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Rise Again From The Struggle
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Episodes
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Habits are easy to change
Building new habits or deleting old habits is pretty easy once you learn the "trick" or, really, just the skill.You can only change when you can imagine…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Discipline is the medicine
Everyone wants to heal until they find out the medicine is discipline. What a true statement. Discipline can change your life.But you're too busy trying to be…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Get in the RAFT!
Every now and then, Hollyweird will give you a good line 😂This one was legit. It made me think hard and deep. The thing about any situation that gives people…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Thermostat or thermometer?
Thermostats and thermometers both deal with temperature yet have very different functions.One just tells you what the temperature is while the other sets the…
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Hope on a timeline
Hope is very powerful. It can both elevate you or destroy you. The difference is in the timeline you attach it to.If the window is tight and linked to an…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Accountability, excuses, and reasons
A deep dive into how people today continue to pass accountability off. I also discuss the difference between excuses and reasons so you can change your…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Feedback isn't fatal
Feedback is scary. It hurts your feelings, and you might need to admit you were wrong or need to improve.Wait, why are you afraid of that? How else are you…
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Crash diet time! Just kidding 🤣
Once you learn how to practice non judgemental analysis of yourself, you can really take things to the next level.This is why I weigh myself every day. It…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Do it anyway
Find a way to get it done. Don't let perfect continue to be the enemy of done. You can find a way when you let go of the thought it has to be great every…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Feelings aren't facts
Feelings aren't facts. I've said it before, and I'll say it again.I "felt" gross today. I "felt" sore. I "felt" like I wasn't going to be able to start my…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Change your mind, change your life!
It starts in the mind first. I keep saying it because it's the truth.Until you change the way you think and the way you talk to yourself, nothing will change…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
It starts in the mind
Hacks don't work, especially in the long term. That's because they never address the real problem.You are the problem. Get over it. It's the truth. You go…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Plan to fail?
You don't like to fail. I get that. You don't live when things go wrong. Again, I get that. But the real reason it sucks? Because you only planned for…
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No prodigies, just work!
The idea of a prodigy sounds amazing. It gives you an automatic excuse to not be great at things. Except they don't exist.That's according to Anders Ericsson…
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Initial stress phase
You can learn a lot from exercise that translates over to real life. I've known this concept in different contexts in the past, but my run revealed another way…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
ABC's of habit change
Anchor, behavior, celebrate. This is the ABC's of habit change. If you can get this down, installing new habits becomes easy.First, anchor your new habit to an…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
How to alter habits
Changing habits isn't complicated. But there are two main ways to get the job done. If you're not successful with habit changes in the past, maybe this can…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Use your time wisely
How often do you waste time because you think you need to be perfect? Or maybe you expect everything to run smoothly and hope your schedule doesn't get…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Adjust your fear
People often skip out on their dreams because they fear failure. They think they can't handle the rejection.But what if you switched that? What if you no…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Fit your routines around...
Find a way to fit in your routines. They might not look quite the same, but you can find a way to get things in.You get caught up in the idea that these things…
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Do you have discipline?
Building unshakable discipline starts in the mind. You have to build the thought structure and belief system that doesn't allow for that weak deviation.You…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
It's about mental skills
At the highest levels, you have people talking about mental skills. If Nick Saban believes in these skills, why are you still on the fence?If you can't put…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Control your mind, or fall victim to it
Control your mind, or it will control you. It really is that simple. The difference between winning and losing regularly comes down to who can overcome their…
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Observe and respond
Are you observing and responding? Or expecting and reacting? There's a major difference there.When you expect certain actions, words, or outcomes, you tend to…
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Don't panic and mess it up
No matter what you're trying to do, at some point, you'll hit a bad patch. Sometimes, it's just a plateau. Other times, it's just a bad stretch.These are those…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
What the macros do
You are overthinking what macros are and how to use them. I've been there, too. It's easy to get lost on the noise of marketing.Here's a quick rundown. Your…
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No snacks needed!
You don't need to be eating all the time. You don't need three meals and multiple snacks in a day. If you do, then you're not eating the right foods.In our…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
It's not hard, just time-consuming
It's not complicated. It's just time-consuming. This really applies to most things in life. It comes down to one question... are you willing to invest the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Fast alone or far together
You can get places faster when you go alone. But you can only get so far that way.If you want to go far, you need to go together. Meaning teams can elevate you…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Are you thirsty or not?
