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1742: Improve Your Life & Overcome Pain With Movement Featuring Aaron Alexander
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin interview Aaron Alexander.
- The current state of Aaron. (2:12)
- The reality of becoming the shape of the place you spend a lot of time in. (6:03)
- Defining the outcomes you prefer to achieve, and reverse engineering your lifestyle back from that point. (8:31)
- How much of an improvement can you make in your movement as an adult? (11:48)
- Practical advice for the average person looking to make improvements in their daily lives. (14:52)
- Why structured workouts don’t matter much if you haven’t addressed your fundamental lifestyle conditions. (21:55)
- The driving force behind his latest book. (26:36)
- The staple movements he loves to put the body in and why. (27:44)
- Why do we breathe the way that we breathe? (31:54)
- The practices he has for his clients to help with anxiety and depression. (41:15)
- Why he left Los Angeles. (50:21)
- Do not be afraid to ask more questions. (53:50)
- Why the worst thing to happen is nothing at all. (59:10)
- The value in building strong mental patterns. (1:03:55)
- What is pain? (1:09:55)
- Does he see a renewed interest in people wanting to improve their health and fitness? (1:17:32)
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Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Aaron Alexander (@alignpodcast) Instagram
- Aaron Alexander Website
- Dr. John Kirsch
- Bruce H. Lipton, PhD
- Pavel Tsatsouline (@strongfirst) Instagram
- Patrick McKeown (@buteykoclinic) Instagram
- Wim Hof (@iceman_hof) Instagram
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- Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. (@hubermanlab) Instagram
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