Why Your Workouts Aren’t Giving You a Summer Body — with Nick Bare

Dave Asprey

Jun 24, 2025

Episode description

You’re working out, eating clean, and still not getting the results you want. This episode reveals the real reason your fitness isn’t translating to the summer body you’re chasing and what to do instead.

Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:

https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR

Host Dave Asprey sits down with performance-driven entrepreneur and former Army Ranger Nick Bare, founder of Bare Performance Nutrition and the Go One More movement. With over a decade of experience in human performance, endurance, and mindset training, Nick has built a cult-like following by pushing the limits of physical and mental resilience without burning out.

In this episode, you’ll learn why consistency beats intensity, how to spot the traps of overtraining, and how to train smarter by understanding mitochondria function, recovery science, and sleep optimization. Dave and Nick go deep on longevity tactics, cold therapy, neurohacking rituals, and why emotional regulation is the missing link in high performance.

They also break down elite strategies for entrepreneurial stress, parenting under pressure, and how to balance ambition with recovery using tools from biohacking, self-quantification, and functional medicine. You’ll get practical insights into how Upgrade Labs, Danger Coffee, and the principles behind Smarter Not Harder can dramatically boost your energy and focus.

Whether you’re an endurance athlete, a sleep-deprived parent, or a business builder trying to avoid burnout, this conversation gives you the blueprint for sustainable energy, powerful willpower, and next-level fitness that actually works.

You’ll Learn:

• The true cost of overtraining and how to avoid it

• How to create “sprints” in life without sacrificing long-term performance

• Tactical upgrades for training, sleep, fasting, and emotional recovery

• What most people get wrong about motivation and discipline

• How to use nootropics, cold therapy, and fasting to accelerate growth

• Why fear of mediocrity can be fuel if used correctly

• How testosterone, cortisol, and dopamine affect parenting, performance, and purpose

Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade is the t

Episode description

Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:

https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR

You’ll Learn:

• The true cost of overtraining and how to avoid it

• How to create “sprints” in life without sacrificing long-term performance

• Tactical upgrades for training, sleep, fasting, and emotional recovery

• What most people get wrong about motivation and discipline

• How to use nootropics, cold therapy, and fasting to accelerate growth

• Why fear of mediocrity can be fuel if used correctly

• How testosterone, cortisol, and dopamine affect parenting, performance, and purpose

Mindsip insights from this episode:

Utilize hyperbaric chambers for enhanced recovery and youthfulness

Using a personal hyperbaric oxygen chamber, like one from OxyHealth, after a major physical effort can make a huge difference in helping your body recover and stay young.

#hyperbaric

#recovery

Experience baby pheromones to lower testosterone and reduce aggression

The pheromones and chemical signals from babies can cause a drop in a new father's testosterone levels as a natural way to reduce aggression.

#children

#testosterone

Treat post-endurance event recovery like surgical care

After an extreme endurance event like a 100-mile race, you should treat your body as if it just had surgery, using protocols like low-dose cortisol to aid recovery.

#exercise

#recovery

Harness fear of mediocrity to drive high performance

The fear of being inferior to your potential self is one of the strongest and most necessary drives for high performance and success.

#motivation

#success

Apply athletic seasons to structure life and business goals

Structure your life and business goals into an "in-season" of intense focus and an "off-season" for rest, recovery, and working on weaknesses.

#goals

#recovery

Utilize ultra-endurance running to achieve altered states of consciousness

Ultra-endurance running is not just for physical fitness but is a tool used to seek and achieve altered states of consciousness for personal breakthroughs.

#consciousness

#endurance

Cultivate curiosity to extinguish fear

Curiosity is the most reliable way to extinguish fear because it allows you to think about a threat instead of just being in a state of fear.

#curiosity

#fear

Train your body to switch from stress to relaxation with biofeedback

Using a biofeedback device like HeartMath, you can train yourself to consciously switch from a stressed (sympathetic) state to a relaxed (parasympathetic) state.