Podcast Episodes

120 - A 66-Year-Old Powerlifter with 71 World Records on the Secrets to Long-Term Success (with David Ricks)

David Ricks first competed in a powerlifting competition in 1981, when he was 21 years old. At 66, he is still competing. Along the way, he's won 13 world championships, 32 national championships, an…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

119 - How to Turn Your Inner Critic Into a Coach

By some estimates, the voice in your head can spew up to 4000 words per minute, making it all the more important that we learn how to live with it. This can be especially hard when it's loud and crit…

Published on 7 months ago

118 - How to Build Discipline

Why are some people disciplined and others aren’t? It’s not because of an innate character trait, but because disciplined people have simply trained the skill of being disciplined. Today we break dow…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

117 - The Masculinity Crisis, and Why It Matters for All of Us (Part 2)

This is the second of two episodes we're devoting to the topic of masculinity. Last week, in part one, we spoke with Richard Reeves about how changing ideas of what it means to be a man have left man…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

116 - The Masculinity Crisis, and Why It Matters for All of Us (Part 1)

Over the next two weeks, we're going to be exploring the topic of masculinity—more specifically, how changing ideas of what it means to be a man have left many men feeling adrift, and what a path to …

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

115 - Mailbag: Daily Health Checklist, Rut vs. Burnout, & Taking Good Breaks

You've got questions, we've got answers. Today, we dive into listener emails and voicemails to answer some of your questions.

1) Can you give me a minimalist daily health checklist?

2) How do I tell th…

Published on 8 months ago

114 - Choke, Recover, Repeat: Mastering the Art of Resilience

In the world of sport and performance, a lot is made of executing under pressure. "Don't choke," we often say. However, what is perhaps more impressive (not to mention realistic) is being able to bou…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

113 - Playing the Long Game in a Quick-Fix World

As we often say, people have a tendency to drastically overestimate what they can do in a day and drastically underestimate what they can do in a year, particularly these days when so much of our wor…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

112 - Building True Confidence: The Practical Path from Bravado to Belief

Today we're breaking down confidence. We discuss what it is (earned self-belief) and what it isn't (bravado, arrogance, positive thinking, or the absence of doubt and insecurity); how to build and ma…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

111 - How to Better Manage Stress

Today, we talk about how to navigate life and athletic performance amidst stress. We discuss the impact of mental and emotional stress on physical performance, and share personal anecdotes and scient…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago