The Be Relentless Podcast

Strength and Conditioning, Mental Toughness, and No BS Talk About Life and Being Relentless

Be Relentless Podcast Episode 35 – Honesty and the Journey – Ben Stocks

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be relentless podcast episode 35 - ben stocksI had the great pleasure of recording a conversation with my friend Ben Stocks. In Ben’s words:

“Ben went from broke personal trainer to creating and managing a successful gym business before selling that business and now works directly with entrepreneurs and business owners to get them more customers and clients.”

Ben has successfully navigated both his own transformation through life struggles and also helping his former and current clients through theirs. We talked Ben’s secrets of success (simpler than you think), how to find your easiest avenues of success, and how to avoid where most go astray.

Reach him at benstocksmarketing@gmail.com

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Be Relentless Podcast Monday Quick Hit 21 – You’re Always In Mid-Life Crisis

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be relentless podcast monday quick hit 21 - you're always in mid-life crisisI was listening to a great podcast with Ed Mylett and Jasmine Star and they started talking about a mid-life crisis happening at 25.

That got me to thinking:

At any point when you’re about to make a change your life is divided into two parts:

The part that was before, and the path afterward. This means that, while it might not actually be the MIDDLE of your life (nobody knows that), you’re always at a mid-life point.

That means that any big change can be a Mid-Life Crisis, and that isn’t necessarily bad! It can give some fire and intensity to your change, and in this podcast I get into why I think that’s the most telling sign of an impending transformation.

Ed Mylett

Jasmine Star

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Be Relentless Podcast Episode 34 – Lessons From An Unlikely Coach – Hunter Grindle

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be relentless podcast episode 34 - hunter grindle interviewI had the opportunity to catch up after a great weekend seminar with a truly interesting and inspiring young coach, gym owner, and entrepreneur: Hunter Grindle, the owner of Hybrid Fitness Gym in Thomaston, ME.

I’ve known Hunter for a few years and what he’s been able to accomplish is extraordinary, although he probably wouldn’t admit it.

In addition to opening his gym at just 18 years old, the now-22 year-old basketball playing Hunter has embraced a demographic that you wouldn’t expect: Moms and helping them become healthier, lose fat, and enjoy their life.

We talk about some insights he’s found in the process and how those insights, whether they’re applied to business, fitness, relationships, or most anything else, ring true. Hunter is an avid reader, so we hit on some of his favorite books and the lessons that he’s picked up from them, as well.

I’ve always enjoyed and had great conversations with Hunter, so it was great to catch one on audio to be recorded!

Hunter can be found at:

http://www.hybridfitnessgym.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/HybridFitnessSystems
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/hybridfitnesssystems
Personal Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/huntergrindle

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Be Relentless Podcast Monday Quick Hit 20 – You Have Permission

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be relentless podcast monday quick hit 20 - you have permissionYou have permission!

One of the things I’ve really been thinking about since my podcast with Sasha and Chris last week is that too many people think that they need to be “good” before they can do something.

I saw it in the gym last night.

You don’t need to be good to do, you BECOME good by doing, and if you are doing, you ARE something.

If you need permission, you have it.

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Be Relentless Podcast Episode 33 – Winning the War of Art – When Particles Collide

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be relentless podcast episode 33 - winning the war of art - when particles collide - photo credit Joshua PickeringWinning the War of Art

(A nod to Stephen Pressfield’s great book, “The War of Art”)

Guests in the house!

All my life I’ve been fortunate to have had extraordinary people enter my sphere, become my friends, and even if life takes us in different directions, stay that way.

I was lucky to sit down with two of those today and get the mic on.

Sasha and Chris happen to be former clients, always the rockstars of our Relentless Gym Family, and are currently on TOUR as a rock/punk/muse-catching duo.

I think a lot of people envision the life of the touring musician as a free-flowing, zero care existence. Well, probably that isn’t the case if you want to STAY a touring musician. We had a great conversation and what I found most striking was how many of the principles we talk about in this podcast for helping your life, fitness, and nutrition are exactly the same for Sasha and Chris in their music business.

We hit on:

-The importance of routine, even when you are in a lifestyle that is anything but routine.
-How mastery in something can improve everything else.
-How to pick yourself up and keep on when the world kicks you down.
-Their first official “Hate Letter” and how they handled it.
-How inspiration can happen when you least expect it and why most people miss it.
-And plenty of other success topics!

