John Assaraf is a mindset and performance expert. He is also the founder and CEO of
NeuroGym, a company dedicated to using the most advanced technologies and evidence based brain-training methods to help individuals unleash their fullest potential and maximize their results.
John has even been featured in movies like “The Secret” and “The Quest For Success”. If you haven’t guessed it out by now, this episode is going to be about how to get everything you’ve ever wanted.
We’ll be diving into the neuroscience behind your thinking, brain hacks, and 3-steps that will help you achieve your biggest goals faster and easier than ever before.
Topics:
09:40 - Interested vs. Committed
19:10 - Habits & Beliefs
28:40 - Subconscious beliefs
21:40 - Accomplishing your goals
43:45 - Building discipline
Links:
Books:
Innercise - John Assaraf
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The dream team is back, and this time, the Cazayouxs went keto. Adee Cazayoux, CEO of Working Against Gravity, joins her husband and Brute Podcast host, Michael Cazayoux, on this week’s episode to give us a breakdown of their experience on the Ketogenic Diet.
Together they’re sharing a firsthand look at their keto journey in an effort to help those who are back and forth about starting the low-carb diet to make a decision if the transition is right for them.
If you can’t get enough of this duo, be sure to check out these throwback guest appearances with Adee Cazayoux: 6 Steps to Personal Development, Sex, Connection and Desire and How to Stay Lean and Add Muscle.
Topics:
01:00 – Nutrition recap
08:00 – The keto experiment
19:30 – Transitioning to low carb
32:12 – Finding the right diet for you
Links:
info@workingagainstgravity.com
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Welcome back to another episode of the Brute Strength Podcast.
This week’s guest is in a league of her own. Baya Voce was on the 2009 cast of Real World Brooklyn and she even has her own TedTalk on ‘the simple cure for loneliness’ which got over four million views.
In this episode, Baya shares her secrets on designing experiences, what it means to think in “moments”, and how to make events more memorable. Amidst the COVID pandemic, more than ever before, people are missing social interaction. Whether you’re hosting virtual business meetings, or throwing someone a surprise birthday party, Baya offers her tips on how to turn and ordinary event into an amazing experience, and ultimately creating a more meaningful connection with your spouse, customers, or employees.
Topics:
14:50 - Creating peak experiences
19:40 - Connecting through rituals
32:30 - What makes events memorable
34:20 - Peak emotional anchors
47:50 - Creating virtual experiences
62:20 - Event audits
64:40 - Creating connection through social distancing
Links:
Books:
The Art of Gathering - Priya Parker
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Michael is taking a backseat to hosting the Brute Podcast this week as Adee Cazayoux joins the podcast to interview him for the second time since Episode 46.
On their first episode, Michael shared his story of overcoming drug addiction, finding CrossFit and the moments in his life that led to the creation of Brute Strength.
This week, Adee’s line of questioning has them diving into various topics including what it’s like to make the first move in friendships as you get older, qualifying for the 2017 CrossFit Regionals, personal development advice and tips for creating good habits—ya know, besides leaving the house with pants on every morning.
Topics:
04:00 – Making friends when you’re older
10:30 – Qualifying for the 2017 CrossFit Regionals
20:45 – Personal development
26:00 – Creating a vision for your future
38:30 – Habits
Links:
Books:
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing – Daniel H. Pink
Deep Work – Cal Newport
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This one is for all you gym owners, business owners, and entrepreneurs out there.
This week we have Wodify’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Eric Allen and Brendan Rice joining the show.
These guys have probably talked to more gym owners than anyone else on the planet. They’ve gone from being laughed out of rooms, to changing the entire CrossFit industry. Whether it comes to operating a successful gym, or even building a kick-ass working culture, these guys have some stories to tell.
In this episode we go over the value of buying back your time so that you can focus on whats important for your business, creating a 5-star experience for clients and customers, marketing tips, and when you should vs. when you shouldn’t listen to your customers.
