Unlocking Persistent Motivation & Extreme Resilience | Ross Edgley

“So I keep them as when really needed tools. Yeah, and some good studies as well around, you know, creatine. It's this, I've become fascinated with this idea of almost discipline and motivation is something you can supplement almost if you know what to do with the right amounts.”

“taking 10 or even 20 grams of creatine the next morning. But of course, you need to sleep at some point and it's not a replacement for sleep. But yeah, I think creatine is great. I don't think there's evidence that it makes hair fall out or anything like that.”

“Do you take it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Although I didn't on the Yukon swim and then the study came out. Well, I certainly read it much later. And so that's why I'm even fascinated now with the next non-stop swim. I just, I think we can go further. You know, we did 510 kilometers and I'm like, oh, there's things now that I've learned that whether it's the tunnel vision”

“as well with 20 milligrams of cat with creatine. I think there's a bit of me that is just fascinated. I like to think of myself as like a human guinea pig. And now, like I said, we didn't do creatine on the Yukon. So not to say I raw dogged it, but I certainly, there are things that I could do in addition because we mainly did it on caffeine.”

“Then perhaps one experiments with caffeine and no caffeine. I tried caffeine. I'm never going back. Okay. Maybe creatine first time and forever, maybe only as a tool to use later when you want to level up. I mean, figuring out what you can do without these literally supplements, I think can be very useful.”

“Obviously, that's stress inoculation training. At first, when you're trying to habituate like the sleep deprivation, the cold, you wake up and if you've left your wetsuit out, you have to crack the ice off the wetsuit before you can even put it on and then get in.”

“But basically, I picked that up in Loch Ness because it was fresh water. Basically, the wetsuit was chafing. It got so deep, it turned infected. And then if that gets in your lymph nodes or your bloodstream, it can be fatal. It was a really strange position to be in as well because it was a 56-hour non-stop swim.”

“the scan, and it was one of the first scans that I ever saw of my son. That I just woke up two o'clock in the morning, cracked ice off my wetsuit, dived in, and I was like, oh, we're getting this done. So it was different and knowing, knowing which one to go.”

“Yeah, as a milder alternative to nicotine. One advantage of alpha GPC is if you're going to work out late in the day and you need to sleep a few hours later, it does have a sort of quote-unquote stimulant effect, but it actually can increase the amount of REM sleep you get as opposed to mess with your sleep like a lot of stimulants.”

“mainly did it on caffeine. I think, you know, alpha GPC cognizant as well, acetylcholine. Like I think I get on really well with that. I find it's a nicer focus, not just kind of getting all jittery tyrosine, L-Tyrosine as a precursor to dopamine, Huperzine , and the cholinergic pathway.”

“to make yourself better. I should also mention that Ross has a new book out, one that I am personally excited to read and to listen to. And it's entitled How to Hero, Find Strength, Forge Resilience, and Fulfill Your Purpose.”

“Thank you so much. This has been awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for joining me for today's discussion with Ross Edgley. To learn more about him and to find a link to his new book, How to Hero, Find Strength, Forge Resilience, and Fulfill Your Purpose, please see the links in the show note caption.”

“which time he became viciously addicted to playing Angry Birds 23 hours at a good game. Yeah, exactly. Or Pokémon or whatever, you know. So what you describe, because it's an elected endeavor, and because provided you survive and make it home to your girlfriend and child, it's all good, right?”

“That is it. And then I get in and every 20 minutes. Someone throws a banana over the boat and I eat it. Life is so good. So I do think sometimes for me, yeah, it's, it's really nice. And maybe, maybe, maybe for Hester as well in that she wakes up and just go, okay, he's still afloat.”

“use cognitive behavioral therapy or a beta blocker for that matter to successfully overcome that. Progressive exposure to the thing with, you know, which basically means like not that much adrenaline.”

“That's your tongue. And it was falling off in the soup. Oh, brutal. I know, but coconut oil, for those, for anyone listening, you find yourself in a similar situation, coconut oil acts as a barrier, maintains the moisture. You keep your time. And it grows back. It did grow back as well.”

“die, or videos of people jumping into ice holes and getting swept under. It's really, it happens and it's awful. But deliberate cold exposure with a shower, a cold plunge done safely. People can get familiar with the experience of being flooded with adrenaline and the fact that the mind is in complete disarray”

“exogenous hormones whatsoever. And I got to a certain point and felt great, but then I wanted to experiment. So I started with what is for me a true micro dose, plus taking HCG to maintain fertility. And it's been great. And I haven't had to increase that dose much. I've played around with it a little bit, but I've found that lower is better for me.”

“Like I think I get on really well with that. I find it's a nicer focus, not just kind of getting all jittery tyrosine, L-Tyrosine as a precursor to dopamine, Huperzine , and the cholinergic pathway. You're clearly illustrating a very important point”

“Like I think I get on really well with that. I find it's a nicer focus, not just kind of getting all jittery tyrosine, L-Tyrosine as a precursor to dopamine, Huperzine , and the cholinergic pathway. You're clearly illustrating a very important point, which is one that has been hard for me to get out”

“And then equally the next day, we'll do medicine ball slams, neural priming, and then speed pull-ups, for instance. And then equally, we might do slightly bigger volume. So it's never just drilling the same thing.”

“And so it's kind of quick up, quick down. I mean, I've played around with all the various things. Modafinil is too stimulating for me. It keeps me up for days. There's some other things that seem to work better. There's this prescription drug, Sunosi, in small amounts. But again, these are, I find that if I use any of these regularly besides caffeine, it creates more problems than solutions.”

“way that I don't if I don't take it. So I prefer to keep nicotine as oral nicotine, you know, so not smoking or vaping, dipping or snuffing, but you know, like the lozenges or something or as an every once in a while, every once in a great while tool as opposed to an everyday tool.”

“It keeps me up for days. There's some other things that seem to work better. There's this prescription drug, Sunosi, in small amounts. But again, these are, I find that if I use any of these regularly besides caffeine, it creates more problems than solutions.”