Joe Rogan Experience #1906 - David Goggins

Goggins joins Rogan to discuss his ruined knees, which were so misaligned from birth that his meniscus hardened until surgeons broke tools cutting it, eventually requiring a tibia-breaking HTO realignment surgery. He explains his philosophy of 'performing without purpose,' studying the 'dark matter' of his own mind, and 'front loading' his life so he has no regrets. He opens up about his traumatic childhood watching his mother be beaten, her later marriage to a convicted murderer, and confronting his demons by visiting his father. The conversation also covers lies spread about his military record by a SEAL Team Six member, the burden of being a public figure after a young follower died by suicide, and a long stretch on MMA greatness, weight cutting, and the Gracie family.

• Goggins' knees are completely bone-on-bone with zero space between the tibia and femur, the kneecap rubbing two bones together.
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• His meniscus was so hardened from years of pounding that the surgeon broke tools and a scalpel trying to cut it, saying it was the hardest he'd ever seen.
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• He underwent a high tibial osteotomy (HTO) where surgeons broke and wedged his tibia to realign his entire leg, with a plate he still feels every step.
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• His mother, after escaping his abusive father, married a prisoner she met teaching in prison, a man who had choked a woman to death over drugs.
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• A SEAL Team Six member ran YouTube channels and DMs falsely claiming Goggins was dishonorably discharged, never deployed, and froze in a firefight.
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• A young bullied boy who was a devoted follower died by suicide; Goggins reached the family's email weeks too late, which fuels his mission.
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• Goggins decided not to sue the man who defamed him, choosing not to take money out of the man's kids' mouths despite having the legal case.
  01:33:46

• Goggins ran the 240-mile Moab race and placed second in 62 hours while getting his baseball-sized knee swelling drained days before the start.
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• The world's first artificial meniscus, a clear gel-like implant, is available in Israel for qualifying candidates.
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• NBA star Dwyane Wade played years with no meniscus in his knees after it was removed during college at Marquette.
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• Rogan reads a story of a man whose PSA dropped from over 7 to under 1 and testosterone shot to 1140 using ketosis and ice baths.
  02:04:28
• A 1991 Japanese study found the benefit came from exercising after an ice bath, the opposite of conventional advice.
  02:05:29
• One theory for fighters losing their chin is the brain protectively 'shuts off' to stop absorbing damage from a too-tough opponent.
  02:16:24
• Welterweight Kamaru Usman weighs around 200 lbs walking around but cuts to 170 for only about 20 minutes at weigh-ins.
  02:17:29
• Cam Hanes flew to Vegas and ran roughly 20 miles at six-minute-mile pace with Goggins as a surprise 'spot check.'
  00:59:13
• Before facing Conor McGregor, an undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov told a booing crowd 'I'm going to smash your boy.'
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