Endurance: Dude Spellings: A Primal journey from carb addition and 212lbs to 165lb fat burning beast

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Primal Health Coach and extreme health expert Dude Spellings returns to the show for a wide-ranging discussion about his wild and wacky journey to his current highly optimized primal lifestyle. Dude started as state high school distance running champion in Texas, went to corporate couch potato, and then back into the endurance scene with a random marathon performance after a single 21-mile training session to prepare! As Dude returned to enthusiastic endurance training in his 30s, he shockingly gained excess body fat despite his intensive training regimen.

This is the so-called Elephant in the Room mentioned at the beginning of the Primal Endurance book. Why do endurance athletes, despite hours of weekly training and attention to sensible eating, struggle with excess body fat? Dude has lived through this ordeal and emerged with groundbreaking insights that you will absolutely love. We talk about the balance between discipline and enjoying life, and the slippery slope of bad habits, how the Maffetone 2-week test (carb restriction) prompted a diet overhaul, and how a chance conversation with Brad at a Speedgolf event 4 years ago convinced him to slow down and emphasize MAF heart rate training.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the primal endurance podcast. Slow down and enjoy the show, where we wrap, literally, about everything you need to know. I'm your host, Brad Kearns. Are you ready? Let's go. Dude Spellings is here in his hometown of Austin, Texas. Can you believe what's happened in this place?
0:22.9	I mean, you grew up here. I did grow up here. And like I was telling you last night,
0:28.1	over one million people have moved to Austin since I graduated high school. Okay. So how many people
0:35.5	total live here? I think the metroplex is a little over 2 million.
0:40.4	Right, so you've seen a town double in front of your eyes.
0:42.9	Oh, yeah.
0:43.6	Yeah, yeah, for sure.
0:44.6	More than that.
0:45.3	I mean, when I graduated high school, I think the city limit signs said 450,000.
0:50.0	Right, and now it's two.
0:51.6	Yeah.
0:52.0	And unique to this place, it's so incredibly health conscious and progressive culture with the music and the fitness scene.
1:01.8	And it's pretty impressive, a pretty cool place to live.
1:05.3	I guess everybody who's cool in Texas comes here eventually, is that what happens?
1:10.5	I don't want to...
1:12.1	You don't want to offend.
1:13.3	The great city of Houston and Dallas.
1:16.1	Yeah.
1:16.8	Not to mention Waco and El Paso.
1:18.9	Waco's up and coming, man.
1:20.2	Is that so?
1:20.9	It is.
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