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The Weekly Roundup: Your Go-To Guide For Everything You May Have Missed This Week & More! 9/8 – 9/14

Welcome to Ben Greenfield’s Weekly Roundup and Cool New Discoveries!

Ben Greenfield’s discoveries from the latest news from the fronts of fitness, nutrition, health, wellness, biohacking and anti-aging research. I also recap my upcoming events and special announcements so you can keep up with giveaways, discounts, and more!

New Discoveries Of The Week: Cool New Things I’m Trying, Books I’m Reading, And More!

– Shoes I’m Wearing

Xero Terraflex – Nine times out of ten, if you see me actually wearing any shoes these days, I’m wearing the black and white Terraflex from Xero. They’re basically a minimalist hiking shoe and trail running shoe all in one, but low profile enough to where I can wear them with jeans at a cocktail party or restaurant too. To me, they feel like slippers, but still let me clamber over rocks and roots. Plus they’re vegan (I don’t even know what that means) and have a 5,000 mile warranty. Grab some here.

– Exercise I’m Doing

Foam Roller Adductor Thingy – Thanks to the folks at Human Garage in LA for turning me onto this move, which breaks up adhesions in the adductors and turns on the glutes and decompresses the spine, all in one single move. About three times per week, usually during my morning stretching session, I…

A) grip a vibrating foam roller HARD between my adductors down by my knees;

B) squeeze my butt as hard as I can;

C) reach down and touch my toes while curling my vertebra down one by one;

D) hang there for a few seconds, continuing to grip with my adductors very hard;

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E) stand up and reach for the sky.

…Then I move the roller a few inches up and do it again, repeating until I get the roller all the way up to my crotch, as high as it can go. I’ll do a video of this move sometime this week likely on my Instagram channel.

– Article I’m Reading

Why Are Obstacle Course Races So Popular? – As I prepare to compete down at the Spartan World Championships, this one caught my eye. The article begins like this:

“Completing a marathon has long been the ultimate feather in the cap of an amateur endurance athlete. But the idea of trotting along a boring old paved road for 26.2 miles doesn’t thrill everyone. For the endurance athlete who gets bored easily, a new genre of race has emerged—peppered with obstacles requiring feats of strength and dexterity (Crawling under barbed wire! Climbing a rope! Throwing a spear! Burpees!), and designed to be an over-the-top spectacle where participants emerge covered in mud (and maybe blood), as if they’ve survived a battle.”

Read the whole thing here.

Podcasts I Recorded This Week:

Every month, Ben Greenfield releases never-before-seen videos, audios and PDFs inside the BenGreenfieldFitness “Premium” channel (just $10/year to access!). You can click here to go Premium and access an entire vault of protected content!

–The Most Powerful Cellular Exercise Machine That Exists, How It Works & Exactly How To Use It.

–The Single, Most Comprehensive Stem Cell Procedure Known To Humankind: How A “Full Body Stem Cell & Exosome Makeover” Works.

Articles I Published This Week:

– The Big Problem With Gyms, Why You Need to Exercise Outdoors & What To Do About Air Pollution.

My full article feed and all past archives of my articles are here if you want to check out past articles.

Articles & Podcasts Ben Greenfield Was Featured In This Week:

– Outside Magazine– The New Science of Healthy Living

– 7 Weight Loss Podcasts That Actually Help Listeners Tremendously

Special Announcements:

::: Come Live With Me In A Mansion in Napa :::

A spot just opened up for the private RUNGA Napa retreat I am hosting this October. Join me, my wife & an intimate group of like-minded individuals for an incredible done-for-you getaway– it’s everything you would expect from a retreat designed by myself and my friend Joe Distefano and more:

Daily mobility, movement and wellness workshops with Ben Greenfield, Scott Dolly and Joe D.I.

Intensive breath work, cold immersion and emotional resiliency training

One-on-one consultation with me

Small group fitness training, including kettlebell instruction for all levels

Kundalini yoga and vipassana meditation

Sourdough bread-making workshop with Jessa Greenfield

Two manual therapy sessions with Scott Dolly and integrated movement training with Julie Brautigam

Plant based essentials and raw chocolate workshop with Emilía Rún (and her secrets to some of the world’s best raw, vegan, keto-friendly desserts)

Every year, I am blown away by the transformations that occur during the retreat. The combination of yoga, mindfulness practices, earthing, breath work, human connection, mobility and focus on our pursuit of ultimate health, sets the fertile soil for us to come into our full potential. Plus, every attendee get a free, personal 1-1 consultation with me. This spot will *NOT* last! Couples and individuals welcome! Code “BEN” at signup will get you an extra gift upon your arrival! Sign up here.

::: Learn Simple, Proven Ways to Avoid the (Actual, Real) Danger of EMF :::

Let’s cut straight to the chase: I probably don’t need to fill you in on the concept that there is great potential for constant exposure to electrical pollution, electromagnetic fields (EMF), WiFi routers, cell phone signals, cell phone towers, microwave radiation, etc.

It’s no secret that I am a bit kooky about all of this and that I’m more than a little concerned about the deleterious effects of EMF exposure. As a matter of fact, my family and I don’t even use WiFi at home– opting instead to hardwire our computers to the net.