And you know for damn sure you want to know how they sound and how their Unstoppable Rock Tour is going, right?

So make sure to check them out and give them a follow here:

When Particles Collide Website: https://www.whenparticlescollide.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whenparticlescollide/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whenparticlescollide
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhenParticles

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Be Relentless Podcast Monday Quick Hit 19 – External Cues and Internal Motivation

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be relentless podcast monday quick hit 19 - external cues and internal motivationUse External Cues and Internal Motivation To Build Long-term Success

When it comes to cuing a movement, more often than not people understand it better if you use external cues versus internal cues.

An external cue references something outside of the body. This is because people are used to seeing with their eyes and interacting with things OUTSIDE their body without often thinking about the HOW of how they move their body.

When it comes to motivation, the opposite often works better. An external motivation would be another person or event forcing someone to do something. While this can often get the ball rolling, the motivation lasts only as long as the stimulus.

Internal motivation, though, comes from a deeper source. It comes from within. So when things get tough and the external motivation flags, internally it’s still burning strong.

Make the most of both techniques. Focus on external cues to most efficiently move forward, and internal motivation to be what keeps you doing it.

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Be Relentless Podcast Monday Quick Hit 18 – Smooth the Roadblocks

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be relentless podcast monday quick hit 18 - smooth the roadblocksYou Don’t Need a New Map Or Car Until Your Road Is Cleared

So many people spend their whole life looking for the next plan. When things aren’t going well, it’s always the first thing you do is look for a new road. They rev up their engine and plow right down the road… until they hit a roadblock.

Then it all blows up.

Where do they go then? Looking for the next road.

The truth is, they probably already know the road will get them where they want to go. They’ve researched it. They have the map. They probably know the basic way.

They probably have the car that will get them there.

That means the answer isn’t to get a better road or a better car.

The first step is to clear out the roadblocks.

That’s what we do at Relentless – We smooth out the roadblocks first.

Once the path is clear, you can really get a strong sense of what you need to do as far as changing directions or upgrading your vehicle along the way, not the other way around.

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The Be Relentless Podcast Episode 32 – 7 Workout Tips For Busy People

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be relentless podcast 32 - 7 workout tips for busy people7 Workout Tips for Busy People

Strategies To Maximize Your Results When You Have Minimum Time

Look, we’re all busy. Unless you happen to have the lifestyle that lets you go to the gym whenever you want, sleep, rest, and so on with plenty of leisure time, you know what it is like to have to cram a quick workout in before/after work or on the road.

At Relentless we are fortunate enough to work work with a lot of busy professionals who are balancing work, life, family, AND staying in great shape.

Here’s 7 of my favorite strategies to get more out of the workout time you DO have to get the results you want while still handling life like you need.

I go over:

-How to adjust your training to get twice as much done in the same amount of time.
-The hierarchy of training priorities so you can focus on the big rocks.
-How to select exercises for maximum efficiency. Get more done with less.
-A great “rule” I picked up that has helped me get through those days where I don’t want to train at all because I can’t do ALL of the things I want to do.

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Be Relentless Podcast Monday Quick Hit 17 – Dream Big Plan Small

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be relentless podcast monday quick hit 10 - consistency is kingHow To Reach the Stars, Not Just Reach For Them

Everybody wants to talk about reaching for the stars and maybe you’ll hit the moon.

The thing is, that doesn’t give you anything to really grab on to.

Sure, if you dream big, you’ll get farther than if you dream small. However, you need to have a way to get there. That’s what we’re going to talk about today: How to go for the big stuff by actually doing the things that are going to get you there.

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The Be Relentless Podcast Episode 31 – Building Your High-Performance Body Part 3 -Supportive Nutrition

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be relentless podcast episode 31 - supportive nutritionPart 3 of a 3-Part Series on Building Your High-Performance Body

To finish up our series, we’ve got the car built through training and our driver, the mindset, is on point. Now it’s time to fuel it up with great, supportive nutrition.

Nutrition is one of those areas that is full of dogma, conflicting views, and can become very complicated very quickly if you let it. However, to simply build a good, functional nutrition plan to keep yourself healthy, strong, and operating at a high capacity doesn’t have to be all that complicated.

I go over some simple guidelines and directions to not only give you what you need to be successful, but also to help make it as “automatic” as possible with good habit forming and behavioral change.

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