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You Already Know How to Be Fit! Barefoot Ted / ENDURANCE Jul 15, 2021

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As a kid did you run around for the fun of it? You were probably stronger than you think. Can you get back in touch with that feeling? Who needs motivation when you are just having a great time? Barefoot Ted was one of the unintentional stars of Christopher Mcdougal's book "Born to Run," and the originator of Luna Sandals.

Spartan Up Endurance Series host, Johnny Waite, talks with Barefoot Ted about how we can get outside and be happy with whatever fitness you choose out there. In this episode you'll learn about:

The adventure that showed Ted the kind of life he wanted to live How to get back to the fundamental roots of exercise Learn to take advantage of your natural tools Why experimenting is the key to your fitness Micro-Dosing exercise The difference between practice & performance

"There's practice, which is much more about just this daily hygienic care of yourself. That should be relatively easy to stay in, because it's self-- it's self satisfying. Performance sometimes takes a kind of discipline, self-discipline, maybe scheduling, some much more analytical and somewhat rigid sort, if you want to get the results that performance will give you. Practice is ultimately leading, its only goal is wellbeing," says Ted McDonald, aka Barefoot Ted, from "Born to Run" and founder of Luna Sandals.

Ted McDonald is the founder of LUNA Sandals, a character from the book "Born to Run," primal lifestyle coach, skateboard philosopher, and barefoot running guru.

You can follow him on Instagram: @BAREFOOT_TED And check out his website: WWW.BAREFOOTTED.COM

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CREDITS: Producer: Lake Watters Hosts: Johnny Waite Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

What Got Branson to Space? Here's what he said in 2014! Jul 13, 2021

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In 2014 this conversation with Richard Branson was one of Joe De Sena's first Spartan Up interviews. Branson explained why he had the vision to travel to space. At the time he expected to make the journey by the end of that year. We all know a few months later many expected Branson to give up on the dream.

This is an interview about character, resilience, grit, and fitness. What is it about Richard Branson that allowed him to see this mission through? They say success leaves clues, what clues can you find in this 2014 conversation?

This episode of Spartan Up! is brought to you by LorAnn Oils. Make your recovery essential. Take care of your mind and body with LorAnn's affordable and natural essential oils. In your recovery or stretching routines, use our 100% pure botanical essential oils in diffusers, roller-balls, massage oils, and lotions to help soothe tired and sore muscles. All of LorAnn's quality tested essential oils are obtained through cold-press or steam distillation and do not contain added solvents, extenders, alcohol, or other diluting agents. Visit LorAnnOils.com TODAY and get 15% off site-wide when you use code SPARTAN15 at checkout.

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!

BE BOLD! with Dr. Juliet McGrattan, Winning The Mind Game Pt 2 / DEKA Jul 10, 2021

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"Stop worrying about what other people think about you. You know, those very first steps you take, as a runner, when you feel stupid, when you feel you have no right to be there, you're maybe feeling...you're in kind of baggy running kit, and overweight, and don't really know what you're doing. And you're so paranoid that people are going to see you. I know women that have gone running in the dark, to start with, because they didn't want anyone else to see," says Dr. Juliet McGrattan, award-winning author and Founder of 261FearlessClubUK.

Spartan Up Podcast, DEKA Series hosts' Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp take their next step with part 2 of their new 4 part mini-series, Winning the Mind Game. During this mini-series, the guys will address overall well-being and how to unlock the doors holding us back in our minds. This episode is about being bold. In this episode you'll learn about:

Juliet's journey: Leaving behind medicine and her career as a General Practitioner to focus on her passion of running, while still helping people live healthily

People's transformations of confidence and fitness through the initiatives of 261 Fearless

Differences between men and women dissolving when it comes to endurance

Digging deep to find out why you want to run in the first place and staying consistent

Juliet's top 3 lessons on creating your own legacy

Dr. Juliet McGrattan is an author, speaker, runner and former General Practitioner.

If you enjoyed our conversation, make sure to check out Juliet's new book, Run Well, and her first book, Sorted: The Active Woman's Guide to Health.

You can follow Juliet on:

Instagram - @DrJulietMcGrattan

Facebook - @DrJulietMcGrattan

Twitter: @DrJulietMcG

Website - https://drjulietmcgrattan.com

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancy's Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Brightside. Get anxiety and depression treatment online from licensed psychiatric providers and therapists. Get a free mental health assessment and a $100 credit towards your first month of treatment at Brightside.com/Spartan.

