Vigor Life Podcast

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E061: Sports Performance for Soccer, Youth Training and Lessons from Traveling the World Aug 22, 2018

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Some call him the most interesting man in the world, I just call him my brother. From becoming a core justice translator at a record breaking 23-years old, to speaking seven languages fluently, traveling to almost 80 countries across the world, and coaching some of the highest level soccer players in Europe, you could say the title fits. In this episode we dive into the topics of sports performance for youth and soccer athletes, coaching, heuristics, as well as lessons from traveling the world. There’s plenty of lessons to take and apply, one of the main ones being how to live life on your own terms. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => How Matej chose to pursue a career where he saw an opportunity and created a business that helped support his lifestyle, which also led to a business of passion => What made us start a gym in a market that didn’t exist with only the belief we could make it happen => Coaching high level professional soccer athletes and the challenges that come with it => How you can build trust by creating “results in advance” in just one training session => The keys to understanding who you’re working with and everything associated with them so that you don’t drop the ball and lose them as a client => Why you should use heuristics in program design and how not doing it may be hurting your clients results => Building relationships with clients so that what you know turns into what they DO => What spurred the “travel bug” and how it has turned into a lifestyle along with lifelong learning => Why you should travel and how it’s the secret to building compassion and empathy => 3 of the biggest lessons from traveling the world LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram (Follow): https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Matej Hocevar Instagram (Follow): https://www.instagram.com/hochodervish/ Matej’s Website: http://www.entreprenurialnomad.com/

EP060: Creating Relationships To Upgrade Your Life and Spheres of Control Aug 17, 2018

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Have you ever created an assessment of who you’re around and how they affect your mood, behaviors, and energy? Assessing how the people you surround yourself with make you react/respond is crucial to not only the direction of your life, but also the quality of your experiences. In this episode I explore the mindset around the reality that your life is strongly influenced by the people you choose to surround yourself with. I also share why I believe you have much more control over this than you think. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: How you might be stopping yourself from growing and how to regain control How I was able to upgrade my life by surrounding myself with the “right” people (I share two experiences) Why/how we tend to take inventory of the wrong things in our lives and how to assess if you’re putting too much weight on the wrong things Why deliberately choosing who you surround yourself with is a super power How you may be unknowingly moving away from your goals, and how to fix this The three spheres of control and how they are a blind spot in your road to success How shifting things from one sphere to another can reduce your stress, and anxiety, while improving your ability action taking (I share a three step process that will help you make things happen in your life) A method that will help you determine your path to surrounding yourself with the right people (so you can live your best life and grow your business) LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel (Subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram (Follow): https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Precision Nutrition: www.PrecisionNutrition.com 17 Lessons and Rules to Building Phenomenal Relationships That Enhance Your Life: http://vigorgroundfitness.com/ep015-17-lessons-rules-building-phenomenal-relationships-enhance-life/ Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

EP060: Creating Relationships to Upgrade Your Life and Spheres of Control Aug 16, 2018

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Have you ever created an assessment of who you’re around and how they affect your mood, behaviors, and energy? Assessing how the people you surround yourself with make you react/respond is crucial to not only the direction of your life, but also the quality of your experiences. In this episode I explore the mindset around the reality that your life is strongly influenced by the people you choose to surround yourself with. I also share why I believe you have much more control over this than you think. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => How you might be stopping yourself from growing and how to regain control => How I was able to upgrade my life by surrounding myself with the “right” people (I share two experiences) => Why/how we tend to take inventory of the wrong things in our lives and how to assess if you’re putting too much weight on the wrong things => Why deliberately choosing who you surround yourself with is a super power => How you may be unknowingly moving away from your goals, and how to fix this => The three spheres of control and how they are a blind spot in your road to success => How shifting things from one sphere to another can reduce your stress, and anxiety, while improving your ability action taking (I share a three step process that will help you make things happen in your life) => A method that will help you determine your path to surrounding yourself with the right people (so you can live your best life and grow your business) LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel (Subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram (Follow): https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Precision Nutrition: www.PrecisionNutrition.com 17 Lessons and Rules to Building Phenomenal Relationships That Enhance Your Life: http://vigorgroundfitness.com/ep015-17-lessons-rules-building-phenomenal-relationships-enhance-life/

