A single theme is too narrow for great minds and daring hearts. Get ready to enter the

Lion Heart with your host Lauren Stunning. Hello and welcome back to another episode

of End of the Lion Heart. Today I'll be talking to my good friend at my

Jiu-Jitsu teammate Eugene Bicchenko. I know a little bit about Eugene's background,

how he was living through the fall of the Soviet Union, and how he survived the

Maltovian Civil War. And I've witnessed his strife at excellence in all aspects of his life.

Last year he competed all over the world as a Jiu-Jitsu brown vault, and then got his world

deserved black belt in December. And now he has new goals, he's competing this week at the

top Jiu-Jitsu tournament, the 30-plus competitors. And in his mid-40s, Eugene is going as strong as

ever. And in the world of Jiu-Jitsu, that is no easy feat. I love longevity science.

The idea of maintaining peak form and fitness well into our middle age. A long life span

without a long health span, meaning living a long life if I can't do the things that I want to do,

just doesn't interest me. And that's why a lot of people like Eugene, who are always trying to be

their best self, and who are not letting middle-aged family or career aspirations

detract him from his athletic goals. I hope you enjoy a conversation.

I'm here with Eugene Bicchenko. It's such a pleasure, brother. We've had so many nice chats,

opposed to just your training in the locker room, and I've always been

beginning to get this schedule for a long time. So it's such a pleasure to have you.

Pleasure is all mine. So Eugene, one of the reasons I really like you is because obviously you're a

studs, Jiu-Jitsu, in fact, well, competitor. But a lot of people, they have one thing in their life,

they're really good at. And you, for me, are the modern Renaissance man. You've had a crazy immigrant

story to get to the US. You're a family man. You've got two beautiful kids, lovely wife,

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