# Redefining Nutrition and Fitness with Mark Sisson Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-new-york-podcast-6922708/redefining-nutrition-and-fitness-with-mark-sisson Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-new-york-podcast-6922708/redefining-nutrition-and-fitness-with-mark-sisson.md Podcast: [The Strong New York Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-new-york-podcast-6922708) Published: 2026-02-25T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/247a5bc5 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/247a5bc5/1e31579c.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strong-new-york-podcast-6922708/episodes/redefining-nutrition-and-fitness-with-mark-sisson Duration seconds: 2026 ## Resource In this episode of the Strong New York Podcast, Kenny takes the show on the road to the LA Fit Expo to sit down with health and wellness legend Mark Sisson. Mark—New York Times bestselling author, former elite endurance athlete, and founder of Primal Kitchen—shares how injuries from running led him to rethink fitness, nutrition, and footwear, ultimately creating the Primal Blueprint and Primal Kitchen. He breaks down his simple framework for long-term health (diet, walking, lifting, sprinting, and sleep), explains why metabolic flexibility matters, and challenges mainstream nutrition “science.” We also dive into entrepreneurship, lessons learned building iconic brands, and why Mark launched his minimalist footwear company Peluva to address foot health from the ground up. 00:00 Live from LA Fit Expo: Welcome & Why Fitness Events Matter 00:26 Meet Mark Sisson: Athlete, Entrepreneur & Early Biohacker 01:25 From Running Injuries to Evolutionary Biology (and Building a Career) 02:17 Primal Kitchen Origin Story: Fixing Diet Through Better Sauces 03:33 Facing Rejection: Defending Paleo, Epigenetics & Self-Experimentation 05:55 Science, Money & Nutrition Confusion: Why Mark Stays Non-Dogmatic 07:29 Try Things, Track Results: Awareness, Experimentation & What You’ll Stick To 09:33 Metabolic Flexibility: The Real Goal Behind Any “Best Diet” 10:35 80/20 Fitness Basics: Walk More, Lift, Sprint—Then Decide How Far to Go 11:43 Born to Walk: Why Most People Shouldn’t Run (Injuries, Form & Catabolism) 14:07 Runner’s High Myth & Smarter Training: Cross-Training Over Mileage 16:12 VO2 Max vs Real-World Longevity: Build a Strong, Balanced Hybrid Athlete 17:19 Whatever Happened to America’s Fitness Culture? Setting Up the Bigger Question 17:47 Why We’ve Gotten… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strong-new-york-podcast-6922708/episodes/redefining-nutrition-and-fitness-with-mark-sisson/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strong-new-york-podcast-6922708/redefining-nutrition-and-fitness-with-mark-sisson.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.