Mike Trank is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people change their health and behavior every day. Getting it to work on his own body was a different challenge until he joined the Call to Rise 100-day fat loss challenge at 340 po…
Doug sent Brian a text the day he broke 200 pounds. He had not been that light since before he quit smoking 33 years earlier. His wife Barb hit her goal too, fitting her dress and feeling strong for their grandson's wedding, and this episode is thei…
Tyler is an airline pilot who used to deal with daily headaches and unpredictable energy on multi-day work trips. In 100 days of nutrition coaching, he built a portable system he can run the same way at home and in any hotel room. This episode break…
Zach spent 15 years gaining a pound or two a year while he built his tech career and raised his family. He worked with Coach Brian and dropped from the high 220s to 197. Here is how a busy executive built habits simple enough to survive back-to-back…
John spent 10 years slowly gaining weight while he built his business and raised his family. In about a year he dropped from the mid-230s to 181 pounds. Here is how a 60-year-old business owner turned food into numbers and got his energy back. John…
Neil started his plan at a work conference, surrounded by finger food and drinks. Three months later he had dropped from 230 pounds to 195. Here is how an architect and father of three built a system that survives travel, kids, and a brand new compa…
Andy travels the world for work and still dropped 38 pounds in 100 days. A high blood sugar reading at a routine checkup pushed him to finally make a change. Here is the simple system that got him from 212 pounds to 174. Andy's Wake-Up Call: 212 Po…
Danny trained six days a week and was still 249 pounds and pre-diabetic. His food was the missing piece. Here is the simple system that took off 37 pounds. This is what Danny changed. Listen to Episode 93 for the full conversation. Danny's Starting …
You cut the sugar and watched the carbs. Your morning number barely moved. The reason sits in your liver, and this post walks you through it. Most men get one line at diagnosis. Cut carbs and lose weight. Nobody explains what broke inside the body, …
The Simple Six is Coach Brian's nutrition framework for men over 40. Eat whole foods first, watch your calories, hit your protein and fiber, limit fat, and cut simple sugars. Brian shared the full framework as a guest on the Go Outliving podcast wit…
Jeremie Bacon started his career at Goldman Sachs weighing 220 pounds. He was lean and in shape. (Have you watched work stress pack pounds onto your frame? See what changed at www.thecalltorise.com) Three years later Jeremie weighed 240 pounds. He w…
Read the companion article on the Driven For Health main site for more on how David Barnett applies the same discipline to business exits and his own health. David Barnett sold 36 businesses as a broker before he became a consultant. He also surviv…
Confidence follows a formula, not motivation. Executive coach and TEDx speaker Mike Acker breaks it into three parts: skills, message, and identity. On episode 122 of Driven For Health, he hands Brian Parana that exact system. Brian applies it strai…
Coach Brian Parana answers the real questions men over 40 ask him most about fat loss, blood work and training. Fix your breakfast, watch your liquid calories and give your labs three months to move before you judge them. This Ask Me Anything covers…
You do not need a GLP-1 drug to lose fat. Food and real exercise still work. But if your labs show real risk, a GLP-1 drug can help you where diet and exercise alone have not. You Can Lose Fat Without The Shot Food and real exercise still work. Br…
You switched from regular Coke to Diet Coke years ago. It felt like a win. Zero sugar, zero calories, problem handled. Here's the question worth asking. Is it really handled, or did you trade one problem for a quieter one? That's the real conversati…
Episode 100 marks a real milestone for Driven For Health. Brian built this show from zero to 100 episodes in just over 6 months. A two-week trip to Peru pushed the schedule back, and this episode itself sat three weeks before release. Most podcasts …
Brian is 43. He still feels the aches when he gets out of bed. Coach Brandon Day says that pain is not proof of getting older. Pain is a signal from your brain. The Threat Bucket Brandon uses an idea from applied neurology called the threat bucket. …
Michael started the Call To Rise program three weeks ago. He already feels the difference. Less inflammation, fewer aches and no more brain fog by the second half of his workday. One dad is down 3 pounds. He is still figuring out meal prep with a th…
Trent Brock has survived cancer three times. When doctors wanted to amputate his leg, he found the one surgeon willing to try something else. He then rode a stationary bike more than 1,500 miles to prove his leg was strong enough for a hip replaceme…
Dominic is 47. He works a stressful job in law enforcement and still shows up for his family every day. He teaches a 5 a.m. jiu-jitsu class four days a week. He coaches wrestling every November through March. He even trains pro wrestling. His wife g…
Jeff Goldberg has worked in sales for 50 years. He owns and leads the Sales Confidence Lab. It is a 12-week live program for coaches, consultants and business owners. He co-authored two books: Leverage Your Laziness and How to Be Your Own Coach! Con…
Every Wednesday night Coach Brian runs a live roundtable for the men inside The Call To Rise, and this one was good enough to release as an episode. It starts with the two numbers he puts in front of every man before any program, then moves into car…
Dusty Holcomb is an executive coach. He works with CEOs and leaders through major turning points in their business and their lives. Dusty spots patterns fast. That skill helps leaders create next-level performance. The Triathlon That Started It All …
