Health & Lifestyle Posts

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 …

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…

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 …

Coach Brian runs a roundtable every Wednesday inside the Call To Rise 100-Day Fat Loss Challenge. This week the group dug into sleep. Brian had just recorded episode 110 with online sleep coach Nick Lambe, and he brought the best of that conversatio…

Coach Brian joined Terraine on the Behind The Shades podcast to talk about men's health after 40. They get into busy schedules, stress, food and the old athlete inside every man who feels like he disappeared. This episode is for business owners, ent…

Mike is 59. He has known Coach Brian since 2004. Back then he came to Brian's ab class on Monday nights and spin class on Friday nights. This year hit him hard. His mother died in February after years of decline from dementia. He started a new job t…

Most men pour everything into work and family. They stop paying attention to their own health. Coach Brian joined Uncle Marv on The Unhealthy Podcast to talk about what happens next. Most men pour everything into work and family and stop paying att…

One guy on Coach Brian's plan is down 30 pounds. That is three watermelons of body weight gone. You do not need to skip pizza night, happy hours or vacations to get there. Here is the exact 3-step system Brian uses with his Call To Rise clients. Ste…

Most men build a business for freedom. Few stop to ask if their body can keep up with the life they are chasing. Tim T. Delaney bought a small business with almost no experience and little cash down. That choice set him on a path to financial freedo…

Chris is a tech executive with three kids and aging parents who need him. His job keeps him on planes most weeks. He finished the Call To Rise 100-Day Fat Loss Challenge and lost 20 pounds. He did it without giving up wine at dinner or pizza night w…

After 40 you lose 2 to 3 percent of muscle every decade. This happens whether you train or not. Coach Brian built this episode from 25 questions clients send him in the DMs and ask him at the gym. This episode is Part 1 of a two part AMA. It covers …