Dave Inglis is the Founder of Strategic Solitude where he helps business leaders get clarity on where to direct attention and energy for personal and professional growth. Today he joins the Brute Strength Podcast to go over some of his proven systems that will help you experience more, ask better questions, and become the CEO of your own life.
Topics:
11:10 - Strategic solitude
17:00 - The triple bottom line
27:20 - What investments do you value?
40:10 - What is no longer serving you?
45:00 - The multiplier effect
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This week on the Brute Strength Podcast it is my honor to host an OG in the Strength & Conditioning community, Mike Robertson. Mike had a big influence early in my career as a Strength Coach at Southern Utah State University. Whether you're a coach, or an aspiring athlete, this one’s got something for you. In this episode we’ll be getting into program design, athletic development, and the right way to train your core. Enjoy the show.
Topics of discussion:
05:05 - Social Media & Fitness
13:10 - Serial Batching
17:18 - Athlete buy-in
28:40 - Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE)
35:03 - Anti-Core training
40:08 - Spinal mobility
49:30 - Program design
Links:
Simple Strength Program - Phase 1, Phase 2
Books:
The Slight Edge - Olson
The Obstacle Is The Way - Holiday
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Mark England is known as the language guy and the Founder of Procabulary, a company designed to help you focus on what matters, and take control of your life all by changing your language. In this episode Mark shares his proven secrets on supercharging your affirmations through a simple process of becoming aware of your thoughts and words so that you can start making your language work for you.
Topics:
10:40 - Learning language as an infant
12:30 - Abra Cadabra
18:05 - Educate yourself on your vocabulary
21:30 - Supercharge your affirmations
42:05 - Soft talk
Books:
Stranger In A Strange Land - Heinlein
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Dr. Stephan Guyenet is on the Brute Podcast this week to dive into his book, The Hungry Brain. Hunger is one of the strongest biological influencers for survival in all species, but is it a physical or mental need?
Tune in as host Michael Cazayoux and Dr. Guyenet define hunger, how it influences decisions and how to hack the process in order to take control of cravings and improve eating behavior.
Topics:
06:35 – Eating behavior
14:50 – What is hunger?
20:04 – Fasting & calorie restriction
38:45 – Sleep, stress and hunger
42:00 – Making a change in your eating
55:30 – Food choices for children
Links:
Books:
The Hungry Brain – Guyenet
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Justin Su’a is the Mental Performance Coach for the Tampa Bay Rays. He has also written several books on developing a winning mindset, and the host of the Increase Your Impact Podcast. In today’s episode we’re going over the recent Michael Jordan documentary and dissecting the mind of a true champion. Justin shares ways on how to manufacture motivation, what it means to be a great follower vs. being a great leader, as well as tips for staying focused on your vision and finding your purpose.
Topics:
09:40 - Fearing the future
04:10 - Manufacturing motivation
27:00 - 4 burners theory
32:45 - Being a great follower
45:10 - Developing purpose & vision
Books:
Parent Pep-Talk - Su’a
Mentally Tough Teens - Su’a
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On our 116th episode, Procabulary’s Mark England made us think about the true power of our words and vocabulary.
Mark makes his second appearance on the Brute Podcast this week to peel back the layers of the power of language and the physiology of breath.
Topics:
05:40 - Stories we tell ourselves
13:45 - Physiology of breathe
20:00 - Taking action against goals
25:10 - The power of because
Links:
Procabulary
Instagram
Books:
The Power of Persuasion: How We’re Bought and Sold – Robert V. Levine
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PJ Nestler is the Director of Performance at Extreme Performance Training (XPT), otherwise known as the breath guy. Breathing is the foundation of life. It is also the first step in enhancing health, performance, and longevity.
In this episode we’re talking about how correcting your breathing habits can help you reach new levels in health and performance for any activity or application. PJ shares some of his proven breathing methods that he’s used while training UFC fighters, as well as some of his favorite breathing techniques to help you kick start your day. Take a deep breath, find somewhere comfortable, and enjoy the show.
Topics:
09:40 - XPT
18:36 - Getting into breath work
22:00 - Breathing for performance
28:10 - Sympathetic vs parasympathetic
29:55 - Breathing protocol
51:10 - Parasympathetic down regulation protocol
57:30 - Mindful meditation vs. breathing protocols
69:20 - Breathe and emotions
73:30 - Mouth tape
Books:
The Oxygen Advantage - McKeown
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This week on the Brute Strength Podcast, I’m interviewing one of the all-time greats in strength and conditioning, Mike Boyle. Mike is regarded as one of the top experts in the area for sports performance training. He has made his mark in the industry over the past 30 years with an impressive following of professional athletes from the U.S. Women’s Olympic teams in soccer and ice hockey, the Boston Bruins and the Boston Red Sox. Mike has an incredible depth of knowledge and experience when it comes to improving athletic performance. In this episode we get into a lot of his training philosophies for athletes, chasing mastery and the importance of keeping it simple. There’s so much to take away from this episode, so be sure to follow the links below for more info. Enjoy the show!
