
On another Reload episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally revisit their conversation with good friend, actor, comedian, and personal trainer Ryan Stanger. In this new edit, you'll hear even more tips about fitness and nutrition, plus a ridiculous new ten minutes about supplements and Hawk Tuah's fumbled bag. They'll talk about hyperbaric chambers, barrel saunas vs infrared, what to look for when choosing a trainer, and Stanger really tries to make his Three Pigs metaphor work. Plus, Gabrus wants a Gym Tycoon video game, and Pally owns OK Computer on vinyl. I remember the time. This episode was recorded February 6, 2025 at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles Special thanks to Lee Nason and Brian Baldinger Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason B...
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Jason Bateman
Smart less.
Sean Hayes
This is one of the classics.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, I love that we're doing an intro before we hear our cold open and intro again with these re released episodes.
Sean Hayes
Well, I think that's what podcasts are.
Ryan Stanger
Right.
Sean Hayes
Eventually you're just gonna, you're just gonna. Then we're gonna do a best of intros.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. We're gonna do a comp episode where it's just us going and here's an intro that we love.
Sean Hayes
You know what intro I love? It's Sean Clemens.
Jason Bateman
Just keep adding. We never get to a guest. We're just introing and introing and intro.
Sean Hayes
But this is a classic. You know what, you know what? We're going to revisit the Ryan Stanger episode today. And you know, this one I, I get the most feedback on as one that has the most advice that people actually have started to follow.
Jason Bateman
Stanger's a pro. I mean he hosts a fitness podcast himself, the Dumbbells. And also this is a guy who I've recorded more podcasts with than almost any other human being alive because we've been doing action boys for a decade now. But he's such a reliable communicator about this stuff. And he, and you know, he's. He himself was a personal trainer in a D1 Division D1 NCAA football player. I got asked to go to Bill's training camp and passed because he didn't want to try but put through a table. Yeah. You know, he doesn't like wings. The. But so it's so fun to get to put some. The meat that we edited out of the Stanger episode and get it back in there. And I, I'm so happy that people are, are reacting to because he, he's one of those guys who's really, he's like ideal, an ideal guest for our show in that he's our funny friend who happens to also have worked professionally in that. In the health and wellness industry. So yeah, you don't really, you don't really get. It was like for, for the smartless mandate of like we want to get some experts and we want to get some comedians. It's like, well, we found one that's both. So it's about time we rerelease the episode. Let people get another crack at the old rhino.
Sean Hayes
Push, pull and squat.
Jason Bateman
Push, pull, squat. Something better than nothing are the two, two biggest mantras I've gotten from this dude. Well, hopefully you guys pick up some new stuff and I'm looking forward to listening because now it's been long enough since this Aired that I'm gonna have to listen again.
Sean Hayes
I forgot a lot about it.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, a lot about it. And then also. Whatever. I won't even know what's new in there, so maybe you won't either. Enjoy, listeners.
Sean Hayes
Stay alive. Did you do that at the end? I love this tracksuit. And this. The. The. The sneakers are amazing. And it's like, certainly a intentional throwback kind of vibe.
Ryan Stanger
It was my dad's.
Sean Hayes
Really?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. And that's your DeLorean that you just got out of?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. That was Doc Brown's, though.
Sean Hayes
Oh, really? So what. Where did you. Or when?
Ryan Stanger
2019.
Jason Bateman
Ryan Stanger. So stoked to have you here with us today. It's weird because you co host a podcast with me.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. You're gonna have to pretend like you haven't heard some of the stuff I say or. I don't know.
Jason Bateman
We haven't done six hours a week for eight years. But we're so stoked to have you. You're our first guest that is from both the comedy world and the fitness world, officially.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, yeah.
Jason Bateman
And no pressure. He might not be funny or informative at all in this episode.
Ryan Stanger
No. It's gon pretty light on the information and light on the jokes, but I think you guys will see that's always
Sean Hayes
the risk, you know, Jack of all trades, master of.
Jason Bateman
Not like they say, like a TV VCR combo. The TV is not great and the VCR ain't great either.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
But hey, at least it's in one package.
Ryan Stanger
This might go in the dumpster, but it's good practice for you guys.
Jason Bateman
It's like running with a weighted vest on.
Sean Hayes
Nice for us to get some reps,
Jason Bateman
but this fit is tremendous. And I know it's. I've heard legends of this because this was. You saw this hanging in your dad's closet?
Ryan Stanger
No, no, no. My dad showed up one day, not a brand guy at all. And I grew up, you know, in the 90s, like a total brand kid. I didn't have any of them, but I wanted.
Sean Hayes
Where did you grow up?
Ryan Stanger
Just in Northern California.
Sean Hayes
So not Marin, Like San Mateo?
Ryan Stanger
No, it was more Sacramento.
Jason Bateman
Sacramento city, baby.
Ryan Stanger
Nothing going on.
Sean Hayes
Nothing going on. Ladybird.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. And that made it look good.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
But the old man showed up one day with this on after we'd been denied Jordans any of this stuff. And we were like, what the. He wore it one time. And then later I add, like. Like maybe two years ago, I said, what happened to that flight suit? And he was like, hold on. And Then he sent me a picture of it, and he's like, I got it. I wore it one time. He sent it out to me.
Sean Hayes
You do look like someone could, like, forest gump you into the picture of the dream team standing along as, like,
Jason Bateman
the trainer Christian Laitner's dad.
Sean Hayes
I'm not.
Ryan Stanger
I'm not dumb enough to be gumped.
Sean Hayes
Well, I.
Ryan Stanger
I'm doing a podcast, Pally, I gotta say. There was one show, like, an awards show, and you presented at it, and there was something they did with, like, puppies in it, and you did a bit on the awards show, and I was so nervous for you. I'm like, he's gonna get in trouble. Like, you were just roasting the whole awards show. You're like, this is dumb. Pete is gonna come after this. And I was just like, holy. I was a fan and I.
Jason Bateman
They're gonna.
Ryan Stanger
He's gonna get in trouble.
Jason Bateman
Can you even remember what I was gonna say?
Sean Hayes
This is tough because it's bad when you can't remember which one.
Ryan Stanger
I didn't notice a pattern after that, but I. I loved it so much and was scared now.
Jason Bateman
This is so funny because I don't know what you're talking about, but it is the most believable story everywhere. I'm like, all the details fit.
Sean Hayes
I don't know what you're talking about.
Jason Bateman
So walk the tightrope. Crushed, maybe. Offended some people.
Ryan Stanger
Crushed for sure. But it's like, what the Is this? This? You're gonna get burned for this. You know? Should I release these? It. I was like, oh, shit. Don't do it.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, that's how most people feel about my comedy.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. I've been co hosting with you for years.
Sean Hayes
No, I'm. I'm. I've grown a lot. I feel like this is a pattern that's happening on the podcast is me having to apologize. I've grown. I've grown a lot.
Jason Bateman
I'm trying not to adopt all those puppies. So.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, I'm sorry about the load I bear bore on you.
Ryan Stanger
It's all good. We got a sled team, you know.
Sean Hayes
That's good.
Jason Bateman
See?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Beat Palin's husband.
Sean Hayes
That's good. Oh, well. So the outcome is rude.
Jason Bateman
Really great.
Ryan Stanger
I got. So this is. You guys are under the smartless banner.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, that's us.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Let's talk business.
Ryan Stanger
I am forever a fan. After I. I listened to an episode, and Sean. Kevin Bacon was on, and Sean was like, how does it feel to lose all your money to Bernie Madoff?
Sean Hayes
Wow.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Like, Bacon was like Beth.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. That's the kind of hard hitting journalism you're not going to get here. Also, what a guest. Kevin Bacon is the amalgamation of all three smartless men.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
If you were to sandwich them together in like a metal vice.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
They would come out as Kevin Bacon.
Jason Bateman
They call themselves the three degrees of Kevin Bacon.
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Jason Bateman
Now, Ryan, we kick off all our interviews with this question. Ryan Stanger, what are you doing to stay alive?
Ryan Stanger
Fucking everything. Everything that'll come up on this show. I've done it. I've tried it. I'm either doing it now or I've abandoned.
Jason Bateman
You are my first text about any new thing I hear about like, what's the deal with blank?
Sean Hayes
And now you will be mine.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, sure.
Sean Hayes
Again. Guess what? I try a lot of shit.
Ryan Stanger
I'm with you.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
I mean, have at it. But yeah. So you know, hyperbaric chamber. I just completed 100 rounds of that.
Jason Bateman
That's a hundred days in a row.
Sean Hayes
100 days in a row.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, roughly. I mean, I might have missed a day or two in there.
Sean Hayes
Are they. Is. Do you have one in your house?
Ryan Stanger
Don't. I'd love to have one. I don't. I went to a location. Now, people that are listening that are going to want to try it. It's tough to find. You know, they may not have them where you guys are.
Sean Hayes
And they're prohibitively expensive, I'm assuming.
Jason Bateman
Oh, yeah.
Ryan Stanger
I mean. I mean to get like medical grade, which of course is what I sought out.
Sean Hayes
Brother, everything I sought out is medical.
Jason Bateman
I want medical grade. Dabs.
Sean Hayes
You can't even find that unless you're on death row.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, that medical grade.
Jason Bateman
Oh, yeah, but that's when you finger a nurse. Yeah, a male nurse. Anyone can be a nurse.
Sean Hayes
Medical grade.
Ryan Stanger
It's. Is that what you said?
Jason Bateman
We're not doctors. We did a disclaimer already.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, you weren't here for that. But there's a disclaimer. We are not doctors. And this is not prescriptive.
Jason Bateman
These are all this is just we hear from people, we hear what they're up to.
Sean Hayes
And. And if you're a Podcast host. And you've been roasted by us. That is specifically for us to get ratings and engage with you.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. And we would love to have you on our podcast.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Please come on our podcast.
Ryan Stanger
Hey, come on. Their pod, you know, space.
Sean Hayes
Thanks. After they.
Ryan Stanger
Brian.
Jason Bateman
Better guests.
Sean Hayes
So.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, they're like, these guys need the help. What the fuck, Stanger?
Sean Hayes
So, all right, so you're.
Ryan Stanger
You're.
Sean Hayes
You're in the hyperbaric chamber now. Now explain. You go to a location. Now, what is it? It's. It what. What is the physical apparatus? What is the. What is the process?
Ryan Stanger
Well, there's multiple ways you can do
Jason Bateman
it, because what I'm familiar with is like a tube you lay down.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Most of them that are. That are in the medical grade category you can sit up in and. Really? Yeah, they have a facility at ucla and that one is a fucking huge, like, submarine with multiple people in there and a tech that runs it.
Jason Bateman
So they do like 10. 10 people at once or something.
Ryan Stanger
10 people at once? Yeah. And they'll be. Sometimes there's emergencies. Like people that have the bends will come in there and they clear it all out for that.
Sean Hayes
How do they get the. How do you get there that quick from the ocean?
Ryan Stanger
I mean, they just take. You know, you can exist for a while with the bends, and then they get you there as soon as they silo.
Sean Hayes
Made it seem like your head would explode right away.
Ryan Stanger
It depends on how deep you go. Ed Harris level.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
I got scuba certified and was on the boat with a bunch of real scuba heads. And some of them have Ben's insurance, which is, if they get it, a chopper will take them directly to the nearest hyperbaric chamber.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
That makes me want to quit scuba diving.
Ryan Stanger
I mean, what does that cost? $4 million if you didn't have the insurance.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Jason Bateman
Chopper lifted to a hyperbaric chamber. And you're taking a chopper to and from every day for the hundred days, right?
Ryan Stanger
Oh, yeah, yeah. It's not necessary, but I. Traffic in la.
Jason Bateman
That's a cool way to land.
Sean Hayes
I've never had the bends, but I do own ok. Computer on Viny. Anyway, so. So, so it's.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
So you could sit up in it.
Ryan Stanger
The one that I use, you can sit up. And there are some that people have built, like, in their house, like, rooms. Like full rooms. No, they're like little, like saunas. Not even. Like, they're little beds that they kind of sleep in. And that, to me seems a little.
Sean Hayes
Oh, all right. I've seen like LeBron James will like sleep eight hours in a hyperbolic chamber. Is that healthy for you?
Ryan Stanger
I. I think you're okay. What I could gather from it was, and how it kind of factors into recovery is that you go under a certain amount of atmospheres of pressure, so you're in this chamber. That increases the atmospheric pressure. And then you take in pure oxygen. So that. And it forces oxygen into your lungs more than what you would normally get from us just breathing the air around here.
Jason Bateman
Even more than just wearing like an O2 mask.
Ryan Stanger
More than an O2 mask. And the one that I did, you used an O2 mask. And then the other, like the ones where you're in a tank, like the submarine tank. What they would have at hospitals, there'll be multiple people that. Peeper people.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, multiple people.
Ryan Stanger
Multiple people that are using different oxygen schedules depending on what they need. And so you wear a space helmet looking thing and then they'll pop it off you. You take a little break and they put it back on. You stay under the pressure, but you get. You only get pure O2 in certain oxygen sequences. And then it increases blood flow. So, you know, you start creating, you know, more, you know, blood vessels and blood flow. And then. So people that have really bad wounds or diabetic wounds, they use it a lot. You know, amputate amputees trying to recover from that. Then some like, growing back limbs.
Jason Bateman
I'm next to a guy whose leg is developing as you're sitting there and he's like, it's happening in the newspaper.
Ryan Stanger
Bad for pirates. What's my angle now? Yeah, now I've got to rely on the beer parrots in there with a little.
Sean Hayes
There's another red beard. What am I gonna do?
Ryan Stanger
Says I. I guess I'll have to
Sean Hayes
rely on this bird. Everyone has a bird.
Jason Bateman
Did you say parrot with a space helmet?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Captain Hyperbaric says, hey, what
Jason Bateman
Good for blood flow.
Ryan Stanger
It's about as good as what I got. So. Yeah, so that, you know, a lot of amputees. Like I was reading about emergency plastic surgery. People that have like these, you know, injuries that aren't recovering.
Sean Hayes
Oh, no.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
What about athletes, right? Like you mentioned LeBron James. I've seen this used a lot recently. I feel like I just saw like maybe like Kevin Hart doing it or something. Like, what, what, what. What is that thing that you have in your house that looks like an iron long that you get in and you sleep in?
Ryan Stanger
I'm, I'm. That's hyperbaric. And so I don't know what their oxygen schedule is. And so, you know, because you can't
Jason Bateman
breathe pure O2 for eight hours, right.
Ryan Stanger
I. I don't know. I don't think that they are.
Sean Hayes
Right. They're going for an hour.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, they're going for an hour. And if they were to go overnight, it might just be under that atmospheric
Jason Bateman
pressure and not have like an oxygen.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Or it like releases oxygen in, in certain sequences.
Jason Bateman
So they're hoping by increasing blood flow that's like a way to repair muscle tissue. Yeah, like muscle for sure.
Ryan Stanger
That's exactly. If they have any kind of little micro injuries they don't even know about.
Jason Bateman
Right. It'll help bring blood to those wounds.
Sean Hayes
Can you like go in there and be on your phone and stuff?
Ryan Stanger
They, if you're taking Pure O2 in, they're. They don't let you because if you have one little spark. Right. You're right.
Sean Hayes
So I guess you can only vape.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. You could vape fill. Fill in a hyperbaric chamber up with vape smoke while there's nine other like amputees. I mean they're like, I hate this guy.
Sean Hayes
I hate it when P comes in for his session.
Ryan Stanger
But Donald Sutherland from Backdraft would encourage it.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, well that's a very specific person who's dead.
Jason Bateman
Oh, you guys see Backdraft to understand he's a bit of a firebug.
Sean Hayes
What is your day to day staying alive regimen, hike are. What's your workout schedule? What's your diet? What. What are you doing to stay this fit?
Ryan Stanger
Okay, so right now what I'm into is sauna. And that's been for the last 10 years. I do it every day. I have a barrel sauna at my house.
Jason Bateman
This is, this is what we were discussing because I, I bought. Bought when we wrapped 101 places to party before you die. I bought Paliasana and he bought me a Tudor black bay.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, that was a plug and a brag.
Jason Bateman
Please send us free watches. I use promo code staying alive to get.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, actually I wear a Rolex. I wear a Rolex.
Ryan Stanger
Check out the watch.
Jason Bateman
But we're, we're sauna freaks too. And like you got me kind of of tuned into saunas and I'm jealous that you have a full in his yard. In stud city you just have a wooden.
Sean Hayes
Is that what you call your yard?
Ryan Stanger
Everybody else does. Maybe I will. So.
Sean Hayes
So he got me this infrared sauna that's like a little like you know, super cool modern looking glass thing where you can sit down in the Bluetooth
Ryan Stanger
and the go in his pally come out of Superman.
Sean Hayes
Exactly. So I, I, I'm pretty much at. When I'm at home every day. Great hour a day. You're in a barrel sauna.
Ryan Stanger
Barrel sauna. So that's a more traditional dry sauna.
Jason Bateman
Hot rocks.
Sean Hayes
Hot.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, hot rocks that are heated electrically. It's got an electric heater.
Jason Bateman
So you don't pour water on it.
Ryan Stanger
No, I mean you can. As long as the rocks are hot enough and you're not getting touching the heating element they should have. The water should mostly evaporate before it touches. But it's a havari heater. The sauna is Dundalk and it's all red Canadian red cedar.
Sean Hayes
Sounds like a German band.
Jason Bateman
Don't dock me, man. What other place do you get to call out the name of your heater? The kind of wood and the company that made you sauna. Like there's no.
Ryan Stanger
Well, yeah, I mean, you kind of want to look into where the wood's coming from. There's a lot of drop ship companies that are coming out now because it's become popular and it could be, you know, junk wood.
Sean Hayes
Drop ship.
Ryan Stanger
That means just like Alibaba, like Amazon.
Jason Bateman
You get a Teemu sauna dropped off of your house this big.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Just put your hands in it.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. You got a little finger cut, you know. Okay, that's, yeah. So you want to be careful of the, you know, the wood and make sure there's not impurities because you're sitting in there and it's cooking.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Ryan Stanger
And you're breathing it.
Jason Bateman
Right, Right. If it's got weird pesticides or some shit or some shellac.
Ryan Stanger
Right. And so all this, how often do you clean it? I don't clean it a ton. Like, great.
Sean Hayes
All I need to hear, we can move on.
Ryan Stanger
It's me and mine. Yeah. So they, it started like around 2015. This Finnish study was published and they, they looked at these guys in Finland. It's a good place to do an observational study.
Jason Bateman
The largest, most saunas per capita in the world is in Finland.
Ryan Stanger
So they could find people that were doing it.
Sean Hayes
No, no chefs.
Ryan Stanger
No.
Jason Bateman
That's Sweden, right?
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Not a single chef.
Ryan Stanger
Sweden's good. They even have a Muppet made after one. Finland.
Sean Hayes
Tons of chefs. Yeah, tons of chefs.
Jason Bateman
I want the Finnish Muppet that's always sweating from being in sauna.
Sean Hayes
It's hard to do with belt. Every time we pump the water, the thing falls apart.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Irvin Durge and low mortality rates. No meatballs in Finland either.
Jason Bateman
Finland.
Sean Hayes
Finland's kind of boring.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
And shout out our first live shows in Finland. I couldn't name a city in Finland to make it. To make a more specific.
Ryan Stanger
So this thing came out and people went nuts for it because they were looking at guys 42 to 65, somewhere in that kind of age. Age range. And they, they looked at him for 20 years and they accounted for other healthy lifestyle factors. And they found crazy numbers like a 60% drop in all cause mortality.
Jason Bateman
I love that phrase. Dr. Rhonda Patrick found my fitness. She was the first person I heard talk about this study. And the phrase all cause mortality. A 40 reduction in anything that will kill you. Yeah, it's like a crazy that. How do you not. How do you not start getting involved?
Ryan Stanger
It's up as high as 60, I think.
Jason Bateman
Jesus. You can.
Ryan Stanger
People should look it up. Everybody here picked up on it and they've now looked into other things that it can do for you. But that was Alzheimer's. It was all cause mortality.
Sean Hayes
And is that barrel versus infrared or
Ryan Stanger
so I don't know because in Finland they just do the other kind. But I mean it's gotta be. There's got. It's just the act of sweating, I think so. I mean it's tough to know. And people will throw around stuff like heat shock proteins and. But I don't, I don't know. I mean it's one of those.
Sean Hayes
I don't read any of his stuff.
Jason Bateman
He's a protein is the guy I follow on Only Fans.
Ryan Stanger
He was a great wrestler. He does solo jack off scenes.
Sean Hayes
I also follow Rock.
Jason Bateman
Imagine following an ex wrestler on Only Fan. I watched the Undertaker, Paul Bearer, Puff.
Sean Hayes
I follow Rock Chalk Chopra on.
Jason Bateman
On Only Fans, which is a rock climbing Indian guy.
Sean Hayes
No, he's a Kansas J fan. He's a Jayhawk fan. Who gives that spiritual advice.
Ryan Stanger
Other followers. Ashley Judd, like, okay, Rob Riggle.
Jason Bateman
What is the belief behind why saunas work? It's because the heat shocks your body, cuz.
Sean Hayes
Or are you sweating out to. Are you truly sweating out toxins?
Ryan Stanger
So I don't, I don't know. You know, toxins things. People throw that around too. I, I don't know. Like, I don't know know what this. And they may not know what the scientific mechanism is or what's happening that does it. Because it's, it's interesting too if you look at this study. So I mentioned that there are other healthy lifestyle factors because immediately people would jump to, oh well, if you sauna Every day. Then you're doing other things to take.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. You're not a guy who's at the china buffet every night and then going to the sauna during the day.
Ryan Stanger
No, no. So, so they factor that in diet, smoking, exercise and. But you know, observational studies are inherently flawed because you just, there's not, you're not looking at the sign. It's hard to do. Like how can you get somebody into the lab every day and do the sauna and then have a guy who
Jason Bateman
is exercising the same regimen but not hitting the sauna?
Ryan Stanger
So, you know, they're, they're tricky. But because there was, it was such a large population that they looked at, you know, two through 3,000 people, you know, people. And it's been peer reviewed. So people, you know, people do respect the study and then how robust the results were. So it's not like one of those things to where it was like, oh, you know, it's 12%.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ryan Stanger
It's huge numbers.
Jason Bateman
And so even with a margin of error.
Ryan Stanger
Right. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
It's still going to be juicy.
Ryan Stanger
Totally. And they've found that people in high. The people that do more so more frequency have more robust results.
Jason Bateman
Right. So people that are more better. Yeah, there is like, there's more than.
Sean Hayes
So is there something to the idea of like sweating out a sickness? Like let's say, because like I've, I've had like, you know, a sinus infection or a bad cold and like gone into a sauna to try to sweat it out, you know, or like a flu. Is, is that, is it as like prescriptive as that? Is it? Or is it strictly like we're talking long term benefits.
Ryan Stanger
So interesting you bring that up because I have seen talk about respiratory disease. So, you know, you name it, you got some kind of respiratory thing going on. They found that people in the sauna, it shortens the duration of their, whatever they've got infection or gut.
Jason Bateman
To be fully anecdotal here, I find that if I have a little something in the throat or in the nose or a cough after a couple of days in the sauna, maybe I would recover it anyway.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Jason Bateman
But the sauna does at least and even in the moment acutely kind of relieve me of it.
Ryan Stanger
And if you catch it on the tits and not in the throat or the nose, you know.
Sean Hayes
Sure.
Ryan Stanger
But you don't want to be like, have the reputation of being a cum
Jason Bateman
dodger come in my nose. Nose pies.
Ryan Stanger
We don't kink shame here.
Jason Bateman
Google nose by Anymore.
Sean Hayes
That's why I was asking about cleaning my mine.
Jason Bateman
Oh, I like what you did with the frosted glass here. Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, that's it. Yeah. A little splotchy privacy.
Jason Bateman
I tried to jerk off in the sun. I almost fainted. It's like the alter. It's like a auto erotic asphyxiation. So sweaty.
Ryan Stanger
The ultimate kink. He's a lot of equipment, a lot of real estate.
Jason Bateman
Reduction of all cause jizz. 60% reduction in jizz.
Sean Hayes
You hear how Gabriel died?
Jason Bateman
Let me guess, coming in a sauna. Whoa.
Ryan Stanger
It wasn't suicide. So. Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of what we're living in here, you know, at least in this recording location, is in the realm of anecdotal. But I've experienced that too. To where it's like, I definitely feel better. I definitely, if I can drag myself in there and I've got something seem to recover. And then most recently I've seen some research or some studies done out there about it reducing the, the duration of. And I think people that use it get sick, get respiratory disease less.
Jason Bateman
I feel like when I'm on a good sauna regimen, I. I do feel over. Here's a small anecdotal thing I've noticed. When it's really hot in la, I'm not as sweaty. Like I'm a little heat adapted from the sauna. I don't get as like overheated easily.
Ryan Stanger
And Yeah, I think you build up a tolerance.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
And it feels good. And then when it's like 90 degrees out, I'm like, well, I sat in
Sean Hayes
160 today, but there's nothing like, like, like my. One of my favorite things is being in the sauna. And then like you get in the shower and you're still a little like steamy and then you walk into like New York cold.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. You know, that's a contrast therapy.
Sean Hayes
I love that you're like. Your eyes go back in your head. I like that. I live for that shit.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. My gym has a little outdoor area and the saunas in the outdoor area. So if I build up enough of a sweat when I come out, I look like a linebacker or a lineman on the, on the sideline. I come out, there's so much steam coming off me. And I train at like one of the gayest, like one of the gayest places I've ever been in my life besides. I mean, it's as gay as a gay bar and it's awesome. But I, I come out and there's just like six dudes lifting weights. And I'm shirtless, like in a Speedo with, like, steam coming off me. I feel like I'm baiting everyone. I look like a freshly served dish.
Sean Hayes
Has any of them ever made a move on you?
Jason Bateman
No.
Sean Hayes
Then you're not bathing. That's in your head.
Jason Bateman
No, I get a little eye fucking.
Ryan Stanger
You present yourself in a chafing dish and then pull the lid off.
Jason Bateman
When they pull the lid off and my legs are behind my head in the Belgian oyster, I have one candle in my ass. L. You don't do that.
Ryan Stanger
Make a wish. I mean, don't do that. You owe it to them.
Jason Bateman
At that point, I feel like they are ogling me as I'm spread eagle with a candle in my.
Ryan Stanger
Can't I just work out?
Jason Bateman
Guys? Like, everyone just slowly drifts to another section of the gym. Like, let's go do cardio. I love the sauna and cold plunge combo. That's like a real treat.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, we've been talking about that a lot. Is that something that they.
Jason Bateman
We're trying to talk him into building a cold plunge in his yard.
Ryan Stanger
I want one. So that's.
Sean Hayes
Are you cold plunging?
Ryan Stanger
I do, but I don't have. I. I have to go.
Sean Hayes
It's not with the frequency.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Because I have to go somewhere to do it.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Ryan Stanger
But I. I do want to get one and that's. That's something that's come out recently too. To where they find that the. The benefits are more psychological.
Jason Bateman
I. I was saying earlier that more
Sean Hayes
Wim Hof than Hoff Win.
Ryan Stanger
Who is this show for?
Jason Bateman
Half wind will just finish Muppet.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. People just screaming with laughter that, like, do the polar plunges and stuff.
Sean Hayes
Hey, man. Entertainment has become niche. So niche.
Ryan Stanger
We found our sh.
Sean Hayes
Show.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Huge in Finland.
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Sean Hayes
And. And as a personal trainer.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Do you find that you have a responsibility to. To both your clients and your kid to like stay in shape like that? To show them like, this is my job?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
I mean, you don't want to feel that pressure.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. I would be a great personal trainer if people were okay with their trainer being fat. You know, like a mechanic's car is the worst.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Doctor's child.
Jason Bateman
Hey, look at the devil.
Ryan Stanger
There's not. I mean, I used to work at this big. It's now an equinox, but it's this massive gym in west la. It used to be called Sports Club. And there was this guy in there and basketball courts. Yeah. Got basketball courts. Yeah, Stuff on the roof. Like all kinds of functional on the roof. But there was this guy there because they used to like really drill down on the trainers to sell. It was like this crazy pressure. He had to be a good salesman. And there was this guy there that was ripped, named Rudy, and he had the most clients by far. He worked all day with clients and. And they would all do the same thing. He looked fucking ripped. It was just genetics. And so you'd see him and there'd be like a little old lady. Like there'd be like a super ripped guy. Ramp. Ramp.
Jason Bateman
There'd be an ADAPT programming.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. But every. Because he just looked so ripped. And there'd be other people that looked less fit, but they were great trainers. So you just never know. I mean, that's. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Well, this is. This is a great segue to. I'm sure some. Listen, some listeners or viewers of this podcast are curious about getting a personal trainer or maybe don't. I know how to. What. What would you look for as a personal trainer yourself? What Would you look for in a good personal trainer?
Ryan Stanger
Well, I think.
Jason Bateman
Or what makes you a good personal trainer, too?
