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Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
by
Rich Roll
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May 1 - December 13, 2019
You can stand in the light. And you can set a positive example. But you simply cannot make someone change.
most breads contain amino acid extracts derived from whey protein, a by-product of cheese production?
It’s what men with educations like mine are supposed to do.
“I still think I can handle this without rehab. One more chance. If I relapse again, I’ll go. You have my word.” “Last time I heard that excuse the guy died choking on his own vomit. You sure you want to risk it?”
Our bodies have two basic energy-burning systems. The first is the “aerobic system,” which utilizes oxygen and fat for fuel. It’s your “go all day” mechanism that fuels activity up to a certain level of intensity. But when the intensity of exertion exceeds what is called the “aerobic threshold”—the point at which my lactate test curve began to escalate skyward—then the secondary system known as the “anaerobic system” takes over. Used to power more extreme efforts, such as sprint bursts, heavy weight lifts, and fast running, the anaerobic system utilizes glycogen, or sugar, for energy. And it
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At some point in my experimentation with nutrition I noticed that the more nutrient-dense raw vegetables—particularly dark leafy greens—that I incorporated into my regime, the more energetic and steady was my mood and disposition. So a certain leaf called kale became my new best friend, along with spinach, Swiss chard, and mustard greens.
the less gluten I consumed, the better I felt, slept, and performed athletically.
What’s the worst thing that can happen? she’d ask. We’re healthy. In love. Living life according to our own rules. And that’s all that matters. Everything else is just stuff.
One foot in front of the other. Turn the brain off. Keep it simple and just begin. And so I did.
“Yogi Kudu,” a six-foot-tall, fantastically limber yoga master. I’ll never forget the episode where Kudu slowly contorted himself into a two-foot-square clear Lucite box, which was then hermetically sealed and placed in a swimming pool, where it sat on the bottom of the deep end with weights on top to hold it down. A stopwatch ticked off fifteen minutes before a crane raised the box back to the surface and the yogi unfurled himself, perfectly fine. By slowing his heart rate to something like five beats per minute, the master was able to remain in the box without air, free from claustrophobia,
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when the heart is true, the Universe will conspire to support you.
This process is about mining your interior to deepen your relationship with yourself. It’s about confronting, and ultimately overcoming, behaviors and thought patterns that do not serve you. It’s about reframing the story we tell ourselves about ourselves, to tell a new story altogether. It’s also about exploring the quality of your relationships with others—changing the way you think about the world around you, and your responsibility to the greater welfare of your fellow man, and the planet at large. And finally, it’s about service—refocusing your attention away from what you can get, to
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you are the average of the five people with whom you spend the most time.
I wait until I feel like doing something, I usually just keep waiting. Inert. I may never feel like it. If and when I do, the moment has already passed.
mood follows action.
the goal isn’t perfection, it’s consistent forward progress.
sometimes even great is the enemy of good. And good is better than nothing.
“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”
Do what you love; love those you care about; give service to others; and know that you’re on the right path.
Reduce your omega-6 and increase your omega-3 intake,
