316: The Best Way To Measure Body Fat, Tricks To Increase Pain Tolerance During Workouts, Colloidal Minerals & More!

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May 6, 2015 Podcast: Exercising In The Heat vs. Sauna Training, Should You Use Colloidal Minerals, Healthiest Way To Clean Water Bottles, How To Increase Pain Tolerance During Workouts, and Using Skulpt To Measure Body Fat.

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Listener Q&A:

As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by Brock Skywalker Armstrong, the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja.

Exercising In The Heat vs. Sauna Training

Whole Doods: Ben talks a lot about Cold Thermogenesis and using saunas for fitness and health but what about just exercising in a hot location. He lives in Sierra Leone and when he works out, it is like he is always in a sauna and his heart rate is just jacked immediately and he sweats like a pig. Is he getting any added benefit by combining his hot environment with working out?

In my response, I recommend:

-This podcast on How To Use Heat Exposure

Should You Use Colloidal Minerals?

Wade: He recently heard about colloidal minerals from a friend of his (Dr Joel Wallick) and is wondering what you know about them and what your take is on them.

Healthiest Way To Clean Water Bottles

Meg: She is wondering what you use to clean your bike bottles and straws. She usually soaks hers in hot water and some bleach but is wondering if that is the best thing for her. What do you do?

In my response, I recommend:

BPA Free Cycling Bottles

How To Increase Pain Tolerance During Workouts

Lara: She wants to know how you deal with discomfort and pain and what it takes to get through training with the rules you set for yourself. She uses distraction and music and has read how effective that can be and she is wondering what your view is on this. She does have a lot of pain and distraction works well for her but is looking for some of your secrets.

Using Skulpt To Measure Body Fat

Sol: He's been hearing a lot about this new $200 body fat composition gadget called Skulpt and is wondering if it is really as good as their marketing material states? It uses electrical impedance which is in those cheaper devices but apparently they do it better. What do you think?

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3 thoughts on “316: The Best Way To Measure Body Fat, Tricks To Increase Pain Tolerance During Workouts, Colloidal Minerals & More!

  1. Alex Fergus says:

    Hi Ben.
    I just listened to this podcast today, I have actually been using the Skulpt AIM with my clients for ~ 6months now. I've had some pretty good results with it (I even tested it against a DEXA scan and the numbers were pretty close). Anyway I put together a pretty comprehensive review if anyone is interested – http://aferg.co/skulptreview

    Cheers
    Love your show!

  2. Natcha_Maithai says:

    Funny you talked about Pranayama. I find the walking part of Vipassana meditation really helpful with increasing endurance, and in general making what would be painful much more enjoyable. There are not really studies to support this per se but it was mentioned in the Buddhist canon for 2,500 years and I experienced it myself. It totally increased motivation.

    Oh and re:math. I was the opposite with Ben. I did fab with high school math and in college, I banged my head against the wall just because the teaching style was very different. I don't have a slacker personality for sure, as evidenced by how I still decided to get a math minor with a C average, while staying up writing proofs until 4 AM. If I could get a 4.0 GPA in math, my trajectory would've been very different, though.

  3. kem johnson says:

    We grow our own pasture fed beef and lamb and are used to the way it tastes and feels in my mouth. When visiting the US, I find that grain fed steak tastes like baby food. Disgusting.

    Actually, one would have to import grain fed beef to eat it here (NZ). I’d reckon there are some wealthy yanks here that do.

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