Mark Bell on The 2AM Podcast has arrived

Elite powerlifter, inventor of the Slingshot, and host of the Power Project podcast. Known for his raw honesty and relentless discipline, Mark has spent decades exploring what it means to build true strength, not just in the gym, but in every corner of life

From setting world records on the platform to building one of the most influential fitness brands in America, Mark’s story is one of constant evolution

We talk about:

Building discipline
Why simplicity wins in life
Pain, suffering, and consistency
How to navigate nutrition with clarity
The real nuance behind sugar fasting

Watch the video and subscribe!

https://youtu.be/GY1byNxRkkM?si=7NfxeBlUmcnzeSFN

Heavenly Heat Saunas are the only saunas I trust enough to partner with, and I don’t say that lightly

The co-owner, Kayla Barnes, has followed me for a while, and I coincidentally learned that she owned the company on my search for a good brand

That led me down the Heavenly Heat rabbit hole via Matt Justice and was very pleased with his assessment of their saunas, from head to toe

I had my wife (a PR wizard) send them an email, which is how we got to this point

They’re the gold standard in a space that’s full of cheap materials and sloppy engineering. These guys build everything in the United States, use non-toxic wood, zero plywood, zero VOCs, and the cleanest electric heaters in the industry

You can verify the quality through Matt Justice of Certified Saunas on YouTube

No gimmicks. No nnEMF circus. Just reliable, therapeutic heat the way it’s supposed to be delivered so that you can heal and improve your metabolic health

Ultra clean build standards

No glues/adhesives for those who are chemically sensitive and need to heal from serious metabolic dysfunction

Ultra-low nnEMF & ELF with grounded faraday shielding via carbon infrared heaters that reduce electric and magnetic exposure for safety

Excellent pre-heat time

Most importantly, one hell of a deep sweat that improves your health across the board (yes, you can buy a sauna that does a crappy job of making you sweat because of the low quality build standard)

Many sauna companies cut corners. Heavenly Heat doesn’t. That’s why their units cost more, and why they last longer, hit harder, and don’t poison the air while you’re using it

I’ve partnered with them because I have always been interested in the power of sauna use for detox, infrared therapy, and more, but never had the chance to get one myself for consistent use

These are the saunas I’d put my own family in without hesitation. That’s why I’ve educated my family to have more skin in the game here

Their selection is awesome as well. The ECO infrared can fit into a closet. The 2 person combination switches between infrared and traditional. The 2 person red light therapy infrared gives you more photobiomodulation power. They even have an outdoor option

Black Friday is upon us. Now is your chance to get huge savings, especially with my own discount code thrown into the mix. Even if you decide to get one after Black Friday, my code offers substantial savings

I suggest you take advantage to save anywhere between $800-$1,100 off all models. It’s likely the cheapest price point you’ll ever get

Remember, in the sauna space, you truly do get what you pay for. Don’t be that person who makes a rash decision and buys a cheap sauna from Amazon because it has a lower price tag. They are a nightmare to have when things are going wrong

Get one for yourself and family with the link and code below. Ask questions if they arise

Enjoy Heavenly Heat Sauna quality

Use code ZAID for huge savings, in addition to the Black Friday deal

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This is arguably one of our most important episode for The 2AM Podcast to date

Nothing matters more than the next generation, and midwifery/home birth strikes at the heart of that discussion

My wife and I hired Lisa and Richard Oxenham to be our midwife team. They have helped bring Enzo into the world full of vitality, and I have seen their magic in person

This episode is loaded with wisdom for everyone, regardless of whether you’ve already had children or want to have them in the future

I will tell you this from experience. How you show up for your family within the context of birth, prenatal, postpartum, and everything in between is everything

It makes all the difference

Link below 👇🏽

https://youtu.be/i_VK4StxMBw?si=LmWD1DK6Lb6PpzOa

Amber light, fat cells, and nature

Researchers took human fat cells and shined different colors of light on them.. violet, blue, green, yellow, amber (nanometers), and red

Only one wavelength consistently did something dramatic:

Amber light made fat cells break down their stored fat droplets. This wasn’t done by the normal fat burning hormone pathway, but by turning on the cells cleanup and recycling machinery

Autophagy + lysosomes = internal fat digestion. Autophagy being the cell’s self-cleaning process, and lysosomes being acidic sacs that digest waste

The cell essentially ate its own fat droplets from the inside out as a result of amber light exposure

This pathway is not the classic adrenaline to HSL to fat breakdown route

The researchers even blocked the usual lipase pathways, and the amber light effect still happened

So, the study tells us that amber light activates the cell’s recycling machinery that destroys fat droplets

It’s not a stretch at all to suggest that light wavelengths can influence adipocyte (fat cell) behavior in a measurable way

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Every wavelength does something different in the body because different molecules and tissues absorb different photons

Blue light is highly stimulating and alerting. Red and infrared boosts mitochondrial ATP. UV-A and UV-B offer distinct benefits

Amber sits in an interesting middle zone because it penetrates deeper than blue, carries more energy than red, and interacts with metabolic tissue like fat

Amber is also heavily involved in:

• cerebellar development
• circadian signaling
• mitochondrial dynamics
• melanin intermediates
• POMC related pathways

Fat cells responding to amber light fits the pattern of amber being a metabolic wavelength

Amber exists in the natural world for your benefit. It’s most abundant during sunrise and sunset due to Rayleigh Scattering, where you have a high concentration of red/infrared/oranges/yellow/ambers

Golden hour is an amber rich experience

You literally bathe in amber light just by stepping outside during sunrise and sunset

Firelight offers a lot of amber along with many of the same wavelengths that sunrise and sunset provide

Full spectrum sunlight during the day offers amber as well, but at less concentration since it’s mixed with the rest of the spectrum

Incandescents are a man-made lighting source that is rich in amber light

By maintaining circadian alignment, you bring amber back into your life during both the day (sunrise, sunbathing, sunset, incandescents) and night (firelight & low lux incandescents)

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Daylight savings time is ass on every level. Nature doesn’t observe it. The sun still rises and sets on its own schedule. We’re the only species arrogant enough to think we can “save” daylight by lying to our circadian clocks. We need permanent standard time because it aligns our social clock with the solar clock

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GM watch sunrise

If UV was inherently carcinogenic, our species wouldn’t exist. Full stop