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Long Covid & How to Minimise Transmission

July 13, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

Long Covid and 3 Steps to Minimise Transmission

Note - this was published on July 13th, 2022 and updated on July 22, 2022. I will try to update this page with new information as I come across it.  Image of SARS-Cov-2 virus from Wikimedia. I can think of several jiu-jitsu training partners and several firefighters I've worked with who have been crippled by Long Covid. And I'm not unique; by now most people know someone who has been affected … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Covid 19, Fitness, Science

The Red Flags That Indicate You’re Dealing with Pseudoscience, with Jonathan Jarry

June 20, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

Telling Science from Pseudoscience, with Jonathan Jarry

Being able to tell the difference between real science and pseudoscience has never been more important, especially given the staggering amounts of misinformation and disinformation being circulated on a daily basis. In this episode I talk with Jonathan Jarry, a scientist who works for McGill University's Office for Science and Society, which uses the tagline 'Separating Sense from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Interviews, Jonathan Jarry, Science, Skepticism, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Video

Covid is Airborne and Long Covid is Real – Here’s What to Do About It, with Colin Furness, PhD

June 1, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

Covid is airborne, with Colin Furness

No, the answer is NOT lockdowns. In this interview University of Toronto epidemiologist Dr Colin Furness, PhD, goes into detail about Covid transmission, the debilitating (and mostly denied) effects of Long Covid, and simple mitigation measures that don’t require billions of dollars.  Covid is Airborne with Colin Furness, PhD (Video Format) Some highlights include... The evidence for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Colin Furness, Covid 19, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Armbars Don’t Work and the Great Scambar Conspiracy

February 18, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

Secret Armbar Data Reveals Armbars DON'T Work in BJJ and MMA

This is a special report by the inventor of the armbar and the founder of the Armbar Freedom Coalition who have liberated The Strenuous Life Podcast from science shill and former biologist Stephan Kesting for episode 356. Listen or watch to find out why armbars are a scam and how learning armbar defense  is actually the VERY WORST thing you can do. Don't live in fear of a technique that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Humour, Podcast, Rob Biernacki, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Jiu-Jitsu in a Time of Omicron, with Dr Nicholas Tyau

January 20, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

BJJ in a time of omicron

I've spent a lot of time talking about Covid with doctors and epidemiologists these last few years. Things are finally beginning to change... On the one hand we have vaccines, boosters, and are getting better at treating Covid. On the other hand, right now we're in the middle of a giant spike of the crazy infectious (but mostly less deadly) Omicron variant. Which begs the question, to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: BJJ, Covid 19, Interviews, Nicholas Tyau, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training

How to Talk to the Vaccine Hesitant, with Amitabha Palmer

January 6, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

How to Talk to the Vaccine Hesitant with Amitabha Palmer

Amitabha Palmer is a wrestler, judoka, and teaches at ethics at Texas University. His research topics include how widespread conspiracism and science denialism affect democratic policy making. Ami has been on the podcast before (on episode 325, Wrestling with Trust, Propaganda and Conspiracies) and was so insightful that I was thrilled to have him back. The focus of today's conversation was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Miscellaneous, Podcasts Tagged With: Ami Palmer, Covid 19, Cults, History, Interviews, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Video

Dr Hanan Bushkin on the Persistence of Conspiracy Theories

November 3, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Dr Hanan Buskin is a clinical psychologist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and he was my guest on episode 341 of The Strenuous Life Podcast. In this discussion we went deep into the benefits conspiracy theorist get from sharing their ideas, the influence of tribalism on belief, and the long, difficult process required to gently wean red-pilled people off of conspiratorial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Hanan Bushkin, Interviews, The Mental Aspect, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

An Epic Rant About the Stupidity of Runaway Conspiracy Thinking

September 11, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.” --- Alan Moore

In this podcast episode I'm the one who's getting interviewed, and I go on a huge rant about conspiracism, Ivermectin, Joe Rogan, anti-vaxxers, elk meat diets and more.  This is from an Instagram Live session I did with Dr Hanan Bushkin (@drhananbushkin). Dr Bushkin is a psychologist so he really knew how to wind me up and set me loose! Here is the video version of our chat... And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Interviews, Training Tagged With: Covid 19, Hanan Bushkin, Interviews, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Video

Lessons from Competing in 25 Matches in 8 Divisions in 1 Tournament with Jeff Shaw {Podcast and Video}

September 11, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Jeff Shaw BJJ Competitor and Teacher

Jeff Shaw runs Bellingham BJJ and despite coming to jiu-jitsu late in life fell in love with competition and eventually competed 8 divisions in a single tournament with pretty good results. I particularly love his pre-match psych up routine which you'll learn all about in this episode! Here is the video version of our chat... 00:45 - Covid Check-in at Bellingham BJJ 13:58 - Starting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Interviews, Training Tagged With: Competition, Covid 19, Interviews, Jeff Shaw, Rules, Strategy, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training Modalities, Video

Why Are Some Groups and Individuals More Susceptible to Conspiracy Theories than Others?

