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Primal Endurance Podcast

Brad Kearns

Welcome to The Primal Endurance Podcast, where we challenge the ineffective, overly stressful conventional approach to endurance training and provide a refreshing, sensible, healthy, fun alt...

Episodes

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World Champion Sprinter Gives The Secret To Lowering Inflammation and Getting Fast and Strong For Longevity

Please enjoy a great conversation and in-person show here in the Sacramento studios of the B.rad/Primal Endurance podcast with my good frien...

122:18Jan 2, 2026

Training In 100F Heat, And Other Horrible Fitness Advice

In this episode, I call out some dangerous and misguided fitness advice floating around on social media—like a post from a PhD in exer...

25:46Dec 10, 2025

Hicham El Guerrouj: The Most Talented, Most Focused, and Best Trained Athlete of All-Time?

I take you through the incredible story of Hicham El Guerrouj, the Moroccan middle-distance legend who was virtually unbeatable for nearly f...

93:07Dec 1, 2025

Tom Hodge: A Sensible, Empowering Approach To Endurance Training, Dealing With Childhood Issues, And Rejecting Victim Mentality (With Mark Sisson's Help!)

Get ready listeners for a most unusual and heavy and unique show with my old friend Tom Hodge! Tom is an endurance adventurer living an inte...

76:17Oct 29, 2024

Mike Scannell: The Mysterious Coaching Hero Of 2x Olympic Medalist Grant Fisher

Formerly anonymous Arizona high school running coach Mike Scannell has become a sensation in the American distance running community with th...

89:45Sep 3, 2024

Sue McDonald: Shattering Masters Track&Field World Records The "Boring" Way

In today’s episode I welcome track star Sue McDonald to the show! Sue is no ordinary track star—she is shattering world records in the maste...

65:46Jul 23, 2024

Honoring Easy Workouts And Rest Days (Inspired by Kipchoge)

In this show, we’re focusing on what easy workouts and rest days really mean for us mere mortals trying to improve our performance—not only...

16:58Mar 29, 2024

How To Correctly Polarize "80/20" Your Training

It’s time to talk about polarized training—a popular training concept often referred to as the “80/20 principle.” Unfortunately, many athlet...

12:50Mar 15, 2024

Q&A: Getting Healthy Before Losing Weight, Making Intuitive Training Decisions, And Excelling As A Young Runner

Endurance athletes are back with an assortment of interesting questions and fabulous success stories to share! Questions and stories like: T...

47:57Mar 8, 2024

Tawnee Gibson: Female Eating And Stress Dangers, Adopting Healthy Mindsets, Avoiding Tech Obsession, And The Kona Underpants Run

I welcome Tawnee Gibson, longtime host of the Endurance Planet podcast, to the show for an honest, open conversation that takes us on a time...

71:37Feb 23, 2024

Q&A: Fueling During Endurance Exercise, Losing Fat Quickly, Calcium Scans For Athletes, Adjusting MAF Heart Rates

In this Q&A, I share the story of an ultra-endurance athlete who improved their health and lowered blood pressure by adding meat to their di...

36:59Feb 2, 2024

What I'd Do If I Became Ironman CEO...

Having noticed the Ironman Corporation is looking for a new CEO, I decided to record an episode sharing what I would do if I were tasked wit...

50:55Dec 1, 2023

Mark Allen: Consistency Over Perfection, And Other Reflections On Endurance Training

I’m so pleased to welcome Mark Allen back to the show! Mark, “The Grip,” is also the greatest triathlete of all time, and he’s here today to...

90:48Jun 23, 2023

Brian Keane: How Ultra-Endurance Performance Can Spur Personal Growth

I’m bringing you a lively conversation with Brian Keane today, host of the Brian Keane Podcast, author of two best-selling books, The Fitnes...

67:39May 12, 2023

Primal Endurance Mastery Course Overview

Re-introducing Primal Endurance Online Mastery Course! Host Brad Kearns introduces the Primal Endurance Online Multimedia Mastery Course - e...

11:32Apr 28, 2023

115 Things You Need To Know As A Primal Endurance Athlete, Part 8

Welcome to the final installment in this eight-part series covering the 115 things you need to know as a Primal Endurance athlete. In the pr...

55:09Apr 14, 2023

Q&A: Can I Raise My MAF Heart Rate (NO!), The Stress Of Keto Endurance Training, Breathing For CO2 Tolerance

It’s been YEARS since we did a Q&A show on Primal Endurance (including the podcast being on pause from 2019 to 2022). We have some excellent...

56:09Apr 7, 2023

115 Things You Need To Know As A Primal Endurance Athlete, Part 7

In part seven of this multi-part presentation covering 115 key insights about the Primal Endurance approach, we’re talking about a very impo...

53:59Mar 31, 2023

Dave Scott: Reflections On Endurance Training, Racing, And Nutrition Over Decades

This episode is a syndicate from the B.rad Podcast where I catch up with the legendary Dave Scott! Dave is a 6-time Hawaii Ironman world cha...

75:28Mar 24, 2023

Gordo Byrn: Fitness, Family, Finances And Taking Action From Self-Reflection

I’m so pleased to introduce a very interesting guest to the show, my old friend Gordo Byrn. A prolific blogger and Tweeter on his favorite s...

94:30Mar 17, 2023