Dr. Andy Galpin: Busting Muscle Myths & Hacking Strength | EP 479

This could possibly be the funniest podcast of 2024. Brent Pella joins us on The Align Podcast, sharing his methods of bringing light (and laughter) to even the darkest moments in life. Brent is an absolutely hilarious man, with an ever-present positive energy towards everything in life. He brings that to the table in this episode as we discuss the beauty of crowd work, learning to have more patience for people, the importance of lasting impressions, and what a worthwhile life looks like. I hope you take a lot away from this episode, and most importantly, with a smile on your face. Brent has a beautiful way of presenting information in a way that is guaranteed to leave you smiling - which I would say is the best form of education. More About Brent: Brent Pella is a stand up comedian and filmmaker whose videos have gained 500M+ views online and was recently named a "Creator to Watch" by the New York Comedy Festival. A graduate of both the full Groundlings and UCB improv/sketch programs, Brent is best known for his digital comedy content that often satirizes American politics and trending social/cultural issues, as well as his viral celebrity impressions of CA governor Gavin Newsom, Eminem, Joe Rogan and more. On stage, Brent has been a cast member of MTV's Wild 'N Out since season 16 and currently tours the US performing stand-up at comedy clubs, colleges, and music festivals throughout the country. His debut comedy special is set to release in early Spring 2024. Brent has written and directed commercial campaigns for national brands including Hopdoddy Restaurants and Black Rifle Coffee under his production company Good Trip Entertainment. Brent also hosts the Good Trip Podcast, a 10-part series of conversations around psychedelics. Past guests have included Rock Doblin (founder, MAPS), David Bronner (CEO, Dr. Bronner's), and others. Where To Find Brent: Brent's Website Instagram YouTube Twitter / X TikTok Thank You To Our Sponsors: Experience the Sunlighten Infrared Saunas for yourself! CLICK HERE and use code “ALIGN” when you fill out the Get Pricing form to save up to $600 on your purchase!

Gabby Reece joins us on The Align Podcast, sharing her honest reflections on life through the lens of a loving marriage of 28 years, parenthood, and a majorly successful pair of careers. There is so much to gain from this episode, including how to stop hiding behind your mask, the true meaning of being loving, and how to inspire your partner to be the best they can be. Gabby is so forthcoming with her experiences throughout life in this episode, and is one that will assist you in reflecting on years past, and consider how you want your future to look. Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to share this one with your friends and family. Gabby shares such beautiful insights through years of honesty, love, and care. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review.  I hope you love this episode, and I’ll see you again next week! Enjoy the wonderful, Gabby Reece. More About Gabby: Gabby Reece is a volleyball legend, inspirational health and fitness leader, speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and host of The Gabby Reece Show podcast. The former professional beach volleyball player and Nike’s first female spokeswoman is the definition of both athleticism and beauty. Gabby is a force to be reckoned with in the gym and on a microphone. Where To Find Gabby: Laird Superfood XPT Extreme Performance Training Gabby's Instagram Gabby's YouTube Gabby's TikTok Thank You To Our Sponsors: Nurture your mind and body with BIOptimizer’s organic, full-spectrum magnesium supplement. Simply go to bioptimizers.com/align and use promo code ALIGN10 at checkout to save 10 percent.

We’re joined by Boyd Varty in a revisited episode of The Align Podcast. Boyd is a tremendous man with such vast amounts of knowledge on wildlife, and the array of emotions in the human experience. He’s been on a rollercoaster throughout, and he’s gracious enough to share his learnings with you here. Boyd tells us of his time growing up in South Africa, how the safari connects with the human experience, his extremely traumatic experiences, his transformation with Martha Beck, moving through trauma, natural ways to soothe yourself, and what transformation looks like for you. Thanks for tuning in. Don’t forget to share this one with your friends and family, Boyd shares such a wild amount of knowledge and beautiful perspectives, worthy of only the best. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review.  I hope you enjoy this episode, and I’ll see you again next week! Enjoy the phenomenal, Boyd Varty. More About Boyd: Boyd Varty is the author of two books, The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life and his memoir, Cathedral of the Wild. He has been featured in The New York Times, on NBC, and in other media and has taught his philosophy of “tracking your life” to individuals and companies around the world. Boyd is a wildlife and literacy activist who has spent the last ten years refining the art of using wilderness as a place for deep introspection and personal transformation. He grew up in South Africa on Londolozi Game Reserve, a former hunting ground that was transformed into a nature preserve by Boyd’s father and uncle—both visionaries of the restoration movement. Under his family’s stewardship, the Reserve became renowned not only as a sanctuary for animals but as a place where once-ravaged land was able to flourish again and where the human spirit could be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment, he went to Londolozi to recover. Boyd has a degree in psychology from the University of South Africa. He is a TED speaker and the host of the Track Your Life podcast. Where To Find Boyd: Website Boyd’s Safari Track Your Life Instagram Twitter

