Random Show, Couch Edition! – Supplements, Hummingbirds, Cock Rings, Improving Mitochondria, Breathing and Balance Training, Cool Grip Strength Tools, and more (#858)

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Random Show, Couch Edition! – Supplements, Hummingbirds, Cock Rings, Improving Mitochondria, Breathing and Balance Training, Cool Grip Strength Tools, and more (#858)

Welcome to another extensive “Random Show” episode that I recorded with my best friend Kevin Rose!

We cover our latest Zen meditation with Henry Shukman at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, the fascinating science of rejuvenating the vagus nerve, my latest success with back pain, balance training tools, tendon strengthening protocols from Swedish rock climber Emil Abrahamsson, emerging research on photobiomodulation, urolithin flow the Norwegiction protocol, urolithin for blood regeneration for mental longevity, recommendations podcasts, vintage Japanese finds on Etsy, Kevin’s hummingbird feeder obsession, and much more.

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Tibetan Bowls: Invoking Inner Peace and Deep Relaxation | Melodies Mindful
Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Silence, and the Strange and Powerful World of Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show #560
Differential Hepatic Effects of Chronic Ketone Supplementation: Ketone Salts Preserve Liver Health While Ketone Esters and Precursors Drive Inflammation and Steatosis | Medicines
Dr. Michael Levin – Reengineering Bioelectricity, Revamping the Anti-Aging “Software”, Cure Cancer Without Drugs, Sensing Cells, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #849
Kevin J. Tracey, MD – What’s On My Mind Right Now – Reliable (vs. Bogus) Vagus Nerve Stimulation | The Tim Ferriss Show #824
New Transplant Offers Hope to Reduce Rheumatoid Arthritis | Hospital for Special Surgery
Effects of a Four-Month Skateboarding Intervention on Motor, Cognitive, and Symptoms in Children with ADHD | Frontiers in Pediatrics
Jerzy Gregorek Snapping On The Balance Board | Happy Body
Tony Hawk Snowboarding Hokkaido, 57, With Screws In His Hip | Instagram
Gibbon Tightrope Walks On A Suspension Bridge | Facebook
Dr. Keith Baar, UC Davis — Simple Exercises That Can’t Repair Tendons (Tennis Elbow, etc.), Collagen Fact vs. Fiction, Isometrics vs. Eccentrics, JAK Inhibitors, Growth Hormone vs. IGF-1, Anti-RICE Protocol, and How to Use Loadflamma as an Anti-In | The Tim Ferriss Show #797
Craig Mod — Real Japan, Cheap Apartments in Tokyo, Productive Sidequests, Creative Retreats, Shopping for Future Freedom, and Spirituality | The Tim Ferriss Show #802
Craig Mod Returns – Epic Walks in Japan, Slow Art, Digital Detox, Publishing “Impossible” Books, and Choosing Beauty Beyond Measure | The Tim Ferriss Show #803
Francisco Gonzalez-Lima Talks About Metabolic Mind Mapping and Alzheimer’s | STEM-Talk #106
Francisco Gonzalez-Lima Discusses Methylene Blue & Noninvasive Human Brain Stimulation | STEM-Talk #191
Cognitive Enhancement by Transcranial Photobiomodulation Is Associated with Cerebrovascular Stimulation of the Prefrontal Cortex | Frontiers in Neuroscience
Anurag Singh On Urolithin-A’s Ability To Improve Mitochondrial Function | STEM-Talk #173
Dr. Tommy Wood — How to Future-Proof Your Brain with Dementia | The Tim Ferriss Show #851
Bayard Squirrel Maze 1.0 Ninja Warrior Course | Mark Robert

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TIMESTAMPS

[00:00:00] The beginning of meditation.
[00:02:19] We are thinking about our second Zen Retreat in Santa Fe with Henry Shukman.
[00:04:08] Ketone liver warnings and eggplant allergies: Dangers of raiding Kevin’s refrigerator.
[00:08:06] “Just be quiet” – three simple words that miraculously shut down my OCD.
[00:13:54] Is meditation secretly vagus nerve stimulation?
[00:20:17] DIY vagus nerve stim for $25 versus Kevin’s $900 ear clip.
[00:24:57] HeartMath and watching your HRV move in real time.
[00:27:57] Marching to 50: balance boards and the ultimate jiu-jitsu.
[00:31:26] Tony Hawk on the ice in Hokkaido with screws in his waist.
[00:33:01] Slacklining and why your nervous system needs sleep cycles.
[00:35:19] Bertolotti’s Syndrome: My six-year back pain is getting a name.
[00:37:09] Nerve block test: all wrong, zero pain.
[00:44:10] Abrahangs tendon protocol: 10 seconds on, 50 off.
[00:46:24] NUG: a hangboard in a traveler’s pocket.
[00:48:31] Craig Mod’s Japanese toothbrush and Toaster’s cameo.
[00:50:45] $92 Kevin fire jacket: Blue Heritage Japan.
[00:54:26] Featured Podcast: Power Broker and STEM Talk.
[00:56:20] Alzheimer’s: Plaque or mitochondrial problem?
[00:57:30] 10 grams of ketones turn one-word answers into sentences.
[00:58:40] Methylene blue in the Amazon: 120 years of research, zero guardrails.
[01:02:36] The Bredesen Protocol, APOE genotyping, and cognitive decline.
[01:05:32] Photobiomodulation: $30k forehead laser.
[01:07:55] Urolithin A and high mitochondrial retention rates.
[01:14:56] Disaster pants recipe: espresso + creatine + MCT oil.
[01:17:39] Norwegian 4 × 4 training and lactate as a brain lever.
[01:23:15] Blood flow restriction bands and schwantz ring koans.
[01:29:08] Hummingbirds named Sunset and squirrel deterrence lessons.
[01:32:06] Separate thoughts.

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