Episode #220: Natural Ways To Protect Yourself From Radiation - And Our Biggest Fitness Q&A Ever (Featuring A Very Special Guest Podcast Sidekick)

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In this Episode #220 (Our Biggest Fitness Q&A Ever - Featuring A Very Special Guest Podcast Sidekick): Natural ways to protect yourself from radiation, is adrenal fatigue a myth, do elevation training masks work, what is the difference between sprouting and soaking, how to recover from meniscus removal, do vibration plates work for performance, how to build muscle fast, what are Ben's recommended RSS feeds for fitness, how to overcome sugar in coffee addiction, how to learn from your training logs, how to keep your run cadence high, does covering your hands and feet in the cold burn more calories, what should kids eat before soccer games, and should you be concerned if your body temperature is low?

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News Flashes:

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• Careful if you're using HIGH DOSE Branched Chain Amino Acids, esp. when combined with low carb diet: www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/4/11/1767/pdf
• Probiotics are just one (of many things) that can decrease your intestinal permeability & help with gut during exercise in HOT weather: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22992437
• If you've heard of "Grounding" or "Earthing", pulsed electromagnetic fields like this are like those things on STEROIDS: http://goo.gl/NTsKE

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Special Announcements:

1. New camps announced.

-February 22 to 28, 2013: Winter Triathlon Camp in Austin - details at http://pacificfit.net/resources/calendar/

-March 2-8: Winter Triathlon Camp in Florida - details at http://pacificfit.net/resources/calendar

-Week of March 17: Wildflower camp - details TBA

-Vietnam Trip: April 14 - details TBA - "The Laguna Lang Co Triathlon aims to build on the success of its sister event, the legendary Laguna Phuket Triathlon. The triathlon will be comprised of a 1.8k Swim, 62k Bike and 12k Run. A triathlon Team Relay, a Duathlon and a Fun Run will round off the event program." Register for race at http://www.lagunalangcotriathlon.com/

-Ben's Annual Trip to Thailand: Nov-Dec 2013 - details TBA, but e-mail [email protected] if you want in because it will fill fast.

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