Gay Hendricks joins us on The Align Podcast, sharing his infinite wisdom on relationships and mind-body transformation that he has applied to his work for over 30 years. In this episode, you can expect to learn about your limiting beliefs, the importance of owning your flaws, discovering your true potential, finding peace in your relationship, and plenty more! This one is overflowing with such beautiful and honest insights, from a man who has dedicated his life to teaching others to love everything. Thank you for tuning in. Don’t forget to share this one with your friends and family, we all need a bit of Gay in our lives! Use this podcast as a way of working on yourself, and helping those important to you. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review. I hope you enjoy this episode, and I’ll see you again next week! Enjoy the magnificent, Gay Hendricks. More About Gay: Gay Hendricks has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and body-mind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, At The Speed Of Life, The Big Leap, and the New York Times bestseller, Five Wishes. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at the University of Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute and later co-founded its charitable organization, Foundation for Conscious Living. He was also the founder of a virtual learning center for transformation and a publishing company and was a co-founder of a conscious entertainment company. Throughout his career, he has done executive coaching with more than 800 executives, including the top management at such firms as Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, and KLM. His book, The Corporate Mystic, is used widely to train management in combining business skills and personal development tools. Gay is also a mystery novelist, with a series of five books featuring the Tibetan-Buddhist private detective, Tenzing Norbu. In recent years he has co-created a popular podcast called The Big Leap with Gay Hendricks and Mike Koenigs. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS, and others. Where To Find Gay: Gay Hendricks' Website  Foundation for Conscious Living Hearts in Harmony Facebook Foundation for Conscious Living Facebook Foundation for Conscious Living Twitter/X Gay Hendricks' Twitter/X Big Leap Instagram  Gay Hendricks' Instagram Hendricks' Institute YouTube Gay Hendricks' Books BIOptimizers Nurture your mind and body with BIOptimizers' organic, full-spectrum magnesium supplement. Simply go to bioptimizers.com/align and use promo code ALIGN10 at checkout to save 10 percent.

We are joined on The Align Podcast by the queen of breathing, Jill Miller. Jill has written two books on corrective exercise and is leading the charge on health & wellbeing.In this episode, Jill & I discuss the three zones of respiration, focusing on breathing, how air is a transient organ, how to breathe better through the nose, how the body affects everything, and so much more! This episode is packed full of really important information about the mind and body, so buckle up! Thank you for tuning in. Jill shares such great insight, so don’t forget to share this one with your friends and family! Use this podcast as a way of bettering yourself and those around you. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review.  I hope you enjoy this episode, and I’ll see you again next week! Enjoy the phenomenal, Jill Miller. More About Jill Miller: Jill Miller, C-IAYT, ERYT, YA-CEP fascia expert, has 30 years of corrective movement expertise that forges links between the worlds of yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Her signature self-care fitness programs, Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® are found at gyms, yoga studios, hospitals, athletic training facilities and corporations worldwide. Jill is the former anatomy columnist for Yoga Journal, has been featured in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Shape, Women’s Health, O, the Today Show, and is a contributing expert on the Oprah Winfrey Network. She is the author of The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body, and a contributing author on self-myofascial release in the text book Fascia, Function and Medical Applications. She is the creator of dozens of instructional DVDs, including Rolling Along the Anatomy Trains with Tom Myers, Walking Well with Katy Bowman and Treat While You Train with Kelly Starrett DPT. Her new bestselling book is Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience. She lives in LA with her husband, 2 kids and rescue dog. www.tuneupfitness.com Where To Find Jill: Website: https://www.tuneupfitness.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TuneUpFitness Instagram: @thejillmiller Facebook: /JillMillerFaust Jill’s Schedule: https://www.tuneupfitness.com/jill-miller-schedule Move, Breathe, Roll Online Classroom: https://www.tuneupfitness.com/move-breathe-roll Body By Breath Online (April 24-26): https://www.tuneupfitness.com/shop/online-course/body-by-breath Roll Model Practitioner Training (May 16-17): https://www.tuneupfitness.com/shop/online-course/roll-model-method-certification-training Body By Breath Book: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Breath-Inspiring-Emotional-Resilience/dp/1628604468/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2FALD5382WEJ3&keywords=body+by+breath+jill+miller&qid=1704255116&sprefix=bidy+by+breat%2Caps%2C210&sr=8-1 Thank You To Our Sponsors: Over 3 Million Butts Love TUSHY! Get 10% off TUSHY with the code ALIGN at https://hellotushy.com/ALIGN  #tushypod #sponsored

