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In this podcast version of TLDR, we look at 3 powerful takeaways from our interview with Jay Ferruggia on BHP #112 - including:
the importance of our inner circle (and how to elevate yours),
the biological cost of our fitness practices,
and how to build confidence (daily).
If you’re not familiar with Jay, he’s the OG of the strength and fitness industry.
He’s also the host of the Renegade Strength show, and he joins us to share his 25+ years of experience, and spit the uncensored truth on what it takes to build a strong body, unbeatable mind, and epic life.
If you're afraid of hard truths, growth, and/or carbs, this probably isn't the show for you - or maybe it SHOULD BE ;)
Links to listen are here. Keep scrolling for the takeaways.
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Who You Do Life With MATTERS - A LOT.
You’ve heard it countless times…
Maybe so many times that you no longer pay it much attention.
But cliche advice doesn’t become cliche without repetition.
And repetition doesn’t occur if there isn’t some profound truth in there.
We are the sum of the people with whom we spend our time.
Jay, perhaps. more than any person I know, is meticulous about cultivating relationships and curating his inner circle.
This is a great reminder that our inner circle shapes us in more ways than most of us realize.
Hang out with successful people…
Hang out with negative people who don’t live up to their potential…
Hang out with people who prioritize health, values, family, financial responsibility, …
How Can I Stack Wins & Build Confidence Today?
I’m a big fan of being intentional - life is too short and too precious to sleepwalk through it.
This intention-setting question from Jay is great in it’s own right.
It also reminds me of a similar question I heard recently.
Our guest on BHP 109, Hunter McWaters, had Aron Synder on his podcast and Aron said his morning mantra was: How can I make the world a better place today?
Jay’s version here is: How can I stack wins and build confidence today?
I’ve seen it time and time again - personally, and with the folks I work with - that these intention-setting questions are gamechangers.
How can I make the world a better place today?
How can I stack wins and build confidence today?
Write them on your to-do list, your calendar, make an alert on your phone - whatever you need to do in order to be remind of them (or one that you prefer) daily.
What you do with your day(s) is your choice… choose intentionally.
What is the biological cost of your training?
Blanket statements and binary thinking usually get us into trouble.
Everything requires us to consider goal, context, and nuance…
That’s why I love the philosophy of being less binary.
This means getting past blanket statements - and questions: “Are squats are bad"?”, “potatoes are good”, “keto is better than XYZ”.
Everything is a tool in the toolbox.
Developmental thinking and development phrasing get us answers and perspectives that better serve us and our goals.
Instead of asking, “is running good?”, we would rephrase that to be: “I hate running. Is it necessary for my goals?”
Or, “I love to run. Is there a way to include it in my programming that doesn’t detract from my progress or my long term health?”
If you like squats: how can you fit them into your training so that they benefit your goals and have minimal risk?
If you love potatoes, how can they be a part of your eating plan so that they best serve your needs/goals without negatively impacting them?
See where this is going?
Jay has given us another lens through which to analyze our choices: the lens of longevity.
Every choice has a risk/reward element.
In the strength/fitness arena, every exercise we choose, every training program we undertake has a biological cost.
Are we evaluating that cost? Do we understand the true risks/rewards of the program, the diet, the movements we’re choosing?
We should.
Only then can we make the most informed decisions.
Hopefully, those decisions are aligned with our goals & values.
If the Organism Isn’t Healthy, it’s Dying
Think of this one as a bonus takeaway.
Not much to say about this except to accept it’s challenge to audit ourselves and our health through a slightly different perspective.
What are tolerating that maybe you shouldn’t?
What do you think “you’re getting away with”?
What discomforts, dysfunctions, or small aches/pains are you ignoring that maybe you shouldn’t?
Those nagging little pains are ALL dashboard lights that are flashing…
It is in the organism’s best interest not to ignore them.
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Keep Moving The Chains, and keep pursuing your best self
Munsey