Dr. Dan Reardon, medical doctor, personal trainer, and co-founder and CEO of Fitness Genes – one of the world’s top fitness DNA testing companies, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Dr. Reardon talks about how we can optimize or health and fitness by looking out our genes and making changes to our lifestyle based on what our genes tell us. He covers the incredible science behind gene testing, epigenetics, what some of the most important genes to test for are, and what my DNA tests actually reveal about me. If you’re wondering how your genes can help you optimize your health and fitness goals, how you can personalize your lifestyle to optimize your health, and what my personal DNA results actually tell me about my health and fitness aspirations, check this episode out now!

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In our episode we go over:

• How Dr. Dan Reardon became interested in studying people’s genes for health and athletic performance optimization
• The benefits of getting your genes tested and knowing what types of specifications to make in terms of diet, exercise, and sleep
• The accuracy of this type of testing and what it can and cannot do at the present moment
• Epigenetics and how genes are expressed and whether or not you can control whether certain deleterious genes will be expressed or not
• What Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) are and why Dr. Reardon tests for these to determine his health recommendations
• The fact that certain groups of people have more favorable genes and have a proclivity to excel in certain areas and where this might come from
• Why you getting obese can actually affect your children in terms of passing down potentially obese genes to them, making it more likely that your children will be obese
• Why pregnant mothers should eat just as healthy if not more than they do before their pregnancy and have as healthy a lifestyle as possible too (no smoking!)
• Intermittent fasting and the health benefits of this when done correctly
• The Zone Diet and whether this can be a healthy diet for some people or whether it’s a bad idea in general
• The myth behind only being able to consume (and properly digest) 30 grams of protein per meal
• The best sources of protein that Dr. Reardon recommends
• My DNA results and the specific recommendations that I have from Dr. Dan
• The fact I should be exercising later in the day and consider intermittent fasting based on my fast metabolism (and inefficient ability to store fat)
• The fact I don’t switch effectively from burning carbs to burning fat
• My CLOCK gene that leaves me susceptible for having a broken circadian rhythm (and increases my chances of being a night owl)
• What my caffeine gene tells me about what my caffeine intake should be and at what time of day

Check out Dr. Dan on:

Website: fitnessgenes.com

Facebook: facebook.com/fitnessgenes

*The Elite Man Podcast is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/elite to support the show and see if you qualify. Health IQ uses science & data to secure lower rates on life insurance for health-minded individuals. You, being an Elite Man Podcast listener are almost certainly among those health-conscious people! That’s why you should really listen up. Health IQ can save customers up to 33% because physically active people have a 56% lower risk of heart disease, 20% lower risk of cancer, and a 58% lower risk of diabetes compared to people who are inactive. So they reward you for being active and taking care of yourself. How cool is that!? Look, you never know what’s going to happen, especially if you’re married, have children, or you’ve had personal scares, or family members dealing with health issues. This is something you definitely cannot take lightly. It’s so important to make sure your loved ones are kept safe no matter what. And Health IQ helps you do that! It’s the fastest growing life insurance company in the world with over 5 billion in coverage and they’re rated 9.6 out of 10 by Trustpilot! Do yourself and your family a huge favor and check out Health IQ! To see if you qualify for an incredible savings of up to 33%, get your free quote today at healthiq.com/elite or mention the promo code “elite” when you talk to a Health IQ agent. Again that’s healthiq.com/elite!

Dr. Frank Lipman, New York Times best-selling author and integrative and functional medicine pioneer, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Dr. Lipman talks about the 6 core areas of optimal health and how you can begin mastering them today. He covers his vast teachings in both Eastern and Western medicine and how he’s been able to incorporate so many different modalities over the years into helping so many individuals become healthier. In this action-packed episode we cover everything from diet, to sleep, to supplements, and so much more. If you’re wondering what the 6 keys to having a happier and healthier life are, and more importantly, how you can improve these areas and take action right away in optimizing your health, check this episode out now!

