5 Codes Podcast
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5 Codes Podcast
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The 5 Codes podcast is hosted by Dr. Cameron Chesnut, a double board–certified physician and practicing facial plastic surgeon with a deep focus on regenerative medicine, functional health, and long-term human performance. Working at the intersection of performance and medicine, Dr. Chesnut brings a unique, practical perspective shaped by years of experience with high performers from around the world.

 

Despite disciplined lifestyles, advanced health practices, and even cutting-edge biohacks, many driven individuals still feel a disconnect between how they look, how they feel, and how they perform. The 5 Codes exists to bridge that gap.

 

Each episode explores the principles and tools that help people perform, move, look, feel, and connect as the most optimized version of themselves. Topics include longevity, regenerative medicine, metabolic health, recovery, aesthetics, and personal discipline - approached through a grounded, strategic lens focused on real-world application.

 

Designed for those who take responsibility for their health and believe their next level can be built intentionally, The 5 Codes is a guide to preserving your prime and optimizing performance in every dimension of life.

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33 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
38 episodes
since Jan. 26, 2026
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EP 36: Optimize Your Workspace for Peak Performance | DEEP FOCUS

EP 36: Optimize Your Workspace for Peak Performance | DEEP FOCUS

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In this episode, I explore how to turn any workspace into an environment built for focus, creativity, and sustained performance. Using my own operating room as the blueprint, I break down the specific design choices I made to keep myself and my team sharp through surgeries that can last ten hours o…
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EP 36: Optimize Your Workspace for Peak Performance | DEEP FOCUS

EP 36: Optimize Your Workspace for Peak Performance | DEEP FOCUS

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In this episode, I explore how to turn any workspace into an environment built for focus, creativity, and sustained performance. Using my own operating room as the blueprint, I break down the specific design choices I made to keep myself and my team sharp through surgeries that can last ten hours o…
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EP 35: Chin Lipo, Kybella, and GLP-1s: A Perfect Storm | OR DIARIES

EP 35: Chin Lipo, Kybella, and GLP-1s: A Perfect Storm | OR DIARIES

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In this episode, I share an OR Diary from a surgery on a 40 year old patient, which is very young for my operating room. She arrived as a perfect storm of factors, some she could control and some she couldn’t. Those factors included a genetic predisposition in her jaw and neck, weight loss and tiss…
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EP 34: Pain, Recovery, and Regulating Your Nervous System | Dr. Jason Wersland

EP 34: Pain, Recovery, and Regulating Your Nervous System | Dr. Jason Wersland

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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Jason Wersland, the founder of Therabody, to explore how nervous system regulation shapes recovery, performance, and healing. Jason works with many of the best athletes and teams in the world, and his perspective on pain is deeply personal, shaped by a motorcycl…
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EP 33: How I Use Light to Stay Sharp Through Winter | DEEP FOCUS

EP 33: How I Use Light to Stay Sharp Through Winter | DEEP FOCUS

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In this episode, I break down how I use light to protect my sleep, mood, focus, and peak performance as the seasons change and the days get shorter. Light is the signal our brain uses to micro adjust our circadian rhythm, and the timing, brightness, and wavelength of that light shape everything fro…
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EP 32: "I Don't Need Much" Can Be an Expensive Mindset | OR DIARIES

EP 32: "I Don't Need Much" Can Be an Expensive Mindset | OR DIARIES

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In this OR Diary, I share a revision case that challenged something I say often: that having a procedure at a younger age does not limit your options for future procedures. My patient, now 53, had surgery at 51 with the mindset that she was early in the aging process, didn't need much done, an…
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EP 31: The Cost of Greatness | Julianna Peña

EP 31: The Cost of Greatness | Julianna Peña

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In this episode, I sit down with Julianna Peña, a two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and the first mother to ever win a UFC title. We talk about what it actually takes to compete at the highest level of mixed martial arts, from the daily grind of driving across a city between gyms as a…
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EP 30: The New Era of the Deep Plane Facelift | DEEP FOCUS

EP 30: The New Era of the Deep Plane Facelift | DEEP FOCUS

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In this episode, I break down the new era of the deep plane facelift and neck lift, exploring what has changed, where the field is going, and why not all deep plane facelifts are created equal. This procedure has evolved more in the last four or five years than it did over the century before, and t…
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EP 29: Same Patient, Two Surgeries, One Wild Coincidence | OR DIARIES

EP 29: Same Patient, Two Surgeries, One Wild Coincidence | OR DIARIES

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In this episode, I take you into the operating room for a revision facelift that turned into one of those "what are the odds" situations you couldn't script if you tried. My patient had a deep plane facelift eighteen months earlier on the other side of the country, and she came to me…
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EP 28: How NanoVi Fits Into My Optimized Recovery Protocol | Rowena Gates

EP 28: How NanoVi Fits Into My Optimized Recovery Protocol | Rowena Gates

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In this episode, I sit down with Rowena Gates to explore a key element of my optimized recovery protocol: the NanoVi, a device that uses specific wavelengths to create structured, ordered water that helps proteins fold and function the way the body intends. These protein functions sit at the founda…
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