Ross Edgley Is A Human Poseidon: Lessons From The World’s Longest Non-Stop Swim

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Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Ross Edgley is a world-renowned extreme adventurer, author, and the star of National Geographic’s “Shark vs. Ross Edgley” This conversation explores Ross’s superhuman feats of endurance, including his recent 510km non-stop swim down the Yukon River. We discuss his unique physiological abilities, training with the Hemsworth brothers, and his race against sharks. He shares his philosophy on finding purpose through struggle and reveals how he consumed 40,000 calories in 24 hours. Ross is a force of nature. And this conversation is an adventure. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: Bon Charge: Use code RICHROLL to save 15% OFF 👉 boncharge.com LMNT: Get a FREE Sample Pack with any drink mix purchase 👉drinkLMNT.com/RICHROLL On: Enter RichRoll10 at the checkout to get 10% OFF your first order 👉on.com/richroll Whoop: Personalized insights that help you reach your goals 👉join.whoop.com/roll AG1: Get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs 👉drinkAG1.com/richroll Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors 👉 richroll.com/sponsors Find out more about Voicing Change Media at voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange

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0:00.0	I move in water but I'm doing it through rivers and oceans. With swimming how I do it
0:06.7	it's more akin to like an expedition. It's like climbing Everest versus running a marathon.
0:13.0	I can't just do a swim.
0:16.0	You know, it's got to be a really long one, it's got to be a hot one,
0:18.0	it's got to be a cold one, there's got to be some metrics that make me excited.
0:22.0	No one's actually pushing the boundaries like this in chosen sports with cellulitis,
0:26.6	hyperthermia, hyperthermia.
0:28.6	If you're going to try to improve yourself in any sort of way in the water, just go and learn from the apex predator.
0:35.0	There's probably clues. Sharks taught me how to swim.
0:38.0	That voice in your head knows all of your weaknesses.
0:43.2	Every time it was going stop,
0:44.6	stop, pull that physiological handbreak,
0:46.2	I went no no no let's keep going let's keep going
0:48.2	look get my goggles I'm in. My guest today is Ross Edgley, a real life Aquaman of Poseidon-like gifts who is
1:00.3	redefining the limits of human endurance
1:03.0	with his many world first feats of water-bound adventure.
1:08.0	Since we last spoke with Ross about his most notable record-breaking
1:11.9	swim, a 1,780 mile circumnavigation of Great Britain.
1:18.4	That was episode 408 in case you missed it.
1:21.2	Ross has gone on to continue pushing even further into the realm of
1:26.2	the superhuman.
1:27.7	Most recently, he completed the world's longest river swim, a mind-bending achievement in not only endurance, but also sleep deprivation
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