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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 heavier, more experienced opponent intent on mauling you. The steps to deal with these two situations are the same. Pass this on to... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

8 min listen

401 - Modifying BJJ for Self Defense, with Rachel Honeyman: I really enjoyed talking with Rachel Honeyman about modifying BJJ for self defense, which techniques to focus on and which positions to avoid. Rachel has trained in BJJ, the Filipino Martial Arts, Muay Thai, and many other martial arts and runs... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

65 min listen

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 some of the fastest technical development of his career and the refinement of entirely new techniques like the Roadhouse Choke. Since some form of... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

42 min listen

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 inadvertently holding their breath. In this short podcast I share four very specific ways that I've coached people past this problem and hugely... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

10 min listen

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 built a very impressive career working as a journalist and filmmaker. In our conversation he goes into detail how he gradually acquired the skills to... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

70 min listen

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 followed by sparring is NOT an efficient way to learn jiu-jitsu. We can do much better if we use insights from research on coaching and learning. Today's... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

52 min listen

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 old-timer Mike Mahaffey. I think there are a TON of valuable takehome lessons here for anyone who trains jiu-jitsu, and ESPECIALLY the over-40 crowd! ... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

68 min listen

395 - The English Roots of Catchwrestling, with Oz Austwick: Did you know that the England had many different wrestling systems including Cornish, Lancashire, Devonshire, Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestling and catchwrestling? In this conversation Oz Austwick and I go into the history of these arts including... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

72 min listen

394 - The Anatomy of a Training Camp: Rob Biernacki and his competition team are on a tear. Rob recently took gold in masters middleweight the Canadian ADCC Open, silver at the California ADCC Open, and gold in black belt M4 at the IBJJF No Gi Worlds. In this episode we talk about... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

85 min listen

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 armed and unarmed combat systems in Europe. Topics we cover include the origins of boxing in England, historical training and conditioning methods,... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

61 min listen

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 on Everest trying to ascend the legendarily difficult West Ridge route and the Hornbein Couloir alone. And did I mention that he wasn't using... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

71 min listen

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 podcast. We discuss the most important mental models in the art and how they can improve your ability to perform on the mat! Check out... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

71 min listen

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 Mexican Congress, it looks like we're in another UFO craze right now. It was great to have science writer and sceptical investigator Mick West on the... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

67 min listen

389 - How to Train for Strength, Endurance and Jiu-Jitsu Simultaneously, with World Record holder James Pieratt of Wild Hunt Conditioning: I caught up with world record holder James Pieratt shortly after he completed a 500-mile, self-supported mountain run along the Pacific Crest Trail. But James isn't just an ultrarunner - he's also a serious weightlifter who also trains in... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

74 min listen

388 - The Ultimate Self Defense Championship with Rokas Leo: The Ultimate Self-Defense Championship was a competition in which six martial arts YouTubers competed against each other in seven self-defense challenges to find out what works, what doesn't and who would become the ultimate self-defense... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

66 min listen

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 research into the history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In this interview, he reveals some of what he's discovered, including... 01:54 - The first wave of jiu-jitsu... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

99 min listen

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 many of the MMA training practices we now take for granted. He innovated many seemingly radical ideas at the time, like training without the gi, group... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

6 min listen

385 - Grappling with the Implications of the 46 Million Lawsuit for Jiu-Jitsu, with Dan Lukeheart, Alex Kask and Stephan Kesting by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

132 min listen

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 examples of both far left and far right groups wrapping themselves in the mantle of nature and what is deemed 'natural'. From the Artaman League to the... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

84 min listen

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 also a Silver in the open division facing much heavier opponents. She's also done amazingly well at ADCC Trials, No Gi Worlds, and is now competing in Combat... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

58 min listen

382 - On Learning Jiu-Jitsu with 100% Live Training and No Formal Technical Instruction, with Greg Souders: To say that Greg Souders is a huge believer in drilling and gamification is actually an understatement; he believes that BJJ training methods have not kept up with the science of learning, and runs in Rockville, Maryland without teaching any... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

71 min listen

381 - The Battle Against Disinformation and Information Nihilism, with Brooke Binowski: Brooke Binowski is a journalist specialising in debunking disinformation and misinformation. She has worked for Snopes and is now the managing editor at . In this episode we talk about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, how disinformation... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

70 min listen

380 - What Do You Need to Know to Be a BJJ Blue Belt?: BJJ black belt Elliott Bayev and I discuss the minimum knowledge set required to be a competent blue belt, including... The 8 basic positions in jiu-jitsu A 3 phase strategy for beating a bigger person The real purpose of the guard The 2 types... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

28 min listen

379 - A Fascism Checklist, with Professor Daniele Bolleli: In episode 379 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk with podcaster, martial artist, and history professor Daniele Bolelli about the characteristics of fascism. This is a loaded topic for both of us, because both of our families lived in fascist states... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

72 min listen

378 - The 5 Most Common BJJ and Judo Injuries and What to Do About Them, with Joshua Arellano, Pt: Joshua Arellano is a physiotherapist with a black belt in Judo and a brown belt in BJJ. He works with combat athletes on rehab, prehab, and injury prevention, and - since injury is the enemy of progress - I was thrilled to pick his brain on the... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

76 min listen

377 - John Will, Member of BJJ's 'Dirty Dozen' on Sport vs Self Defense Jiu-Jitsu: John Will trained in Southern California in the late 80's, was one of the first 12 non-Brazilians to get a BJJ black belt, and then went on to create the largest jiu-jitsu association in Australasia. We talked about how the art has... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

71 min listen

376 - Mental and Physical Endurance with James 'The Biking Viking' Benson King: James 'The Biking Viking' Benson King is cycling from Alaska at the very top of North America to Argentina at the very bottom of South America. He's covered thousands of miles, endured injuries, dealt with bears, and gone deep into the... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

53 min listen

375 - How Skill, Athleticism and Rank Correlate in BJJ, with Rob Biernacki: 00:29 - Is technique enough by itself? 04:47 - Is Jiu-jitsu for everybody? 09:59 - Skill vs athleticism vs rank 22:43 - The resurgence of guard passing 25:34 - Intensity in training and belt promotion 32:43 - Hobbyist vs competitor training.... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

51 min listen

374 - Adam Shoalt’s Amazing 3,400 km Solo Journey to the Arctic: Explorer Adam Shoalts is fresh off a 3 month, 3,400 km solo trip to the Arctic. It’s an amazing story, and he shares a TON of tips for travelling in the wilderness 00:32 Adam’s 3 month, 3,400 km solo journey to the Arctic 31:20 On Staying Safe in... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

108 min listen

373 - Alex Jones, Alt Right Hippies with Guns, and More with Derek Beres from Conspirituality: Derek Beres is an author and co-host at the Conspirituality Podcast. He joined me today to talk about the recent Alex Jones verdict, anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theories, conspirituality and his predictions for the future. Check out Conspirituality... by The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

66 min listen

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