Ryan Stanger
I think certification. So I think it's important maybe to start there. It doesn't always have to be like, somebody can be really experienced and, you know, just kind of know by training a lot of people and been in the game for a long time. But, you know, you can look for certification. You can look for certain degrees and maybe start there. And I think anybody good degree to look for exercise, you know, kinesiology. Yeah. Physiology. Something there some kind of background in it, or if they just have some level of certification and that they've. They keep going with continuing education credits, their ces.
Jason Bateman
They're not some guys sitting on some, like, old degree. They're constantly learning the new stuff. And.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, so. But that's not 100%. That's just maybe a good place to start. And then you really. You want to sit down with them and talk about what their plan is. And if they don't ask you what your goals are, you probably want to bail.
Jason Bateman
Right. If they, if they just say, what, this is my perspective.
Sean Hayes
We're gonna get you ripped.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
It's just like, all right, day one, here we go. Back squats. Let's do it. Number one. And you're just like, I don't want to do that. You know, I just wanted to, you know, get my cardio up or whatever it is. They should be asking you what your goals are. Now, once that's done, they may encourage you to kind of focus on some other areas that they think would be helpful or beneficial to you. But if they're not asking you your goals, it's a bad sign. And they also. They also should assess your baseline level of fitness to see, you know, where to go and how hard to train you.
Sean Hayes
What does something like that look like? What does that assessment look like?
Ryan Stanger
So what I used to do as a trainer is I would. I would do like this talk test. So I'd get somebody on a treadmill. Treadmill. And I would just, you know, have them on the treadmill. I'd increase the incline, and we would just talk. And so we talk about what we're going to do that day.
Sean Hayes
Do they know that you're testing them?
Ryan Stanger
I'll tell them. Yeah. It's not any kind of secret. And, you know, just. We're just talking about what they, you know, that's a good place to kind
Jason Bateman
of make your temperature rectally without them knowing. Just see the body.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, of course. I didn't think I needed to mention that.
Jason Bateman
At least that's what my trainer does. Here's the thing. Thickest thermometer.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, that's a good sign.
Sean Hayes
You're also in the back of a veterinarian. Yeah, you're not exactly at the gym.
Jason Bateman
I'm in a Temple Grandin hug machine. Large animal Vet is where I go for my diet. Your blood pressure is great if you were a bovine. But it says here on your chart, you're a human. Look at my chart.
Sean Hayes
You know, I gotta tell you, the. Your stomach's not great. I thought that I was gonna have to look at two other stomachs. Yeah, but it's even worse.
Jason Bateman
But your milk production's through the roof. Stop tugging on that, Utter. You only have one working udder.
Ryan Stanger
Are you willing to help us increase the buffalo population? Sure. But. Yeah. So you do this talk test, and then you can kind of get a good, like, baseline level of their cardiovascular fitness. And then I'll do a really simple workout where we're just doing some kind of push, pull, and a squat. Squat. And then so you can see their functional flexibility. So you know how much flexion they have in their ankles to do a squat. You know what kind of shoulder health they have doing these push and pull exercises. And then you can see some, you know, some issues that they may have with flexibility or some, you know, certain weaknesses that pop up. It's usually it. It would usually be really easy. I would comp them that session. And then, you know.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, my trainer, Addie did the first one free as well. And it's kind of like a good way to. Because then it's like. Like, no pressure on you. Like.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. And it's. It's a good sign if they're doing that, because then you can figure out each other's chemistry and if it doesn't feel like a good fit or I know another trainer that I think might be better for them then that recommend them.
Sean Hayes
And is there, like a trainer break room in la? Like. Like shrinking? Like, where all the therapists go to talk.
Ryan Stanger
Like, Ford's up in that. I used to see him at this gym I worked called Pro Gym Gym. Yeah. Yeah. He was getting in shape for Crystal Skull Ripped dude.
Sean Hayes
Really?
Jason Bateman
Yeah, he does pop his top in it in Crystal.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, he does.
Jason Bateman
No, he does in Dial a Destiny, right?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, he was.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, he looked 70 something. Take his shirt off. Good for him.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
And. Yeah, but I saw him in the
Sean Hayes
Sensory City parking lot lost on.
Jason Bateman
In a plane. Kalista trying to take Off.
Sean Hayes
He was in the basement. I was like, breaker, breaker, Harrison, you got to get up to the top thing. He's like, I'm making my move.
Ryan Stanger
She offered him a vape and it like popey, you know?
Sean Hayes
Yeah. No, his car reeked like weed. He was just good doing donuts on the plane.
Ryan Stanger
The land.
Sean Hayes
Sir, you're in a Tesla, buddy.
Ryan Stanger
Cheech and Chong were in there.
Jason Bateman
Like, what the.
Sean Hayes
Cheech Marin?
Jason Bateman
Yeah, the something you said about assessing their mobility. This is something I saw a personal trainer do one time that broke my mind. I watched a personal trainer hold their client, older client's hands to lower them onto an incline incline bench where then they did like light dumbbell flies. And in my head I said, the trainer should be working so that this person can get on and off the bench by the inner pec development is less important than the ambulatory skill to get up and down off the bench,
Ryan Stanger
standing up and sitting down.
Jason Bateman
No, no, no, we got it towards like, no, get them over there. Get them doing this number one peck fly.
Sean Hayes
I always found the work, like working with a trainer is great once you get past that thing. Like, the worst part of a trainer to me was always if I would go to a. A gym, you know, inevitably someone in the staff shirt would walk by and be like, you know, you're doing that wrong.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Right. Which is like the worst interaction.
Jason Bateman
I love talking to guys with tucked in polos.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
But it's like, it's just the worst interaction you, you can ever have because you're like, get, get away from me. Like, I don't want to. I'm just trying to work out, you know, Like, I don't. It's. It's. I always akin it's like to the feeling of like the trainers always feel like when you go to a strip club and the dancers are walking around looking to see who, who, who's there for a dance and you're. You, you're like looking for attention in that case. But it's the same song and dance. Like, you know what I mean?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. You're. No matter what you're doing, you're. Or if you refuse, you're made to feel like an. Yeah, but I mean, this gym, I mean these corporate gyms where they're just trying to sell. It's like. And if you're on the road or something, you're like, I just want to do a quick workout.
Sean Hayes
Exactly. Yeah. That's why I belong here.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Let me introduce you to Todd. He's a drinking fountain Consultant. Hey, what's up, man? Let's go ahead and show you the drinking.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. And you're like. You're like, buddy, I'll never be in the Equinox in Denver ever again.
Ryan Stanger
That's very cool. But number two, let me show you the locker consultant.
Sean Hayes
Then you'll need to know where the pool is. Yeah, I'll figure it out.
Ryan Stanger
We're going to need your social.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's so that's always, I think, for a lot of people. What? Trainers. What? Like, the fear of a trainer is, you know, I mean.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, totally. And I tell you, man, working at this sports club, you know, I was like in my 20s, and you're early 20s and you're dealing with these huge numbers. So you get somebody and they're kind of interested in training, and then you have to sell them a 20 package and it's like $7,000 and you're just like. I mean, I feel like such a.
Sean Hayes
Because, you know, they're not Good. It's like January 3rd.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
And you're like, you know, you're not going to get through that.
Jason Bateman
Like, might as well get like some runoff money.
Ryan Stanger
Hands shaking as I give them the. Yeah. Or, you know, they don't have the money and you're really trying to sell them on it.
Sean Hayes
It's kind of like a stripper.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
In that way.
Ryan Stanger
We had a champagne.
Jason Bateman
We have an ATM machine. I can take you to champagne.
Ryan Stanger
Protein shake room.
Jason Bateman
Do a full release workout. But yeah, I mean, there's no. In the spin room.
Ryan Stanger
Well, you mentioned the shrinking break room. But at these big clubs, I mean, you know, there's a little community of trainers and especially the ones with a lot of trainers. At least anecdotally in my experience, everybody's each other, the membership people. And you know,
Jason Bateman
like, I got that big titty client coming in.
Sean Hayes
I mean, and it's always married suburban moms. Right?
Jason Bateman
Yeah, it really is.
Sean Hayes
Right. It's that. What. Because that's another myth of personal trainers that we could like, talk about today. Like, who are they? Always the suburban mom. They're training.
Ryan Stanger
Oh. I mean, there's definitely flirting. There's defin.
Sean Hayes
There's like always flirting. Right. There's always like a certain, like sexual
Ryan Stanger
tension, strange stretching type stuff that does exist, but I don't know about them taking. Taking it to the next level.
Sean Hayes
This is always like the myth of a trainer.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, it's possible, but it's a lot of. It's trainers with each. With each other, Right? Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Like fit People just hanging around all the time. Yeah. Ryan, what makes a good client?
Sean Hayes
Oh.
Ryan Stanger
Oh.
Jason Bateman
So how can we, if. How can listeners, if they wanted to be a client, be a good client?
Sean Hayes
And you've. And you've trained some of the biggest.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Do you sign any NDAs? Can we ask names and stuff?
Jason Bateman
Oh, yeah.
Ryan Stanger
I mean, yeah. So I. So I've trained some actors. One professional athlete trained. I say I maybe met with them
Jason Bateman
like once or twice, a couple of sessions. Not like. But your long term clients have always been.
Ryan Stanger
Well, that's where I made the shift because I found that very wealthy people that had more normal jobs, best clients. Because you know this.
Jason Bateman
Both, Both.
Ryan Stanger
Both of you guys know this. You can get fast and furious with a trainer and then you're to going, gone. You know, you're off shooting something.
Jason Bateman
I'm going to Vancouver for nine months to do Hunger Games, whatever.
Ryan Stanger
So you get in shape for, you know, a couple of months, you get in great shape and then you're gone. And so I, you know, had some folks like this and I was like the pig with the straw house. And life was like the wolf.