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FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

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CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

How To Keep Pushing When You Think Can't Go Longer with Hunter McIntyre / ENDURANCE Jul 08, 2021

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"Usually, everything that I've done, someone's probably done before me, and I would like to be the person that sets the bar for the next one. I know, every time I put a weight on my back, that somebody has lifted that before. I'm not the first person. And I know that if I set the world record in it, someone's going to break it. So I better set it high," says Hunter McIntyre, the Bulk Pony, 6x OCR World Champion, 4x OCR National Champion, Tough Mudder X Undefeated Champion 2017-2018.

Spartan Up Endurance Series host, Johnny Waite, talks with Hunter about how we can do better to continuously push ourselves to the next level, even those who haven't started yet. In this episode you'll learn about…

Hunter's toughest racing experience
Having the mentality to use the stairs instead of the escalator
How to keep your momentum once you get started
Always training with people better than yourself
Being prepared to get knocked down at any moment

Hunter McIntyre is a professional athlete and fitness trainer who has established himself as a dominant force in the world of obstacle course racing. He was named one of the top 50 fittest athletes by Sports Illustrated and is the undefeated champion of CMT's reality TV show, Broken Skull Ranch. Hunter was a Defender on CBS's Million Dollar Mile produced by LeBron James and recently broke the Murph Challenge world record and raised over $20,000 for charity along the way.

You can follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huntthesheriff/

And the rest of his links, including HAOS: https://linktr.ee/huntthesheriff

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CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Hosts: Johnny Waite

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

Master the Comeback! Joe De Sena & Marques Ogden Jul 06, 2021

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He played in the NFL as an offensive lineman for 6 years, but transition came hard for Marques Ogden. But through the lows and highs, he learned how to make it work. Today he shares accountability and constant motion. Still- through the lows and highs, he learned how to make it work. Today he shares what he learned with Spartan founder & CEO Joe De Sena. Accountability and constant motion.

Born and Raised in Washington DC by a single father. Attended Howard University and drafted into the NFL. From NFL to successful Business owner. Losing all his money in less than 90days to being a nightshift janitor and making a comeback as a International Keynote Speaker, business coach, and consultant.

www.marquesogden.com

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!

Apply Discipline & Achieve Your Goals with Dr. Lara Pence, Winning The Mind Game Pt 1 / DEKA Jul 03, 2021

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"When things wrap around in our head all the time, and it's not something we write down, it can play mind games with us. I mean, talk about bumping up your mental game, right? It's why journaling can be so useful. Because when you take what's in your head and you put it in your hand, you can really begin to evaluate, like, 'Oh, is what I'm thinking in my head reasonable? Oh my gosh, this is the most unreasonable thing on the planet,''' says Dr. Lara Pence, clinical psychologist, and chief mind doctor at Spartan.

Spartan Up Podcast, DEKA Series hosts' Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp begin their next journey with their new 4 part mini-series, Winning the Head Game. During this mini-series, the guys will address overall well-being and how to unlock the doors holding us back in our minds. In this episode you'll learn about:

Having discipline and aligning it with your values

Finding your motivational, discipline, and resilience data points

Finding your purpose and making the first step NOW, not later

Accountability being your own best friend

We also talk about Dr. L's favorite movie that inspires motivation and discipline, you might know it if you love sports films from the 80s

Dr. Lara Pence is a licensed clinical psychologist, has an MBA, with a special skillset in building a private practice. She is the owner and founder of lighfbox. She is a certified eating disorder specialist. She consults for Joe de Sena and Spartan Race as their chief mind doc. She supports the Unbeatable Mind coaching program as a coach, contributes to Morgan's Hallway as their resident psychologist, and supervises other therapists looking to elevate their own skills. And she's a mother of two boys and a wife of one.

If you enjoyed our conversation, make sure to check out Dr. L's podcast, "Curious Minds with Dr. L" which is on all platforms you normally listen to podcasts

You can also follow Lara on:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drlarapence/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drlarapence

Website/Podcast - https://www.drlarapence.com/

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancys Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up! Is brought to you by Gone Rogue high protein chips. Visit GONEROGUESNACKS.COM - use code SPARTAN25 to get 25% off

SUBSCRIBE:

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YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram: @spartanuppodcast

Spartan Up on Twitter: @SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

Being Big and Staying Big in Endurance Sports, with Hunter McIntyre / ENDURANCE Jul 01, 2021

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"...You're just getting super super good at one capacity, and if you're lucky, and you ride the razor of cutting your diet down and doing your training right, you will be the champion of that. But, as soon as you take off your bike helmet, and get off the bike, you might as well be like a-- you're like a toddler. You're weak, you're imbalanced," says Hunter McIntyre, the Bulk Pony, 6x OCR World Champion, 4x OCR National Champion, Tough Mudder X Undefeated Champion 2017-2018.

