Strength and Conditioning, Mental Toughness, and No BS Talk About Life and Being Relentless
How 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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Stop Blindly Chasing Your Goals!
At Relentless we don’t view our work as just a place where people get in better shape or improve their performance. They do, and it’s awesome, but there’s a lot more to it than that.
We’re a transformation center.
That means that we take people and we help them become the best versions of themselves, which often includes way more than just lifting some weights and doing some sprints.
The real issue most people seem to have when it comes to accomplishing their goals is that they often go at them blindly. They don’t get a firm fix on where they are now but they just know they don’t want to be there.
That’s like knowing that your goal is to drive to San Diego, me giving you a map, and not telling you if you’re in Bangor, ME or Charleston, SC. Sure, eventually you could probably puzzle it out, but it’s going to be a lot harder.
There are four key areas to tackle when it comes to baselining, and I’m going to hit you with both the theory AND the actual measures in this podcast.
So get ready to take the blinders off, take a real look at where you are now, and get ready to hit your goals with a true, lazer-like focus.
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Sometimes a rant gets a little sidetracked, and this one did! When the mic is on and you get in a mood… What can I say?
You know what holds back most people who start a training program, especially New Year’s Resolutioners?
It’s the Snowflake Phenomenon.
See, here’s the deal. It’s true that every snowflake is unique. That’s wonderful. The idea floating around the personal development world is that every person, like the snowflakes, is unique.
That’s awesome, and it’s true.
BUT.
Snowflakes are all made from frozen water.
They’re all crystalline.
They all fall from clouds.
Basically, snowflakes are like 80 or 90% the same as each other.
It’s only the shape, that 10 to 20% that is different.
People are the same way.
And that’s what we say we want: The simple answer that will work for everyone.
But if we get it, we immediately point to our shape and say how we’re different.
You can’t have it both ways, snowflake.
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RANT WARNING
I was at a restaurant this weekend and just listening to some conversations going on around me.
What struck me more than anything else was the sheer amount of complaining and “poor me”, victim mentality that was going on.
We’ve all done it, so I’m not throwing too many rocks, but the truth of the matter than just bitching about a problem isn’t going to do anything to help you.
Life IS going to do stuff TO you. You can’t choose that. What you CAN choose is what you DO about those things.
Life is a game of chess. You can’t control your opponent, but you can set plans in motion that will lead to your victory… as long as you don’t have a crappy victim’s mentality and allow yourself to be pushed into negative situations.
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Recovery is one of the aspects of training that a lot of people ignore. It’s sort of like money: It really doesn’t matter how much money you make. It matters how much you keep.
When it comes to your training program, it’s the same thing. It really doesn’t matter how hard you smash yourself in the gym or the playing field (unlike what all the memes say), it matters how much productive work you can do AND RECOVER FROM to come back stronger.
If you aren’t adapting and realizing the gains from your training then at best all you’re doing is spinning your wheels and at worst you’re digging yourself into a hole.
In this episode I’m going to be going through the most popular recovery methods you can use, how to use them, and also a quick and dirty recovery program you can apply right now to help yourself start recovering faster from your workouts, improve your results, and feel better along the way.
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Announcement: I’m going to start doing a new, weekly podcast on Mondays, in addition to our normal Thursday episodes. These Monday episodes, called Quick Hits, will be shorter (think 5-10 minutes), to the point episodes where I won’t be focused on giving deep explanations but instead on actionable and/or thought-provoking. Thursdays will be for the bigger, more detailed podcasts.
As for today’s episode… Master One Thing:
I used to teach my wrestlers to learn and master one takedown, one escape, and one pin. That was going to be their bread and butter. Everything else was just extra.
That didn’t make them easier to beat.
As a matter of fact, it made them much better wrestlers.
The same thing applies to life. Learn a few simple things and MASTER them until they’re on point. Then move on to more things. Stop chasing your tail and hammer what IS working.
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Confused about carbs? What they are? Will they make you fat? Will they enhance your performance? When should you eat them?
This podcast is going to give you the low-down on carbs, types of carbs, carb intake, why they are so delicious, and when you should use them for strength gain, fat loss, and more!
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Time for a little burning up of some sacred cows in the fitness business!
I go over what’s happening at Relentless (hint – Intensification Week), a recent little lesson that life re-taught me, and five sacred moos that need a little cooking.
We talk cardio, protein, a recent and popular fitness term, lazy people (the discusion might surprise you), and genetics.
Listen in for some real truth for real results.
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Beginner Strongman for Athletes
If you want to learn the WHY you definitely should be training with strongman techniques, what they are, and how to apply them to your local gym and training program, whether you’re a competitive athlete or not, then this is the episode for you.
I get into all the benefits of strongman-style training, the difference between training with strongman technique and actually competing, how to modify a lot of exercises for a normal gym, and how it builds superior athletes at Relentless.
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In this podcast I talk about the week at Relentless, why I love the short-term challenges we put on even though I used to think they were stupid, how to create short and long-term change starting RIGHT NOW and the simple three step process I use to kick that boulder down the hill and get it rolling. Plus I call out those suckas who are lying to me and mostly themselves.
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