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The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting — 450 episodes · page 1 of 5

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450 - Save the Fear for Later; Discipline, Fear Management & Survival Lessons from Champion Freediver Anna von Boetticher

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449 - Why Jiu-Jitsu is NOT for Everyone, with James Deirmendjian

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448 - The Forgotten Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner Who Taught Maeda (and Ultimately the Gracies) Groundfighting

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447 - Making Your BJJ Training Safer and Much More Effective with Chris "The Villain" Paines

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446 - Building a Community BJJ Dojo in Kenya with Just Shiggi!

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445 - The Most Dangerous Day of My Arctic Journey and What It Taught Me About Satisfaction and Happiness

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444 - Stoicism and BJJ, with Adisa Banjoko

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443 - Twenty-seven Red Flags to Avoid When Picking a BJJ Club

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442 - Building a Positive Gym Culture in BJJ, with Josh Peters

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441 - The Science of Fighting and Training MMA, with Ian Harris

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440 - Training Methods and Cross Training in Jiu-Jitsu, with Josh Peters and Stephan Kesting

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439 - The Real Catch Wrestling and What it Can Teach Jiu-Jitsu, with Val 'The Crippler' Childs

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438 - Crafting Your Ideal Jiu-Jitsu Journey, with Tom Wortman

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437 - Adam Shoalts, Vanished Beyond the Map

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436 - How Training Your Submissions as Positions Takes Your Game to the Next Level, with Steve Kwan from BJJ Mental Models

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435 - Roy Dean and the Origins of BJJ in North America

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434 - High-Percentage BJJ Competition Strategies with Beatrice 'Berimbozo' Jin

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433 - How Jiu-Jitsu Builds an Unshakeable Self Confidence, with Alicia Reitz

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432 - Hybrid Training 4: Optimal Conditioning for Winning BJJ Tournaments, with James Deirmendjian

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431 - Hybrid Training 3: Mixing Ultramarathon and Strength Training with James Pieratt

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430 - Hybrid Training 2: The Science of Strength, Power and Endurance with Chris Duffin

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429 - Hybrid Training 1: Peaking for Power, Endurance, and Mental Strength with Mike McCastle

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428 - Tom Callos, A Black Belt and Gentleman

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427 - Overcoming Doubt and Anxiety in Competition, with Sports Psychologist Haley Perlis

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426 - What Needs to Change to Do Jiu-Jitsu after Age 35

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425 - Optimal BJJ Competition Mindset, with Rob Biernacki

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424 - Writing the Ultimate BJJ Book, with Meerkatsu and Graham Barlow

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423 - BJJ, Science, and D&D with Bryan Rumble

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422 - How to Condition Yourself to Deal with Adrenaline in Stressful Situations

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421 - BJJ Training and Conditioning Myths, with James Deirmendjian from Fit Fight Training

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420 - Braving Polar Bears, Facing Off Against the Columbian Military, and Team Dynamics with Frank Wolf

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419 - Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic (Audiobook Format)

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418 - Spartans, Samurai and Ninja with BJJ Black Belt Jeff Nelson

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417 - Can You Get Your BJJ Black Belt Without Affiliating with a Specific School?

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416 - How to Climb Everest, with Extreme Alpinist Jost Kobusch

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415 - BJJ and Self Defense, with Tyson 'The Warrior Philosopher' Larone

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414 - Optimized BJJ Training for Non-Athletic Grapplers, with Jesse Walker

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413 - Strongman Training Secrets, with Kalle Beck

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412 - Eco-Adjacent Training and How to Do It Correctly, with Rob Biernacki

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411 - Smashing the Mental Barriers Holding Back Your Jiu-Jitsu

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410: How B Team Prepared for ADCC and CJI, with Chris Wojcik

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409 - Denis Kang, From Underground Bareknuckle Fights to the Biggest MMA Stage in the World

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408 - Ramsey Dewey on Effective Combat Sports and What Self Defense Experts Get Wrong

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407 - 3 Big Lessons Learned During 19 Days of Isolation in the Arctic

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406 - Goodbye - I Am Out of Here!

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405 - Three Ways that Training for MMA Fights Has Changed Since the Early UFC

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404 - What the Hell Happened to MMA?

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403 - Is Bear Spray Better than Guns vs Aggressive Bears? Here's What the Data from 352 Bear Encounters Says...

