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High Performance Longevity

High Performance Longevity

By: Nick Urban | Longevity Biohacking & Performance
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 High Performance Longevity is the show for folks dedicated to maximizing their overall quality of life. I am your host Nick Urban and I’m bringing you the best minds handpicked from cognitive enhancement, BioHarmonization (biohacking 3.0), fitness, ancestral health, herbal medicine, spirituality, personal development, longevity, supplementation, and meditation.

Each episode deconstructs their world-class work into tangible steps for you to look, feel, and perform your best. We’ll leave no stone unturned whether modern topics like peptides and nootropics, or ancient systems like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. You’ll learn how to re-sculpt your body, boost energy levels, improve athletic performance, and gain mental clarity.

Nick Urban is a certified Chek Practitioner, biohacker, performance coach, and has spent a decade studying high performance. Health nut or not, HPL will fill your toolbox with products, tactics, knowledge, and resources needed to live at your maximum potential.

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  • #256 Flow State & Deep Work: How to Eliminate Distractions & Do Your Best Work | Steven Puri @The Sukha Company

    #256 Flow State & Deep Work: How to Eliminate Distractions & Do Your Best Work | Steven Puri @The Sukha Company
    Apr 9 2026

    Are you busy all day but never finishing the work that actually matters? What if the problem isn't discipline — it's that you've never learned how to enter a flow state on demand?

    Steven Puri joins Nick Urban to break down the science and practice of flow states. Steven shares the exact protocol he built after two decades in Hollywood and tech: how music at 60-90 BPM triggers focus, why rain sounds outperformed $100K of custom compositions, and the morning intention habit he calls the single highest-ROI practice for productivity.

    Meet our guest

    Steven Puri is the Founder and CEO of The Sukha Company, a flow state productivity platform helping knowledge workers find their focus and do their best work. Before building Sukha, Steven served as VP at 20th Century Fox running the Die Hard and Wolverine franchises, EVP at DreamWorks Pictures for Kurtzman-Orci Productions (Star Trek, Transformers), and produced CGI for 14 films including Independence Day. He sold his first tech company, Centropolis Effects, at age 28. Steven lives in Austin, TX.

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    Key takeaways
    • Flow takes 15-23 minutes of uninterrupted focus to enter — short gaps between meetings don't count
    • Music at 60-90 BPM, non-vocal, with long melodic stretches is the evidence-based sweet spot
    • Rain sounds beat custom-composed focus music because they trigger unconscious memory associations
    • Your physical workspace creates mental triggers — one location per type of deep work
    • Before touching your phone each morning, name the ONE thing that moves your life forward
    • Standard Pomodoro (25/5) often interrupts flow — try 50/10 cycles instead
    • Social media platforms deploy casino game designers to maximize your time on app
    • A father of two completed his PhD with just 60 focused minutes per weeknight

    Episode highlights

    00:54 Steven's background: Hollywood, startups & flow state discovery

    02:58 What is a flow state? Csikszentmihalyi's research explained

    11:05 How "Sukha" got its name on a honeymoon in Bali

    18:35 Music for flow: the 60-90 BPM sweet spot

    22:32 Why rain sounds crushed $100K of custom music

    29:54 Social media is engineered to steal your focus

    35:27 The #1 morning habit for peak productivity

    37:13 Default mode network: why great ideas come when you're not trying

    42:17 Physical space = mental space (the $5 million villa story)

    47:32 Time blocking & Pomodoro customization

    52:05 How a dad finished his PhD in 60-minute flow sessions

    Links
    • Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KhesUIwp0pI
    • Full episode show notes: http://outliyr.com/256
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #255 Recover from Total System Failure in 90 Days: The Resurrection Protocol for Burnt-Out High Achievers | Acusio Bivona

    #255 Recover from Total System Failure in 90 Days: The Resurrection Protocol for Burnt-Out High Achievers | Acusio Bivona
    Apr 2 2026

    You don't have a motivation problem. You have a TRUST problem. And the fix is so embarrassingly simple, you'll laugh at it — but it works. Acusio Bivona lost his relationship, his business, his friends, and nearly his mind... all in 5 months.

    What he built from the wreckage? A 90-day protocol that's helping founders go from total system failure to operating at a level they didn't know existed

    Meet our guest

    Acusio Bivona is a Human Performance Architect and founder of The Resurrection Protocol. After 10 years as a personal trainer in Los Angeles, he experienced 5 catastrophic life events in 5 months and used the rebuilding process to design a coaching methodology for high-achieving men. His approach fuses spiritual philosophy with physiological interventions to reverse burnout and restore command-level energy.

