The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

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Travis & Mark Macy - Eco-Challenge vs Alzheimer's with host Joe De Sena Sep 15, 2020

Show notes

Ultrarunning father & son Travis & Mark Macy were excited about the return of Eco-Challenge Fiji and planned to race - Travis on a younger competitive team, Mark on team "Stray Dogs." Plans changed after learning 66-year-old endurance racer Mark Macy was facing Alzheimer's. He'd won the grueling Iditashoe 100-mile snowshoe race and competed in 9 Eco-challenges - but this race would pose a special challenge, but also unique rewards. Joe De Sena, a veteran endurance racer himself, trades tales with Travis and Mark about eco-challenge and about their last meeting when we interviewed Travis about his book "The Ultra Mindset."

LESSONS

Make time for family
Sometimes the risk of avoiding the challenge is greater than the risks the challenge poses.

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Hosts: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye send their regards :)

Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

The Most Challenging Year of My Life with Mike Amine / COMBAT Sep 12, 2020

Show notes

Mike Amine is the CEO and president of Wealth Strategies Financial Group. He was an NCAA runner-up in 1988 and competed for a spot on the US greco team in 1992. In this conversation, we focus on a 12-month period that was, as Mike called it, the toughest 12 months of his life.

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ENDURANCE / Tales from the Amazon Eco Challenge Sep 10, 2020

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Deanna Blegg is our guest for this week's Spartan Endurance episode. Deanna breaks-down the Amazon Eco-Challenge, as well as her background in competitive racing. Specifically…

1:08 Deanna's first race

04:14 Biathlon & aquathlon racing

06:24 How to reignite the competitive flame

11:50 Age is just a number

15:23 How to manage injuries

20:45 Deanna on the "world's toughest race", the Amazon Eco-Challenge

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Advice from the Ultimate Brain Hacker Jim Kwik with Joe De Sena Sep 08, 2020

Show notes

As a kid Jim Kwik was the "the kid with the broken brain," but through curiosity and sheer will he learned to hack his own brain and today is recognized as one of the top brain trainers in the world. "I had three traumatic brain injuries before the age of 12. I had very poor focus. I was put in special classes took me three years longer to learn how to read. My teachers would have been surprised I read a book much less wrote a book." The author of the best selling book "Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life," and founder of Kwik Learning tells Spartan founder Joe De Sena the most important things to include in your morning routine, but more importantly - what NOT to do. As always, De Sena wants to knowKwik's origin story, whether doing hard things now strengthens your brain for later challenges, and how nutrition and exercise affect the brain. Listen in for the answers.

"There's no limit to our determination to our ability to solve problems, no limit to our creativity, our imagination, our ability to persevere."

LESSONS

Be the thermostat, not the thermometer
Your mind is receptive in the morning, be careful what you feed it
Struggle is an essential part of developement

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LINKS

https://kwiklearning.com/

https://www.limitlessbook.com/

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CREDITS:

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Hosts: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye send their regards :)

Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

DEKA / The Origin Story with Joe De Sena Sep 05, 2020

Show notes

Welcome to the DEKA series here on the SpartanUp podcast. On today's episode Jarod and Yancy interview Spartan CEO and founder, Joe De Sena. In this episode you'll hear about

TIME STAMPS

1:30 The origin story of DEKA

3:35 The warpath to impact 100m lives through fitness

5:01 Why DEKA

8:21 The grind to creating DEKA

12:53 DEKA is for the masses

15:19 Joe on going through the DEKA course

22:53 Why the gym is the shrine of the athlete

30:09 The future & impact of DEKA

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ENDURANCE / How to Choose a Team for Your Next Endurance Event Sep 03, 2020

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Deana Blegg is our guest for this week's Spartan Endurance episode. Deanna recently competed in the Amazon Eco-Challenge Fiji. She's a veteran endurance racer and in this episode we talk about why and how to choose a team for your next endurance-event.

