Welcome to The Primal Endurance Podcast, where we challenge the ineffective, overly stressful conventional approach to endurance training and provide a refreshing, sensible, healthy, fun alternative. Going primal frees you from carbohydrate dependency and turns you into a fat burning beast! Enjoy interviews from elite athletes, coaches, authors and scientists on the cutting edge of endurance training and performance.
Latest episodes
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2 h 02
World Champion Sprinter Gives The Secret To Lowering Inflammation and Getting Fast and Strong For Longevity
Please enjoy a great conversation and in-person show here in the Sacramento studios of the B.rad/Primal Endurance podcast with my good friend and sprinting mentor Cynthia Monteleon…
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26 min
Training In 100F Heat, And Other Horrible Fitness Advice
In this episode, I call out some dangerous and misguided fitness advice floating around on social media—like a post from a PhD in exercise physiology suggesting that everyone shoul…
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1 h 33
Hicham El Guerrouj: The Most Talented, Most Focused, and Best Trained Athlete of All-Time?
I take you through the incredible story of Hicham El Guerrouj, the Moroccan middle-distance legend who was virtually unbeatable for nearly four years, only to face heartbreaking de…
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1 h 16
Tom Hodge: A Sensible, Empowering Approach To Endurance Training, Dealing With Childhood Issues, And Rejecting…
Get ready listeners for a most unusual and heavy and unique show with my old friend Tom Hodge! Tom is an endurance adventurer living an interesting dream life of enjoyable but exte…
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1 h 29
Mike Scannell: The Mysterious Coaching Hero Of 2x Olympic Medalist Grant Fisher
Formerly anonymous Arizona high school running coach Mike Scannell has become a sensation in the American distance running community with the amazing success of his runner Grant Fi…
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1 h 05
Sue McDonald: Shattering Masters Track&Field World Records The "Boring" Way
In today’s episode I welcome track star Sue McDonald to the show! Sue is no ordinary track star—she is shattering world records in the masters track and field arena going where no…
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17 min
Honoring Easy Workouts And Rest Days (Inspired by Kipchoge)
In this show, we’re focusing on what easy workouts and rest days really mean for us mere mortals trying to improve our performance—not only in endurance sports, but in all manner o…
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13 min
How To Correctly Polarize "80/20" Your Training
It’s time to talk about polarized training—a popular training concept often referred to as the “80/20 principle.” Unfortunately, many athletes have misinterpreted and misapplied th…
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48 min
Q&A: Getting Healthy Before Losing Weight, Making Intuitive Training Decisions, And Excelling As A Young Runne…
Endurance athletes are back with an assortment of interesting questions and fabulous success stories to share! Questions and stories like: The importance of doing a bit of warm up…
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1 h 11
Tawnee Gibson: Female Eating And Stress Dangers, Adopting Healthy Mindsets, Avoiding Tech Obsession, And The K…
I welcome Tawnee Gibson, longtime host of the Endurance Planet podcast, to the show for an honest, open conversation that takes us on a timeline through her own experiences as an a…
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37 min
Q&A: Fueling During Endurance Exercise, Losing Fat Quickly, Calcium Scans For Athletes, Adjusting MAF Heart Ra…
In this Q&A, I share the story of an ultra-endurance athlete who improved their health and lowered blood pressure by adding meat to their diet, if we need to consume fat (bacon and…
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51 min
What I'd Do If I Became Ironman CEO...
Having noticed the Ironman Corporation is looking for a new CEO, I decided to record an episode sharing what I would do if I were tasked with the job. This is of particular interes…
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1 h 30
Mark Allen: Consistency Over Perfection, And Other Reflections On Endurance Training
I’m so pleased to welcome Mark Allen back to the show! Mark, “The Grip,” is also the greatest triathlete of all time, and he’s here today to share many of his unique insights and s…
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1 h 07
Brian Keane: How Ultra-Endurance Performance Can Spur Personal Growth
I’m bringing you a lively conversation with Brian Keane today, host of the Brian Keane Podcast, author of two best-selling books, The Fitness Mindset and Rewire Your Mindset, and a…
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12 min
Primal Endurance Mastery Course Overview
Re-introducing Primal Endurance Online Mastery Course! Host Brad Kearns introduces the Primal Endurance Online Multimedia Mastery Course - everything you need to succeed as a Prima…
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55 min
115 Things You Need To Know As A Primal Endurance Athlete, Part 8
Welcome to the final installment in this eight-part series covering the 115 things you need to know as a Primal Endurance athlete. In the previous seven shows, we discussed aerobic…
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56 min
Q&A: Can I Raise My MAF Heart Rate (NO!), The Stress Of Keto Endurance Training, Breathing For CO2 Tolerance
It’s been YEARS since we did a Q&A show on Primal Endurance (including the podcast being on pause from 2019 to 2022). We have some excellent and widely relevant questions, includin…
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54 min
115 Things You Need To Know As A Primal Endurance Athlete, Part 7
In part seven of this multi-part presentation covering 115 key insights about the Primal Endurance approach, we’re talking about a very important (but often neglected) part of perf…
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1 h 15
Dave Scott: Reflections On Endurance Training, Racing, And Nutrition Over Decades
This episode is a syndicate from the B.rad Podcast where I catch up with the legendary Dave Scott! Dave is a 6-time Hawaii Ironman world champion and respected coach, and in this s…
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1 h 34
Gordo Byrn: Fitness, Family, Finances And Taking Action From Self-Reflection
I’m so pleased to introduce a very interesting guest to the show, my old friend Gordo Byrn. A prolific blogger and Tweeter on his favorite subjects, family, fitness, and finances,…