Functional Training Will Change Your Life | FitnessFAQs Podcast #10 - The Bioneer 

💪 Get Your FREE Calisthenics Workout: fitnessfaqs.com/homehero/ Timestamps - 00:00 Happy wife happy life 00:22 The Bioneer 03:55 Fitness dogma 05:55 Generalist vs specialist 07:28 Resistance bands 10:02 Rotation is underrated 11:51 Awkward movements 14:30 Functional training 16:02 Functional muscle 19:34 Strength endurance 24:38 Favourite progression method 29:19 Isometrics 37:10 Outdoor training 40:39 Variety 44:11 Home workout equipment 48:13 Muscle imbalance 51:08 Psychology 55:15 How to prime the brain 58:40 Avoid distraction 1:05:31 Greasing the groove 1:08:24 Multitasking & productivity 1:15:07 Transhumanism 1:18:39 Virtual reality 1:22:18 Unpopular opinion 1:25:58 Biggest lesson learned 1:27:04 Speak to anyone dead or alive 1:28:51 Recommended resources

Thanks for posting this, Daniel! Was a fantastic chat, I had a blast!

Two of the most down to Earth and wonderful fitness folk collaborating. Wicked 👍

Exercising can be hard sometimes but It always makes me feel better. Last year I had almost 300 lbs in body weight. One day I just started moving more, then slow running then I started doing weighted exercises and I was eating clean by following meal plan I got from site Next Level Diet. Today I have 200 lbs and I am happy like I never been in my life.

I'm loving this 'neo-fitness' community that's growing. And the sharing of ideas between Adam, Daniel, Calimove, RDP, Hybrid Calisthenics, Shredded Sport Science etc. Excited to see more interplay and sharing of ideas and concepts between these individuals who put health/longevity above anything else.

The collab we all needed. It's finally here

This was a really awesome chat gentlemen. Many topics covered. Much value!

These are my two of favorite youtubers. All this collab needs is RDP for the ultimate positive calisthenics video.

Two of my favorite content creators, I love how the focus is on getting fit in a healthy and progressive way, thanks for everything guys!

Literally my two favourite fitness youtubers this is perfect

You two guys are hands down best no nonsense functional fitness tubers out there. All the best to both of you and your audiences👍🏻

This was beautiful to absorb, it really was. I have recently adapted Bioneer style training to my Calisthenics. You can't really go wrong as long as you know how to manage it.

The Bioneer swiftly rocketed to the top of my favourite content creators upon happily finding his channel. His enthusisiam is utterly infectious. I bought his "Functional Training and Beyond" book, and its an excellent companion and advisor in training and living. Im recent to the fitness FAQ channel too, and this interview is a fantastic listen. So much to learn and incorporate into daily training and approaches to life. Brilliant.

I love that to see you two talking about what is fitness and how it needs to versatile and how different things can bring many benefits. Thank you so much.

Hi Daniel / Hi Adam, I follow you both since your very beginning on RU-vid and remember your early vids very well. It is really great how you both growed up and be successfull in your field. Congratulations and my depest respect!

Adam I value your ideas and guidance. Illinois U.S. grandma here working around injuries from a life well lived. I appreciate your approach. I would love to shake your hand. You're my families hero. Thank you.

Two of my top five favorite fitness RU-vidrs together, amazing. Great job, Daniel.

Really loved the collab and all the information !!! It was cool to see this collab I’ve been following both channels for awhile 🔥 🔥 🔥

Tbh Im a fan of the channel and Daniel generally, I'd definitely watch vlogs by FAQs or any kinda content. The way he speaks, carries himself, and his values shown through his practice and work are things that resonate with me. Keep up the great work!!

Daniel, I would like to thank you for all your podcasts because they are not only instructive and educational but also serve as therapy and motivation...

Been following you both for years now and both of your advices helped me a lot.

"Derive pleasure from the process" Brother, you spoke the truth here. It took me most of my life to realize that doing things for pleasure usually (there are exceptions) works best in the long term, most importantly, because I show up as often as possible. Being "the best" works for a select few, not for the many. At least, that's what it seems like to me. Good stuff, as usual. Thank you.