Whether or not the glass is half full or half empty, you're still here. Debating the semantics won't change the water level, but it'll waste your time.Since…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
No energy drinks needed
When you eat like humans were meant to eat, you don't need anything to pick you up. Your body should be able to operate at a premium level without the constant…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Grooming your beliefs
Your beliefs are being groomed by the material you invest your attention into. You can pretend it's not true, but it very much is.I've known this for a while…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Pushing TODAY'S limits
You need to train in less than ideal conditions. Being able to do this is a great skill to have for life in case of emergency.But it's still just training, so…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
You're not perfect the way you are
Just because your mom told you that you were perfect doesn't mean it's true. Come on. Of course she would say that. You're her baby.But so you want to be a…
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Of course they lie
When the common narrative around food is dominated by one opinion from less than 50 years ago, maybe we should question that.That's what several researchers…
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Do you want to be sick?
Do you want to be sick? Do you want to have low energy? Do you want to be a liability?Are you choosing to let sick and weak people tell you what you're capable…
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Do they listen to themselves?
If you think a lab produced food item or food additive is better than a natural version... well, let's not be surprised when you end up with dozens of…
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Adapt and modify
There's nothing wrong with body building or workouts modeled in that fashion. But it's also not the only option.There's so many ways you can get your body…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
The Limitless "secret"
It's not a pill, but there is something you can do to be like the movie Limitless.Clean up your diet. Lose the weight. Get in shape. I know, it sounds…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Carbs are not king!
Want unlimited energy without the crash? Stop using carbs as your fuel source. It's really that simple.Carbs give you a quick spike of energy. They are the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
I want this for you
If the only person in your life who wants you to be better than them is your father, you're in the wrong circle.Yes, your dad should want that, and it's…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
You have the discipline
Discipline isn't your problem. Rather, the lack of discipline as a skill isn't your problem. You don't have an issue sticking to those bad habits and routines…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Lack of focus?
People try and say they can't focus. Yet, most often, they can't focus on what it's best for them. It's not an ability issue. It's a direction issue.You easily…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Bad sleep = bad day?
When you don't get the sleep you thought you needed, you don't need to have a bad day. Don't put that expectation on yourself.Some nights, your brain might…
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You eat too much
Three meals. That's all I ate this weekend. Breakfast on Saturday, then a 24 hour fast. Sunday was breakfast and dinner.The fast was intentional for a reset…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
I don't have time
You don't have time to treat your body right. You don't have time to work on your mindset. You don't have the money for quality food. You don't have the money…
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The fire of your mind
Fire can cook you a meal, keep you warm, or burn down your house. You can blow a candle out with ease, but a forest fire can destroy an entire region and…
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Hard times create strong men!
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. It's a cycle that needs to be broken.Weak…
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Why care about your food?
The systemic inflammation excess carbs creates is real. I was reminded this week why I cut them out. My joints and my feet hurt so much this week!But I also…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Weight loss isn't complicated
Losing weight is simple. Everyone knows what to do. Most just refuse to do it. It's easier to complain and blame it on your habits and feelings anyway.Or, you…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
They won't all be pretty!
Not all workouts will be the best. Sometimes, the goal needs to be to finish. It might be ugly, sore, tired, or broken. Finish anyway.This applies in other…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Be functionally unbalanced!
If you want to be anything other than average, you need to remove the term balance from your vocabulary.If you want to be successful in your goals, you need to…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Diet and exercise aren't the problem?
An obesity doctor is telling people that fixing diet and exercise won't help with the obesity epidemic. This is a major reason people are so confused.Just…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Why others matter
You can learn so much while working with like-minded people. I'm in France for a workshop with my workout group, and I've learned so much from not only the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
They don't care!
We have this tendency to become self-conscious and think people are looking at us and judging us. They aren't. And if they do, it's only temporary until the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Iron and weight problems?
High iron levels might be keeping you fat? I've never heard this one until today. I'm not saying he's wrong by any stretch here, either. I'm just saying I've…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Winners quit A LOT!
Winners quit all the time. It's a huge myth that they don't quit. They don't quit on a goal they absolutely want to achieve. There's a huge difference there…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
I'm cooked today 😂!
Over 45,000 steps in really less than two days while being in the air for over 10 hours with another 2 hour car ride to the resort. How? I didn't sit around…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Find a way!
You can find a way. Once you get past the need to be liked or looked at, you can get something in. No excuses!
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Mind over body
Somebody will definitely play victim on this one and tell me how this isn't always true. Before you do, I didn't say always. I will say I've witnessed both…