This episode of The Align Podcast is hosted by co-founder and CEO of Commune, Jeff Krasno, with the guest… Me, Aaron Alexander!  In this episode, we explore the techniques I used to get New York Jets Quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, back to fitness following rupturing his achilles in the NFL, my personal experiences with mortality, finding comfort and value in the bare necessities, and finding compassion for yourself. All of that, and more… Thank you to Jeff for hosting this one, and allowing us to use the footage here on The Align Podcast. My podcast episode with him is up already, and you can watch that here! Thanks for tuning in! I hope this one brings you a lot of useful details and insights to the recovery of elite athletes, and allows you to have a wider perspective and appreciation of life. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review.  I hope you love this episode, and I’ll catch you again next week! Where To Find Jeff: Website Instagram Thank You To Our Sponsors: Try BIOptimizers Today! In addition to the discount you get by using promo code ALIGN10, you can get gifts with purchase - up to 2 travel size bottles of Magnesium Breakthrough.  Act Fast - this is a limited time offer! Go now to http://www.bioptimizers.com/align Thank you, that is all, have a wonderful rest of your day!

In this episode of The Align Podcast, we are joined by co-founder and CEO of Commune, Jeff Krasno. Jeff is an exceptionally experienced man in wellness and spirituality, writing weekly essays, hosting podcasts, and co-founder Wanderlust; a spiritual festival that combines yoga and music. It was great to have Jeff on the podcast, as he delved deep into the depths of different types of stress, using stress to our advantage, building a psychological immune system, self-regulation, and the experience of building Wanderlust Festival back in 2009. There’s so much to be learned from this podcast, so sit back and enjoy! Thank you for tuning in. Jeff shared so many incredible insights in this episode into bettering your everyday life, and you can help out those around you by sharing this episode with your friends and family. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review.  I hope you love this episode, and I’ll catch you again next week with an episode that is much more personal to me… You’ll have to wait and see! Enjoy the lovely, Jeff Krasno. More About Jeff: Jeff Krasno is the co-founder and CEO of Commune, a masterclass platform for personal and societal well-being. He hosts the Commune podcast, interviewing a wide variety of luminaries from Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson to Matthew McConaughey and Gabor Maté. Jeff pens a personal weekly essay titled “ Commusings ” that explores spirituality, wellness, and culture and is distributed to over one million subscribers every Sunday. Jeff is the creator of Good Stress, a collection of wellness protocols that he developed to reverse his diabetes, lose 60 pounds, and reclaim his health at age 50. Good Stress is available as an online course and is being developed into a book and TV series. Where To Find Jeff: Website Instagram Try BIOptimizers Today! Imagine having the strength and energy to get out of bed every morning and face the day boldly, courageously... To be able to show up as your best self, and keep that energy up through the day... and into the night. So if you want to feel more energized and get the best night’s sleep you’ve had in... forever, check out bioptimizers.com/align. By using the promo code ALIGN10, you’ll unlock special offers. So, two things to remember: bioptimizers.com/align and promo code ALIGN10! You’ll be amazed how much better you feel by taking Magnesium Breakthrough.  Thank you, that is all, have a wonderful rest of your day!