Salute! Still one the best & most consistent helpful channels since I began my calisthenics journey in 2012

I've seen a really fascinating video about ancient Greek training, I think you both would find value in learning about it. It shows they understand specificity, periodization, progressive overload, they also dedicate entire days to either training light, training heavy, technique, even days of breathing exercises, visualisation. Really fascinating stuff. They basically saw the mind and body as this holistic whole, pillars of self that were necessary for an aesthetic body and mind. They really were the kings of functional aesthetics. Big into compound movements, calisthenics, circuits, all sorts. Incredible considering it was 2.5k years ago.

bioneer guy said there is no risk of dropping the band on yourself like with weights but i beg to differ i gave myself a black eye doing rows with a resistance band around my feet in a seated position it slipped off and snapped back into my eyeball lmao luckily i was fine after a few days

I'm glad that you 2 connected. I have learned some great info from both of you. I'm 59 next month. I've been doing functional training 10+ years now. (Kettlebells and bodyweight exercises.) My overall fitness has improved so much since I started.

I never saw this collab coming, and am so glad it happened 👍

Thank you so much to both of you. I love your content. We have a similar mindset. I love training outdoors and I don’t really have a training schedule. I love martial art and all kind of exercises since I was a kid in Thailand. Also, I would like to share with you and others is that, training how to navigate around your house in the dark and shadow boxing around the house in the dark is great as well. Just don’t hurt yourself because in the darkness the desk or chairs will hit back. Lol I also do dishes and other chores in the dark sometimes just to train my eyes, balance, sense of touch, etc. Also, it’s hard for outsiders to see in and safe power bill. :) Thanks so much again for this great educational clip. I love to be a have a friend like you.

Stoked to see these two and these types of collabs. Love and commend the work ethos of both of these men and the inspiration shared to the world. Also the practical knowledge to apply to my journey too as I experience and share along. Couldn't do lots of what I do without you both in the community doing what you do, many thanks and high regards gentlemen, atop kudos Daniel and Adam!

I had listened to the podcast but seeing you both is even better!

It is amazing to see both of y'all in the same content Adam and Daniel. Both of y'all's content is very accessible.

Great guest, his videos are really informative and fun, he's the one that motivates me to workout even harder (and smarter)

Quite terrific global and specific conversation about human health. Will be coming back to this video for learning, for the rest of the year, likely. Thanks so much gentlemen!

Two of my favorite RU-vid fitness bros. You both inspire me so much!

Absolute beautiful content! Great interview!

Fantastic conversation. Health to all, honor and respect. Fun to hear the shout out to "knees over toes guy" Ben Patrick. He's a beast - not my drinking pal, but definately a dogma-busting mentor. Yous guys are great! Power Well!

When your old favourite Fitness youtuber meets your new fitness. It is exciting

Two of my favourite channels in one Awesome content 💪🏼💪🏼

The collaboration we've been waiting for 🙏

Thanks for presenting this video Adam is highly qualified practitioner and a wealth of complete knowledge. The back ground video reminded me all those brilliant exercises that work!!! Many picked up in a diverse range of skills and disciplines.

Yes, i love this information, basicly all of it from both of you. But sorry to disappoint, im a fan too :D, you inspire so much!

The Bioneer is imo the top fitness channel on RU-vid. I've learnt so much from Adam

YES!!!! Been waiting for this episode!

Really enjoy your videos and content which are very informative and comprehensive👌💯🙏

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!

so interesting, thanks for sharing!

Magnífico para empezar la semana, vamos!!!!! 💪🏽

What an amazing collaboration!!!!

Oh this is a Great Collaboration, really appreciate you both

Second day of dumbells here,kicking weed for good.been doing very simple exercises at first. Great channel

Been waiting for this

me encanta como siempre...empiezo mi lunes a tope contigo💪

Yoooo I love you both, so glad this happened!

Listening to this while training 💪🏻

Nice vid, thanks!

