Podcasts about ironmans

Welcome back to the Wildly Wealthy Woman Podcast! Today I'm joined by the incredible Brittany Anderson — a high-performance and accountability coach, Ironman athlete, mom of three, and host of the Mom Sweat Sanity podcast. In this heartfelt and empowering conversation, Brittany and I dive deep into: How she transitioned from real estate into her true calling: coaching ambitious, high-achieving moms. The life lessons she's gained from completing 10 half Ironmans and one full Ironman (while raising three kids!). The hidden struggles that high-achieving women face — imposter syndrome, fear of judgment, and the pressure to do it all. What it looks like to take your power back and redefine who you are in this season of life. The importance of modeling leadership, self-care, and joy for our kids. How consistency (not perfection!) builds a thriving community and business. Why retreats and safe spaces for women and teens are so transformative. Brittany shares her wisdom on balancing motherhood, marriage, and entrepreneurship while reminding us that abundance flows when we choose ourselves first. Whether you're a mompreneur, a high achiever, or someone craving permission to evolve, this episode will leave you inspired to lead by example and reclaim your power.

From rock bottom to the world's hardest challenges. Spencer Matthews is here today for such an incredibly honest conversation about shame, resilience, and turning grief into purpose. From neglecting his health for many years to training for PROJECT SE7EN (seven Ironmans on seven continents), this is a fascinating insight into Spencer's love for Vogue, his children and his family and why he chooses hard every single day. It is truly inspiring. Join the September Reset The Good Glow Christmas Show Thank you Dove for supporting The Good Glow this season.   

Ever feel like you're grinding hard, checking all the boxes, but still wondering if you're squeezing the most juice out of life? In this episode of the Happy Hustle Podcast, I dive into a very special collab with none other than Ben Greenfield—globally recognized biohacker, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and one of the most respected names in health and performance. Ben has trained elite athletes, coached celebrities, competed in Ironmans, and most importantly, found ways to bring vitality, purpose, and balance into his life as a husband, father, and entrepreneur. We'll be hosting The Optimized Life Mastermind—a transformative four-day experience designed to help high-performing entrepreneurs optimize every area of their lives.This mastermind isn't just about cool biohacking toys or the latest supplements (though you'll get plenty of that too). It's about rewiring how you show up for your business, your family, your health, and yourself. From deep dives into blood work and personalized nutrition, to group workouts, obstacle courses, cold plunges, and strategic business masterminds—this is an immersive reset for mind, body, and business.Here are a few key takeaways from the episode:Health is the foundation of hustle. You can't pour into your business or relationships if you're running on fumes. Ben and Cary break down daily practices that keep energy high and stress low.Optimization beats overload. It's not about doing more—it's about doing what matters with intention. Cutting the noise, adding the essentials.Community creates breakthroughs. Working in isolation keeps you stuck; being surrounded by like-minded entrepreneurs accelerates growth in ways you can't manufacture alone.Balance isn't optional. If your relationships or well-being are suffering, no amount of money or success can make up for it. Harmonize ambition with health and joy.Fun fuels fulfillment. Masterminds like this aren't just about work—they're about play, connection, and joy. That's where the deepest transformation happens.If you're craving clarity, connection, and the tools to optimize your entire life, this episode will light a fire under you. Cary and Ben don't just talk theory—they live it. Whether you're able to attend the mastermind or not, the wisdom here is game-changing.Listen to the full episode now and start Happy Hustlin' your way to an optimized life.Connect with Cary!https://www.instagram.com/caryjack/https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJackhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/https://twitter.com/thehappyhustlehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured Get a free copy of his new book, The Happy Hustle, 10 Alignments to Avoid Burnout & Achieve Blissful Balance https://www.thehappyhustle.com/bookSign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Coursehttps://thehappyhustle.com/thejourney/Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventurehttps://thehappyhustle.com/mastermind/“It's