Today’s podcast guest on The Align Podcast, David Sutcliffe, is an exceptionally talented man in so many different fields. Formerly an actor, playing roles in Gilmore Girls and Happy Endings, David Sutcliffe now runs his own private therapy practice in Texas. This episode is full of juicy information, focusing on his famous interview with Andrew Tate, the psychology behind a man like Tate, restoring relationships that are in conflict, understanding and expressing our trauma, and how growing as a person is terrifying. David was such a joy to have on the podcast. He’s not afraid to really dive in emotionally to topics, and share things that are personal to him - that will hopefully help you a lot too. I really hope you enjoy this one! Thank you for tuning in. Be sure to share it with your friends and your family. David is such a lovely individual and someone I think we can all connect to on a personal level through his experiences. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, make sure to hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review. I hope you love this episode, and I’ll catch you again next week! Enjoy the great, David Sutcliffe. More About David: David Sutcliffe is a Somatic Therapist and a Certified Core Energetics Practitioner with over 15 years of experience. He has a private practice in Austin, Texas, and holds workshops across the United States and Canada. He is also a trained hypnotherapist, a mindset expert, and has extensive experience with meditation, yoga, shamanism, physical fitness, nutrition, and wellness. A former actor, he is well known for his roles in the popular TV series Gilmore Girls and Private Practice, and movies Under The Tuscan Sun and Happy Endings. Where To Find David: Website Newsletter YouTube Instagram Emotional Mastery Thank You To Our Sponsors: Get BIOptimizers Today! Use the promo code ALIGN10 to get 10% OFF of your order, and you can get gifts of up to 2 travel-sized bottles of Magnesium Breakthrough with a purchase! Act Fast - this is a Limited-Time Offer! Go now to http://www.bioptimizers.com/align - Try The Align Method now, featuring my most effective tools and practices to help you stop living in pain, and start investing in optimizing your body. Click here and use the code “ALIGN100” to get $100 OFF The Align Method 6-Week Program. That’s… CODE: ALIGN100 Thank you, that is all, have a wonderful rest of your day!

Today on The Align Podcast, we are joined by revolutionary researcher, entrepreneur, and founder of Analemma Water, Mario Brainovic. We talk about structured water and its many fascinating impacts. That includes its crystalline structure, how it affects your emotions, and how it can improve not only the health of humans - but plants too. We also dive deep into microbiomes and how our thoughts attract certain energy. Be sure to share this one with your friends and family. The work that Mario does is nothing short of extraordinary, and I’m sure everyone will be able to appreciate the hard work that Mario puts in to further humanity. If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, make sure to hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review.  I hope you learn a lot from this episode, and I’ll catch you again next week! Enjoy the genius that is, Mario Brainovic. More About Mario: Mario is an entrepreneur, researcher, and a visionary in the field of health and wellness. For years he ran a successful international advertising agency and a production house. He was always very passionate about health and wellness, about finding natural ways to heal, regenerate, and restore the delicate balance between body, mind, and spirit. This led him to establish a natural pharmaceutical company that successfully helped many people for years. After a while, he became very passionate about water. Realizing its extraordinary significance he established New Earth Technologies, a company that offers the miracle of Analemma Water to the world. Where To Find Mario: Website Instagram If you’re interested in Analemma Water, then you’re in luck! Click on the link here and use the code ALIGN at checkout to get 10% off of your order! Thank You To Our Sponsors: Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase at http://drinkag1.com/ALIGN.

Today we are revisiting one of my favorite podcast episodes that I’ve ever recorded, with the magnificent Gabor Maté. We talk about defining trauma, solving our internal psychological wounds, exploring relationships, and what it truly means to be vulnerable - amongst many other really important topics. Dr. Maté is one of my favorite people on the planet, and one of the world’s leading psychologists - particularly in the realm of addiction. He’s the author of ‘When The Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection’ and his most recent book, ‘The Myth of Normal’. Gabor is such an exemplary human being in every way possible, so I hope you get a lot from this episode. Thank you once again for tuning in. Be sure to share it with your friends, your family. Gabor Maté shares wisdom that every person in the world should hear.If you find yourself coming back to the podcast, make sure to hit that follow button and consider leaving us a kind review.  I hope you love this episode, and I’ll catch you again next week! Enjoy Dr. Gabor Maté. More About Gabor: A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, and has coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages. Where To Find Gabor: Website Instagram Facebook YouTube Thank You To Our Sponsors: In addition to the discount you get by using promo code ALIGN10, you can get gifts with a purchase - up to 2 travel size bottles of Magnesium Breakthrough. Act Fast - this is a limited time offer! Go now to http://www.bioptimizers.com/align