Topics:
04:30 - Keeping an open mind as a strength coach
15:50 - Chasing mastery
20:50 - 25 years & 25 mistakes
25:33 - Keeping it simple (minimum effective dose)
34:05 - The joint-by-joint approach
43:55 - “If it’s important, do it everyday”
Links:
Joint by Joint Approach - Boyle (article)
Record, Rank & Publish - Holler (article)
Books:
Outliers - Gladwell
Recognizing and Treating Breathing Disorders - Chaitow
How to Win Friends & Influence People - Carnegie
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Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, author and filmmaker. He is most noted or his books, The Perfect Storm, Tribe, and his award winning documentary, Restrepo.
Today he joins The Brute Strength Podcast to talk about the importance of community, and it’s role on our psychological survival. We’ll be getting into things such as the tragedy of modern societies, your value in society, and how natural disasters can actually help build a community.
Topics:
11:30 - Community & colonial society
13:56 - Surviving the group
19:30 - Ingredients for community
22:44 - Contempt
31:10 - Coming together during COVID
Links:
Books:
Tribe - Sebastian Junger
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If there’s a four-letter word Annie Lalla gets, it’s L-O-V-E.
When it comes to relationship coaching, there’s no one more perfect for the job of developing emotional bodybuilders than Annie Lalla.
Annie helps individuals attract, create and foster connections and on this episode of the Brute Podcast, she’s here to help do the same for you.
Listen as she shares her insight on how to find your true love, tips for getting through conflict resolution and why your exes may have actually been blessings in disguise.
Topics:
08:10 – Mapping
17:36 – The value of past relationships
20:45 – Finding true love
35:30 – Coaching vs. therapy
46:30 – Polarity
63:00 – Conflict resolution
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Marcus Filly is the creator of Functional Bodybuilding and a former CrossFit Games athlete - he also just so happens to look like a Greek God.
Today, we’re talking about some of the recent racial issues going on around the world, and what it means to be all inclusive with your members and community. We talk about parenting, personal development exercises, and of course we talk about working out and his unique training methodology.
Topics:
07:37 - Racial inequality
23:38 - The lesser knowns of parenting
32:30 - Personal development habits
39:00 - Working in vs. working out
61:00 - Marcus’ programs
Links:
Books:
The Power of Full Engagement - Loehr & Schwartz
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Mansal Denton, founder of Nootropedia, is on a mission to mend the disconnected and broken food system through hunting and transparency.
The badass and ethical hunter joins this week’s Brute Podcast to explain exactly how he’ll do so.
During the podcast, Mansal revisits everything from his first hunt to the ayahuasca experience that changed his outlook on the world’s current food supply. He also dives into the world of nootropics and shares his tips to boost productivity.
Topics:
07:50 – The first hunt
10:40 – Ayahuasca
21:50 – Guided hunts
26:55 – The nature of death
31:25 – Below the Drop documentary
37:30 – Nootropics for productivity
47:45 – Building a second brain
Links:
Books:
Digital Minimalism – Cal Newport
Getting Things Done – David Allen
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Krissy Harclerode wears many hats, a few of those being author, business owner and total bad-ass. You may recognize a few of her books, “Flexible Dieting” and “Flexible Dieting 2.0” or you might even recognize her former apparel brand, “Doughnuts & Deadlifts”. What you probably didn’t know is that she ended up giving the company away and completely reinventing
herself.
In this episode Krissy shares her transformation story as well as some of her new found
passions, including a new love for nature, mountaineering and trekking, as well as what led her to giving away her company and living a more fulfilled life.
Topics:
02:30 - Donuts & Deadlifts
13:30 - Personal growth
18:20 - Going back to nature
21:00 - Mountaineering & trekking
25:30 - Body image
34:30 - Grind mentality
46:40 - What’s next?
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This week on the Brute Strength Podcast, I’m interviewing of the CrossFit OG’s, James Fitzgerald. James was the 2007 CrossFit Games champion as an individual, since then he’s made a big splash in the fitness world as the founder of OPEX Fitness. Aside for an incredible athlete, James has entered the realm of Master Coach. In this episode we get to learn about some of James’ inspirations and mentors as a coach, as well as mastery, the art of program design, bodybuilding, and of course, CrossFit. If you want to hear from a guy making waves in the fitness world, then James is your man. Enjoy the show.
Topics:
02:23 - Teach, learn, move, create
11:15 - Mastery
17:35 - Charles Poloquin
20:18 - Hierarchy of needs for coaches
24:09 - CrossFit & Bodybuilding
29:45 - Common mistakes in programing
40:02 - Thoughts on Matt Fraser and his career so far
44:25 - The importance of rituals
47:40 - Practice what you preach!
52:00 - Characteristics of a good coach
Honorable mentions:
Mel Siff
Charles Poloquin
Ian King
Louie Simmons
Links:
Books:
How To Eat, Move, and Be Healthy - Chek
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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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