The Kris Gethin Podcast

Most people believe that mental toughness is built in extreme moments, in war zones, in crisis, in rock bottom. But what this conversation reveals is that it is actually built in the smallest decisions of the most ordinary days, and that every time you negotiate with discomfort, skip the hard thing, and choose the easier path, you are not resting. You are rehearsing surrender.
In this episode of The Kris Gethin Podcast, I sit down with Paul Rees for a conversation that will stay with you long after you finish listening and completely change how you think about the challenges you face every single day. Walk away understanding that the soft life being sold to you right now is not comfort. It is the slow erosion of everything that makes you capable of handling what actually matters.
Paul Rees is a decorated British Army veteran who served five operational tours including Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Iraq, holds a Master's degree in counterterrorism from St. Andrews University, and is a 1988 Taekwondo world champion and third dan black belt. He spent years operating as a counter-terrorism expert in Libya under a bounty placed on his head by Muammar Gaddafi, surviving captivity, torture, and circumstances that most people will never come close to imagining, making him one of the most uniquely qualified people alive to speak about what the human mind is capable of enduring and rebuilding from.
What's discussed: 
(28:32) A voice told him to get out of the vehicle seconds before a RPG went through the seat he was sitting in.

(35:04) What actually keeps your mind from breaking when your body has nothing left.

(46:39) How he escaped captivity with one arm destroyed, weeks of torture behind him, and nothing but an AK and a decision.

(48:37) Why the men who survive the unsurvivable all have one thing in common and how to build it before you need it.

(53:11) Why comfort is not rest. It is rehearsed surrender. And why that matters more than most people realize.

(01:02:44) Why your body will quit long before your mind ever will and what that means for every hard thing you are avoiding right now.

(01:09:24) What gratitude actually looks like when you have genuinely had nothing and how that reframes every complaint you have ever made.

Listen to this episode of The Kris Gethin Podcast and walk away with a completely different relationship to the discomfort, the hard mornings, the boring meals, and the challenges you have been negotiating with, because after hearing what Paul Rees has been through and rebuilt from, none of those things are ever going to feel the same again.
 
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Find more about Paul Rees:

Instagram: @the_rebel_reverend/ 
 
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Most men over 40 think that slowing down, losing muscle, and gaining fat is just what aging does to them. But I am 52 with a biological age of 20, and I am here to tell you that age is not your problem. The excuses, the poor sleep, the sloppy programming, and the blind faith in stimulants and shortcuts are. 
In this episode of the Kris Gethin Podcast, I break down the exact training, nutrition, sleep, supplementation, and recovery principles that have allowed me to outperform most men half my age. Walk away from this episode finally understanding what is actually keeping you stuck, what to fix first, and what it genuinely takes to build muscle, stay lean, and perform at your best after 40.
What's Discussed:
(3:26) The real reasons men fall off after 40 and none of them are biological.
(4:45) Four focused sessions versus six sloppy ones and which one actually builds muscle.
(6:19) Cardio and muscle after 40 and what the research actually says about concurrent training.
(11:35) How much protein you actually need per meal to maximize muscle protein synthesis after 40.
(16:13) One night of bad sleep reduces testosterone by 24% and muscle protein synthesis by 18%.
(25:31) Creatine after 40 and its growing role in both muscle and cognitive performance.
(27:27) Paraxanthine versus caffeine and what actually happens when you make the switch.
(32:00) Peptides, hormones, and when advanced therapies are actually earned
 Listen to this episode of the Kris Gethin Podcast and finally understand what is actually standing between you and the best version of yourself after 40. Because it was never your age.
 
Find more from Kris:
Website: www.krisgethin.com/  
Instagram: @krisgethin/ 
Youtube: www.youtube.com/krisgethin
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Thank you to our sponsors:
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If you are Indian and you have been going to the gym for months or even years, avoiding the biryani at family dinners, telling your coach you are being consistent, and still cannot figure out why your physique is not changing, I know that it could feel demoralizing. And the story you might have told yourself when that happens, that it is your genetics, culture, schedule, family pressure, or your environment keeping them stuck, feels completely justified. But the real reason is almost never any of those things. But after 16 years of training some of India's biggest Bollywood stars and coaching thousands of Indian clients around the world, I can tell you the real reason is almost never any of those things.
In this episode of The Kris Gethin Podcast, I make the case that the real barrier to a world class physique has nothing to do with where you are from or what life throws at you and everything to do with the standard you hold yourself to when nobody is watching. If you have been going through the motions and calling it effort, this episode is going to hit differently.
What's Discussed:
(2:19) Why excuses, comfort, and low standards are sabotaging results more than genetics ever could

(4:37) Why the same program delivers completely different results depending on who executes it

(9:10) Why people would rather believe failure is built into their blood than built into their behavior

(11:34) The difference between exercising and training and why only one builds a physique

(13:50) Why soreness is being misread as a warning sign instead of a sign of adaptation

(16:05) How cultural environments that normalize excuses quietly keep people mediocre

(20:46) Why low protein intake and carb heavy diets are undermining muscle building before training even begins

(25:33) Why late night phone use and poor sleep are sabotaging recovery, cravings, and consistency all at once

(32:43) The identity shift that separates people who transform from people who stay the same

Listen to this episode of The Kris Gethin Podcast and finally understand why the body you want is not out of reach. It is just out of your current standard. 