Topics:
03:20 - “How we started…”
15:30 - Marketing tactics
24:00 - Feedback loops
42:00 - Culture is king
53:00 - Importance of core values
62:30 - Working towards the same vision
74:00 - Killing a project
Links:
Wodify - Premier gym management platform
Calendly - Schedule meetings without back-and-forth emails
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Adam Feit has been teaching people how to win from an early age. As an adult, that mentality carried over into his career as he became a coach and worked with athletes at all levels, including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and college football teams like the University of Louisville.
Even though he was living what many, including Adam, considered the dream, something clicked that it was time for change. That’s when he decided to open a sports performance center for kids.
This week, the coach, athlete and entrepreneur joins our host Michael Cazayoux on the Brute Strength Podcast to teach you the power of starting small and how small habits can lead to big results.
Topics:
01:15 – Childhood
12:00 – Joe Kenn and The Tier System
16:13 – Working in the NFL
21:05 – Finding Precision Nutrition
24:50 – The autonomy of supportive coaching
40:00 – Starting small
Links:
Books:
Atomic Habits – James Clear
Deep Work – Cal Newport
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James Krieger is a man of many hats. As a Scientist, Researcher, Coach, and Entrepreneur, one might consider him a jack of all trades.
James owns Weightology, an online platform designed to help educate you on best
scientific practices for build lean muscle mass and burning excess body-fat. In today’s episode James shares his story on how he transitioned from Computer Science to Exercise Science. We also discuss, diet wars, achieving full body metamorphosis, and the idea of “thinking about what you’re thinking”.
This episode is full of tips that will help you find adherence to your diet, taking control of your environment, and how to transform the way you think about things.
Topics:
07:10 - Intro
16:50 - Computer Science to Exercise Science
21:48 - Weightology
23:00 - Adherence & Success
32:40 - Control your environment for diet adherence
36:00 - Diet wars
53:00 - Thinking about your thinking
62:20 - Habits & exercises for thinking clearly
Links:
Books:
How We Know What Isn’t So - Thomas Gilovich
The Hungry Brain - Stephan Guyenet
Science As A Candle In The Dark- Carl Sagan
Case Closed - Gerald Posner
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Ryan Flaherty works on Nike’s training team with some of the biggest names in sports, including Serena Williams, Russell Wilson and Kobe Bryant. It’s no shock that he is one of the most sought after combine coaches in the world.
In this episode, Flaherty discusses his role working with the HeadSpace app to teach NFL athletes about focus and achieving a better mindset on and off the field. He also gets into why he uses concentric training when developing speed, how to improve programming for your athletes and how to prevent injuries that are common with age.
Topics:
04:30 - Working with Nike & HeadSpace
17:34 - Speed development & force production
41:45 - Track workouts
46:15 - How to prevent injuries as you get older
49:05 - CrossFit talk
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Krista Scott Dixon is a coach, nutrition expert, and three time author. She also just so happens to be the Director of Curriculum for Precision Nutrition’s coaching programs.
Krista joins the podcast this week not only to share her knowledge on nutrition science, and the art of coaching, but she also dives much deeper into topics such as building self-esteem, coping with tough experiences, and finding meaning in suffering.
In this episode we will be touching upon some new trends she’s seeing in the health & fitness industry, how you can enable personal growth in your clients, and how the most sustainable health goals all boil down to consistency.
Topics:
09:03 - Living in the wake of COVID-19
17:05 - Deep health
20:00 - Post-traumatic growth
29:30 - Sustainable health goals
42:15 - Ask vs. Tell
63:45 - Paradoxical goals
Links:
Rock in Jar Analogy (YouTube)
Books:
Why Me Want Eat - Krista Scott Dixon
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This week on the Brute Strength Podcast, I’m speaking with the Ice Man himself, Wim Hof. Wim’s method has become a growing sensation in the scientific community, demonstrating the incredible power of both mind and body in regards to improving health and physical performance. In this episode I get the opportunity to ask Wim about how his method works, the secret behind cold water training, and how you can tap into your own chemistry in order to fight illness, improve your health, and unlock your true potential as an athlete and human being. Enjoy the show.