Jason Bateman
Okay, all right. You know, did he go to the market or did his house get blown down?
Sean Hayes
Three of those kids.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, there was three. But the smart one was the one I became the Brick House guy. But at first I was a little
Jason Bateman
sly in the family. Wait, Brick James sings Brick House?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
What? Is there any other analogy we could go with?
Ryan Stanger
Did I do the three pigs one?
Sean Hayes
Yeah, pretty much the one we landed
Jason Bateman
on and we edited out the first three times you did the three pigs.
Ryan Stanger
Leave this one in. This one will drive it home. I never.
Sean Hayes
The hyperbolic chamber. Do anything for your brain?
Ryan Stanger
No, not for mine. It should. But for mine, it did nothing.
Jason Bateman
It's a lost cause.
Ryan Stanger
Before I was telling the Little Red Riding Hood wolf. Yeah, I think it's the same guy. Smart. But yeah. So I would train, you know, people that had these inconsistent schedules and then you'd, you know, get used to that income and then they're gone. But people that were, you know, had the same schedule for the most part. Part, if I could show up every day, people in the morning that train in the morning always better because makes your.
Jason Bateman
It makes you frees up your day as an actor and that.
Ryan Stanger
But also they will show up more if you train somebody in the evening. They just, by then they're like, I'm not doing it.
Sean Hayes
Like, you get a lot more cancellations.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, way more cancellations.
Jason Bateman
And then I, I know this as Being your friend for a long time, you would train these rich people who had gyms in their houses.
Ryan Stanger
Oh, and I did home gym design. Like I would. It was like being a personal stylist with gyms.
Jason Bateman
The dream, picking stuff out. I rack a latp down machines.
Sean Hayes
I really like to talk to you about. I really want to make a nice gym. Oh yeah, you could help me do that.
Ryan Stanger
Absolutely.
Sean Hayes
Oh, that'd be great.
Ryan Stanger
I'm down. But yeah. I trained these guys that were hundred, hundred millionaires, maybe billionaire. To give you an idea, I introduced two guys together that I was training and one of them had a charity going on and the guy that one of the guy, the guy that I introduced him to donated a million dollars to his charity.
Jason Bateman
On. Upon meeting him, upon meeting one sentence,
Ryan Stanger
it's like the ball. Like, okay, what do you need?
Jason Bateman
That's like me pulling out of 10.
Sean Hayes
But that guy's like clearly hiding money.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You couldn't tell by his cars and house, but yeah, that's why it's hidden. Yeah, yeah. So crazy money. And then it'd be really like wild because it's so much money that they didn't even know they had it. So I trained this guy for years and he had a woman that worked in his house and she had a little kid and we were watching the kid kind of grow up.
Jason Bateman
Up.
Ryan Stanger
And so I, she'd bring her kids sometimes. A little kid grown up. And I said, you know, you should pay for her kids school. And he was like, oh yeah, yeah. And I'm like, yeah, she, you know, is about to start school. Like why don't you get her into a good private school and do it all the way through. And he's like, it's a great idea. So he did it. He's like, if you ever think of other stuff like that, that's what he said.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. And I'm like, okay.
Ryan Stanger
Like, didn't even know.
Sean Hayes
You're like, okay.
Jason Bateman
You're like, I have a kid too.
Sean Hayes
You're like, there's this dude Rock. You should give him a million dollars.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, well he needs a Rivian going
Jason Bateman
to someone's house to train them. That is like, you know, they're going to be there.
Sean Hayes
It's intimate. It's also intimate. You're in their house, you're seeing, you're
Jason Bateman
like, you know the, the idea of building a, customizing a home gym. I would play a video game that was like gym tycoon. Like, like the idea of like, ooh, put a sauna and A plunge here. Like that?
Ryan Stanger
Totally. You put the cheat code in for unlimited budget. Yeah, like I did. Right. Next.
Sean Hayes
So we can'. For someone else.
Ryan Stanger
Makes it more fun and challenging for me.
Sean Hayes
You don't sound like you can work in a box.
Ryan Stanger
The difficulty level, two hyperbaric chambers.
Jason Bateman
Who's the other one for these? I come by or your pets?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. So we put a, like, in his newest house, we put a crazy cold plunge in that's right by his Jacuzzi and pool. And it's, it's, you know, covered and it's constantly at about 40 degrees and just stays that way.
Jason Bateman
And it's.
Ryan Stanger
He's super tall, so it goes all the way down. Down. It's like the center of the earth.
Jason Bateman
Oh, he's really tall. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
I mean, who is this? Paul Gasol?
Ryan Stanger
He's so tall. It's down to like, Brendan Fraser. Bumblebee level. Who's this show for?
Jason Bateman
And then. Not me.
Sean Hayes
I didn't get that.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, fine. Somebody out there did and they won't be.
Jason Bateman
And the rest of the people are complaining on the Reddit.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, the rest of people are gonna
Sean Hayes
have a Red Reddit. You think our fans are going to get it together and have a Reddit? You can't even get, like, a beer night together.
Ryan Stanger
We did a full sauna in there, all that.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, that's what I want to do.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Because I, I, I, I, I want, I, I just want a dedicated space. I feel like right now we moved into this awesome house, and it's in New York City, so we don't have a ton of space, but we just, like, use the basement as that's where everything goes and including, like the peloton, the weights, and the sauna, you know, and it's like mishmash.
Jason Bateman
Including a couch and a tv, video games for kids.
Sean Hayes
It's like, I need a space that's like, you know, I.
Ryan Stanger
You're more likely to go in there if you do.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, exactly. That's why I want, I want to, I want to do it right, but I don't have any money.
Ryan Stanger
That's. I mean, there's ways you can say floor is really important in there. And you can buy these things.
Sean Hayes
Like the rubber ones.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
That, that'll snap together and you can kind of adjust them to fit any space. They're. They're prefab.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
I want, like, I want my whole thing to be prefab.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
But not bad. But not pre. Bad.
Jason Bateman
I think that's prefontaine.
Sean Hayes
No, no. No, no, no, no.
Jason Bateman
Not without limits. I need limits.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
I think Pre bad was Thriller.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
I don't want it to be dangerous.
Ryan Stanger
That's what it is now, let's be honest.
Sean Hayes
And it is definitely depending on you who you talk to. His story.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
I mean, that's good because Chris Tucker's involved.
Sean Hayes
I think so is Macaulay Culkin.
Jason Bateman
I remember the time.
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Jason Bateman
you don't work out at home though. You're still a gym, right? Rat?
Ryan Stanger
No, I have. I have peloton. I love having that.
Sean Hayes
You. So you do a peloton.
Ryan Stanger
Do a peloton.
Sean Hayes
And what's your peloton go to? Length of class, Hitting hills. Are you. Are you going straight sweat? Are you doing arms? What are you doing on the peloton?
Ryan Stanger
I do. So at first I was doing a lot of the classes which I do like and I have an instructor that I like. But now one of the things I'm doing currently to stay alive is the Norwegian 4x4 hit protocol.
Jason Bateman
And that's oh man, this phrase. I love just the phrase of this.
Ryan Stanger
It sounds really fancy Norwegian.
Sean Hayes
You think?
Ryan Stanger
Say that's. Yeah, cuz I think they interesting you're
Sean Hayes
all in that region.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Finish like. All right, so what is this? Cuz I'll try doing that.
Ryan Stanger
So this one is. What it is is a. It's high intensity interval training. But the. Where it differs from Tabata and some of the other stuff that folks will do is that it's extended efforts. So Tabata is 20 on, 10 off. 20 on, 10 off. Yeah, yeah. Or some of the other ones are minute on, you know, minute hard, 30 seconds off. Or I. There's like the. This eight program. But this one is you start with the 10 minute warmup and then you go four minutes 85 plus percent of your maximum intensity level. And then you do three minute recovery and then four minutes again, three minute recovery all the way out to four and then a five minute cool down.
Jason Bateman
So it takes four sets of four minutes with three minute downtime.
Sean Hayes
And what's the total class? 40, 45.
Ryan Stanger
It's about 40 minutes.
Sean Hayes
Oh wow.
Ryan Stanger
And it's. So I just do it on my own. I just use the.
Sean Hayes
You just. You just use. So you're just listening to your own music on it like a regular exercise bike?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, so I just use like the. You know, there's experience. Whatever you want to do. Like choose your experience.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
So in Peloton I found the interface is really easy and nice. Yeah. And it. I broadcast my heart rate from a wrist like a armband heart rate monitor on there. And I use that to assess my 85 effort. 85 effort, you know the number of
Jason Bateman
heart rate you're aiming for?
Ryan Stanger
Yes. And they. Peloton has a. A program that you can use to get your maximum heart rate. So it goes. It becomes a little bit more accurate than just using A lot of things will be like a number minus your
Jason Bateman
age 20, minus 42 or whatever.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, yeah. And that might get you close to the range. But this is you go up as hard as you can while monitoring your heart rate rate, you know, through a couple different levels and then they'll give you a number. And so because people will tell you RPE or rate of perceived exertion is good for using this, but I don't always trust that for myself. I like a little bit more of a.
Jason Bateman
Of the science of the world.
Sean Hayes
What if you don't like to think about anything while you exercise except like, you know, you want to minimize. What if you. What if you Want to minimize the amount of like pinpoint number going across the screen. How would you prescribe something like that?
Jason Bateman
That.
Ryan Stanger
So I'm very similar to you in that respect. I'm assuming you're talking about yourself for a friend.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, no, no, for me. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
He's trying to get me to exercise more.
Sean Hayes
I can't say it.
Ryan Stanger
My friend Ron in West Rana, he. So I'm like that and so I don't like too much. I'm not going to write it down in a book. I'm not going to get somebody in a lab coat involved. Okay. So. So I do this one and after the first couple of times it's, it's really easy.