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Find more from Kris:


Website: https://www.krisgethin.com/  
Instagram: @krisgethin/ 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/krisgethin
2 Shred: https://www.unmatchedsupps.com/products/2shred 
 
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Thank you to our sponsors: 
Biostack: NAD + Cell Shield from Biostack Labs https://biostacklabs.com/kris 

Unmatched Supps: Natural pre workout, recovery, and hydration support (KGC10 for 10% off)  https://biostacklabs.com/kris

Most serious lifters treat cardio like the enemy, something that eats muscle, kills strength, and belongs in a different sport entirely. What they are missing is that the tool is not the problem, and avoiding it completely is quietly costing them their recovery, their longevity, and the very gains they are trying to protect.
In this episode of The Kris Gethin Podcast, I break down why the lifters who skip cardio entirely are not protecting their gains, they are quietly sabotaging them. I also get into why doing cardio every single day is one of the main reasons I can train five days a week and still recover, why the way most people try to get lean is the fastest way to end up smaller and weaker, and what actually separates the lifters who stay strong and athletic into their 50s from the ones who do not.
What's Discussed:
(0:01) Why cardio gets blamed for killing gains when the real problem is almost always the plan. 

(2:26) Why your aerobic engine is your recovery system between sets, not just a tool for endurance athletes. 

(4:46) How to know if you are actually in zone two without any gadgets or guesswork. 

(6:02) Why the interference effect is not the law of physics most lifters treat it as. 

(8:08) Why zone two makes you leaner without shrinking you. 

(11:49) The best time to do zone two relative to your lifting sessions.

(14:14) Why some lifters feel smaller when they add cardio and exactly how to fix it. 

(16:32) Why zone two becomes non-negotiable once you are in your 40s and 50s. 

(20:05) The five rules for adding zone two without disrupting your training or your size.

If you have ever blamed cardio for a bad training block, this episode will change how you think about it permanently.
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Find more from Kris:


Website: https://www.krisgethin.com/  
Instagram: @krisgethin 
Youtube: @krisgethin  
2 Shred: https://www.unmatchedsupps.com/products/2shred 
 
Resources Referenced in This Episode:
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Most people chasing fat loss are locked in on calories, macros, and training splits while completely ignoring one of the most aggressive metabolic disruptors in their life - the phone they keep glued to their hand from the moment they wake up to the moment they try to sleep. Your phone is not just a distraction. It is actively interfering with your circadian rhythm, degrading your sleep quality, spiking your stress hormones, and creating the exact internal environment where fat gain becomes easier and fat loss becomes harder.
In this episode of the Kris Gethin Podcast, I break down exactly how your phone is quietly working against your body composition, your discipline, and your recovery in ways most people never connect back to the device in their hand. If you have been doing everything right and still not getting the results you should, this episode will change where you start looking for the problem.
What's Discussed:
(0:00) Why your phone is one of the most aggressive disruptors of your metabolism that nobody is talking about.

(2:23) How artificial light from your phone delays melatonin and destroys sleep quality and structure.

(4:43) Why phone conditioning keeps your brain in a semi-alert state that follows you into sleep and wrecks your recovery.

(7:02) How disrupted sleep tanks insulin sensitivity, spikes hunger hormones, and drives fat storage the next day.

(7:37) Why the same brain conditioned to check your phone all day is the brain that fails at discipline, delayed gratification, and sticking to a plan.

(9:21) Why airplane mode is not enough and what EMF exposure at night is doing to your recovery environment.

(10:30) The tools Kris personally uses including Brick and Opal to build structure and break the habit loop.

(11:44) The exact daily protocol to fix this starting tonight without changing your diet or adding a supplement.

 
Find more from Kris:
Website: https://www.krisgethin.com/  
Instagram: @krisgethin 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/krisgethin
2 Shred: https://www.unmatchedsupps.com/products/2shred 
 
Resources Referenced in This Episode:
Red Light Therapy
Brand: Red Light Rising
Link: https://redlightrising.co.uk/
Code: GETHIN5
Lumaflex, click here and use Code: KRISGETHIN (10% off)

• Collagen
BPC-157

TB-500

GHK-Cu

KPV

Cartilax

Sigma / Bio Cartilage / Nova Cartilage

Vesugen

 
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Biostack: NAD + Cell Shield from Biostack Labs https://biostacklabs.com/kris
Unmatched Supps: Natural pre workout, recovery, and hydration support (KGC10 for 10% off) https://www.unmatchedsupps.com