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402 - A BJJ Concept to Help You Through the Tough Times in Life

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401 - Modifying BJJ for Self Defense, with Rachel Honeyman

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400 - How to Use Injuries to Actually Refine and Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu Game

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399 - Breathing for Endurance during Sparring in BJJ and Other Martial Arts

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398 - Building the Skills to Do Amazing Things, with Matt Pycroft

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397 - How to Get Maximum Results in Minimum Time in Jiu-Jitsu

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396 - Longevity in Jiu-Jitsu with Mike "The Old Bastard" Mahaffey

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395 - The English Roots of Catchwrestling, with Oz Austwick

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394 - The Anatomy of a BJJ Training Camp

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393 - Historical Bareknuckle Boxing and European Swordfighting, with Oz Austwick

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392 - Everest, Alone, In Winter, and Without Oxygen, with Mountaineer Jost Kobusch

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391 - The Most Important Mental Models in BJJ, with Steve Kwan

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390 - UFOs, UAPs, and Alien Bodies with Skeptical Investigator Mick West

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389 - How to Train for Strength, Endurance and Jiu-Jitsu Simultaneously, with World Record holder James Pieratt of Wild Hunt Conditioning

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388 - The Ultimate Self Defense Championship with Rokas Leo

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387 - The Most Successful Gracie Fighter Of All Time, with Robert Drysdale

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386 - Seven Reasons Why Carlson Gracie Was The First Modern MMA Fighter

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385 - Grappling with the Implications of the 46 Million Dollar Lawsuit for Jiu-Jitsu, with Dan Lukeheart, Alex Kask and Stephan Kesting

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384 - Neopagan Vegetarian Authoritarian Heavy Metal Nature Lovers with Jesse Bryant

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383 - Amanda Bruse on Storming the Medals Podium at No Gi Pans

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382 - On Learning Jiu-Jitsu with 100% Live Training and No Formal Technical Instruction, with Greg Souders

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381 - The Battle Against Disinformation and Information Nihilism, with Brooke Binowski

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380 - What Do You Need to Know to Be a BJJ Blue Belt?

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379 - A Fascism Checklist, with Professor Daniele Bolleli

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378 - The 5 Most Common BJJ and Judo Injuries and What to Do About Them, with Joshua Arellano, Pt

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377 - John Will, Member of BJJ's 'Dirty Dozen' on Sport vs Self Defense Jiu-Jitsu

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376 - Mental and Physical Endurance with James 'The Biking Viking' Benson King

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375 - How Skill, Athleticism and Rank Correlate in BJJ, with Rob Biernacki

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374 - Adam Shoalt's Amazing 3,400 km Solo Journey to the Arctic

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373 - Alex Jones, Alt Right Hippies with Guns, and More with Derek Beres from Conspirituality

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372 - How to Come Back After a Training Layoff!

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371 - Battling Bullshit in the Martial Arts and Everywhere Else, with Phrost from Bullshido

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370 - Inclusive Jiu-Jitsu, with Erin Wedekind

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369 - How to Add Judo Takedowns to Your BJJ Game, with Chris Round

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368 - The Red Flags That Indicate You're Dealing with Pseudoscience, with Jonathan Jarry of the OSS

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367 - Crashed Civilizations and Lost Human Lineages, with Patrick Wyman

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366 - Covid is Airborne, Here's What to Do About It (with Epidemiologist Dr Colin Furness)

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365 - Limit Your Training Options to Improve Faster!

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364 - Julie Kedzie on Fighting MMA, Dissing Vladimir Putin, and More

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363 - Key Takeaways for Older Grapplers Trying to Stay Competitive in Jiu-Jitsu

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362 - Knockout UFC Win While Partially Blind - Lance Gibson Sr on MMA Training

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361 - Navigating the Diet Wars, with Kevin Bass

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360 - Mixing Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and Weight Training, with Tyson Larone

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359 - Margot Ciccarelli, Travelling the World While Training Jiu-Jitsu

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358 - Lower the Cost of Failure to Get Better Faster

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357 - How to Find High Percentage Techniques in Jiu-jitsu,

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356 - ARMBARS DON'T WORK! What if Armbar Deniers Used Anti-Vaxx Logic?

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355 - Extreme Whitewater Canoeing with Paul Mason

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354 - How to Get Started In Outdoor Adventuring, with Mikaela Ferguson

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353 - Scientifically Informed Chiropractic Care, with Troy Schott

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352 - Jiu-Jitsu in a Time of Omicron

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351 - How to Talk to the Vaccine Hesitant, with Ami Palmer