Jason Bateman
I found like once you know the mechanics of what you got to do,
Ryan Stanger
I found it's even easier than a class.
Sean Hayes
Really?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, because it's just, it's close to the same every time, you know, like
Jason Bateman
you're, you don't have to like let you know exactly, you know exactly.
Ryan Stanger
And the number breakdowns are really easy. So pretty soon you're like, okay, it's, you know, it's been 10 minutes, we go four and then it's 17. It just like is super easy because they've looked at this and they've done it in where they're pulling, doing liquid biopsies and they found that this, doing it in this range reduces circulating tumor cells. So let's say you're concerned about that or you're just somebody that you know, doesn't want them to ever pop up in your body.
Jason Bateman
Right.
Ryan Stanger
You can throw this in once a week. And to keep them at bay, the sheer force that increases with your blood flow though kills them of a 4x4. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Of just having your heart pumping that fast for that long just wipes out some bad stuff.
Ryan Stanger
Yes. And they don't see it in the shorter duration. You have to get in the extended effort.
Sean Hayes
You got to get into. I got to get into extended effort.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. And you can do it once a week or once every two weeks, something like that.
Jason Bateman
Just to shake it up what you're
Sean Hayes
doing, plug it into your res.
Ryan Stanger
It also increases your brain derived neurotropic factor or blood drive neurotropic factor. Dr. You can tell because I don't know which of the two not to maybe press any further with questions, but it crosses the blood brain barrier. So it does, you know, it increases like you know, what your brain is able to do and memory and all that kind of stuff. So there's a lot of positive benefit that they've actually been able to study
Sean Hayes
and that's not exercise in general. That is specifically from this type of maximum.
Jason Bateman
Exercise in general does do this to a degree.
Sean Hayes
Degree. But this is maximum. Like you're not getting this from lifting weights.
Ryan Stanger
No.
Sean Hayes
Doing sit ups.
Ryan Stanger
No. Oh yeah. Maybe from like a very light walk. No, no. You've got to do this. You've got to do this specifically. At least this is what they've to tested and been able to find.
Jason Bateman
And you could do this on a treadmill or on an erg too if you can figure that out.
Ryan Stanger
You could. It's harder to, you know, monitor where you're at and it's because I've tried it on all kinds of different cardio equipment and it's. To get into that range is it's tough for like you have to be really good on an erg to get there.
Sean Hayes
Right. And so do you have to be pushing the person on the swing or do you need me? Can you be on it?
Ryan Stanger
You can be on it.
Jason Bateman
Depends. All depends on your heart rate. That's me getting read. One Mississippi too.
Sean Hayes
So in, in, in in your again, like opinion prescriptively. This is not. This is not in any way what to do or whatnot.
Ryan Stanger
Like watch as these people flood in and tell me all the things I've done.
Sean Hayes
No, but we're not even going to have one of those. Truthfully, like we don't care. Like we. I would prefer it if there was no discourse about.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, we're open minded and curious and want to hear from everyone and we're gonna cherry pick what works for us and what.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, I don't want that. Oh my God. I know my headphones across the room or blew it.
Jason Bateman
As a Norwegian, I can say he's wrong.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, yeah.
Jason Bateman
I am a chef and there are finish chefs.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, there are finished chefs all over. You can just understand us.
Ryan Stanger
Finnish chef here. I do make meatballs.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, okay.
Ryan Stanger
But you got us.
Jason Bateman
I don't use a sauna and I'm dying.
Ryan Stanger
Thanks.
Sean Hayes
This is a Finnish chef too. Oh, you woken it in. I burned you a dirty fruity.
Ryan Stanger
You found it. I was like, what can we do?
Jason Bateman
And that's. This is making me think. By the way, once the show is up and running. Devin, we should have a call in episode.
Sean Hayes
Yes.
Ryan Stanger
Oh, you got it.
Sean Hayes
Let's do a call in episode.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
No less for baby.
Jason Bateman
We just get 12 Baba Buoys in a row and it is Gary calling.
Ryan Stanger
Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Sean Hayes
He calls nine times.
Jason Bateman
Talking to three Howard heads here.
Sean Hayes
The greatest so what I was going to ask was like, if you were to talk to a client, you were to prescribe them like a week week and be like, this is, this is how I think you should maximize your week's worth of health. Would you break it down to something like, you know, three days of cardio weightlifting, bike, like, get like. Or is it strictly to you, like there is this prescriptive exercise that you need to be doing every day that is going to keep you alive?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. I mean. Yeah. So if it's like, what's the minimum? Like you should at least be doing this.
Sean Hayes
Sure. Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. So I would say resistance training. Which.
Sean Hayes
Which means what? Because a lot of people hear that and they don't know what that means.
Ryan Stanger
Sure. So it would be a push, a pull and a squat. So you want to do hormonally intelligent exercises to get the most out of them.
Sean Hayes
So like a, for layman it would be like a push up, a crunch or a, or a, or a, or a curl or a pull up or a pull up. And what was the. A squat and a squat.
Ryan Stanger
I, I would do, I wouldn't do put. I would do with weights.
Sean Hayes
Okay.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
So I would do specifically more than calisthenics. The resistance training would be with weight loaded.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, yeah.
Sean Hayes
So what would, what would a push pull on a squat look like to you?
Ryan Stanger
So that would be like a chest press or a military press. Okay.
Jason Bateman
A row or a pull up or something.
Ryan Stanger
Well, that would be for pull.
Sean Hayes
Right, Right. Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
And then for squat it could be. You could do like an angled leg press, you could do a back squat, you could do a front squat, you could do some kind of lunges. And this is, you know, we're getting into longevity talk here. There's all this talk around thigh circumference.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Jason Bateman
Quadricep muscle development like directly correlates with.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. And I think that is more speaking to maintaining muscle muscle mass because there's.
Sean Hayes
And not just what I'm into too.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. Thick thighs save lives. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
It's not just what I like.
Jason Bateman
It's not just how I.
Sean Hayes
Because I wrote that article, I got to tell you, I did not look into any of it.
Jason Bateman
I can't believe we got picked up in the scientific journal.
Sean Hayes
Me either. Cuz my stats were guesses.
Jason Bateman
I took out all the crushing my head parts though.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
This. Yeah. Guy into big asses saves lives. Do we have to do the walking in there?
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
So I think a lot of that is talking about staving off sarcopenia, which is Something that sets in when you hit a certain age where you just start to, like, muscle just goes.
Jason Bateman
Muscle atrophy.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, Your muscle just starts to atrophy, and then it goes up more and more. As you age, you start losing more and more muscle, and a lot of it goes from the legs. And that's the most important part for overall health, like with blood flow. And then also if you. For falling. False. Because there's countless stories of people that have a relative that's in good health. They fall, they go to the hospital and they die.
Sean Hayes
They break their hip, and then they're dead.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, yeah. And it's just like it all started with that. And so if you think about, you know, maintaining muscle strength in your legs, you're going to be able to move around, you know, protect yourself from falling over.
Jason Bateman
And. And there is some truth to resistance training. Helping with bone density as well, too.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. So bone density, you need that, like, adaptive, you know, change at adaptive stress. Change that happens when you're. And a lot of it can be from, you know, jumping, too. Like, if you're able to kind of jump into your old age, that kind of.
Jason Bateman
That's a good sign.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, yeah.
Sean Hayes
You know, just jumping jacks, super squats.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
In jumping, rope, box jumps, all that stuff. Skipping.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. All that kind of functional stuff helps with bone density. So that's something to like, factoring in. And then we talked about cardiovascular training. So I would do something that elevates your heart rate. You know, if you can do the kind of extended effort stuff that we're talking about, it might not be as crucial as just showing up to do something that at least challenges.
Sean Hayes
Spin class.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, great. Spin class. Tabata exercise. Something where your heart's thumping because that's something we stop doing as we get older. Like, you know, your kids run around, around, you go to the beach, you pick them up, you can feel their heart thumping. But I mean, I don't know all about, like, when was the last time
Jason Bateman
your heart was jacked, like, without exercise?
Sean Hayes
I had to go to the bathroom and walk up those stairs before.
Jason Bateman
Just when I was going to the bathroom this morning, the was coming out, maybe sideways, my heart was pounding.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. So I mean, if you're.
Sean Hayes
If you out a jackhammer shark,
Ryan Stanger
that's
Jason Bateman
where you put it down, you pile driver's shark.
Ryan Stanger
So I would say that to the client. If they're in a recording studio and they have diarrhea, get up those stairs. I mean, that's.
Jason Bateman
Dude, I should move my bathroom upstairs because then I would at least get like eight flights in every morning sprint.
Sean Hayes
So. Okay, so on top of these exercise, these exercise tips, what's your, what's your nutritional intake? Like what are you doing? Supplement and food wise and dietary.
Ryan Stanger
So I think it's important to have a, a varied diet that it consists of lean protein. Protein. It's nothing exciting here. Lean protein, vegetables. Pay attention to your dietary fiber.
Sean Hayes
What does that mean?
Ryan Stanger
So that's like taking in vegetables, the food that has a high amount of dietary fiberus.
Jason Bateman
Veggies.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. That's great.
Sean Hayes
Christopher's veggies are a big topic conversation on this show.
Jason Bateman
It's one of the first words we learned and so we've been using dropping.
Ryan Stanger
It's a great word. It's what their crabs are.
Sean Hayes
Right?
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
I still can't say it right.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
I steer clear. Cruciferous crucifix kiss.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, we got that punchiest pilot.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Broccoli, cauliflower, all that kind of. So I think all of that stuff in a variety and then fruits and vegetables and you get the most bang for your buck with berries, blackberries, blueberries.
Sean Hayes
Blueberries are like big antioxidant.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Thing. So like how many blueberries you eat in a day?
Ryan Stanger
I think you can go two cups.
Sean Hayes
Two cups?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. That's a lot.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, I know.
