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The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting — 450 episodes · page 1 of 5
450 - Save the Fear for Later; Discipline, Fear Management & Survival Lessons from Champion Freediver Anna von Boetticher
E449 - Why Jiu-Jitsu is NOT for Everyone, with James Deirmendjian
448 - The Forgotten Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner Who Taught Maeda (and Ultimately the Gracies) Groundfighting
447 - Making Your BJJ Training Safer and Much More Effective with Chris "The Villain" Paines
446 - Building a Community BJJ Dojo in Kenya with Just Shiggi!
445 - The Most Dangerous Day of My Arctic Journey and What It Taught Me About Satisfaction and Happiness
444 - Stoicism and BJJ, with Adisa Banjoko
443 - Twenty-seven Red Flags to Avoid When Picking a BJJ Club
442 - Building a Positive Gym Culture in BJJ, with Josh Peters
E441 - The Science of Fighting and Training MMA, with Ian Harris
E440 - Training Methods and Cross Training in Jiu-Jitsu, with Josh Peters and Stephan Kesting
439 - The Real Catch Wrestling and What it Can Teach Jiu-Jitsu, with Val 'The Crippler' Childs
438 - Crafting Your Ideal Jiu-Jitsu Journey, with Tom Wortman
437 - Adam Shoalts, Vanished Beyond the Map
436 - How Training Your Submissions as Positions Takes Your Game to the Next Level, with Steve Kwan from BJJ Mental Models
435 - Roy Dean and the Origins of BJJ in North America
E434 - High-Percentage BJJ Competition Strategies with Beatrice 'Berimbozo' Jin
433 - How Jiu-Jitsu Builds an Unshakeable Self Confidence, with Alicia Reitz
E432 - Hybrid Training 4: Optimal Conditioning for Winning BJJ Tournaments, with James Deirmendjian
431 - Hybrid Training 3: Mixing Ultramarathon and Strength Training with James Pieratt
E430 - Hybrid Training 2: The Science of Strength, Power and Endurance with Chris Duffin
429 - Hybrid Training 1: Peaking for Power, Endurance, and Mental Strength with Mike McCastle
E428 - Tom Callos, A Black Belt and Gentleman
427 - Overcoming Doubt and Anxiety in Competition, with Sports Psychologist Haley Perlis
426 - What Needs to Change to Do Jiu-Jitsu after Age 35
425 - Optimal BJJ Competition Mindset, with Rob Biernacki
E424 - Writing the Ultimate BJJ Book, with Meerkatsu and Graham Barlow
423 - BJJ, Science, and D&D with Bryan Rumble
422 - How to Condition Yourself to Deal with Adrenaline in Stressful Situations
421 - BJJ Training and Conditioning Myths, with James Deirmendjian from Fit Fight Training
E420 - Braving Polar Bears, Facing Off Against the Columbian Military, and Team Dynamics with Frank Wolf
419 - Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic (Audiobook Format)
E418 - Spartans, Samurai and Ninja with BJJ Black Belt Jeff Nelson
E417 - Can You Get Your BJJ Black Belt Without Affiliating with a Specific School?
416 - How to Climb Everest, with Extreme Alpinist Jost Kobusch
415 - BJJ and Self Defense, with Tyson 'The Warrior Philosopher' Larone
E414 - Optimized BJJ Training for Non-Athletic Grapplers, with Jesse Walker
413 - Strongman Training Secrets, with Kalle Beck
E412 - Eco-Adjacent Training and How to Do It Correctly, with Rob Biernacki
E411 - Smashing the Mental Barriers Holding Back Your Jiu-Jitsu
410: How B Team Prepared for ADCC and CJI, with Chris Wojcik
E409 - Denis Kang, From Underground Bareknuckle Fights to the Biggest MMA Stage in the World
408 - Ramsey Dewey on Effective Combat Sports and What Self Defense Experts Get Wrong
407 - 3 Big Lessons Learned During 19 Days of Isolation in the Arctic
406 - Goodbye - I Am Out of Here!
405 - Three Ways that Training for MMA Fights Has Changed Since the Early UFC
404 - What the Hell Happened to MMA?
E403 - Is Bear Spray Better than Guns vs Aggressive Bears? Here's What the Data from 352 Bear Encounters Says...