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In our episode we go over:

• How Dr. Frank Lipman became a functional medicine doctor so many years back
• Why having an integrative approach to medicine is much more effective than the common practices performed by most Western medicine docs
• The influences of Chinese medicine on Dr. Lipman’s work and also that of Dr. Jeffrey Bland, the founder of functional medicine
• What Dr. Lipman’s Good Medicine Mandala means and why he uses it to represent his functional medicine philosophy
• What the 6 keys to optimizing your health are and why getting them down can dramatically improve your health and happiness
• Why the food you eat is so critical to your health and why it’s one of the biggest and most easily manipulative aspects to having good health
• The best types of diets and what foods you should eat to optimize your health
• The fact that most people do better on a low-carbohydrate diet
• The varying degrees of trouble people have digesting grains, even whole grains, and other foods like dairy, but the fact that some people are fine consuming them
• The best way to figure out what foods you should eat and what you should avoid and why the gut microbiome holds the key to answering many of these questions
• Why Dr. Lipman recommends removing gluten from your diet (for almost everyone)
• Why Berberine and Grape Seed Extract are great anti-microbial herbs to consider taking and the fact that they only target the bad bacteria in the gut
• Whether or not you should supplement with probiotics and if there’s any harm that might come from taking the wrong forms of them
• Why cycling probiotics would be a good idea and what to look for in terms of bacterial count and strains
• Why Dr. Lipman uses IV and acetyl glutathione for chronic disease and sickness
• Why all of us are on the spectrum of health, we live somewhere in between sickness and optimal health
• Why sleep is so important to our health and how you can optimize your sleep today
• Dr. Frank Lipman’s recommended amount of sleep and what getting this number does for you
• Why movement is so important for your health and why most people are not moving as much as they should
• The role of exercise in optimizing your health and how this plays into the movement aspect
• The importance of meditation and why Dr. Lipman recommends having a regular meditation practice to improve your health and happiness
• How to mitigate and protect yourself from daily toxins and assaults in foods and cosmetics, and everything else we’re being exposed to regularly
• How to improve your mitochondrial function to help with detoxing and energy support
• The power of becoming part of a tribe or community and why this is critical to your happiness and also your health

Check out Dr. Frank on:

Website: howtobewell.com

Book: howtobewell.com/preorder

* The Elite Man Podcast is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/elite to support the show and see if you qualify. Health IQ uses science & data to secure lower rates on life insurance for health-minded individuals. You, being an Elite Man Podcast listener are almost certainly among those health-conscious people! That’s why you should really listen up. Health IQ can save customers up to 33% because physically active people have a 56% lower risk of heart disease, 20% lower risk of cancer, and a 58% lower risk of diabetes compared to people who are inactive. So they reward you for being active and taking care of yourself. How cool is that!? Look, you never know what’s going to happen, especially if you’re married, have children, or you’ve had personal scares, or family members dealing with health issues. This is something you definitely cannot take lightly. It’s so important to make sure your loved ones are kept safe no matter what. And Health IQ helps you do that! It’s the fastest growing life insurance company in the world with over 5 billion in coverage and they’re rated 9.6 out of 10 by Trustpilot! Do yourself and your family a huge favor and check out Health IQ! To see if you qualify for an incredible savings of up to 33%, get your free quote today at healthiq.com/elite or mention the promo code “elite” when you talk to a Health IQ agent. Again that’s healthiq.com/elite!

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Thomas Edwards, The Professional Wingman, a dating and social skills master, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Thomas talks about how to be effective in your dating life while living in this crazy technological age we live in and how to stick out as a man who communicates effectively versus so many others who are losing this skill. Thomas talks about many really great social and dating techniques, confidence building methods, and delves into the mindset and attitude needed to ensure your success in dating and in life. If you’re wondering how to meet more women, be a better communicator, and cultivate the personality of a naturally cool and elite man, check this episode out now!

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In our episode we go over:

• How Thomas Edwards became The Professional Wingman
• His dating and social struggles early in life and how he got over this
• The biggest thing Thomas did to actually get good with socializing and communicating with others and why he stills recommends men do this today
• Why you should always be at your best socially and treat everyone the same way, not just for the greater good, but for yourself
• Why finding a support group of men in your area can help massively in terms of motivation and encouragement to succeed
• Why going out with friends is great, but why you should still embrace going out by yourself and meeting women and being social
• The mindset behind walking up to a woman at the bar or during the day and how to have the right one
• What a night out with a professional wingman looks like and how Thomas gets his clients to step out of their shell and start meeting a lot of women
• Context, Confidence, and Content, and why Thomas uses these three C’s to help men be successful in their approaches
• Using context, or observational openers, as opposed to a standard indirect opener, and why it’s far more effective
• Why being direct can be very effective, but what the best situations to use the direct approach are
• How to meet women during the day without coming across as creepy
• How to handle rejection like a pro and not let it affect your night
• The best approach to dance-floor game or club game and what you should do if you’re in these situations and want to meet women
• Why the Me Too Movement can actually be a good thing for guys and why it’s sparking a conversation that needs to be had about dating and about communication

