# Episode 472: Brad Stulberg The Pursuit of Excellence Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence.md Podcast: [Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527) Published: 2026-01-26T11:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence Audio file: https://pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/humanperformanceoutliers/Ep.472_BradStulberg_audio_complete.mp3?dest-id=685773 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episodes/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence Duration seconds: 3742 ## Resource Brad Stulberg researches, writes, and coaches on health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He is the bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness and co-author of Peak Performance. Stulberg regularly contributes to the New York Times, and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, Outside Magazine, Forbes, and other outlets. He also serves as the co-host of The Growth Equation podcast and is on faculty at the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Public Health. In his coaching practice, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and athletes on their mental skills and overall well-being. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Endurance Training Simplified Series ProBio: probionutrition.com/endurance Code: Endurance (20% Off) LMNT: drinkLMNT.com/HPO (free sample pack with purchase) deltaG: deltagketones.com Code: BITTER20 (20% Off) Training Peaks: trainingpeaks.com/hpopodcast (free 14-day trial) Support HPO: zachbitter.com/hposponsors HPO Website: zachbitter.com/hpo Zach's Coaching: zachbitter.com/coaching Zach's Journal: substack.com/@zachbitter Find Zach: zachbitter.com | IG: @zachbitter | X: @zbitter | FB: Zach Bitter | Strava: Zach Bitter Brad: bradstulberg.com - IG: @bradstulberg - X: @BStulberg ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episodes/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.