I have seen this happening in my mind and its even better as i expected!

This is the greatest youtube fitness crossover event ever, both of these guys are great.

Omg my two favorite fitness guys together. I watch the bioneers batman videos all the time.

I stumbled upon this video, because i followed the same rules - on a much lower level ofc. As a landlord and garden-owner i always had the problem to keep myself fit enough over winter to then be able and work the garden in spring. Ever tried to shovel and dig without shoulder- and gripstrength? Moving heavy plants out of the winter-habitat back to the terrace better be backed up with some deadlifting in the cold months! Oh and @bioneer : you should definitely make a video with the benefits of shoveling! You can vary resistance by using different blade-sizes and mediums (wet sand or bark mulch). 💪

Great conversation gentlemen!

Love both of your channels, thanks for this epic chat 🙌 👌 😎

Bioneer is the absolute man. What an encyclopedia.

Omfg!! Amazing video You were fabulous thanks For Sharing

This is PACKED with valuable, bite-size gems. Had never heard of overcome isometrics or greasing the groove before Great stuff!

Great episode. Thank you both! Listening for the 3rd time. Regarding strength endurance vs max strength, let's look at an extreme example from bodybuilding. Jay Cutler vs Ronnie Coleman. Both legendary. Jay took a higher rep range style and Ronnie lifted heavy. Just look at their quality of life and injuries. Obviously there are many factors that go in to it. But Ronnie has multiple neck and back fusions and both hips replaced.

Few of my favourite people doubled, what's not to like? Really nice conversation and ping pong with ideas and thoughts. That video game analogy to avoiding distractions is interesting. Personally I'm doing manual labor that involves operating machinery in the same exact way every day. Over the years it has become such a routine I could say that it's easy to get into the 'flow' when doing it, but could be just that it's so easy that I pay it no mind. But to get into that sensory input department I'm most of the time listening to RU-vid videos while working which then stimulates my brain (sometimes linguistically (as I'm not a native English speaker) or in other ways depending on the theme of the video) which really makes the time fly. My brain is in totally different world while my body goes through the familiar motions of work duty. Then having my hearing impaired by having to listen to something makes me have to pay much more attention to my surroundings as I can't hear everything going around me, which makes me have to use and train my peripheral field of vision by having to detect different moving objects and people around me. Then doing the work by altering the balance element by lifting one foot off the ground and altering my stance/position so that weight I'm working on has uneven distribution (I'm lifting, pushing and moving objects at work) will create a huge sensory overload by introducing new and varied variables into my otherwise monotonic and repetitive work will often put me in this flow state that I could describe as Superman mode where all my senses are super tuned and sharpened into what I'm currently doing and soon I'll notice it's been six hours since I last glimpsed at the time. It's effectively similar to doing your workouts outside in the park where you can admire the view, enjoy the sunlight and have good music playing; all the stars are aligned in your favor. For some people the flow state may require huge concentration effort to get into but I kinda feel that introducing new interesting elements with something you're very familiar with kind of merges or fires up your brain pathways into second gear for better performance. Edit 2: Workout wise I kind of get the same with running whenever I manage to open up all my senses. I really like pure barefoot running which gives a nice touchy feely sensation. Running is ingrained in our brain, it's familiar. Add invigorating music, tease your proprieception by doing it outside to give something to see and add a balancing element over doing all that on your treadmill. That's your regular nice run, but add a little warm summer rain to better your oxygen intake, give slightly different foot feel with wet ground and the water drops on your skin; that'll turn your run into a euphoric experience. All of your senses are tingled up into a wholesome experience that's beyond what I can describe with words. And that is a testament to what Adam said about working out outdoors. Ditch those bland gym walls and challenge yourself. You will most likely surprise yourself if you haven't tried that before.

YES! I have a superpower!!! But seriously, just focusing on the boring stuff and getting it done is a skill so many adults struggle with.

Good motivation!

