402 - A BJJ Concept to Help You Through the Tough Times in Life
There are times when it feels like life has you trapped on the bottom of mount against a vastly...
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402 - A BJJ Concept to Help You Through the Tough Times in Life
There are times when it feels like life has you trapped on the bottom of mount against a vastly...
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401 - Modifying BJJ for Self Defense, with Rachel Honeyman
I really enjoyed talking with Rachel Honeyman about modifying BJJ for self defense, which...
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400 - How to Use Injuries to Actually Refine and Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu Game
Rob Biernacki is my guest today to talk about how injury and physical limitations have led to...
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Breathing for Endurance during Sparring in BJJ and Other Martial Arts
Many people completely run out of gas when they're sparring, and often this is because they are...
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398 - Building the Skills to Do Amazing Things, with Matt Pycroft
From war-torn Africa to climbing remote peaks in Greenland with Alex Honnold, Matt Pycroft has...
01:10:18
397 - How to Train Jiu-Jitsu to Get Maximum Results in Minimum Time
The traditional class structure of doing a warmup, learning a couple of new techniques, and...
01:47:14
Longevity in Jiu-Jitsu with Mike "The Old Bastard" Mahaffey
In this episode I talk BJJ longevity, weight training, home gyms and training methods with BJJ...
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395 - The English Roots of Catchwrestling, with Oz Austwick
Did you know that the England had many different wrestling systems including Cornish, Lancashire,...
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394 - The Anatomy of a Training Camp
Rob Biernacki and his competition team are on a tear. Rob recently took gold in masters...
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393 - Historical Bareknuckle Boxing and European Swordfighting, with Oz Austwick
In episode 393 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk to Oz Austwick, who has extensively studied...
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392 - Everest, Alone, In Winter, and Without Oxygen, with Mountaineer Jost Kobusch
Today I pick the brain of the amazing Jost Kobusch is a German mountaineer who spent two seasons...
01:11:18
The Most Important Mental Models in BJJ, with Steve Kwan
Today I'm joined by Steve Kwan, the host and creator of the wildly popular BJJ Mental Models...
01:10:55
390 - UFOs, UAPs, and Alien Bodies with Skeptical Investigator Mick West
With eyewitness testimony in the US Congress and purported alien bodies being wheeled into the...
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I caught up with world record holder James Pieratt shortly after he completed a 500-mile,...
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388 - The Ultimate Self Defense Championship with Rokas Leo
The Ultimate Self-Defense Championship was a competition in which six martial arts YouTubers...
01:05:56
387 - The Most Successful Gracie Fighter Of All Time, with Robert Drysdale
Not only is Robert Drysdale a BJJ and ADCC World Champion, he has also conducted extensive...
01:39:09
386 - Seven Reasons Why Carlson Gracie Was The First Modern MMA Fighter
Carlson Gracie fought in 18 Vale Tudo matches, brought jiu-jitsu to the masses, and innovated...
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The jiu-jitsu world was shaken recently when Jack Greener, severely injured in 2018 while...
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384 - Neopagan Vegetarian Authoritarian Heavy Metal Nature Lovers with Jesse Bryant
Jesse Bryant is doing his PhD on the politics of nature, and has come across some amazing...
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383 - Amanda Bruse on Storming the Medals Podium at No Gi Pans
Amanda Bruse took home Gold as a black belt in her weight division at No Gi Pans in 2022, and...
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