Jason Bateman
But they're nutrient dense and don't your gci up like crazy.
Ryan Stanger
They're, they're lighter on the sugar and. Yeah. But all kinds of berries are great.
Sean Hayes
What about dried strawberries?
Ryan Stanger
I think dried. You know, there's something that happens that I think because you're getting more in, you're getting a little bit more sugar.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Ryan Stanger
And you might lose some of the nutritional benefits. Nutritional benefits.
Sean Hayes
So it's just regular strawberries?
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, Regular or frozen. Frozen blend.
Jason Bateman
Frozen ones.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Or just eat them as a nice little treat. Trick yourself into like it's.
Jason Bateman
Oh, it's a little tiny ice cream cone. Yum yum. My teeth are killing me. My brain hurts and my teeth hurt, so.
Ryan Stanger
And I think paying attention to your dietary fiber, like knowing how much you're getting in, I can't give you a number specifically at best, but knowing what yours is and getting that is very important. Fish oils coming back into discussion again. I think if you're not eating a lot of fish that's wild caught and low, low in heavy metals, you know, salmon is good for that.
Sean Hayes
What about a sugar fish box?
Ryan Stanger
I think that's crazy. I know.
Sean Hayes
What is asking for the same friend,
Jason Bateman
the sushi freak that you are. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Let's say you've had a giant sugar fish box three nights in a row.
Jason Bateman
The Nozumi. Trust me.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Don't think to go. Yeah. Do you think. How do you think that's affecting me?
Ryan Stanger
I think it's not bad.
Sean Hayes
Right?
Ryan Stanger
Positive. You know, from a reputation standpoint. Hell, yeah. This guy eats tons of sugar fish.
Jason Bateman
Okay.
Ryan Stanger
So. Yeah. Getting a lot of fish in there. But, you know, paying attention to what's, you know, safe from a metal standpoint. Mercury, that kind of stuff. And then they're talking, you know, a lot of this I'm pulling from the same longevity experts that a lot of people are.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Rhonda Patrick from Found My Fitness. So I just saw her where she gets her fish oil oil, and it's this company called Metagenics. And you. I. The spoonful is the best, so you got to take it in, which is
Sean Hayes
you're taking a spoonful of fish oil a day.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. If not. If not more. Yeah.
Sean Hayes
Wow. Does it smell like.
Ryan Stanger
I mean, it'll. You got to be careful with what you drink after that, because I use, like, a glass bottle. And then they'll be. Throughout the day. I'm like.
Jason Bateman
Because it's like, get stuck on the rim of the bottle.
Ryan Stanger
I'm passing it. It's just like, wow, the fuck is this? So that. And then also.
Jason Bateman
Sorry. In college, I remember I was hoping
Sean Hayes
we were gonna go right by this, but here we go.
Jason Bateman
I was really hungover one day and needed my friend's Advil, and I reached into my roommate's Advil and took a punch, and he's like, hey, man, did you finger a girl last night? Cause my Advil bottle smells like pussy. And I was like, oh, my God. So similar to that.
Sean Hayes
I thought we were gonna blow right past that.
Ryan Stanger
It's okay.
Jason Bateman
We can always take it out. But we might as well throw it on.
Sean Hayes
I keep it on. Throw it on the Barbie.
Ryan Stanger
Fucking around with a girl and her. Oh, we're.
Sean Hayes
I guess we're all doing this now.
Ryan Stanger
Her smelled like Advil.
Sean Hayes
I.
Jason Bateman
My headache went away after she sat on my face.
Ryan Stanger
Sore shoulder. Like, can you come over?
Sean Hayes
I finally know what it feels like to be Billy Bush.
Ryan Stanger
Just go with it. You'll be fine. Extra will take you back.
Sean Hayes
This don't hurt me at all.
Jason Bateman
Grab by the Advil. That's the kind of thing you could do.
Ryan Stanger
Everybody looked at Melania different, like, can I? Can I. So that. That also brings up something else that's important, is. I think it's Good with supplements to look for a third party lab verification because you don't know what you're getting. And the supplement industry is nuts.
Jason Bateman
Not covered by F. Famously not covered by the fda.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
And so there.
Jason Bateman
Which I also think by the time this episode airs. Has been dismissed.
Sean Hayes
There will be no.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. What is that gonzo. So if you can get. If you can research your stuff and make sure that you gotta be careful with saying research. You're do your own research. But in the supplement world, look it up. A lot of them. It's a big selling point for them that they're lab verified.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
I think.
Sean Hayes
And you want to see that on the label.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Or if they don't and you find that they are actually that's. That's a good. Because you're taking this stuff in concentration and they're promising that it does certain things. And so it's not. You don't always want to look for the best value there because people can around with you.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Ryan Stanger
And I. Sorry. I'm like.
Jason Bateman
Keep going.
Ryan Stanger
Just the last thing. When we're talking about these, these kind of gurus and these health experts that are. Are getting a lot of attention right now. It's kind of. It's. I think that's the thing right now. It's gone away from pop science, which was all really fun. We'd have these kind of pop science people come out now. It's these pop health experts. So something will happen to where they, they, they. And I'm. These people that we mentioned earlier may not be in this category, but they'll. They'll get tons of traction because they, they present something that's really exciting. So all of us will look at it. It's really exciting. It's backed up. You share it to everybody. It's fun to read. Like, holy. I can just do these three things and this will happen. Or, or I can challenge myself to do this and I'll get this benefit. So these people get a lot of notoriety from that and they may start shows and all this shit will happen for them. And then they realize I gotta feed the machine and so maybe they don't have anything else. And so then they start saying like, fuck, I'll do stuff that's not as good. Maybe. But I still. People are expecting I'll do stuff that
Jason Bateman
I can get paid for.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Well then definitely that happens eventually. But I'll start doing things that are a little more questionable in the science because people are expecting this from me. And I've got a podcast and you know, I'm out there in the world, and so then they're not as good as what they used to be. And then, like, Gabrius was saying, they'll start, you know, shelling for magic mind or whatever.
Jason Bateman
And promo code, staying alive to get your magic mind.
Sean Hayes
Well, for you guys, do a cautionary tale. That's what happened to Hawk Tua. It's a cautionary tale. Haku. Don't get invested in any kind of coin.
Jason Bateman
Imagine we have a health and wellness podcast with our own meme coin, and we are. I just immediately arrested right away for,
Sean Hayes
like, shorting the entire market. All of a sudden, there's a movie starring Pete Davidson about us.
Ryan Stanger
My question is, why didn't she get involved with some kind of hydration thing?
Jason Bateman
Yeah, she should be.
Ryan Stanger
Lube and hydration. That should be. It would have been off to the races.
Jason Bateman
Totally 23 and me just hawk to her in the jar and send your sp.
Sean Hayes
It could have been anything. Like, there have been a commercial on the super bowl this year where she's, like, drinking Bud Light, and then she's like, hawk two. You know, like, she blew it, man, with that dogecoin.
Ryan Stanger
A hamster feeder.
Sean Hayes
You know, like the little anything.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
A hose.
Jason Bateman
I would have bought the hawk to a hose.
Ryan Stanger
People that, like, if you make it actually good, but then also it's a joke gift.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. From Spencer's.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
When you give it to someone, it's actually a good host. Thank you.
Sean Hayes
I was going to get the hawk to a kit for my Mazda.
Jason Bateman
It's a spoiler that shoots alive at.
Sean Hayes
And then when you turn. When you rev that
Jason Bateman
your windshield wiper
Sean Hayes
fluid
Jason Bateman
and sprays one hit of blue
Sean Hayes
spit on that thing, and then a little arm with, like, a tissue comes and tries to make it better.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
You get the towel wipers.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. Pookie could have done the wipers.
Jason Bateman
Calling out Pookie, her mysterious boyfriend that was, like, revealed in episode. Episode 8. Then she has not put out an episode as of now.
Sean Hayes
You guys listen to her podcast every.
Jason Bateman
It's the only podcast. I'm just. I just listened to an investigative series about her, so I know too much.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, she. I just.
Jason Bateman
Jamie Loftus's 16th minute was awesome.
Ryan Stanger
I just know from the original viral video where she's like, I love you forever, Pookie.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, I thought she was talking about her dog.
Jason Bateman
She might be.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
You got a hawk too on that,
Sean Hayes
Pookie, if you're watching this hot 2
Jason Bateman
on that lipstick, I'll be home to
Sean Hayes
pop 2 on it. Lipstick.
Ryan Stanger
I.
Sean Hayes
The dog's putting peanut butter
Jason Bateman
to make her spit to make her do it. You want to get the peanut butter, dog butter?
Sean Hayes
I can't say no to you, Pooky.
Jason Bateman
Hey, Pooky.
Sean Hayes
Pooky. How'd you get a peanut butter again?
Jason Bateman
How'd you get your genitals in that peanut butter butter jar, too? On that thing before.
Sean Hayes
Before she comes home. Pookie's just like, dog humping the peanut butter.
Ryan Stanger
I wish my dog was that smart.
Jason Bateman
My dog can open jars, but then he'll eat the peanut butter rather than putting on his balls like a real dog.
Sean Hayes
And my dog, my dog loves the Dana Carvey David Spade podcast.
Ryan Stanger
Which one?
Sean Hayes
Keep saying fly on the wall wall. Talking about the Theo Von episode super Fly. He's like, next week's gonna be really special. John Loveitz is on
Jason Bateman
Stanger. Thank you so much for coming on, staying live.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. And giving us a little bit of, like. It's just always nice to talk to a personal trainer who gives you, like, the real, real about what they do.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
You know, because it's like, so often the most intimidating thing is. Is a personal trainer that makes it seem unattainable. You know, it's like a psychologist that's like, you'll never be cured, and you'll just come be coming to me forever. And I think that's what people are scared of in a lot of ways.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. I mean, I can close out with, the most important thing is showing up. And so if that means doing something easy that you love, then do that. Right. The people that win in the end are the ones that show up. And we could all do a Sergeant Slaughter routine or a Wahlberg routine that lasts for two days, and then by January 3rd, you're done.
