by Sean Croxton

Extreme exercise is all the rage these days….

The pedal-till-you-drop spin classes.

The DVD set that left a sweat stain in your living room carpet.

The poorly-designed group workout classes that seem to serve no real purpose other than crushing you.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that these kinds of programs are all “bad”.

In fact, I’m a fan of just about anything that gets people off their butts.

Hey, if your Insanity DVDs are the only thing that get you moving, have at it. Do what works.

What concerns me is when exercise programs lead to diminishing returns, especially when they put a damper on your sex life.

I mean, if you work out to look sexy but your workouts kill your sex drive, we’ve got a problem.

So on this week’s episode of The Underground Wellness Show, Strength Coach Brett Klika and I discuss the 3 Ways Exercise Can Ruin Your Sex Life. Here they are…

1. A reduction in the hormones that make you want to have sex.

2. An increase in the hormones that make you not want to have sex.

3. An increase in body image issues, leading to diminished confidence in physical appearance.

Check out the video below to get the whole scoop.

You’ll also learn how you can schedule your workouts to allow for proper rest, better recovery, and more sex!

Visit Brett’s blog at www.brettklika.com. Mark your calendars for his upcoming SexyBack Summit presentation on Sunday, May 19th.

And don’t forget to pick up your FREE One-Week Trial of The Underground Workout Manual!

Leave a comment. Let us know if you’ve ever gone overboard with your workout routine. How did you feel? What did you do about it?

See you next week!

Sean
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

by Sean Croxton

This was classic.

When I read Dr. Peter Glidden’s book The MD Emperor Has No Clothes a few months ago I knew it would make for an eye-opening show.

Dr. Glidden, a naturopathic doctor, doesn’t hold anything back. And he’s apparently not afraid to ruffle a few feathers.

While some may find his words controversial and unsettling, no one can question his passion for ensuring that everyone get the medical care they need — a type of care that addresses the root cause of symptoms and disease.

Click the player at the bottom of this post to listen to the entire episode.

Be sure to buckle up.

Here are my notes….

4:17 – How Dr. Glidden and I are twin sons from different mothers.
4:51 – Where Dr. Glidden’s intense passion for wholistic health comes from
8:03 – How the Carnegie Institute and its Flexner Report changed medicine forever
11:34 – “We do not have a free medical market in North America.”
11:51 – The real purpose of the American Medical Association
13:47 – The reductionist philosophy of medicine
16:57 – Health defined…from a wholistic perspective
19:09 – How symptoms are an indication of the body’s wisdom
22:29 – Hering’s Law of Cure…how healing is done in layers (super fascinating!)
26:30 – How homeopathic medicine works
29:53 – Caller Q: How to deal with skeptical, closed-minded medical docs
37:39 – The shocking statistic about drug and alcohol addiction among ER docs
38:48 – Is Alzheimer’s a physician-created disease?
41:09 – The relationship between cholesterol and heart disease
41:59 – How MDs use genes to explain away their treatment failures
44:33 – “Which gene is it, doctor?”
45:34 – Caller Q about homeopathy and the placebo effect
49:18 – Caller comment from former pharma rep
50:57 – Pharma ties to Nazi Germany
52:13 – Caller Q: This is BS!
53:00 – Proof that the majority of chronic diseases are caused by nutrient deficiencies
54:55 – What it takes to become a naturopathic doctor
56:46 – What you can do to turn this around
58:32 – Wrapping up

Don’t miss tomorrow’s episode of The Underground Wellness Show with Dr. Peter Osborne. We’ll be discussing The Gluten-Free Lie.

Out.

Sean
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

by Sean Croxton

The doctor is in the house.

And, as always, he’s packing nothing but truth bombs!

Yesterday, gluten superhero Dr. Tom O’Bryan stopped by the studio to share a handful of facts that you probably didn’t know about gluten sensitivity.

If you’re dealing with headaches, skin problems, fatigue, mood issues, or know a child with celiac disease, you’ll want to check this out.

Here’s what you’ll learn…

* The connection between recurrent headaches, dead brain tissue, and gluten consumption.

* How skin problems can be the sole manifestation of gluten sensitivity.

* How removing gluten from the diet may be the key to restoring your energy and vitality.

