Wealthy People Upgrade Everything… Except This w/ Ted Ryce
From Money School Podcast by Chris Naugle
February 26, 2026 · 55 min
About this episode
In this episode, Chris Naugle and guest Ted Ryce discuss the importance of health optimization for high-level entrepreneurs and how it parallels wealth management.
As people make more money, they tend to get sharper about almost everything. They think long term, manage risk better, hire experts, invest wisely and optimize their businesses and portfolios. But when it comes to health, a lot of people are still running the same basic playbook everyone else is. Standard labs, five-minute appointments, and just waiting until something breaks. When you want to level up in every area of your life, the conversation shouldn't be, "Am I sick right now?" It should be, "Where am I headed, and how early can I catch it?" The people who are strong, active, and dangerous well into their later decades aren't winging it. They're tracking smarter markers, finding issues years before they become diagnoses. They understand a principle that lines up perfectly with money: The fundamentals compound. Biohacks may be exciting, peptides are trendy, and GLP-1s are everywhere. But if your cardiovascular system is weak, your metabolic health is sliding, and you're losing muscle, then you're not really upgrading your future. You're selling it off. In this episode, I'm joined by Ted Ryce, a performance coach who has worked with high-level entrepreneurs and starts like…
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Host: Chris Naugle
Guest: Ted Ryce
Topics covered
- health optimization
- wealth management
- performance coaching
- long-term thinking
- risk management
Keywords
- health
- wealth
- biohacks
- performance coaching
- metabolic health
- cardiovascular system
- investing
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