{"podcast":{"title":"Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter","slug":"human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527","podcast_index_feed_id":65527,"rss_url":"https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/c/b/0/1cb0a54fe83ba10316c3140a3186d450/ZB_Spotify_v3.png","author":"Zach Bitter","episode_count":509,"summary":"Welcome to the Human Performance Outliers Podcast. Your host Zach Bitter, will take you through a series of interesting topics around health, fitness, endurance, running, hybrid athlete training, ultramarathon, and nutrition. Join in for interviews with folks exploring their outer limits and research in a wide variety of sports, fitness, and nutrition.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T20:19:01.808945+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 472: Brad Stulberg The Pursuit of Excellence","slug":"episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence","published_at":"2026-01-26T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527","url":"https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/humanperformanceoutliers/Ep.472_BradStulberg_audio_complete.mp3?dest-id=685773","summary":"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","meta_description":"Brad Stulberg researches, writes, and coaches on health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He is the bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3742,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"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","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episode-472-brad-stulberg-the-pursuit-of-excellence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}