* Why getting off of gluten can be so difficult, and how to find a trained Certified Gluten Practitioner to help you with the transition.

* Why there is a 40-96% increased risk of suicide in children with celiac disease versus non-celiac children.

* How people with celiac disease who consume gluten once a month are six times more likely to die early in life compared to the general population. Wait until you hear how much gluten we’re talking about!

* Why kids diagnosed with celiac disease are three times more likely to die early in life with or without a gluten-free diet.

Check out the video below to hear Dr. Tom tell it. Share your thoughts and comments below!

Be sure to check Dr. O’Bryan’s site at www.thedr.com.

He’s the man.

Out.

Sean
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

by Sean Croxton

Here’s an alarming stat…

Researchers from Massachusetts found that the average man’s testosterone (not just older men) has dropped 22% in the last 20 years, and that one out of every four men has below average testosterone.

That’s no bueno, friends!

Testosterone is what makes men…well, men.

It is responsible for our sex drives, our ambition, our sense of well being, and a whole bunch of other important stuff.

When testosterone is low, it is almost impossible to be the best versions of ourselves. We become ordinary, not the alphas we were intended to be.

My friends Adam and Roman, co-authors of Man 2.0: Engineering the Alpha, stopped by the show last week to discuss all things alpha, including how to balance male hormones naturally through diet, lifestyle, mindset, and exercise.

To listen to our podcast, click the player at the bottom of this post.

Here are my notes…

3:30 – Another awkward live radio moment
5:45 – Redefining the alpha man
7:08 – Stop defining yourself by other people
7:45 – Alpha trait: Be prideful but not arrogant
9:34 – Alpha trait: Be dedicated but not obsessed
12:36 – Toeing the line between genius and obsession
13:12 – Alpha rule: Answer all insults with a smile
15:45 – Success is the best revenge
17:07 – Why are so many ordinary and so few alpha?
20:33 – It starts with psychology
21:51 – How hormonal dysfunction can create an ordinary life
22:20 – Sex drive and ambition come from the same place
23:50 – Your greatness threshold
25:52 – Why Todd Durkin is a beast!
26:55 – Low T: It’s not just an issue for older guys
29:17 – Lifestyle factors that offset the natural decline of testosterone
31:40 – Red meat, cholesterol, and testosterone production
33:08 – What Star Wars has to do with fitness
40:51 – Lies, Myths, and Why Men are Fat!
41:00 – Why breakfast is NOT the most important meal of the day
44:45 – Why eating at night is one of the BEST things for your body
47:50 – How cheat days keep your metabolism up while dieting
51:44 – The top 3 benefits of the feast-fast model
55:44 – How to reset your sensitivity to insulin
57:16 – Shout out to Martin Berkhan
58:18 – Caller Q: How to boost testosterone through weight training
1:02:15 – How lactic acid production increases growth hormone
1:05:53 – The final phase of fat loss
1:09:55 – Caller Q: Tips for coming off of testosterone gel
1:14:22 – Caller Q: How to keep from losing testosterone while dieting
1:18:56 – Wrapping up

In case you didn’t know, all 216 UW Radio broadcasts can be found on our Podcasts page as well as on iTunes!

Don’t miss tomorrow’s episode with Dr. Peter Glidden, author of The MD Emperor Has No Clothes.

Out.

Sean
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

by Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK, RHN

Gut flora play a key role in nutrition and your immune system.

Without these tiny helpers, your body wouldn’t be able to absorb vital nutrients or carry out its regular maintenance functions.

When your body is under attack from toxins, harmful organisms, or infection, gut flora act as the first defense against the intruders since they reside in the mucosal membranes that form the barrier between the outside world (the gut) and in the inside of your body (your bloodstream).

Since 80% of your immune function resides in the wall of the intestines – known as “gut associated lymphoid tissue” or GALT – your immune system is critically dependent upon good bacteria (probiotics) to keep the bowel wall healthy, to produce B vitamins, folic acid and vitamin K, break down your food, reduce food allergies, and fight off yeast and other invaders of the bowel.

Additionally, the cells that line your colon need energy to regenerate themselves. The gut flora helps in this process by converting unabsorbed sugars into specific types of fatty acids that your cells use for energy.

