Male Body Dysmorphia, Fat Loss & Insane Challenges - Will Tennyson - #848

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10/07/24

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Will Tennyson is a YouTuber and an athlete.

Taking a journey from fat to fit is a massive achievement in itself. Will then went on to become one of the best creators of positive fitness and mindset content on the internet and today we get to discover some of his best lessons from a decade of self-improvement.

Expect to learn why Will decided to become morbidly obese for a day and what he learned, which diet allowed him to lose the most weight, his thoughts on the state of male body dysmorphia, what Will thinks of Nikocado Avocado’s insane transformation, what Will's mental health journey looks like and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Becoming Fat For a Day (04:02) Will’s Relationship With Food (08:42) Strategies for Simplifying Weight Loss (10:58) Male Body Image in Modern Society (14:30) What Will Wished He Knew When He Was Younger (19:05) The Lonely Chapter (25:09) Becoming Aware of Your Ageing (29:04) The Importance of Being More Playful (31:41) Nikocado Avocado’s Transformation (36:17) The Hardest Challenge Will Has Done (39:34) What Will’s Life is Like as a YouTuber (52:47) Will’s Thoughts on Bryan Johnson (59:00) The New World of Hybrid Training (01:02:35) Being Overwhelmed By Fitness Information (01:06:48) If Will Could Only Keep 10 Exercises (01:12:30) How Will’s Mental Health is Today (01:24:26) What’s Next for Will (01:24:50) Where to Find Will

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October 5, 2024

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Derek Sivers is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker.

Things are not what they are, things are what we think they are. The power of reframing and changing your perspective is a kind of alchemy, and today we get to hear some of Derek's best principles for altering the way you see everything.

Expect to learn how you can reframe your perspective for the better, what the term ‘Useful Not True’ means, why your thoughts cannot be trusted, why people don’t bond over facts but rather perspectives, how to not become discouraged if you are thrown off course, how to make better decisions and much more...

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Is Our Food Supply Making Us Sick? - Calley Means - #849

October 10, 2024

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Calley Means is an entrepreneur, health & wellness advocate and an author.

Why is America struggling with all time highs of obesity and illness? Healthcare has never been more advanced and yet levels of healthiness have never been worse. What's going on? And is there a way to make America healthy again?

Expect to learn why modern health is so broken, the healthcare system's biggest issues, which health problems are unique to Americans, what is wrong with American food compared to the rest of the world, the most harmful environmental toxins to avoid, what politicians are not doing from a regulatory standpoint to help Americans and much more...

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