Sean Hayes
Right.
Ryan Stanger
You. You lost that. So if you don't feel like going to the gym, but you like doing biceps and it's leg day, fucking get your ass in there and do biceps again. Who gives a fuck as long as you show up?
Jason Bateman
You're the one who. Who really ingrained in my head because I get stuck in this thing. And you said, perfect is the enemy of good. And you've also said just. Just do anything.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Anything is better than nothing. You know, I can't get 10,000 steps, but guess what? 3,000 steps is still better than zero steps.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah, it's. And 50 step. I mean, whatever it is, if you're doing nothing, that's. You've lost. So just do the easiest fucking thing you can think of and don't hold yourself to any level because it's like you can sometimes think about, oh man, when I was really in shape before, I was doing heavy squats and I just don't feel like doing that or I'm not ready and just do whatever you're ready for. And I even struggle with that still. I don't know what the psychology of that is. But if you can break that path pattern and just keep showing up attendance, if you, if you can practice good attendance, you'll always win.
Sean Hayes
Right. And that's kind of like what they say about being an actor in a lot of ways. Right. It's like, just show up on time, know your lines and go home. Yeah. You know, and it's like no matter how good or bad you feel like you're doing, if you do that, everyone will love you.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. McQueen was just staying the deliver.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. Like you just never.
Jason Bateman
Me and Stan will of course take your word for it as to not really working.
Sean Hayes
No, I mean, it's something that I think it's true. Like, you know. Cause like the one thing you can do to mitigate that is show up on time and know your lines.
Jason Bateman
Yeah.
Sean Hayes
You know, and then everything else will be fine.
Jason Bateman
Off Stanger's advice to the other thing, you. Because you, you're the one who told me that you're like, well, if you, you like the sauna, if you, if you're not going to go to the gym, but saying, I'm just gonna go to the sauna, we'll get you there, go there and then you get there and you're like, I could jump on the fucking. I could jump on the bike for
Ryan Stanger
a little bit, end up doing something.
Jason Bateman
I could bang out a few sets of chest and then get, get in the sa.
Sean Hayes
Truly. Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Stretch on the mat, look at my phone. You end up doing something and then you get a positive neuro association with the gym to where it's like, I like going there because it's never a drag.
Jason Bateman
Right.
Sean Hayes
Right. And it makes me feel good.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. And if it feels like a drag, you're not going to show up and
Sean Hayes
that you're not doing the right exercise.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
For yourself. Whatever it might be like, you know, if, if that, if you need, whatever you need to get you. If you like swimming, you know, find the pool. If you like it, whatever it is, that's great.
Ryan Stanger
I mean, that's another thing to mention is if it feels, if you're not happy doing it, do something else.
Jason Bateman
You're never gonna wait.
Ryan Stanger
It's. You You're a grown up. Do something else, right? Find something that you like, crucial. If you're like, this feels like shit and I hate it, of course you're not gonna exercise, right? Do something else. Find something fun and challenge yourself to, you know, challenge yourself to find something fun that you enjoy.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. People who are afraid of the gym, get something at home, like. Like, you know, figure. Figure out a way to get yourself going.
Jason Bateman
Oh, that's like a whole nother episode idea that we could do, and Stanger would be a good guest for that.
Ryan Stanger
Let's start booking them now.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, it's good. Staying. Staying available.
Ryan Stanger
9am tomorrow until this starts doing well. And then, like, we're good.
Sean Hayes
He's got his own spin off. He's Dr. Phil.
Jason Bateman
But no, like, being comfortable in the gym is probably a good episode because. Because gyms are less scary than people think they are. People are more surprisingly more supportive than you think they are.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Ryan Stanger
Full disguise, I think is good. Dress up like a dog in a zipper suit, all that kind of running
Jason Bateman
on the treadmill on all four force.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. You're always painting your face, right?
Jason Bateman
Like a clown. Not racistly.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, but you should hear the clown's voice.
Jason Bateman
The clown's voice is offensive.
Sean Hayes
That is
Jason Bateman
Stanger.
Sean Hayes
Thank you so much, man. This was such a pleasure. Is there anything you want to plug?
Ryan Stanger
People should listen to Gabrius and I doing Action Boys on Patreon. I'm sure that hasn't come up ever.
Jason Bateman
So none of our guests are co hosts of my other podcast, so it's nice to bring you in here, Action Boys biz. And you also also host a fitness.
Ryan Stanger
I do a fitness podcast called Dumbbells. It's. It's anywhere where podcasts are found. Talk about all kinds of fitness. And it's information light. You know, it's more silly. Just kind of us making sense.
Jason Bateman
Not as scientific as this one.
Sean Hayes
Not with the pros.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. I didn't push as hard as I do on this one.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. One thing I think you're going to the mat for us.
Jason Bateman
One thing I think you and Aaron do that's cool on your pod is go true. Try weird fitness trends.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, that's cool.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. So if people ask us, we'll go try this. I'm gonna do VO2 max coming up. I'm scared for that one. And then a dex VO2 max. VO2 max is how efficiently your body takes over and uses oxygen like.
Jason Bateman
Like Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps have, like, insane VO2 max.
Sean Hayes
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Because they're people who have great cardio lung systems.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah. So I'm gonna do that and then we're gonna do a DEXA scan.
Jason Bateman
I did a DEXA scan.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
I scan a body fat skin.
Sean Hayes
Oh boy.
Ryan Stanger
And it's the most accurate. And they look at, they, they look at bone density and all that. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Bad news.
Ryan Stanger
I'm.
Jason Bateman
I'm carrying like according to that, I'm carrying like 90 pounds of fat. That is so that is a person. Yeah, that is a small person, but it's a full person. I'm carrying around extra.
Ryan Stanger
You get, I mean get that person out of you.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, I'm trying, trying a couple more it out today.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Probably down to 88. I had sweet green.
Sean Hayes
Well, let's mark, let's mark the progress on that because I have a feeling that in the run of this show you're gonna get that, that little person's gonna become an actual little person.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. Hell yeah. I'm gonna get down to a Warwick Davis in there.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. I'm at a bad Santa level.
Jason Bateman
I gotta get it down to jawa size.
Sean Hayes
Hope it's back up to Chewy level.
Jason Bateman
That's why, that's why Harrison was lost in the mall. He didn't have Chewy as co pilot.
Sean Hayes
Meanwhile, Chewy was on the other side in his Prius.
Jason Bateman
This is the largest car I could afford on my salary.
Sean Hayes
It's got the ways ding. But then the ways goes.
Ryan Stanger
Chewy's just banging with a wrench trying to fix it.
Sean Hayes
It's like, you know it's not broken.
Jason Bateman
They'll rip your arms off.
Sean Hayes
Thanks, Danger.
Ryan Stanger
Yeah.
Jason Bateman
Thank you R.
Sean Hayes
Dude, he's the best.
Jason Bateman
What's the straw house thing?
Sean Hayes
Oh, you still.
Ryan Stanger
No.
Jason Bateman
That was a hell of a convo. Answered a lot of questions. I hope some people got some good take.
Sean Hayes
I wish all personal trainers were that chill.
Jason Bateman
Were that like upfront about what.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, upfront about the expectations that you should have of them and, and the way it's going to go. Go. It's like so, it's just so nice to have someone that's so fact based and, and just like simple about it, you know?
Jason Bateman
I really wish he wasn't too good of a friend because I would love to hire him as a personal.
Sean Hayes
Me too. Yeah.
Jason Bateman
I don't think we would just be though.
Sean Hayes
Yeah. I want to be trained by a friend and like do that thing where you're talking about stuff while you're exercising.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. I don't.
Sean Hayes
Yeah, things are, things are good. I mean it could be better. It's like, I don't want.
Jason Bateman
I already talked to him like three hours a week about 70s action movies. So I don't need to add like mock health to the night.
Sean Hayes
No, no, no. You don't need another hour of staying. But that was a great one.
Jason Bateman
Yeah. We'll see you on the next episode. Let's see if you actually can stay alive. Stay alive. You have been listening to Staying Alive with John Gabris and Adam Pally. A Smartless Media production in association with Sirius xm.
Sean Hayes
Produced by Devin Tory Bryant and Anne Harris. Engineered and edited by Devin Tory Bryant, who also wrote the music, Associate producer
Jason Bateman
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Sean Hayes
Special thanks to Jared O' Connell at SiriusXM.
Jason Bateman
Executive producers are John Gabris. Ooh me. Adam Pally. Ooh you. Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Richard Corson and Bernie K. Kaminsky. Do us a favor. Just rate and review the podcast. It actually helps.
Sean Hayes
Just so everyone knows we do not
Jason Bateman
have a discord, don't reach out to us.
Sean Hayes
See us on the street. Walk the other way or you'll catch hands. Getting old sucks.
Jason Bateman
Yeah, I got to figure out my life.
Ryan Stanger
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Jason Bateman
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Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus & Adam Pally
SmartLess Media
Reload: Trainer Tips & Sauna Dips (w/ Ryan Stanger)
March 19, 2026
In this "Reload" episode, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally revisit their lively, insight-packed health and wellness conversation with comedian and personal trainer Ryan Stanger. Also featuring Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, the show blends practical fitness advice, real talk about routines, and lots of irreverent humor. The group explores topics from saunas and hyperbaric chambers to effective workout structures and approachable health habits, with a focus on making wellness less intimidating and more accessible.
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Ryan Stanger on where to find more:
Notable Quote:
“The most important thing is showing up... if you can practice good attendance, you'll always win.” – Ryan Stanger [73:53]
This episode is a treasure trove of motivation, practical health tips, and encouragement for anyone trying to stay healthy—no matter where you’re starting from.