The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

What is it that allows some people to push themselves beyond their limitations? Why can some people

Episodes

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In episode 379 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk with podcaster, martial artist, and history prof

Joshua Arellano is a physiotherapist with a black belt in Judo and a brown belt in BJJ. He works wit

John Will trained in Southern California in the late 80's, was one of the first 12 non-Brazilians to

James 'The Biking Viking' Benson King is cycling from Alaska at the very top of North America to Arg

00:29 - Is technique enough by itself? 04:47 - Is Jiu-jitsu for everybody? 09:59 - Skill vs athletic

Explorer Adam Shoalts is fresh off a 3 month, 3,400 km solo trip to the Arctic. It’s an amazing stor

Derek Beres is an author and co-host at the Conspirituality Podcast.  He joined me today to talk abo

0:37 Why layoffs are inevitable 1:39 Loss of endurance 3:36 Loss of sport-specific strength 5:46 Los

From Steven Segal getting choked out on set to health influencers and how to develop information lit

Erin teaches jiu-jitsu in Appleton Jiu-Jitsu. In this episode we have a great discussion of trans at

Chris Round is a Judo black belt under Jimmy Pedro.  In this episode we talk about how to add Judo t

Being able to tell the difference between real science and pseudoscience has never been more importa

Patrick Wyman from the amazing Tides of History Podcast joins us today to discuss Large civilizatio

Covid is Airborne, So What Can We Do About It?   No, the answer is NOT lockdowns. In this interview

By limiting what you do during training and drilling you become much more precise and will improve m

Julie Kedzie is a retired MMA fighter who now works as a fight commentator, interviewer and matchmak

To celebrate the launch of the new BJJ for Old F***s instructional (available at grapplearts.com/old

Lance Gibson Sr made a HUGE impression on me when he KO'd Jermaine Andre in the UFC while partially

Kevin Bass has a background in medical anthropology, is both a medical and a PhD student, a grappler

I really enjoyed talking with Tyson Larone today.  He's a badass Jiu-jitsu black belt who also teach