EP059: Say Less, Ask More, and Change The Way You Coach and Lead Aug 09, 2018

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Everyone now knows that managers and leaders need to coach their people. There’s endless articles about it, yet hard to find actionable steps that outline HOW to become a good coach. Surprising given the fact that coaching continues to prove that it has “markedly positive” affects on performance. You’re probably not getting very effective coaching, and you’re probably not delivering very effective coaching. But the truth is if you have the right tools and resources it’s not that hard to change that. Really you just need to want to be better than what you are right now. In this episode I share a framework that will help you become a better coach, whether it's with your team, clients, bosses, family, or anyone else. Apply these steps today and see how you can improve on every level. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The three vicious circles that plague your workplace and the solution to solve them Why shifting the focus from "the fire" to who’s managing the fire is key to team success and how to make that shift How to move from performance coaching to development coaching and why doing the former too much is the reason why people are leaving your team The seven essential coaching questions and the step-by-step process that will allow you to start using them today to get better results How taming “The Advice Monster” is critical if you’re ever going to lead and succeed as a coach Why your advice is not as good as you think it is and why you should talk less and ask more The five key things you need to build a coaching habit and how I use them in my gym, with my team and clients (both fitness and business coaching clients) LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.vigorgroundfitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel (Subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram (Follow Me): https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

EP059: Say Less, Ask More, and Change The Way You Coach and Lead Aug 09, 2018

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Everyone now knows that managers and leaders need to coach their people. There’s endless articles about it, yet hard to find actionable steps that outline HOW to become a good coach. Surprising given the fact that coaching continues to prove that it has “markedly positive” affects on performance. You’re probably not getting very effective coaching, and you’re probably not delivering very effective coaching. But the truth is if you have the right tools and resources it’s not that hard to change that. Really you just need to want to be better than what you are right now. In this episode I share a framework that will help you become a better coach, whether it's with your team, clients, bosses, family, or anyone else. Apply these steps today and see how you can improve on every level. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 1. The three vicious circles that plague your workplace and the solution to solve them 2. Why shifting the focus from "the fire" to who’s managing the fire is key to team success and how to make that shift 3. How to move from performance coaching to development coaching and why doing the former too much is the reason why people are leaving your team 4. The seven essential coaching questions and the step-by-step process that will allow you to start using them today to get better results 5. How taming “The Advice Monster” is critical if you’re ever going to lead and succeed as a coach 6. Why your advice is not as good as you think it is and why you should talk less and ask more 7. The five key things you need to build a coaching habit and how I use them in my gym, with my team and clients (both fitness and business coaching clients) LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.vigorgroundfitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel (Subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram (Follow Me): https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/

EP058: Why Fitness and Nutrition Are Failing Us and What To Do About It Aug 02, 2018

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Americans have become some of the most active humans in the world. In the last 20 years, there’s been a huge increase in gym memberships and people are training more than ever. It may sound like things are (finally) headed in the right direction. The only thing is: they're not. Obesity continues to climb as do cardiovascular related diseases, while general health is declining. So what's wrong? How does it relate to the lack of success in your body transformation? This week I share the reasons behind the lack of transformation as related to your fitness, nutrition and lifestyle and give simple actionable steps to help you change and finally breakthrough the plateaus. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: How much people REALLY exercise and why it’s not enough... or is it? Whether or not you're training too much or too little The study that shows the main reason people over eat and how to prevent it Why changing this one factor in your lifestyle can help you get stronger, put on lean muscle, and lose body fat Why the brain can only distribute so much energy, and why doing more may not make sense for you How to improve your performance and why you’re focusing on the wrong one The 5 success strategies that have nothing to do with training but will supercharge your performance The “sweet spot” to training and how you find it The reason you’re doing too much and how slowing down will help you speed up your results LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Luka’s Nutrition That Works (For Good) Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrEkovPNUbw&t=2s How Sleep Changed My Body, Mind And Life and Strategies To Change Yours: http://vigorgroundfitness.com/ep017-sleep-changed-body-mind-life-15-strategies-change/ 8 Weeks Out Bio-force Conditioning Certification: https://www.8weeksout.com/ Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

EP058: Why Fitness and Nutrition Are Failing Us and What To Do About It Aug 02, 2018

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Americans have become some of the most active humans in the world. In the last 20 years, there’s been a huge increase in gym memberships and people are training more than ever. It may sound like things are (finally) headed in the right direction. The only thing is: they're not. Obesity continues to climb as do cardiovascular related diseases, while general health is declining. So what's wrong? How does it relate to the lack of success in your body transformation? This week I share the reasons behind the lack of transformation as related to your fitness, nutrition and lifestyle and give simple actionable steps to help you change and finally breakthrough the plateaus. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => How much people REALLY exercise and why it’s not enough... or is it? => Whether or not you're training too much or too little => The study that shows the main reason people over eat and how to prevent it => Why changing this one factor in your lifestyle can help you get stronger, put on lean muscle, and lose body fat => Why the brain can only distribute so much energy, and why doing more may not make sense for you => How to improve your performance and why you’re focusing on the wrong one => The 5 success strategies that have nothing to do with training but will supercharge your performance => The “sweet spot” to training and how you find it => The reason you’re doing too much and how slowing down will help you speed up your results LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Luka’s Nutrition That Works (For Good) Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrEkovPNUbw&t=2s How Sleep Changed My Body, Mind And Life and Strategies To Change Yours: http://vigorgroundfitness.com/ep017-sleep-changed-body-mind-life-15-strategies-change/ 8 Weeks Out Bio-force Conditioning Certification: https://www.8weeksout.com/