Topics:
04:40 - Exploring mind & body through cold water
23:20 - Describing Wim’s breathing technique
29:50 - Meditation through breathing
35:20 - Long term effects of the Wim How method
37:40 - Wim’s first experience with cold water
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Joining the Brute Podcast this week is coach, speaker, entrepreneur, gym owner and all-around badass in the fitness community, Molly Galbraith
Molly and her team at Girls Gone Strong have created world-class resources to help empower women across the globe through discovering their unique abilities and strengths in order to see what their bodies and truly capable of and helping them reach their goals without spending their lives to the gym.
Today’s episode is dedicated to the body positive movement and transforming your
relationship with your body. For more information be sure to check the links below!
Topics:
15:27 - Body positive movement
19:40 - Girls Gone Strong
15:10 - Know your worth
35:40 - Mindset and your environment
41:10 - Entrepreneurship
57:40 - The balance myth
69:40 - Girls Gone Strong Academy
Links:
Tim Ferris - Fear Setting Exercise
Strong Women Lift Each Other Up (Facebook Group)
GGS Coaching & Training Women (Facebook Group)
Books:
The Work - Byron Katie
Braving The Wilderness - Brene Brown
Drive - Daniel Pink
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Trevor Moawad, a top sports psychologist, joins the Brute Podcast this week to talk about his work with Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson. The thought leader and mental conditioning coach was also known as the "brain trainer" for the University of Alabama football team and discusses how to eliminate negativity and create a more neutral thought process.
Topics:
06:50 - College football
13:00 - Neutral thinking
40:00 - Challenge vs. Threat
1:02:40 - Embracing uncertainty
Links:
I Am Not Your Guru - Netflix
Books:
You’re Nature’s Greatest Miracle - Moawad
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Michael Gervais is the cofounder of Compete To Create, and the Performance Psychologist for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. This week he’s joining the Brute Podcast for the third time to talk about mental skills training, mindset training, and reimagining what it means to be human in modern times.
As Michael puts it, it is one thing to know yourself, but its another thing to remain “yourself” in high-pressure situations.
In this episode Michael shares his insight on what’s really going on between the ears of the elite one-percenters and uncovers their habits and behaviors all that lead to mastery.
Topics:
13:35 - Kobe Bryant & dealing with loss
29:10 - Thoughts are behaviors
32:40 - Feedback loops
41:35 - Root cause & pattern recognition
57:35 - Is more really better?
63:10 - Working with Pete Carl
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Adee Cazayoux, founder of Working Against Gravity, makes her third appearance on the Brute Podcast this week to talk about personal development. In this episode, Adee talks about building courage, maintaining accountability and what it means to develop yourself from within. Listen along and get an honest look at self-improvement with her six questions to make you think, break out of the ordinary cycle and reach the next level in life.
If you enjoyed this episode, catch up with all things Adee and be sure to check out episodes 148 and 162 of the Brute Podcast.
Topics:
01:10 – What is personal development?
09:25 – Myths of personal development
21:50 – How to build courage & accountability
28:40 – Integrity made simple
38:25 – Tips for developing yourself
47:00 – Building self-awareness
51:15 – Six questions to find your next breakthrough
Links:
Books:
Daring Greatly – Brene Brown
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CEO and Founder of Gym Breakthrough, Markus Gerszi is making his third guest appearance on the Brute Strength Podcast.
This week Markus is sharing his tested Morning Charge Up routine that will re-pattern your brain for success and reduce your mental and emotional roadblocks. Markus gives some valuable insight on how to properly practice visualization and level up your business.
In this episode, Markus highlights the benefits of a proper routine, how to clarify your vision, and the art of priority management.
Topics:
08:30 - Morning Charge Up Routine/ Journaling
12:35 - Guided breath cycle & visualization
23:10 - Benefits of a proper morning routine
24:30 - Gym Breakthrough
30:00 - Importance of vision & purpose
31:30 - How to clarify your vision
33:10 - Mental & emotional roadblocks for gym owners
47:30 - Priority management
59:30 - Avoid counter-productivity
61:50 - 12-week program for gym owners
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This week on the Brute Strength Podcast, I will be speaking with my good friend Michael Gervais. In this episode we get into mindfulness, improving your focus, and how to re-program your brain for success. Michael is one of the best in the world at what he does and having him appear on our show for the second time is a true honor. If you really like the topics on this episode be sure to check out our first talk on Episode 52. Enjoy the show.