Your gut flora also:

* Produce enzymes and proteins that can kill or inhibit harmful bacteria

* Crowd out the “bad” bacteria by giving them no space to grab on

* Stimulate the secretion of Immunoglobulin A, an antibody that fights infection

* Without a strong immune system you are more prone to infections, flu, allergies and cancer.

Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms found everywhere on Earth — in water, soil, plants, and in most parts of your body. In fact, bacteria outnumber the actual cells in your body by about 10 to 1. Your skin and digestive system alone host about 2,000 different kinds of bacteria.

There are fewer bacteria in the stomach than in other parts of the digestive system because the acidic environment kills most bacteria.

That makes delivering probiotics particularly challenging — you have to ensure that those good bacteria can survive in the stomach’s unfriendly environment.

by Sean Croxton

I love vegans.

Especially ones that don’t go out of their way to make me feel bad about the bison jerky I’m munching on right now.

Cynthia Pasquella is one of those vegans. Plus, she earns extra cool points for giving away 53 pages of her new cookbook for FREE —> www.hungryhotcooking.com

Last Thursday, she stopped by UW Radio to talk about her Hungry Hottie Cookbook, having a healthy eating mindset, and how to make plant-based recipes taste good.

Click the player at the bottom of this post to listen.

Here are my notes…

4:05 – Cynthia’s dirty little secret
6:00 – “A complete breakdown”
7:30 – Getting the ultimate message
9:00 – Finding healthy foods and meals that actually taste good
10:26 – How the Hungry Hottie Cookbook came about
11:29 – Honoring your hunger
13:24 – Transform gradually: over time, not overnight
14:45 – Making small shifts toward a healthier life
15:59 – The Hungry Hottie Manifesto
19:00 – Why Cynthia’s cookbook is plant-based
21:20 – If you don’t eat meat, then what do you eat?
22:40 – Ten or fewer ingredients, thirty minutes or less
23:17 – Substituting ingredients
24:46 – Hotness Factors
25:45 – How basil lowers cortisol and increases relaxation
26:39 – Cynthia’s favorite recipes
27:37 – Chocolate strawberry quinoa cereal
28:02 – Black bean cakes with pineapple salsa
28:15 – For the kids
30:11 – Institute for Transformational Nutrition info
33:23 – The fruit that can increase your libido
35:00 – How to get FREE stuff!
35:50 – The Hungry Hottie 5-Day Slim Down

Don’t forget to pick up your FREE cookbook preview. Yummy stuff in there!

Sean

by Sean Croxton

Inspiration can come from the strangest places.

I don’t tell this story often. In fact, it’s somewhat embarrassing.

But hey, I’m an open book. So here goes…

Way back in 2005 — long before Underground Wellness ever crossed my mind — I was having some serious issues when it came to meeting women.

So one day, while hanging out in the personal training office at my old job, I stumbled across a CNN article about a book called The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss.

The article told a story of a rather socially inept, disheveled Rolling Stone writer (Strauss) who, with the help of the world’s greatest seduction artists, transforms himself into a man of boldness and confidence.

In pickup speak, he went from AFC to PUA.

Needless to say, I bolted to the local Borders bookstore (gosh, I miss that place) and picked up my copy. From the moment I cracked open its leather bound cover, my life changed forever.

But not in the way I expected. Or the way you’d expect.

Although to the naked eye The Game may appear to be a manual for womanizing and male chauvinism, it turned out to be my gateway to becoming the best version of myself.

You see, picking up on women isn’t all about canned routines, negs, tactics and strategies. Rather it’s about developing as a person and becoming confident in who you are — mastering your inner game.

As I studiously pored over Strauss’s fascinating odyssey through the pickup underworld, eventually leading him to the woman of his dreams, I was introduced to some of the author’s favorite success writers — Napoleon Hill, Tony Robbins, Robert Greene, George Leonard, David Deida — all of whom have since made a significant impact on my life.

Eight years later, I am still treading the path of personal development set forth by this often misunderstood book about seduction.

I know very few successful men who do not mention The Game on their list of most influential books.

(By the way, Neil Strauss’s videos were my introduction to YouTube. Without him, I would have never uploaded my first video.)

Why, after eight years, did I decide to tell you this story?