EP686: Zane Griggs - How To Kick Ass After 50!

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At 57, Zane Griggs dropped 58 pounds in six months and now competes in bodybuilding shows.

["Nikki Ballou introduces Zane Griggs as a thought leader helping men over 50 optimize their health.", "Griggs explains his early interest in health began in his 20s after watching relatives struggle with heart disease and diabetes.", "He describes his evolution from vegetarian experimentation to becoming a trainer in 1998 with a focus on low-carb and intermittent fasting approaches.", "Griggs details working with a concierge doctor from 2020-2022, aligning lifestyle habits with medical goals and blood work analysis.", "He focuses on helping career-driven professionals aged 40-65 who want to maintain their influence without health limitations.", "Griggs shares his personal health journey, including whiplash at 47 that stopped his training for two years and subsequent weight gain.", "At 55, he connected with bodybuilder Amor Camera and transformed from 227 to 169 pounds in six months.", "He continued working with Camera for another year, competed in bodybuilding shows, and now aims for a pro card at age 60.", "Griggs discusses how nutrition knowledge has exploded in the last decade, allowing older men to maintain energy levels of younger people.", "The conversation shifts to Robert Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement and how it brings chronic disease prevention into government discussions.", "They analyze how health topics like meat consumption and seed oils have become politically divisive issues.", "Griggs praises Dr. Casey Means for leaving her medical residency to focus on lifestyle-based health solutions.", "He explains how metabolic diseases were rare in the early 1900s, with obesity at 1% and type 2 diabetes affecting only 0.3% of the population.", "Griggs details Ancel Keys' role in creating the saturated fat heart disease myth through cherry-picked data from 6 countries.", "He describes how Keys' ambition combined with Procter & Gamble funding influenced the American Heart Association's stance.", "The discussion covers how this led to the food pyramid and processed food industry growth while ignoring smoking as a heart disease risk.", "Griggs notes the processed food lobby is second only to pharmaceutical lobbying in the U.S.", "He introduces his book 'Kicking Ass After 50' co-authored with Dr. Kinberry, aimed at helping men reclaim their health.", "The book provides practical steps including eliminating processed foods, sustainable movement approaches, and optimal blood work biomarkers.", "Griggs offers a free download at free40plan.com with his approach to diet, movement, recovery, and blood work analysis."]

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A direct conversation about helping men over 50 stay healthy, active, and in the game.

This episode puts men over 50 at a practical crossroads: staying healthy enough to keep their experience, judgment, and influence in play. Zane Griggs gives the discussion its anchor, moving through life after addiction, food choices, and health questions he feels have been…

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Over 50 and wondering where to start getting your health back? Zane Griggs is speaking right to that moment.

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