#1624 - Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson (0:03)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Flies, Mark.

Mark Sisson (0:16)

It sure does, man.

Joe Rogan (0:17)

How's it been five years?

Mark Sisson (0:18)

A little over five years, yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

That's ridiculous.

Mark Sisson (0:20)

I know.

Joe Rogan (0:20)

I feel like I saw you like eight months ago.

Mark Sisson (0:21)

I know, and the world has changed.

Joe Rogan (0:23)

Yeah, a little bit, a little bit.

And you're in Florida now. We were talking about this.

Mark Sisson (0:28)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:28)

I wanted to save it for the camera, because you were going to tell me how great you like Miami.

Mark Sisson (0:32)

Well, you know, I grew up in Maine, and when I was in New England, Miami was sort of the place where, you know, only old people went, and it had all of the cliches behind it, and I never really thought much about living there. And then when I lived in Malibu, I'm like, okay, this is, this is the cat's ass. This is the best place ever, Malibu. Well, much like yourself, Joe, I got a little bit disillusioned with California over the years and thought that I would try a different location, particularly one that didn't have any personal taxes.

And, you know, we had gone to Miami Beach for a week, every year for vacation, so we felt like we knew it. And then we wound up saying, you know what, let's try for a year and see if we like it, and we'll move out of California. And if it doesn't work, we'll move back. And I'm telling you, man, a year in, I'm like, this is like summer camp and a spa and a playground every single day. I mean, look, the water's 20 degrees warmer on any given day. The sand is nicer.

The women are a little bit, you know, dressed a little bit more provocatively. I've got a great gym.

I do stand up paddling. I've got an E-Foil, an electric foil that I use, a fat bike. I found a-

Joe Rogan (1:48)

What's a fat bike?

Mark Sisson (1:48)

A fat bike is those- Fat tires? Fat tire bike, yeah.

We should probably, given the current tenner, we shouldn't probably call it a fat bike anymore.

Joe Rogan (1:56)

Yeah, let's call it a fat bike.

Mark Sisson (1:58)

A pneumatically challenged bike.

Joe Rogan (1:59)

It's a male. It's okay, you can call it a fat bike.

Mark Sisson (2:01)

That's right, yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:02)

No one cares.

Mark Sisson (2:02)

Exactly. And so I ride in the sand with some friends and I ride with my wife. My wife has an electric one so she can keep up with me. But I mean, it's amazing.

It's like every day, I feel like I'm a kid on vacation.

Joe Rogan (2:16)

Wow, that's a good endorsement. I've been watching the news, though.

And it seems a little wacky down there right now. They're shooting, what, pepper balls? Pepper spray balls at the people that were all over the streets?

Mark Sisson (2:29)

Yeah, spring break. I mean, yeah, spring breakers have always.

Joe Rogan (2:31)

Why are the cops shooting pepper spray balls at them?

Mark Sisson (2:35)

They tried to enact some temporary ordinances that failed immediately, failed out of the gates. And I don't think they knew how to control the crowds that surged.

Joe Rogan (2:46)

Is spring break always like that there, or is it just because of COVID, because Florida doesn't have restrictions?

Mark Sisson (2:51)

Yeah, yeah, it's because of COVID. I mean, generally, spring break is a challenge.

And this is the time of year when everybody sort of hunkers down. And a lot of people that live in my building and live in my neighborhood would leave town.

Joe Rogan (3:04)

During spring break?

Mark Sisson (3:05)

During spring break.

Joe Rogan (3:05)

Is that bad?

Mark Sisson (3:06)

But yeah, it's a pain to try and get reservations at a restaurant or to navigate the streets because the streets are not built for that amount of traffic. So a lot of people just leave, and that's fine.

Joe Rogan (3:19)

How long spring break lasts?

Mark Sisson (3:20)

Well, this year's gonna last apparently two months. I don't know.

Joe Rogan (3:22)

Two months?

Mark Sisson (3:23)

Well, because-

Joe Rogan (3:24)

Different schools?

Mark Sisson (3:25)

Different, the whole school strategy and the opening and reopening and not opening and having spring break and not having spring break. And yeah, so I think, and then COVID. I mean, look, as I was saying to some friends, literally a week ago, a month ago, two months ago, there's no better place in the world to be right now than Miami Beach.