My friend, Lloyd Burrell has put together this EMF summit where folks like myself, Dr. Mercola and more are going to cover the best strategies to protect yourself from these digital toxins, which are causing chronic inflammation and a host of other conditions. Check it out!

Upcoming Events:

– October 14 – 16, 2018: SPARK BioHacking Conference, Toronto, Ontario. The 2018 SPARK Bio-Hack Conference features a series of talks by leaders across a range of fields with an eye on optimizing human performance, recovery, and longevity. Researchers, medical specialists and other biohacking experts will share provocative, informative, and inspiring presentations meant to amplify your life. Registration is now open, secure your spot here.

– October 11 – 14, 2018: 2018 RUNGA California Immersion Retreat, Napa, California. Runga is going to Napa! Join me, my wife, Jessa, Joe DiStefano and a small, intimate group of like-minded individuals for a weekend-long getaway. We’ve rented a beautiful mansion located in one of the most iconic countrysides in America– Napa Valley. We’ve thought of everything that you could possibly need to gently “press the reboot button” on your body and completely tune in to your heart, mind, body, strength, and spirit. Join the waitlist!

– November 1 – 4, 2018: Live It To Lead It Health Centers of the Future Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada. Create the life you want, the marriage you want, the family you want—all fueled by a practice that radically changes the lives of your patients. this three-day event, you’ll learn the latest medical discoveries in cellular health, get a marketing plan for scaling your practice and find ways to build residual passive income. Join me!

– December 2-8, 2018: RUNGA Retreat, Dominican Republic. You’re invited to join me at RUNGA in December 2018. Join me in the Dominican Republic, one of the most beautiful places in the Caribbean, for this retreat. In all RUNGA activities, RUNGA invites you to come home to yourself. To see everything you’ll be getting into, just click here. Use code BEN when you register so you get your gift when you arrive! I’ll be there, too. Join the waitlist here.

– December 14-16, 2018: World Congress 2018 Hosted by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada. If you attend any conference this year, make it the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine’s 26th Annual World Congress. The fact is, in an era of andropause, low drive and deteriorating men’s health, it’s shocking that both practitioners and the public aren’t aware of ancestral wisdom and modern scientific and medical tactics that can be used to optimize male physiology. It’s time that changed, and I’ll be teaching exactly how to make men, men again. Join me!

– April 6-7, 2019: FitCon Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah. FitCon® encourages everyone to Find Their Fit. It does not matter whether it is powerlifting, Crossfit, bodybuilding, roller derby, or even axe throwing. Be sure to visit the Kion booth in the expo!

-View the Official Ben Greenfield Fitness Calendar Here

This Week’s Most Popular Instagram Pic:

This Week’s Most Popular Tweet:

If you want to save the planet, #vegetarianism probably isn’t the answer… https://t.co/A4MSI0ChDx

— Ben Greenfield (@bengreenfield) September 13, 2018

This Week’s Most Popular Facebook Post:

These days I’m only in the gym about an average of once every two weeks or so. I’ve recently been exercising outdoors far, far more than I ever have. Here's exactly why exercising outdoors is so therapeutic:

Posted by Ben Greenfield Fitness on Tuesday, September 11, 2018

This Week’s Most Popular Snapchat Story:

This week on Snapchat I showed you around Tokyo Japan, where I traveled recently for speaking gig. I showed you authentic Sumo wrestling by the best of the best, took you along for two Japanese cooking classes, showed you the handcrafted pour over coffee made in Japan, and more. Add me here on Snapchat to follow along!

This Week’s Most Popular Pin from Pinterest:

Ben Greenfield Fitness saved to “Ben’s Nutrition Advice.” Read the article here.

Featured Product:

Kion Lean is a proprietary formula designed to assist with weight management and healthy longevity that combines the benefits of rock lotus and Glycostat (wild bitter melon extract) to support:

Healthy liver function*

Blood sugar regulation*

Healthy body fat levels*

Anti-aging factors associated with longevity*

There are just a handful of true blue zones or longevity hotspots in the world. One is Bama County, located in western China on the slopes of the Himalayas. Amongst Japan’s many islands, the people of Okinawa are also the longest-lived. Okinawa also has a secret very similar to Bama County – and in both Bama County and Okinawa medical researchers have found that key foods play a significant role in the longevity of the inhabitants.

In Bama County, much credit is given to the daily consumption of a plant they call shilianhua, or “rock lotus”. In Okinawa, a role similar to that of rock lotus is filled by “wild bitter melon”. This is not the bitter melon commonly found in many vegetable markets, but a smaller and far more bitter version that grows wild. Both rock lotus and bitter melon are in Kion Lean. So what do the rock lotus and wild bitter melon in Kion Lean have in common that promote optimal blood sugar levels and insulin response that support healthy weight management, liver health, and longevity?*

The answer involves caloric restriction and insulin.