Topics of discussion:
03:30 - Working with Olympic athletes
07:27 - Managing the levels of pressure
10:30 - Programming your mental “software”
21:25 - Improving internal motivation
25:50 - Pillars of mindfulness
32:01 - Change your relationship with failure
36:40 - Is confidence overrated?
41:00 - Choosing good thoughts
49:25 - 3 practices to add to your morning routine
Links:
Books:
Deep Work - Newport
The Way of the Champion - Lynch & Huang
Man’s Search For Meaning - Frankl
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Joining the Brute Strength Podcast this week is Aubrey Marcus. Aubrey is the founder and CEO of Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization.
In this episode, Aubrey will be going against the grain on topics covering sex and relationships. This discussion includes some of his key takeaways from being in a polyamorous relationship, his views on BDSM and how to have better sex. He evens dives into his own personal
7-day Sex Challenge, and provides some insight on his recent vow of celibacy.
Stay tuned because things are about to get WEIRD!
Topics:
07:57 - Sex & celibacy
11:50 - Evolution of sex
13:45 - More sex, better sex
17:30 - Creating novelty in your sexuality
24:57 - Gourmet sex
31:30 - 7-day sex challenge
38:00 - Restrain & pain
47:50 - Love yourself
59:53 - Breaking up and maintaining a relationship
Links:
Books:
Untrue - Wednesday Martin
Own The Day Own Your Life - Aubrey Marcus
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Cal Dietz, Director of Strength and Conditioning for the University of Minnesota, is a world-renowned strength coach who’s made immeasurable contributions to the fitness industry for athletes and coaches alike. He joined the Brute Podcast to discuss his training manual, Triphasic Training: A Systematic Approach to Elite Speed and Explosive Strength Performance.
Get ready for a series of knowledge bombs to improve your training game, because, in this episode, Dietz inspires us with information about acceleration and deceleration training and the importance of quality breathing.
Topics:
21:46 - What is Triphasic training?
36:15 - Triphasic training for weightlifters
40:25 - Why CrossFitters need to get outside of linear movement
44:40 - Rotational force production and overhead athletes
51:10 - What is deceleration training & why is it important
55:36 - The importance of breath
1:06:35 - Guiding principles for resistance training kids
Links:
Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR)
Books:
The Oxygen Advantage - Patrick McKeown
Triphasic Training - Dietz & Peterson
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Jonathan Goodman (not to be confused with the co-star of Roseanne), is the owner of The Personal Trainer Development Center, an online platform that has served as the premier source of free information for fitness professionals.
In this episode of the Brute Strength Podcast, Jonathan shares some of his most powerful principles that have shaped his work and life for the better. Today’s show includes finding opportunities for success in the fitness industry, taking chances, the right way to network, and the power of talking to five people per day.
Topics:
05:35 - Moving to Hawaii
10:25 - Defining vision
15:45 - Making money as a coach
25:06 - Creating content
37:05 - Creating a quality life
45:10 - Building rapport
52:10 - Mistakes to avoid as an online trainer
Links:
Books:
Range - David Epstein
The Wealthy Fit Pro’s Guide To Online Training - Jonathan Goodman
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David Epstein is an investigative reporter at ProPublica, and the author of two New York Times Bet-Sellers, “The Sports Gene” and “Range”. He is also joining the podcast this week to dispel some of the most common myths about genetics and athletic ability as well as why being a generalist might actually give you an advantage in today’s specialized world.
In this episode David covers such topics including the advantage to switching your vocation, why short term success can lead to long term failure, and how to learn more effectively.
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Topics:
04:55 - Cardiac death in athletes
10:55 - Athletic background
22:25 - Grit
32:25 - Self-regulatory learning
41:25 - Kind vs. Wicked learning environments
45:55 - Doing vs. Learning
Links:
Books:
The Sports Gene: Inside The Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
Range: Why Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World
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