Check out Thomas on:

Website: theprofessionalwingman.com

Facebook: facebook.com/theprofessionalwingman

* The Elite Man Podcast is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/elite to support the show and see if you qualify. Health IQ uses science & data to secure lower rates on life insurance for health-minded individuals. You, being an Elite Man Podcast listener are almost certainly among those health-conscious people! That’s why you should really listen up. Health IQ can save customers up to 33% because physically active people have a 56% lower risk of heart disease, 20% lower risk of cancer, and a 58% lower risk of diabetes compared to people who are inactive. So they reward you for being active and taking care of yourself. How cool is that!? Look, you never know what’s going to happen, especially if you’re married, have children, or you’ve had personal scares, or family members dealing with health issues. This is something you definitely cannot take lightly. It’s so important to make sure your loved ones are kept safe no matter what. And Health IQ helps you do that! It’s the fastest growing life insurance company in the world with over 5 billion in coverage and they’re rated 9.6 out of 10 by Trustpilot! Do yourself and your family a huge favor and check out Health IQ! To see if you qualify for an incredible savings of up to 33%, get your free quote today at healthiq.com/elite or mention the promo code “elite” when you talk to a Health IQ agent. Again that’s healthiq.com/elite!

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Jeff Banman, former US Army Ranger and CIA Counterterrorism Operator, and current high-performance coach, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Jeff talks about how to have a relentless, never-let-up attitude and how this powerful mindset can lead to massive success. Jeff talks about his experience being a US Army Ranger, what the training for this entailed, how this conditioned him to overcome his fears and face any type of adversity in life, and how it’s cultivated his world-class mindset today. If you’re wondering how to be relentless in your life every day and how to develop this incredible mindset for success too, check this episode out now!

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In our episode we go over:

• What drew Jeff Banman into wanting to become a US Army Ranger
• What his first day of bootcamp looked like and what he was feeling in terms of emotions and his mental state
• How Jeff dealt with the stresses of bootcamp and how he handled being messed with by tough drill instructors getting him and other recruits into military shape
• Taking things moment by moment and day by day and not letting negative thoughts creep in whether that’s in the army or in everyday civilian life
• Getting pushed beyond your own self-imposing limits and what this does to your character and confidence
• The power of having someone else push you as opposed to just trying to motivate yourself
• Facing adversity in life and getting past it and why this can become a power for them
• My thoughts on how I would fair in a military setting and whether or not I could handle the stresses of it
• What the day-to-day challenges of being an Army Ranger were and what life was like during that time
• What the hardest part of being an Army Ranger was for Jeff Banman
• What S.E.R.E. training was like for Jeff and why it was one of the biggest challenges for him in the military
• Being mock-kidnapped, blindfolded, and sleep deprived for days, and why this can really mess with your mental state
• How to fight through the urge to give in and quit or break down under grueling conditions and stressful situations
• The key critical skills that all men must possess in everyday life
• The basic, but essential survival skill that many people lack that they really need to hone in on and master
• Using your past experiences to get ahead when new challenges present themselves
• How to mimic real-life adversity and work your mental muscle of combating stress effectively
• What it was like working in the CIA as a Counterterrorism Operator
• How to be relentless every day in your life and what this looks like for your daily success

Check out Jeff on:

Website: http://www.jeffbanman.com/eliteman/

*The Elite Man Podcast is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclists, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/elite to support the show and see if you qualify. Health IQ uses science & data to secure lower rates on life insurance for health-minded individuals. You, being an Elite Man Podcast listener are almost certainly among those health-conscious people! That’s why you should really listen up. Health IQ can save customers up to 33% because physically active people have a 56% lower risk of heart disease, 20% lower risk of cancer, and a 58% lower risk of diabetes compared to people who are inactive. So they reward you for being active and taking care of yourself. How cool is that!? Look, you never know what’s going to happen, especially if you’re married, have children, or you’ve had personal scares, or family members dealing with health issues. This is something you definitely cannot take lightly. It’s so important to make sure your loved ones are kept safe no matter what. And Health IQ helps you do that! It’s the fastest growing life insurance company in the world with over 5 billion in coverage and they’re rated 9.6 out of 10 by Trustpilot! Do yourself and your family a huge favor and check out Health IQ! To see if you qualify for an incredible savings of up to 33%, get your free quote today at healthiq.com/elite or mention the promo code “elite” when you talk to a Health IQ agent. Again that’s healthiq.com/elite!

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