time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!”Episode Sponsors:If you're feeling stressed, not sleeping great, or your energy's been kinda meh lately—let me put you on to something that's been a total game-changer for me: Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers. This ain't your average magnesium—it's got all 7 essential forms that your body actually needs to chill out, sleep deeper, and feel more balanced. I take it every night and legit notice the difference the next day. No more waking up groggy or tossing and turning all nightIf you're ready to sleep like a baby, calm your nervous system, and optimize your recovery, go grab yours now at bioptimizers.com/happy and use code HAPPY10 for 10% OFF.99 Designs- Need a killer logo, stunning website, or next-level brand design?Stop DIY-ing and start delegating like a boss with 99designs by Vista! Neurable- If you're looking to level up your focus, productivity, and mental well-being all at once, do yourself a favor and check out Neurable. You get a special hookup—just use the code HAPPY at checkout and get $100 o

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O que está por trás de uma marca de sucesso no esporte como a @kupaaoficial? Claro que essa não é uma resposta simples, mas conhecer a história do fundador @gustavodakupaa vai te trazer grande parte das respostas! Bastidores, revenda de outras marcas, criação da própria marca, produção própria, produção terceirizada, pandemia, quase falência, momentos difíceis e felizes tudo isso permeado de muito esporte e alguns IRONMANs! Episódio completo já disponível em nossas plataformas! (Links na Bio) Hosts: @fabiobessaaa & @thikawamura Esse conteúdo foi produzido com o suporte de: @z2performance @quattroinvestimentos @kupaaoficial @cashmebrasil @terabyteshop @kingstonbrasil Apoio: @estudioh.br @centauroesporte @nwb.oficial Edição: @acqua_xtreme Arte: @pedroc.jr #stemma #stemmapodcast #stemmasports #z2perfomance #quattroinvestimentos #kupaa #cashme #esporte #kingstonbrasil #estudioh #nwb #teianwb #centauro #centauroesporte #influenciadorescentauro #kupaa #triatleta #corrida #triathlon

Thanks to LMNT for sponsoring this video! Head to https://DrinkLMNT.com/FLO  to get your free sample pack with any purchase. Sean Lee started running at 45 and has since accomplished what most athletes half his age only dream of: 17 marathons with a 2:54 PR, 2 Ironmans, and 25 ultras including UTMB, Badwater 135, and AC 100. We dive into his decade-long journey, exploring lessons from early mistakes, refined race strategies, and how he balances running with strength training to become stronger, happier, and healthier.   Learn more about our Personal Best Running Coaching Program at https://www.pbprogram.com/   Watch this full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TWqLPJdGHlE      CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Lessons from 10 years of training and racing 1:31 – Sponsor LMNT 2:43 – Introduction: Sean's journey 3:19 – What advice would Sean give to his younger self 7:38 – Race preparation and fueling mistakes 10:03 – Sean's training evolution over the years 14:35 – Cross-training and climbing for runners 15:19 – Advice for beginners trying climbing or new activities 19:50 – Coaching others vs. applying lessons to yourself 24:05 – Entering races with less pressure and expectations 27:03 – Strength training and mobility for runners 40, 50, 60+ 28:19 – People starting out with rucking and weighted vests 33:38 – Advice for new runners to build consistency 37:26 – Getting over the initial “hump” of running 43:39 – Most challenging and most memorable race experiences 46:40 – Running gear that made the biggest difference 50:31 – Favorite nutrition, gels, and electrolytes 52:47 – Toe socks, blisters, and foot care strategies 55:43 – Next adventures and volunteering at races 59:08 – Where to find Sean 59:48 – How to become a stronger, happier, healthier athlete     FIND SEAN:  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ultraseanman ► Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/1323893  ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.lee.1069020      LINKS & TOOLS MENTIONED ► Conversation with Taylor Knibb: https://youtu.be/YeKjFDLrjRY ► Conversation with Nicki: https://youtu.be/lAogZrd7XAg ► Conversation with Lawrence: https://youtu.be/zDJrNa-tO8c  ► Nutrition Gels: https://www.precisionhydration.com/us/en/?code=FLO15  ► Electrolytes: https://DrinkLMNT.com/FLO  ► Socks: https://amzn.to/4muYHHk  ► Leukotape: https://amzn.to/45Pt5Fg ► Headlamp: https://amzn.to/41O06Aw      YOU CAN FIND ME, COACH FLORIS GIERMAN HERE:  ► Free Weekly Running Newsletter: https://extramilest.com/subscribe ► Our Personal Best Coaching Program: https://www.pbprogram.com/  ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/florisgierman ► Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/1329785  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florisgierman  ► Extramilest: https://extramilest.com/  ► Path Projects: https://pathprojects.com/flo ► Podcast: https://extramilest.com/podcast/    Affiliate Disclosure: I may earn commissions if you purchase items via my affiliate links. "As an affiliate I earn from qualifying purchases.” Affiliate links do not increase cost to you. Also, you do not need to use these links. You can also search for these same items in Amazon or on any search engine/shopping site of your choice and buy/research them that way.     