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My Top 12 Favorite Stress-Relieving Activities | Dean Pohlman | Better Man Podcast Ep. 035

while “good stress” is one of the most effective ways to grow, “bad stress” plays a hand in almost every disease, illness, and injury you get.

But don’t worry—there are simple activities you can do on a daily and weekly basis to curtail stress from consuming your mental (and physical) health.

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How to Increase Deep Sleep with Yoga | Use These 3 Poses and Tips to Improve Your Sleep

During sleep, your brain has the potential to repair, restore, and lock in all that it’s learned the previous day. Your body goes through a similar process where growth hormone and testosterone are released. It’s when your fascia, muscles, and neuromuscular system go through an upgrade from the workout you hopefully underwent earlier in the day. These are just a few benefits of getting better sleep.

Bottom line: without adequate sleep, recovery won’t happen, and you won’t improve physically and mentally. Sleep is a skill like anything else that can be learned and should rank as a high priority. There’s a reason it has become a focus of professional athletes in recent years. They know it’s one area where they can dramatically boost performance without putting forth greater physical effort or resources.

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Health Insurance vs Care, Relationships, and Testosterone | Josh Whalen | Better Man Podcast Ep. 034

Life is full of twists and turns that can turn things that were once easy into difficult experiences. Whether it’s with your health, your relationships, your fitness, or your success goals.

But there are strategies you can employ to make each difficult aspect of life a little easier. And that’s what Josh Whalen, CEO of Blokes, and I discuss on today’s episode.

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How Man Flow Yoga Unlocks PRs In Running, Weight Lifting, and even Mental Health (Member Highlight: Cody Sliger)

Every single Man Flow Yoga Member leads busy lives. But perhaps no Member is as busy as 30-year-old Man Flow Yoga Member, Cody Sliger. He’s a full-time nurse practitioner, student (going for his doctorate), husband, and father.

Which means, sometimes Cody finds it difficult to squeeze in a good workout — whether he’s doing a Man Flow Yoga routine, running, or lifting weights. But thanks to the ease of Man Flow Yoga routines, Cody misses fewer and fewer workouts than ever before.

In fact, he uses Man Flow Yoga routines to make him better at his job…

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Staying Fit Over The Holidays (Even While You Travel) | Dean Pohlman | Better Man Podcast Ep. 033

The holiday season can sabotage your exercise routine, especially if you’re traveling to meet up with family. Too often, people use the holidays as an excuse to skip their workouts — but this can have a devastating effect on your routines long after the holidays end.

That’s why it’s crucial to do some sort of exercise while you’re traveling for the holiday season. Not only will it make exercising easier when you return home, but it’s also an opportunity to bond with your family in a different way.

In this episode, I’m sharing my favorite workout hacks (and mistakes to avoid) when traveling, so you stay fit and motivated over the holidays. Plus, I have a special surprise for you at the end of the episode.

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Dean’s Weekly Workout Routine | Dean Pohlman | Better Man Podcast Ep. 032

Do I do Man Flow Yoga routines every day? Do I mix in resistance training? Do I run a few times a week? Is there anything else I do to maximize my physical health on a daily or weekly basis?

Well, in this episode, I’m answering all these questions and more. You don’t have to copy my exact weekly workout routine, but you will discover some new ideas that you can adapt into your own routine.

Want to know how I keep my body in tip-top physical shape (and how you can too)?

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Enhancing Your Sexual Wellness In Your 50s and 60s and Beyond | Dr. Judson Brandeis | Better Man Podcast Ep. 031

Your body goes through massive changes as you age—especially as a man, but there’s a silver lining. Fixing one aspect of your health bleeds into every other area of your life. And you know what? It starts by doing simple things today, so you can thrive in your 50s, 60s, and beyond.

In today’s episode, Dr. Judson Brandeis, a men’s sexual wellness expert, joins me to reveal how to improve your physical, mental, emotional, and sexual health.

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How Man Flow Yoga Proves It’s Okay For Guys To Do Yoga (Member Highlight: Patrick Cobb)

If you’re anything like Man Flow Yoga Member, Patrick Cobb, you’ve probably believed the widespread stereotype that yoga is for women, not for men. And each time you walked into a public yoga class, this stereotype was reinforced into your mind:

Public yoga classes are dominated by women. If you’ve ever tried one, there’s a high chance you were the only man in the class. And, to be frank, public yoga classes can be humiliating for men. We’re not as flexible as women. Most yoga poses in public classes are designed for women, which increases your chances of injuring yourself. Not to mention, the spiritual lingo used in public yoga classes can turn you away from the scientific benefits of yoga.

That's how 58-year-old Patrick Cobb felt before trying Man Flow Yoga. And now, Patrick, along with every other Member of Man Flow Yoga, proves it’s okay for guys to do yoga.

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How To Make Eating Healthy Easier | Dean Pohlman | Better Man Podcast Ep. 030

Too many people who struggle to eat healthy make a couple of fatal mistakes:

They either overcomplicate eating healthy. Or they think of their eating habits as a "diet." And many people commit both mistakes.

Here’s the truth:

Eating healthy isn’t as hard as you think. In fact, burgers, tacos, and pasta are staples in my recipe book (even though most health “experts” will say they’re unhealthy).

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Building Muscle After 40 With Yoga | Why Yoga is a Better Option

Staying in shape is challenging in middle age. Long gone is the white-hot metabolism of young adulthood that burns off the worst diets with little effort. Muscle mass in men begins to decline as early as your thirties but picks up steam at age 40, where you’re likely to lose a pound of lean mass a year if you don’t engage in physical activity. If we’re lucky enough to reach 65, that’s more than 25 pounds of lean mass that have disappeared.

To reverse this trend, many men head to the weight room and start pumping iron, figuring that’s the quickest and most efficient way to maintain that lean mass and even add to it. Yoga is a better option.

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