EP057: The Hidden Key To Having A More Committed Team, Clients and Business Jul 27, 2018

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After I got off my 16th strategy call for fitness business coaching this month, and hearing that one of the bottlenecks in their business was lack of commitment from coaches and clients, I realized I needed to shoot this podcast. While it’s a possibility that coaches and clients are not as committed as you’d like them to be. It’s probable that the reason behind this is something else. It wasn’t that long ago that I tripped over my own truth when dealing with this mindset... later realizing that it was in my control to change it. In this episode I discuss a hidden key that is crucial to have success in building trust, commitment, engagement and drive in your team. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The true foundation of any business and why it's one many owners skip – leading them to failure The reason you’re most likely the bottleneck holding yourself back from your team rising to the highest performance The story of the hen and the pig and how it relates to the leadership in your business The 4 stages of awareness and why you won’t achieve success until you take control of the first two Why commitment sometimes means making tough, uncomfortable and unpopular decisions How to develop the gifts of your team to then develop the business LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Vigor Life Podcast w/ Martin Rooney: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep055-everyone-is-coach-how-to-become-great-at-it-w/id1180256583?i=1000415714573&mt=2 Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

EP057: The Hidden Key To Having A More Committed Team, Clients and Business Jul 27, 2018

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After I got off my 16th strategy call for fitness business coaching this month, and hearing that one of the bottlenecks in their business was lack of commitment from coaches and clients, I realized I needed to shoot this podcast. While it’s a possibility that coaches and clients are not as committed as you’d like them to be. It’s probable that the reason behind this is something else. It wasn’t that long ago that I tripped over my own truth when dealing with this mindset... later realizing that it was in my control to change it. In this episode I discuss a hidden key that is crucial to have success in building trust, commitment, engagement and drive in your team. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => The true foundation of any business and why it's one many owners skip – leading them to failure => The reason you’re most likely the bottleneck holding yourself back from your team rising to the highest performance => The story of the hen and the pig and how it relates to the leadership in your business => The 4 stages of awareness and why you won’t achieve success until you take control of the first two => Why commitment sometimes means making tough, uncomfortable and unpopular decisions => How to develop the gifts of your team to then develop the business LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.vigorgroundfitness.com/ Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Vigor Life Podcast w/ Martin Rooney: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep055-everyone-is-coach-how-to-become-great-at-it-w/id1180256583?i=1000415714573&mt=2

EP056: 3 Big Lessons In Creating A Fulfilling Business, Relationships And Life Jul 20, 2018

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I have been in the gym business for almost a decade in a half. After reflecting deeply on where I am right now, I realized that there are some key principles and lessons (that I've learned along the way) that are crucial to not only building your vision long-term, but also to enjoying the journey along the way. Some of the lessons come in the realm of personal mindset. Others come from creating deeper connections with others and helping people win. While others are actionable leadership strategies that you can implement into your business. This week I explore them all. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: Why doing fulfilling work and the people you’re doing it with are the secret to long-term success and happiness Why I spend 10-15 hours a week meeting people for breakfast, lunch and dinner — and how it has helped me create a super network What “listen to yourself less and talk to yourself more” means, and how this concept is a game changer when it comes to taking action on your purpose rather than holding back because of your fears How every person has a sign on their forehead that says _______ and how this is the secret to engagement, connection, and improving results with your team and clients The 3 levels of conscious leadership and living and how to go from one that is holding you back, to one that is empowering you to live your best life How your expectations shape happiness and unhappiness in life. I share the happiness equation Why going from “to me” to “by me” is the key to creating meaningful work and relationships How building from fear, even if you build success, will make you more afraid of losing it, all. I'll also teach you how to change Why you might be creating from scarcity instead of abundance and how to build a legacy How the only way to create the greatest work is through love, not fear LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.vigorgroundfitness.com Vigor Life Podcast (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA?view_as=subscriber Luka Hocevar Instagram: www.instagram.com/lukahocevar/ Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

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