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Does Quitting make you More Likely to Quit? Joe De Sena asks neurosurgeon Dr. Mark McLaughlin Sep 01, 2020

Show notes

A brain surgeon, author, and wrestling coach Dr. McLaughlin knows how obstacles affect your body & mind. He explains the science behind quitting and its effects on the brain, and why it's critical to overcome obstacles. We get good at what we do, which includes quitting. Through his life experiences, he's learned to metabolize fear using what he calls "Cognitive Dominance." It allows you to make quick decisions in stressful situations, something we all need! Don't be limited by fear and always keep challenging your brain!

LESSONS

You are what you repeatedly do
Challenge your brain
Follow your circadian rhythms
Don't let fear limit you
You can metabolize fear in a healthy way

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LINKS

https://www.markmclaughlinmd.com/book

TIME STAMPS

0:25 Joe intros this episode

1:20 TRUEFORMRUNNER.COM intro

1:50 Interview begins with wrestling

3:00 His family's history & beginnings of weightlifting

7:15 The psychology of quitting

9:00 Challenging your brain

12:00 Parenting strategies

14:00 Training good habits

15:30 Earn your breakfast

17:10 Camp Spartan on Youtube

18:15 TRUEFORMRUNNER.COM break

19:45 Rites of passage

22:45 Limitations of fear

25:30 Overcoming anxiety of perceived failures

27:00 Cognitive dominance and advanced situational awareness

28:00 A map to metabolize fear

29:00 Alchemy in transformation

30:00 Quadrants of the subjective and objective

32:00 Go towards your fear

33:00 Joe debriefs what he learned

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Hosts: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye send their regards :)

Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

Embrace Discomfort //Spartan Combat Aug 29, 2020

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Matt McDonough is a 2x NCAA champion for the University of Iowa and a 3x All American. In this episode, we talk about embracing discomfort for the sake of your goals and dreams. Enjoy!

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How to Win the Caring Game / DEKA Aug 27, 2020

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Welcome to the DEKA series here on the SpartanUp podcast. Chris Hinshaw is our guest for episode two. For those of you who missed episode one, Chris is one of the top coaches in the world, a former professional triathlete and the founder of Aerobic Capacity. In this episode we focus on how to win the caring game.

TIME STAMPS

1:14 - How to win the caring game

05:08 - Winning the caring game with different types of athletes

12:42 - Role of the coach during CV19

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CREDITS:

Producer: Ryan Warner

Hosts: Yancy Culp, Jarod Cogswell

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

What Data tells us About Optimal Performance with WHOOP's Will Ahmed & Joe De Sena Aug 25, 2020

Show notes

Should you eat before bed? What's the best time to train hard? What's the simplest way to improve sleep? Can respiration rate changes identify COVID 19?

Three pillars: strain, recovery, and sleep are vital to succeeding peak performance says WHOOP founder Will Ahmed. We are all trying to become the healthiest versions of ourselves - yet there are some physiological indicators that can't necessarily be felt but can be measured. In fact, groundbreaking data from WHOOP tracking enabled a PGA tour pro golfer to identify COVID before he had any known symptoms. Information is power, and in this interview, Ahmed shares data patterns gleaned from hundreds of thousands of users that you can implement today. Should you eat before bed? What's the best time to train hard? What's the simplest way to improve sleep? Will says- measurements can motivate!

LESSONS

Develop a sense of curiosity
Train optimally
Use information as a preventative tool
Strain, recovery & sleep are the three pillars
Routines are key
You can manage things you measure
Measurements can motivate
Sleep consistency is paramount

This episode is brought to you by Honey Stinger

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LINKS

https://www.whoop.com

TIME STAMPS

0:45 honeystinger.com intro

2:15 Continuous health monitoring

3:15 training optimally

4:15 cutting weight properly

5:15 the flintstone model

6:15 what you can measure & may not feel

7:15 research on covid-19

9:15 monitoring as a preventative tool

10:15 improving sleep

12:45 information as power

14:00 honeystinger.com break

15:00 what metrics they monitor

16:45 recovery levels

17:45 Whoop Journal

19:15 building a routine

22:15 measuring can motivate

23:15 resting is vital in recovery

25:00 green means go

27:30 Joe's morning method

29:00 key tips

31:30 honeystinger.com close

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Hosts: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye send their regards :)

Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

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