Hi, Daniel! It would be awesome if you had someone from the movement culture in one of these podcasts. Such as Ido Portal, Johnny Sapinoso or Bren Veziroglu 🙃🙃

Absolutely a fantastic video!! Thanks guys !! ❤️

Respect, Man!

The idea of building our houses to be more challenging to move around or even more playful (like a hallway that has a trampoline floor) is super cool. Some of us already took a step in that direction by ditching normal height furniture. My table is one foot tall. My bed is a mattress on the floor. I sit and lie on the ground. When I do sit in chairs I’m usually perched up there or sitting cross cross. Lying on the ground, even a hard floor is comfortable to me now. Even more comfortable than sitting on a cushy couch. People use modern lifestyle as a crutch that enables them to get soft. A coach of mine said that as you get older you shouldn’t take it easy. Because easy makes you soft. And soft makes you dead.

Fun resistance band exercise I thought up at Doherty's gym, found a machine that I don't know how it's designed to use but it's effectively a see-saw which I curled a band I tied to it and found that the 'cheat' curl or making use of momentum to get the weight up allowed for the use of yielding isometric and overcoming isometric principles I learned from the Bioneer himself

Wow. I smell a FitnessBioneer collab! Hahaha. Functional training changed my life for the better. Thanks

This was Gospel. Thank you.

Awesome episode. Great information and followed both for long time now. Thanks guys please keep up the amazing work 💪🏻

Amazing!

My worst injuries are from working a sedentary job, sitting at a computer desk is deadly 😜

Nice podcast 📻 for fitness enthusiasts.

Love it when my gurus collaborate

Sehr interessant, mache ich mit. viel dank

Such a quality podcast nice

Hey Daniel, im a big fan and you are so good at your craft, you have taught me a lot and i would actually ask you if could make a video spicefic on Weighted Chins, all love

You should watch the 64 year old ripped doing calisthetics thats where true functional is at. If your still doing muscle ups, weighted vest, doing iso and mastering your bodyweight at 64 you have golden health, I see so many 64 year olds that just wither away on the couch and cant walk properly, then taking medication then developing side effects, its all preventable, I get so sad when I see that. I hopefully still want to do that at 90. The bodybuilder/strongman stuff will just thrash your joints if you do it regularly and is not built for longevity. Doing it a few times is beneficial tho. Never underestimate doing yoga too its hard lol.

I love and these thoughts and protocols and I follow them, I just struggle with consistency

Thanks!

Let's go bro 🔥💪

The Bioneer is a Legend !!

both of these guys have post-modern fitness advice that make sense physically and mentally and that is not a simple task to explain to veteran or newcomers

Impressive! Functional fitness. Healthy.

These are the best workouts in the world. Period.

My powerlifting got worse when i stopped doing outdoor personal training and focused all my attention on it. My shoulders are feeling way better and my bench press has been maintained now that i rarely train bench and do more handstands, dips and pushups. I feel like i could get a new PB with minimal training and i feel 100% stable again for the first time after dislocating my shoulder twice.

inspirational

Love both your channels! What hair product does Daniel use?

15:37 Today I learned that the Bioneer can warp time and space if given battle ropes. (I actually love it when videos distort some. haha)

Carrying the Kettlebell all day like he said reminds me of the Army. We would make our team members carry a rock all day between normal, everyday work tasks. Wasn't overly heavy, but was awkward and challenging to achieve the task. Of course, when the first person forgot their rock, well we, as a team, had to complete 2o Push Ups. Some of the NCO's / SNCOs may or may not have 'forgotten' their rocks on purpose just to get the Push Up count higher...

Great and genuine fitness nerd In same video it is worth a try

Great content! Two important benefits with scientific merits of working out outdoors are that as humans we evolved outside exposed to the elements and your body thrives to adapt to a changing natural environment rather than a sterile fixed indoor environment. Secondly, the sunlight hit the retina in your eyes and is regulating hormones to optimal levels.

This freaked me out because you two are the only training RU-vidrs I watch at the moment and I didn’t think you both would ever connect.

When are you going to post the talk with Matvey Zlat? Huge support for your great work!