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Issue #99: How Ste Does Radical Health

Hello you Radical Health Seekers,

Ste Lane here. Some of you will know me as the host of our podcastĀ Radical Health Radio.

Iā€™m hijacking this weekend’s newsletter to share where I am currently at in my health journey, and what best practices I am working with to optimize performance/recovery/mindset, etc. while still being a human, husband and father to two young boys.

If nothing else this will be cool for me to look back on so I can continue operation “kick last years ass” for as long as possible.

Remember, this is just one man’s health journey. So donā€™t take what I do or say as gospel šŸ™‚

I’m not perfect. I cut some corners and I’m strict where I need to be. My goal is to live my best life possible and show up everyday as the best version of myself for my wife and boys.

Physical:

Right now I am sitting around 195 – 200lbs at 5ā€™9 (and a half – everyone needs an extra half inch).

Someone at the gym last week called me a ā€œsolid meat cookieā€ā€¦I will take that. That is the aesthetic I am currently going for. 

Colloquially known in the north of England as a ā€œbrick shit houseā€ 

Sitting probably around 12-15% body fat (visible abs pretty much 365)

Current 1 rep maxā€™s in lbā€™s (Iā€™m American now what can I say!?):

  • Bench: 265
  • Squat: 325 (probably got 350)
  • Front Squat: 275
  • Deadlift: 475 (coming for 500)
  • Weighted chin up: +115
  • (BW Chin up: 15-20)
  • Snatch: 165 (atrocious)
  • Clean: 250
  • Clean & Jerk: 225

Fitness stuff:

  • 2k row: 7:01
  • 5k run: 26:00
  • 7 min mile: easy
  • 3-5 mile pace: 9:30
  • Swim: like a rock
  • Fave cardio: Jiu Jitsu

Training:

Currently doing CrossFit 4-5x per week Monday to Friday. 

I have been doing CrossFit for a year and change. I recently went from 89,000 in the world to 9,000th in the world in an online comp called “The Open”.

I will try to do something at home on Sunday (been liking sprints recentlyā€¦will hit those today (5-8 sprints at 100% effort and intensity, about 10 second sprint).

I do jiu jitsu every once in a blue moon when I hit an open mat or travel to Austin and have friends that want to do the ‘man dance’.

Movement is something you *get* to do, as a celebration of your body. Not something you *have* to do, as punishment to your body, for how you see yourself, for what you ate or for not being enough šŸ’ŖšŸ¼ā£

You get to move. That is a gift. And if you donā€™t use it you will lose it. You donā€™t need to do what I do. Just move that beautiful meat suit of yours everyday.

Diet:

Animal based diet of course šŸ”„

Meat, organs, raw dairy, fruit and some honey/maple syrup.

I drink about 2-3 gallons of raw milk EACH WEEK.

I eat 1.5 – 2lbs of meat per day. Most of the time itā€™s beef.

I smash fruit, especially in the summer, drink fresh pressed OJ.

For my organs Iā€™m currently taking this stack.

Iā€™ll also do fresh beef liver every once in a while (I just neck it raw). 

I eat raw milk homemade ice cream probably 4-5 nights a week.

I make it with raw milk, cream and the yolks from my backyard chickens – itā€™s the best ice cream I have ever had and if you tried it youā€™d probably shit your pants itā€™s that good. I will sell you some for $100 a pint.

I adhere to this framework 90+% of the time.

Occasionally I will indulge in some fancy pizza or smash 5 guys. Once, maybe twice a month. No biggie.

I have been orthorexic in the past – having an unhealthy obsession with health – which is, surprisingly, not healthy. Now I have a very balanced relationship with food and rarely want crap because I feel amazing and very satisfied by what I eat.

Fave steak is ribeye and any other answer is wrong, unsubscribe if you think otherwise

Lifestyle and Routines:

I try to get as much outdoor time as reasonable (with work calls etc). And I aim to get as much sun as possible when outdoors. No I donā€™t burn. No the sun isnā€™t bad for you. If you believe that the sun is more dangerous than the known cancer causing chemical slop called sunscreen that you put on your skin, I donā€™t know what to say to you.

I sleep 7ish hours per night. We co sleep with our babies (best parent hack ever – people who say itā€™s dangerousā€¦just šŸ˜‚)

I go down with them around 8pm and wake up 4:15am (I train at 5am)

Yes that is super early. No itā€™s probably not ideal but what it allows me to do is take care of my business without pulling time away from my family, which is more important, so I suck it up and get it done.

Also – no great man in history wasnā€™t sleep-deprivedā€¦thatā€™s what coffee is for.

Yes I drink coffee – two cups per day. Organic, mold free, double espresso shots pulled through my home Breville barista machine. 

Sometimes I take my second iced with raw milk and maple syrup – try it and thank me later ā¤ļø

I do red light daily – I am convinced itā€™s an absolute miracle. I use it all over my body for many effects – anti aging, inflammation, collagen increase, increase testosterone when you shine it on your balls (check out this episode of the pod if youā€™re not yet convinced about red light therapy)

I pretty much only listen to podcasts or audiobooks. My commute to the gym each day is almost 1 hour (round trip) so I habit stack drives with learning.

This is also where I do podcast prep researching episodes of my upcoming guests and brainstorming ideas and questions for them.

I have a standing desk – no thatā€™s not inherently better because you can just stand STILL – stillness is the killer, not sitting.

So I mix it up and try to move around a lot – having a bunch of animals and kids helps this. Something is always broke, trying to kill itself or needs attending to, so I move a decent amount plodding around and getting up and down off the ground.

I am religious about my use of blue blockers because blue light toxicity and the eye is VERY BAD news. You should invest in your eye health seeing as theyā€™re kind of paramount to living a good life. 

Screens suck – I spend too long on them – I know you do too. I am trying to maximize productivity as much as humanly possible so I can spend less time on these god forsaken things. Some days are better than others.

I meditate most days – even if itā€™s only for 5 mins – the clarity and peace it brings me is immeasurable. 

I wish I did it more to be honest but life moves quick and sometimes it slips through the cracks. 

As the old saying goes – if you donā€™t have time to meditate for 10 minutes per day you need to meditate for an hour.

I need to follow my own advice better apparently.

I have done a pretty good job of eliminating almost all toxic clothing from my life (polyester and the like). Itā€™s plastic, crap and leaches chemicals that WILL disrupt your endocrine system and hormones.

Polyester slings can make men infertile within 21 days of use ā€œas a safe male contraceptionā€ – thatā€™s messed up. Google the polyester sling study šŸ˜³

Ladies pay particular close attention – all that lululemon shit you love and plastic thongs up yer buttā€¦not good.

Cotton, free ball or bust. I use NADS undies – they’re the best.

Anyway, I think thatā€™s enough rambling. I hope this inspires you on your own health journey. Remember, messy action is better than inaction. Just get out there and start.

Hereā€™s to your radical health,

Ste, 

Heart & Soil

This week on Instagram:

This week on Radical Health Radio:

Why You Should Eat More to Lose Weight ft. Jay Feldman | Ep. 69

This week on YouTube:

Microplastics Found in Male SPERM!?

This week on the Blog:

How To Stop Sugar Cravings & Eliminate Processed Sugar

Thatā€™s all from us this weekā€¦

Keep thriving!

The Heart & Soil Team

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