Spartan Up Endurance Series host, Johnny Waite, talks with Hunter about how to be successful as a bigger person in the endurance world. In this episode you'll learn about…

Embracing the powerhouse that is your body and testing how far you can go
Setting goals based on your size and abilities
Building endurance without giving up your size and build
Not having balance in your fitness when getting sport specific
Keeping off the path of chasing only one thing and setting milestones

You can follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huntthesheriff/

And the rest of his links, including HAOS: https://linktr.ee/huntthesheriff

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up! Is brought to you by Gone Rogue high protein chips. Visit GONEROGUESNACKS.COM - use code SPARTAN25 to get 25% off

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow

YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Hosts: Johnny Waite

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

An Important Post Pandemic Message from Joe De Sena Jun 29, 2021

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If you're having trouble re-starting the engine after a year of lockdowns, you're not alone. But we are here to help with some pretty simple solutions.

This episode of Spartan Up! Is brought to you by GONEROGUESNACKS.COM - use code SPARTAN25 for a discount

INTERVIEWS MENTIONED:

Personal Board of Advisors with Elizabeth Weil

https://race.spartan.com/en/media/podcast/episodes?article=45381

Rat Hope Study

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/kidding-ourselves/201405/the-remarkable-power-hope

Camp Spartan

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQssBfzDRrU/

Don't Blame your Smartphone | "Indistractable" author Nir Eyal

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5iHkM4XrA9eZP4euAGV3TU?si=iSMETGSqREGdqhCp5k-7CQ&dl_branch=1

Scientifically proven better sleep and less stress Andrew Huberman, PhD + Joe De Sena

https://open.spotify.com/episode/08RyvuRvIoJJZjWG4hScfI?si=AG1hVR-SRx67NAMq_v1cKQ&dl_branch=1

What happens in your brain when you do hard things? Joe De Sena asks Lisa Feldman Barrett Ph.D.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4HAzGvsatDoCZkqBgQpC9p?si=yOI1FHJ-SEi9slyhIxRPVw&dl_branch=1

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!

Reaching Your Summit - Life Fueled by Fitness Part 5 / DEKA Jun 24, 2021

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"And so what do you do from here? Okay, what do you do once you achieve that level of fitness or that goal that you wanted to achieve? And we've seen so many people-- this is what frustrates me the most as a long time coach, 30 years of coaching, is that person that reaches that goal, and they QUIT," says Jarod Cogswell, co-host of the DEKA Series Podcast.

Spartan Up Podcast, DEKA Series hosts' Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp reach the summit on the final episode of their five-part series titled "A Life Fueled by Fitness." During this mini-series, the guys will get you off the roller coaster of fitness, find your purpose and reframe how you think about training. In this episode you'll learn:

The journey to the top of your personal "mountain" that will change the way you live mentally and physically

Enjoy the view for a while, BE PROUD OF YOURSELF, and come back down to do the next one

What to do after you achieve that goal you had set?

The importance of keeping things plugged into your life and being held accountable

Reflecting on your last summit to get through the next

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancys Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by EXOGEN. The EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system uses low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) to amplify natural bone healing three ways: Stimulation, Activation, and Upregulation. If you or a loved one has a broken bone, talk to your doctor about EXOGEN. To learn more, visit EXOGEN.com

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow

YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram: @spartanuppodcast

Spartan Up on Twitter: @SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

Tough Mudder meets Spartan - Joe De Sena and Kyle McLaughlin Jun 23, 2021

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We have a massive goal, to rip 100 million people off the couch. We can't do it alone. You never thought you'd see the day, but the day has come .... the CEO of Spartan and the CEO of Tough Mudder together on a podcast. After the required sparring over who's in charge of the podcast (is it an episode of Spartan Up or Tough Mudder's podcast No Excuses?) Kyle Mcluaghlin and Joe De sena come to a compromise. It's both.

In this episode you'll hear how both companies are determined to help you get back out there and make the most of your life.

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by the EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system. EXOGEN is a non-invasive treatment option that can help heal your broken bone in just 20 minutes a day in the comfort of your own home. If you or a loved one has broken a bone, talk to your doctor about EXOGEN. EXOGEN is indicated for the healing of nonunion fractures and for accelerating the healing of certain acute fractures, with no known contraindications. To learn more visit EXOGEN.com

LINKS:

Spartan Tough Mudder event https://race.spartan.com/en/race/detail/7247/overview

Tough Mudder No Excuses Podcast https://toughmudder.com/no-excuses-podcast

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!