Ross Edgley
British ultra-marathon sea swimmer, sports scientist, television personality and author
Ross Edgley (British ultra-marathon sea swimmer, sports scientist, television personality and author) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Swim around Iceland, Stem cell therapy, Rhabdomyolysis.
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Edgley says he does not recommend his lifestyle but aims to shift people's sense of what they are capable of.
“I think my purpose is people to get them to shift their barometer, their own personal barometer, just one degree of what they think they're capable of”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 2:42:47
Edgley argues that ultrarunner Mark Dowdle's strength-training background keeps his biomechanics from breaking down.
“I would argue that his biomechanics are just perfect and they won't break down compared to somebody who doesn't have that strength background”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:53:50
Edgley describes his swims as sporting spectacles used to promote ocean conservation.
“I always say they're almost these sporting spectacles that we use as a Trojan horse to deliver ocean conservation”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:47
Edgley says Cameron McEvoy's training reflects a strong correlation between pull-up strength and swim sprint speed.
“Basically, there's a direct correlation between your one rep max on pull-ups and your swim sprint speed”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:17
Swim around Iceland
Edgley argues that his long swims are limited by connective tissue failure rather than aerobic capacity, justifying his muscular build.
“This swim isn't gonna stop because of my VO2 or lactic threshold. It's gonna stop because something tears”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:09
Edgley says the hard deadline of his son's birth drove him to finish the Iceland swim despite hazards, arriving three days early.
“I'm not not being back for the birth of my son. And I made it back, like I said, by three days”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 49:30
Stem cell therapy
Edgley credits stem cells and hyperbaric and red light therapy with healing his torn rotator cuff tendons in time for the Iceland swim.
“But it was new stem cells were amazing. And then hyperbaric red light therapy. I did everything. And that got me back to the start line, ready for Iceland”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 2:34:33
Rhabdomyolysis
Edgley recounts that doctors measured his creatine kinase at 19,000 after the Italy swim, extraordinarily high for a non-weight-bearing sport.
“They said, Ross, yours is at 19,000, which is so weird for a sport where you are suspended in water”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 8:34
Loch Ness swim
Edgley says his 60-hour non-stop Loch Ness swim was done to raise money for ocean conservation before it ended in collapse.
“So we did a 60-hour non-stop swim in Loch Ness. It was going well. So it was all for ocean conservation”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2568 - Ross Edgley (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 3:24
Appearances
#2568 - Ross EdgleyThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 20, 2026 · 2 h 50 min
Joe Rogan and endurance swimmer Ross Edgley discuss his extreme swims around Loch Ness, the Yukon and Iceland, endurance neuroscience, MMA, ADHD, creatine and regenerative therapies.
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- Joe Rogan · 1 shared episode