My attempt at being “cool” at Stuart Ralph’s wedding
In this episode, I am interviewed by Stuart Ralph. Stuart or “Ralph” as I know him, is a very close friend and the founder of The OCD Stories podcast, which gets over 40,000 downloads per month. He’s an excellent interviewer and knows me better than almost anyone.
This was a really fun episode, where I had the opportunity to answer all of your questions and explain how my perspective and mindset has evolved as the podcast has grown.
We cover:
- My story and how Corporate Warrior came to be
- The best advice that I have taken from the podcast and implemented in my own life
- My current diet and exercise regimen
- My thoughts on steroids
- How to optimise muscle gain and fat loss
- Why it’s never been more important to embrace self-experimentation
- My exact morning routines and practices for optimal productivity
- And much, much more
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Show Notes
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- My story [5:40]
- Corporate Warrior – The Beginning [10:20]
- The best advice from the podcast that has been implemented into my training [17:20]
- My current exercise regime [22:35]
- My current diet [26:30]
- Am I on steroids? [32:15]
- Why it’s important to cultivate good mental health [40:50]
- My thoughts on the endless pursuit of optimising muscular hypertrophy [43:15]
- How to optimise fat loss [50:55]
- How to mitigate the negative effects of eating junk food [57:25]
- The biggest lie in exercise and nutrition media [1:01:25]
- Why it’s never been more important to practice self-experimentation [1:07:25]
- Why traditional HIT will never be mainstream [1:12:00]
- My biggest inspirations [1:20:20]
- The incredible David Pike [1:25:20]
- How to implement checklists [1:29:10]
- My current routine for optimal productivity [1:34:20]
- My most embarrassing moment [1:45:40]
- Why I play basketball [1:48:00]
- How to move country effectively [1:51:00]
- The biggest learning curve in my relationship [1:53:50]
- What are the Corporate Warrior goals? [1:56:55]
- How I overcame one of my biggest challenges? [1:59:30]
- What is the meaning of life? [2:06:25]
- What advice would I give my 20-year-old self? [2:07:50]
- My advice to the listeners [2:10:25]
- What would I put on a big billboard for all to see? [2:14:15]
- The best way to support Corporate Warrior [2:18:15]
Selected Links from the Episode
- TheOCDStories.com
- University of Chichester
- Pareto Law
- The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
- Body By Science by Dr Doug McGuff and John R. Little (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
- The Spartan Health Regime by Anthony Bova
- High Intensity Training
- Project Kratos by Drew Baye
- Condensed Project Kratos
- Triple Failure
- Planet Health and Fitness
- Bod Pod
- Dorian Yates – Return Of The Shadow – PART 1/2 | London Real
- Bigger Faster Stronger
- Compassion focused therapy
- The Six Year Itch: Was It All A Waste Of Time? by Skyler Tanner
- Insulin Resistance by Ted Naiman
- How to Lose 14 Pounds in Less Than 30 Days – The Complete Slow Carb Diet Guide
- Paleo Diet & Strength Training Biochemistry | Doug McGuff M.D. | Full Length HD
- The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
- Be Your Own Life Coach by Fiona Harrold (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
- Double Your Dating by David Deangelo / Eben Pagan
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
- Checklists – The Secret To Optimal Productivity in Lifestyle, Career and Business
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
- The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter Drucker (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
- 5-min journal
- Morning pages
- Decision Fatigue
- Support Corporate Warrior on Patreon
- Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
- Evernote
- Jocko Willink – You talking to me Monday?
People Mentioned
- Stuart Ralph (Listen to our podcast here)
- Tim Ferriss
- Dr Doug McGuff (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
- Dr Steven Hayes (Listen to Stuart’s podcast here)
- John Little (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1 and Part 2)
- Simon Shawcross (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1 and Part 2)
- Bill DeSimone (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1 and Part 2)
- Arthur Jones
- James Steele PhD (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
- Drew Baye (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1 and Part 2)
- Ted Naiman (Listen to our podcast here)
- Art De Vany
- Shawn Baker MD (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1 and Part 2)
- Dorian Yates
- Skyler Tanner (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
- Alan Watts
- Ben Greenfield (Listen to our podcast here)
- Steve Maxwell (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1 and Part 2)
- Eben Pagan
- David Pike
- Atul Gawande
- Geoff Thompson
- Ernest Hemingway
- David Allen (Listen to our podcast here)
- Peter Drucker
- Tony Robbins
- Joseph Campbell
- Mark Sisson (Listen to our podcast here)
- Robb Wolf (Listen to our podcast here)
- James Fisher PhD (Listen to our podcasts here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
- Jocko Willink
QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What is your daily routine for maximum output? Please let me know in the comments.
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First off: it is annyoing that every link on your page opens a new window. If I click around to listen to different podcasts or read comments I may have 10 windows open at the same time. Maybe change this?
Have listened to a few of the podcasts you have used as inspiration for your current diet and training regime. I particularly found Shawn Baker’s zero-carb carnivorous approach fascinating. Just goes to show that humans can be healthy on anything from vegetarian, or some-meat, high-plant diets (probably the diets with the most scientific support) to all-meat no-plant diets (less scientific support, but lots of anecdotal). I think it pretty much boils down to genetics, as mentioned in this article:
http://www.macleans.ca/society/health/eat-like-your-grandma-why-you-should-skip-the-kale-salad/
I’m primarily of Scandinavian descent, and my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather (+/- one or two “great”) was a Viking chief, so even though my training volume and low bodyfat can thrive on higher carb intakes, I generally tend to fluctuate it according to season – gravitating towards more protein and fat during winter time:
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=28
It could also just be that we generally feel best when we choose whole, unprocessed foods and listen to our intuition – if you feel great, keep doing it. If not, don’t. Even children have strong intuitions about what to eat and how much, why shouldn’t adults?
http://caloriesproper.com/clara-davis-babies-know-best/
Do you still feel good on your 2 meals-per-day IF, HFLC diet? 🙂
Thank you for the feedback Børge. I use a Word Press plugin to open external links. This is primarily to make it easier for people to view the resources and links on posts and not leave the original post. However, I agree with your point. It is annoying that every single link opens a new tab. I need to figure something that isn’t all or nothing but more specific in it’s function. I shall add this as a to-do 😀
Thank you for all these sources. I shall have a read.
I do still do 2 meals per day. I’m a little more liberal about them though. I might have a banana and a 4-egg omelette and then a steak, potato and cucumber for my second meal. I just eat till full. I would say that based on my macro-nutrient ratio, I’m still consuming a HFLC diet. Whilst I believe calories matter most, HFLC seems to moderate my appetite effectively to ensure I don’t overeat. Tend to have cheat meals on Saturdays :D.
Yeah, and that’s a major advantage, for sure 🙂 I have gradually moved from 5 meals to 4 meals, now on 3 meals with a 8-10hr eating window. It seems be that more and more of the “older and wiser” crowd (Paul Carter of Lift Run Bang is another example) are moving towards a more intuitive pattern, and I would guess because after years of frequent meals, counting/measuring and forced caloric restriction/overfeeding, we get to a point where we want to structure the eating around our life and not the other way around 🙂
Børge, I’ve re-configured the links within the website so only certain links open new tabs where appropriate (such as external links and episodes on the podcast page). Let me know what you think of the new user experience and if you feel it’s improved. Also, let me know if you think there are other issues.
Great, and I think the user experience is much improved now 🙂
Awesome!