August 12, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Strenuous Life Podcast episode 336 with Julian Walker about Why Some People and Some Groups Are More Prone to Conspiracy Thinking

Let's be honest... The BJJ and MMA communities are a mess right now.  Major influencers in the sport are busy using their social media reach to spread a TON of misinformation and disinformation. It started with covid-denial, then anti-masking, and now anti-vaccine (the last strikes me as particularly ironic, because if you want to get back to normal then vaccines are the way to do it). So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Miscellaneous, Podcasts, Uncategorized Tagged With: BJJ, Covid 19, Cults, Julian Walker, Podcast, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Yoga

Trolling Anti-Vaxx Rallies with Walter Masterson

July 7, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Anti-Vaxx Rally Troll Walter Masterson

Walter Masterson trolls anti-vaxx and pro-conspiracy rallies. He's brave, funny and insightful, and I was honored to have him as a guest on episode 332 of The Strenuous Life Podcast. Follow Walter.. On Youtube at youtube.com/user/waltermasterson On TikTok at tiktok.com/@waltermasterson On Twitter at twitter.com/waltermasterson And on Instagram at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Interviews, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Walter Masterson

Wrestling with Trust, Propaganda, and Conspiracies, with Amitabha Palmer

May 7, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

CA 9+ Wrestling with Trust, Propaganda, and Conspiracies, with Ami Palmer

Amitabha Palmer is a wrestler, judoka, and an adjunct professor of philosophy at Ohio Northern University.  The topics he researches include how widespread conspiracism and science denialism affect democratic policy making. I was thrilled to have him on the podcast and I think it's a very important conversation! Wrestling with Trust, Propaganda, and Conspiracies, with Amitabha Palmer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Miscellaneous, Podcasts Tagged With: Ami Palmer, Covid 19, Cults, History, Interviews, Judo, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Video, Wrestling

Covid Epidemiology 101 with Colin Furness, PhD

April 23, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Epidemiology 101 with Colin Furness

What exactly is herd immunity? How can we be sure that the vaccine companies aren't lying to us?  What is this 'R0' value and why does it matter? What are the proven methods to stop outbreaks?  Are what are some reasons for hope? These are just some of the topics I cover on today's podcast with Colin Furness, PhD, a epidemiologist at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Colin Furness, Covid 19, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

So You’ve Been Jabbed: Now What? BJJ After Vaccination with Dr Nicholas Tyau

April 19, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

BJJ After Vaccination - a Covid Conversation with Dr Nicholas Tyau

Dr Nicholas Tyau is a BJJ Black Belt and an internal medicine specialist who worked in NYC hospitals during Covid Ground Zero in 2020. Today we cover the 5 key factors you need to consider after you've been vaccinated but before you decide to return to normal training. We discuss the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing you from getting Covid-19 (good but not perfect), ending up in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Interviews, Nicholas Tyau, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

BJJ Training Pods

April 18, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

BJJ training pods

APRIL 18 2021 UPDATE (Originally published August 5th, 2020): With the advances in vaccination I believe there is a role for 'vaccinated training pods' to exist in the BJJ landscape.  Essentially these are small groups of fully vaccinated people who are willing to accept the much smaller risk posed by training with other vaccinated people rather than training out in general population.  This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Podcasts, Training Tagged With: Chris Moriarty, Classes, Covid 19, Nicholas Tyau, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Video

Risk, Science, and Who to Believe with Nini Munoz

March 28, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

For the Love of Data: Risk, Science and Who to Believe with Nini Munoz

Nini Muñoz PhD does risk and failure analysis for a living.  She has used these skills and a background in biology to make the science around the Covid-19 pandemic easy to understand and digest on her amazing Instagram feed @niniandthebrain. Today, on episode 318 of The Strenuous Life Podcast, we go deep into the actual process of risk analysis used in aerospace engineering and how it applies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Interviews, Nini Munoz, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Covid-Safe Jiu-Jitsu Teaching with Dan ‘TrumpetDan’ Lukeheart

February 16, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Covid-safe BJJ teaching with Trumpet Dan

In this episode of The Strenuous Life Podcast I chat with Dan "TrumpetDan" Lukeheart from Brea Jiu-Jitsu in Orange County about The steps he's taken to keep his school open in a responsible manner during the Covid-19 pandemic, How to improve your BJJ skills during a training layoffs Match strategy to win more often tournaments, And much more... Here's the video of my conversation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Competition, Covid 19, Dan Lukeheart, Drills, Grappling Dummies, Solo Drills, Strategy, Teaching, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Video

Guidelines for Opening Up Jiu-Jitsu Academies During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Last Updated Sept 10, 2020)

February 3, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

How to Open Up Jiu-Jitsu Academies During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic

Everyone is itching to train again, and for many jiu-jitsu school owners opening up is a matter of financial survival. But just to make things even more complicated, as we learn more about this virus it means that the science, policy and best practice need to keep on evolving That's why I talked to Dr Chris Moriarty who has published a 6 phase process for reopening schools and getting back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Chris Moriarty, Covid 19, Drills, Interviews, Schools, Solo Drills, Teachers, Teaching, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training

Jiu-Jitsu: The Art of Facing Challenges

January 25, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Elliott Bayev on The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

In episode 308 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk with BJJ black belt and entrepreneur Elliott Bayev about using jiu-jitsu to face challenges, how to test new ideas, how the basics change over time, how to use jiu-jitsu in sales and running a business, and much more. Elliott has been featured in several Grapplearts instructionals including The Spider Guard Masterclass and The Self Defense … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Miscellaneous, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Elliott Bayev, Interviews, The Mental Aspect, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Why Is Conspiracy Thinking Running Rampant in BJJ?

January 20, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Episode 307 of the Strenuous Life Podcast with guest Jules Evans

Jules Evans studies the history of ideas and was the perfect person to help me understand the abundance of insane conspiracy theories on BOTH sides of the political spectrum right now. We discuss why there are so many lizard people in tunnels, why many Nazi leaders held new age beliefs, how BLM resembles a religion, and why BJJ is such a fertile breeding ground for conspiracy thinking? I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Miscellaneous, Podcasts Tagged With: Covid 19, Interviews, Jules Evans, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

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