402 - A BJJ Concept to Help You Through the Tough Times in Life
401 - Modifying BJJ for Self Defense, with Rachel Honeyman
E400 - How to Use Injuries to Actually Refine and Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu Game
E399 - Breathing for Endurance during Sparring in BJJ and Other Martial Arts
398 - Building the Skills to Do Amazing Things, with Matt Pycroft
397 - How to Get Maximum Results in Minimum Time in Jiu-Jitsu
396 - Longevity in Jiu-Jitsu with Mike "The Old Bastard" Mahaffey
395 - The English Roots of Catchwrestling, with Oz Austwick
394 - The Anatomy of a BJJ Training Camp
E393 - Historical Bareknuckle Boxing and European Swordfighting, with Oz Austwick
392 - Everest, Alone, In Winter, and Without Oxygen, with Mountaineer Jost Kobusch
391 - The Most Important Mental Models in BJJ, with Steve Kwan
390 - UFOs, UAPs, and Alien Bodies with Skeptical Investigator Mick West
389 - How to Train for Strength, Endurance and Jiu-Jitsu Simultaneously, with World Record holder James Pieratt of Wild Hunt Conditioning
388 - The Ultimate Self Defense Championship with Rokas Leo
387 - The Most Successful Gracie Fighter Of All Time, with Robert Drysdale
386 - Seven Reasons Why Carlson Gracie Was The First Modern MMA Fighter
385 - Grappling with the Implications of the 46 Million Dollar Lawsuit for Jiu-Jitsu, with Dan Lukeheart, Alex Kask and Stephan Kesting
384 - Neopagan Vegetarian Authoritarian Heavy Metal Nature Lovers with Jesse Bryant
383 - Amanda Bruse on Storming the Medals Podium at No Gi Pans
382 - On Learning Jiu-Jitsu with 100% Live Training and No Formal Technical Instruction, with Greg Souders
E381 - The Battle Against Disinformation and Information Nihilism, with Brooke Binowski
E380 - What Do You Need to Know to Be a BJJ Blue Belt?
379 - A Fascism Checklist, with Professor Daniele Bolleli
E378 - The 5 Most Common BJJ and Judo Injuries and What to Do About Them, with Joshua Arellano, Pt
377 - John Will, Member of BJJ's 'Dirty Dozen' on Sport vs Self Defense Jiu-Jitsu
E376 - Mental and Physical Endurance with James 'The Biking Viking' Benson King
375 - How Skill, Athleticism and Rank Correlate in BJJ, with Rob Biernacki
374 - Adam Shoalt's Amazing 3,400 km Solo Journey to the Arctic
373 - Alex Jones, Alt Right Hippies with Guns, and More with Derek Beres from Conspirituality
E372 - How to Come Back After a Training Layoff!
371 - Battling Bullshit in the Martial Arts and Everywhere Else, with Phrost from Bullshido
E370 - Inclusive Jiu-Jitsu, with Erin Wedekind
E369 - How to Add Judo Takedowns to Your BJJ Game, with Chris Round
E368 - The Red Flags That Indicate You're Dealing with Pseudoscience, with Jonathan Jarry of the OSS
367 - Crashed Civilizations and Lost Human Lineages, with Patrick Wyman
366 - Covid is Airborne, Here's What to Do About It (with Epidemiologist Dr Colin Furness)
365 - Limit Your Training Options to Improve Faster!
364 - Julie Kedzie on Fighting MMA, Dissing Vladimir Putin, and More
E363 - Key Takeaways for Older Grapplers Trying to Stay Competitive in Jiu-Jitsu
E362 - Knockout UFC Win While Partially Blind - Lance Gibson Sr on MMA Training
E361 - Navigating the Diet Wars, with Kevin Bass
360 - Mixing Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and Weight Training, with Tyson Larone
E359 - Margot Ciccarelli, Travelling the World While Training Jiu-Jitsu
358 - Lower the Cost of Failure to Get Better Faster
357 - How to Find High Percentage Techniques in Jiu-jitsu,
E356 - ARMBARS DON'T WORK! What if Armbar Deniers Used Anti-Vaxx Logic?
355 - Extreme Whitewater Canoeing with Paul Mason
354 - How to Get Started In Outdoor Adventuring, with Mikaela Ferguson
353 - Scientifically Informed Chiropractic Care, with Troy Schott
352 - Jiu-Jitsu in a Time of Omicron
351 - How to Talk to the Vaccine Hesitant, with Ami Palmer