    Thank you to our partners
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    Key takeaways
    • System failure is when health, career, relationships, and purpose break down simultaneously — and recognizing it early changes the recovery trajectory
    • Unbreakable Promises are commitments so small you laugh at them, yet your brain registers the win regardless of size
    • Self-trust works like a bank account: $1 deposits (kept micro-promises) compound over time into genuine confidence
    • Cold Resonance removes friction instead of adding force — producing more output with zero waste, like a superconductor
    • The anterior midcingulate cortex literally grows at any age when you choose voluntary discomfort
    • Protocol Zero stabilizes the first 48 hours after crisis using a 7-day digital blackout and immediate Unbreakable Promises
    • Start with the body — fitness delivers the most tangible, visible results and builds momentum for everything else
    • 20 minutes of daily silence with zero input is one of the highest-ROI habits for self-awareness
    Episode highlights

    03:05 Reframing adversity as divine intervention

    06:22 Kaizen philosophy: action breeds clarity

    08:52 Unbreakable Promises explained

    12:03 Hot Fusion vs Cold Resonance

    15:02 Why fitness is the non-negotiable first pillar

    20:21 Anterior midcingulate cortex: the "do hard muscle"

    25:45 Attachment theory: anxious to earned security

    28:53 What system failure actually looks like

    32:56 You are your own primary care doctor

    34:02 Solitude, silence, and meditation twice daily

    37:37 Flow state and detaching from outcomes

    43:34 Protocol Zero: first 48 hours after crisis

    44:47 Digital blackout: 7 days off social media

    47:07 Freedom app for enforcing the blackout

    Links
    • Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fwwwR6ULiSc
    • Full episode show notes: http://outliyr.com/255
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    55 mins
  • #254 The #1 Antioxidant You've Never Heard Of (SOD) & How to Boost It | François Vix @GliSODin

    #254 The #1 Antioxidant You've Never Heard Of (SOD) & How to Boost It | François Vix @GliSODin
    Mar 26 2026
    Ever wonder why you spend hundreds on antioxidant supplements but still feel run down? What if the most powerful antioxidant isn't in your supplement cabinet — but already inside your body? François Vix, CEO of GliSODin with 40+ published clinical studies across 50+ countries, reveals why superoxide dismutase (SOD) neutralizes up to 1 billion free radicals per molecule while vitamin C handles just one. He breaks down the oxygen paradox driving "inflammaging," how mad cow disease nearly erased SOD from modern medicine, and the gliadin coating breakthrough that finally made oral supplementation possible.. Meet our guest François Vix is the President & CEO of GliSODin and a 20+ year leader in health innovation. He held strategic roles at L'Oréal, Lancôme, Biotherm, and Neutrogena International before founding Laboratoires Isocell in 2001 after identifying a stable, bioavailable form of superoxide dismutase. Today, GliSODin is available in 50+ countries with 40+ clinical studies and over 300 million daily doses sold worldwide. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gearUltimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and moreLatest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the worldFREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus Key takeaways One molecule of SOD neutralizes up to 1 billion free radicals, while one vitamin C molecule neutralizes just one SOD hasn't changed in 2.5 billion years of evolution — it was dubbed "the enzyme of life" when discovered in 1968 Primary antioxidants (SOD, catalase, glutathione) work 24/7 while secondary antioxidants like vitamins are quickly spent Mad cow disease killed injectable SOD in the '90s, and the scientific community assumed oral SOD was impossible GliSODin's patented gliadin coating protects SOD through stomach acid and sticks to the small intestine wall for optimal absorption Just 2 weeks of SOD pre-treatment protected white blood cell DNA from fragmentation during 3-bar hyperbaric oxygen exposure SOD doesn't just boost the immune system — it regulates it, downregulating hyperactive responses in autoimmune conditions like vitiligo SOD production naturally declines after age 40, making supplementation more relevant for midlife and beyond Episode highlights 01:18 What is superoxide dismutase and why it's called the enzyme of life 06:29 The oxygen paradox and how inflammaging accelerates aging 07:59 SOD vs vitamin C — the 1 billion to 1 ratio explained 11:53 Why synthetic vitamins fall short of enzymatic antioxidants 15:41 Mineral cofactors your body needs to produce SOD 18:23 Does supplementing SOD downregulate your natural production? 25:20 SOD and hyperbaric oxygen — the DNA protection study 31:03 How mad cow disease nearly erased SOD from medicine 34:00 The gliadin coating breakthrough for oral delivery 42:15 Is GliSODin safe for people with gluten sensitivity? 46:27 Lifestyle factors that deplete your SOD levels 51:53 How SOD regulates autoimmune conditions like vitiligo Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MGdfyXEmoFw Full episode show notes: http://outliyr.com/254 Connect with Nick on social media InstagramTwitter (X)YouTubeLinkedIn Easy ways to support SubscribeLeave an Apple Podcast reviewSuggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick
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    56 mins
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