I walked into Dr Rowen’s office, he was treating his blood with ozone, also known as O3. Ozone is a molecule composed of 3 atoms of oxygen (O3).  It can significantly improve biochemical pathways and metabolism in the body.  Our immune cells naturally produce ozone in our bodies.  Ozone is known to break up bacterial cells, disrupt virus reproduction, and destroy toxins. Ozone increases oxygenation and improves blood flow throughout the entire body. The strongest method is usually to give ozone blood treatments.  The most effective treatment Dr Rowen has found for pain is injecting ozone into joints/painful areas.  I have been following Dr Rowen for years, but what made me particularly interested in Dr Rowen’s work was his study of the Ebola virus. Dr Rowen went to Sierre Leone during the Ebola pandemic and successfully treated five people with Ebola. Due to politics, which you’ll learn about in the podcast, Dr Rowen was forced to stop treating people. What does the Ebola virus have to do with today you might ask? Well, the Ebola virus shares similar properties to that of the Coronavirus, which Dr Rowen outlines in our podcast. Based on these properties, there’s a great chance that ozone could be used to treat Coronavirus as well. In this episode we also talk about free radicals, bacteria, viruses, and how they might not be so bad after all. We also talk about the vaccine’s efficacy and their checkered history. We talk about how viruses actually work and ways you can maintain a healthy lifestyle especially during these crazy times. Enjoy!If you're interested in life coaching or health coaching, let's connect at https://www.joelevancoaching.comTimeline7:00 - free radicals, bacteria, viruses8:40 - early beginnings of ozone12:00 - The bet Robert Rowen made me22:30 - Are vaccines safe and effective?26:43 - The virome & the rain barrel effect38:50 - How ozone treated the Ebola epidemic44:30 - Could ozone help with Coronavirus?46:00 - Are antixoidants & free radicals a myth?47:50 - Dr Rowen’s diet & supplement protocol59:50 - The miraculous effects of ozone1:02:43 - The various ways you can obtain ozone1:05:05 - Coronavirus, is this man made?1:09:50 - How do viruses work?1:15:28 - Ozone for sports performance1:17:01 - The best air purifier1:18:02 - Colloidal silver and its efficacy1:24:45 - Lighting Round Questions1:36:41 - How your teeth are a major link to your immune system

This week’s episode is part two of last week’s episode with Dr John Jaquish. If you missed that episode, you really want to tune in so that this episode has some context. Nonetheless, in this episode Dr Jaquish discusses some of the fallacies with Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) and why so many people think he is “cheating” or that his muscle growth is artificial because he uses TRT. He explains why this is completely false. He talks about genetics and how it relates to muscle growth, some of his favorite biohacks, his diet and routines, the only time he actually eats carbohydrates, and he answers all of the X3 Facebook User’s Group questions. Enjoy!Timeline 2:24 - Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) fallacies18:30 - Do genetics matter for muscle growth?25:00 - The number one thing Dr Jaquish gets trolled about36:00 - Lightning Round Questions39:38 - A choice that made Dr Jaquish who he is today46:40 - Dr Jaquish’s favorite biohack & how he pissed Tony Robbins off1:09:40 - Grass-fed beef vs factory produced meats1:22:16 - Dr Jaquish’s diet and daily routine right now1:27:34 - An anabolic method for applying carbohydrates1:32:41 - Vivid dreams and sleep hacksOther Resources Mentioned X3 BarOsteostrong

Almost three years ago, I met Dr John Jaquish, the inventor of Osteostrong and the X3 Bar, at Dave Asprey’s HeadStrong book launch in San Francisco. At the time he was up to exciting experiments and biohacking that other people weren’t talking about. Shortly after, Dr Jaquish came out with a product named the X3 Bar. It was a simple enough looking system with a platform, some resistance bands, and a bar to attach the resistance bands. I saw people using the system, including Dr Jaquish, and thought, “Big deal, why is it so expensive for some bands and a platform?” However, two things happened to me that changed my mind about the X3 Bar. (1) I had my first child, and quickly realized I had absolutely no time to travel to a gym, let alone even 30 minutes to workout. Interestingly enough, X3 Bar claimed you could get a workout in 10 minutes. (2) I read the Cornell Study, which outlined how athletes undertaking variable resistance training became three times stronger than those doing just traditional free weights. I bought the system and since that day I haven’t turned back.With the X3 Bar, I am never sore, I have maintained my muscle mass since the days when I was lifting free weights, and best of all, I am injury free. As you can imagine, most people can’t conceive that lifting with the X3 Bar could get you these results in 10-15 minutes of working out. Naturally, I get a lot of questions about the X3 Bar, and the science behind it. I thought it would great to have none other than Dr Jaquish on himself to explain the irrefutable science, and why we have been lied to about lifting weights for so long. Dr Jaquish is known for what some might call flippantly saying “weightlifting and cardio is a waste of time,” but he backs up his beliefs with science.Since I last saw Dr Jaquish three years ago, he has put on 60 lbs of muscle! Again, people can’t rationalize how he’s been able to accomplish this feat without steroids or some sort of muscle enhancer. Dr Jaquish has, however, been criticized for using testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), and many attribute his gains purely to that. However, on this episode, Dr Jaquish addresses those criticisms and explains why TRT has had nothing to do with his growth. Instead, Dr Jaquish has altered and refined his diet since he first started with X3 three years ago, which is something we get into heavily this episode. He’s also launched a new product called Fortagen, which is a high quality essential amino acid blend that he credits for helping pack on that muscle mass.We spoke for three hours and covered so much that I had to break the episode into two parts. In part one, we talk a lot about the science of X3, his new book, why whey protein is bullshit, how to increase muscle through fasting, and much much more. Enjoy!X3 Bar (Get the X3 Bar System and use the Promo code ‘JOEL’ for $50 off)https://www.jaquishbiomedical.com/x3-bar/Osteostrong (The business Dr Jaquish created to address bone density and osteoporosis)https://osteostrong.meFor the show notes and other resources, go to https://www.joelevancoaching.comConnect with me there also if you're interested in health or life coaching.