In short, rock lotus and Glycostat® work better in combination. Both promote better blood sugar control with less insulin.* Both promote healthy blood pressure.* Both support healthy liver function.* And both mimic changes in cellular energy metabolism typical of caloric restriction.*

So even if you can’t live in a longevity hotspot such as Bama County or Okinawa, Kion Lean can bring the longevity hotspot to you, all while supporting a healthy, lean physique!

*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.

Need Help Fully Optimizing Your Brain & Body?

Did you know you can consult one-on-one with me so that I can personalize a nutrition or fitness plan for you to reach your goals? Are you training for physical performance? Trying to shed fat or gain lean muscle as fast as possible? Ready to tap into the most cutting-edge health, fitness and longevity protocols? Contact me so I can get you exactly what you need to reach your goals as safely and quickly as possible.

Leave your comments below – and any news or discoveries that you think I missed!

Cheers,

Ben

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makeitwithmike · 7 years ago

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10 Ways Social Media is Transforming our World

By Lisa Galarneau

I feel more calm about our future than ever before.

The Internet has saved our asses, and we should celebrate. I’ve been on the Web for a long time, but every once in a while I have one of those tremendous moments when I have a mental flashback to these last 20 or so years… It happened today… one of my favorite Adele songs, writ large in a YouTube fan culture spectacular.

Someone had pruned the 71 best YouTube covers of the track from the 350,000 or so available.

Woven into a mash-up of all the covers in perfect synchrony.

A Snippet of Magic

I think it must have been magic that produced it.

I mean, even if I had the skill, would I spend that time on a small gift to the Internet?

But that’s what we’ve been doing. Building a capability network of epic proportions.

Leveraging the power of six degrees of separation.

Uniting in common purpose and effort in ways that we had been rapidly losing.

New Possibilities Created by Connections

Here are 10 ways I see us transforming as a culture, based on the possibilities now afforded to us by connections and technology:

1. Challenging the Status Quo

Before we could reach out to anyone on the planet, did we ever see anything as amazing as the projects and successes associated with challenged paradigms in the world? With collective marketplaces that match previously disconnected buyers and sellers, fans of every color, ‘it takes a village‘ projects like Open Source, and collective effort never before seen in the world. We are challenging the status quo, building things, creating things, connecting with each other, self-organizing around important issues, and yes, changing the world little bit by little bit.

2. Changed by Exposure to Diversity

We pay attention to the small details of people’s lives, delight over their family photos, and share at the level of family with a whole bunch of people. We’re supported when we need to be. We talk about issues and conundrums and joys. People are connecting and being exposed to both comfortable and diverse perspectives.

That will serve us well.

3. Support is Now Visible

We support people and things we like, on sites like Digg and Reddit

4. Learn More from Each Other

We learn from each other. You can find everything from make-up tips to channeled extraterrestrial messages on YouTube. And if you have ever doubted that kids are learning things these days, check out this very interesting exchange between a student and his English teacher.

5. Crowd Sourced Wisdom

We share our knowledge, wisdom and experiences. Quora is a place where you can ask any question in the world, and expect a reasonable answer.

6. Creativity and Inspiration is Unleashed

We share our creative ideas and inspirations. Pinterest has redefined the digital portfolio/catalog.

7. Increased Appreciation of the Unique and Handmade

We still have a healthy respect for the unique and the handmade. Etsy has enabled many a domestic entrepreneur and infused our culture with an amazing richness of creativity.

8. Truth is Exposed

We still haunt Twitter waiting for a cause or idea to support. Retweets are our weapon in an effort to expose information and transform thinking. It’s still an incredibly powerful tool, as its signal can not be easily stopped (following censorship laws or not). ‘Can’t stop the signal!’

9. We are More Authentic

People in the social media space are finally talking more about authenticity, which might help minimize some of the junkier parts of our lovely information city.

10. Anyone can Contribute

We acknowledge that everyone has something to contribute, as long as you’re nice about it.

Tools for Total Transformation of Our World

I’ve been commenting on the Internet and its specifics for a while. But for now I just want to comment on the wonder of it all. That in our hands we have a tool that could allow a total transformation of our world, by first transforming our values through visceral experiences and real-time sharing of information. The Planned Parenthood debacle (and the response to it) is an incredible example of this in action.

We vote with our clicks, and that’s some real power.

All of this underscored by a documentary I watched today. It’s one of those everyday miracles of the Internet era. A creation that just a couple of decades ago would have cost many thousands to produce. Now all you need is the motivation and the time.

The Power to Reach Anyone

But more importantly, here’s how the Internet has changed us: we have been given power to reach anyone, tools to do it with, and reasons to think we might effect change with a vote, e-mail or blog post. Changing people’s minds and seeing consciousness grow is one of the delights of information mavens.

Relishing in diverse and divergent thinking is another

We are having conversations in unparalleled ways with unparalleled access to the people and forces who can help create change. We are also increasingly choosing the information we choose to expose ourselves to, and that’s a very good thing.

Now if we could only start getting paid for our contributions…but OMG, I can help change the world, just by using this far-reaching Internet voice.

That’s amazing.

Guest Author: Lisa Galarneau is a socio-cultural anthropologist who studies emerging cultures and trends in technology, information and media.