ABOUT THE EXTRAMILEST SHOW: A podcast and YouTube channel where host Floris Gierman interviews world class athletes, coaches and health experts on the topic of how to become a stronger, healthier and happier athlete.     More info about our Personal Best Running Coaching Program can be found at https://www.pbprogram.com.      SUBSCRIBE and hit the bell to see new videos: https://bit.ly/Flo-YT

Al and Kev talk about their favourite games this year so far Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:04:23: What Have We Been Up To 00:25:31: Game News 00:43:48: Story Of Seasons X Royal Zoological Society of Scotland 00:47:59: Mid-year Check-in 01:18:11: Outro Links Moonlight in Garland 1.0 Release Above Snakes Console Release Out and About Release Coral Island 1.2 Update Sugardew Island Dog Aether Wizard Life “Announcement” Trailer Fields of Mistria Merch Collection Story of Seasons x Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Contact Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello, farmers, and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. My name is Al. (0:00:36) Kev: My name is Kevin. (0:00:38) Al: And we are here today to talk about cottagecore games. (0:00:41) Kev: Wooo! (0:00:43) Al: I’m back from my holiday. Hello. (0:00:45) Kev: You… from the Isle of Men… (0:00:49) Kev: I don’t know where you were. (0:00:49) Al: All the men. Yeah, I know that’s where I was. I love man, as usual. Yes, I’m back. (0:00:51) Kev: I don’t know where you were. (0:00:54) Kev: Okay. (0:00:56) Kev: Yeah. (0:00:58) Kev: The opposite of No Man’s Sky. (0:01:00) Al: Almanska, yeah. I’m melting because I got home and it’s apparently 25 degrees and that’s too hot for me. (0:01:01) Kev: Heh. Heh heh. (0:01:10) Kev: So, look, the people, you know a lot of Americans, (0:01:15) Kev: and we love to give you a hard time (0:01:16) Kev: because those are nothing numbers for us, (0:01:19) Kev: but I will say, you know, (0:01:20) Kev: I think something a lot of Americans easily overlook (0:01:24) Kev: is you’re pretty far up north. (0:01:26) Al: Mm hmm. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m further north. I’m further (0:01:26) Kev: Well, like latitude-wise, right? (0:01:28) Kev: Like you’re Canada north, which gets frosty. (0:01:32) Al: north than all America except that last (0:01:33) Kev: Yeah. (0:01:36) Kev: Yeah, so, you know, that’s fair, (0:01:39) Kev: But, but we’re still going to. (0:01:40) Kev: I’m laughing, you know. (laughs) (0:01:41) Al: Well, also, it’s interesting because like every time that someone like from a warmer (0:01:47) Al: place moves to the UK and then the experience, the UK summer, they’re like, oh, people weren’t (0:01:53) Al: just talking nonsense. It is, it’s different. And it’s hard to explain. I don’t know why, (0:01:59) Al: but it is just, it is, I don’t know. Like I don’t know, because I’ve never lived in (0:02:03) Kev: Wha- (0:02:04) Al: a hotter place. But all I will say is that lots of people who have lived in really hot (0:02:09) Al: places come to the UK (0:02:11) Al: and say that the heat is different. (0:02:13) Kev: Huh, I mmm. I don’t know I mean well (0:02:16) Kev: I will say this right like one thing you guys aren’t built for warmer temperatures generally speaking not like (0:02:23) Kev: Alright, so you know down here in the American South for instance, right? (0:02:27) Kev: We have air conditioning so you know you can go in a building and escape the heat (0:02:32) Kev: And that’s not always the case over there in there (0:02:33) Al: Yeah, my office is currently warmer than outside. So, but also I am ginger, so definitely not built (0:02:37) Kev: Yeah, there you go see so say yeah (0:02:43) Al: for heat. Yeah, yeah, I use factor 50 sun cream. All right. This episode we’re going to do, (0:02:44) Kev: Here’s biologically sensitive to pretty much everything (0:02:58) Al: uh, I think, I think Cody and Kevin insinuated that this episode would be the tales of the (0:03:03) Al: shower episode is not, that’s going to be in a couple of weeks, just because we’re having some (0:03:07) Al: scheduling things and, uh, you know, want to make sure we’ve, uh, the game has been played properly (0:03:13) Al: before it is covered. So that will be in a couple of weeks. Um, this week we’re going to talk about, (0:03:19) Al: we’re going to do a major check-in, see how we’re feeling about games for the year. Um, this is (0:03:24) Kev: Mm-hmm (0:03:24) Al: obviously not our game of the year episode that will be in five months, no, four months, four (0:03:30) Kev: Pudby (0:03:32) Al: More months! (0:03:33) Kev: That’s not I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that (0:03:34) Al: That’s how time works, apparently. (0:03:41) Al: It’s halfway through August, and that means it’s four and a half months to the end of the year. (0:03:44) Kev: That’s not true (0:03:46) Al: It also means it’s nearly my birthday, but anyway. (0:03:50) Kev: Well, so get the two-third year check-in (0:03:54) Al: We are going to… We’re just calling… I said mid, not half. I said mid-years, (0:03:59) Al: Yeah, so we’re gonna talk about what we would talk about again. (0:04:04) Al: And what we think might be in the running for Game of the Year this year. (0:04:08) Al: We’ll see. I’ll be interested to see whether we’re right or not. (0:04:12) Kev: All right, I’m first question have I played enough games to come up with three? (0:04:18) Al: Ah, who cares? Before that, we’ve got a bunch of news. But first of all, Kevin, what have you been up to? (0:04:26) Kev: Oh (0:04:27) Kev: Okay, so (0:04:30) Kev: Okay, where should I start? Okay, you know, I’ll start with this (0:04:32) Kev: Okay, the battle cats mobile game with the funny you are our art in the cats. They’re goofy looking (0:04:39) Kev: I’ve discussed it on the show before (0:04:42) Kev: So that’s a game I go on and off and generally something draws me back to it and (0:04:50) Kev: The what is the number one crossover to draw me to any game out (0:04:54) Al: Oh wow, oh goodness. Number one. We had this exact same conversation a month and a half ago, (0:04:58) Kev: Number one (0:05:04) Al: and I can’t remember what the answer was, and I feel like I overthought it, (0:05:04) Kev: Probably (0:05:07) Al: just like I’m overthinking it just now. (0:05:09) Kev: You are I don’t know what but (0:05:12) Kev: It was probably the same because it’s crosses over the law. There you go (0:05:13) Al: Probably. Sonic. Ah, yay, I got it right this time. (0:05:19) Kev: Sanic in in in in the battle cats (0:05:22) Al: Sonic’s in Battlecat! (0:05:24) Kev: Yeah, it’s actually I forgot to bring it up last week (0:05:26) Kev: It was - it started two weeks ago from recording and today I think is the last day. Sorry listeners too late for you (0:05:33) Kev: He’s not but neither is (0:05:37) Kev: Hatsune Miku or (0:05:39) Kev: Street fighter, but they’re in there (0:05:40) Al: I don’t know. If somebody told me that Hatsune Miku is a cat, I would believe it. (0:05:48) Kev: you know, um, you know what, that’s fair. That’s fair. Um, here, let me, uh, as, as we do, I’ll, yeah, I’ll do the, the slack thread. (0:05:57) Kev: Um, uh, let me, I’m going to show you the art, um, because, so how these crossovers and battle cats usually work is, uh, there’ll be a banner of four characters, um, from the actual property crossover, whatever. (0:06:12) Kev: Um, uh, and, and so, yeah, the four. (0:06:18) Kev: Characters, um, and they went with the, the obvious ones, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow, the Hedgehog, because of course the poster children. (0:06:27) Kev: Um, but what’s fun is, uh, they’ll also introduce a series of cats, uh, as in the battle cats TM, um, that look like, or cause play as the other characters. (0:06:40) Kev: Um, and they’re quite goofy looking. (0:06:42) Kev: Um, I don’t. (0:06:42) Al: Why is there such a height disparity there? (0:06:48) Kev: I don’t know. That’s a good question. I don’t, I, that particular image, oh no, that, that particular image, I think it’s just, uh, just the, the framing, like it’s front to back. (0:06:49) Al: Like, shadow is meant to be… (0:06:56) Al: Well, no, I think, sure, for the actual sonic and shadow on the right-hand side, (0:07:02) Al: but on the left-hand side, the sonic cat is clearly like three times the height of shadow cat. (0:07:04) Kev: okay yeah oh yeah yeah okay so there’s a sonic cat that looks like shadow like (0:07:12) Kev: the regular cat like shadow cat but then you can evolve him and he turns into (0:07:16) Kev: this taller cat I don’t know why because it’s the battle cats they love to do (0:07:18) Al: Oh. Oh, so you’ll be able to get both of them as as tall or (0:07:19) Kev: weird things that’s why that’s your answer it looks like a twinkie with a (0:07:23) Kev: sonic cat yeah I’ve only seen Sonic’s evolution so I don’t know if the other (0:07:31) Kev: cats can evolve in tall forms or (0:07:34) Kev: weird forms but Sonic Cat does get weird he turns tall like a Twinkie but (0:07:40) Kev: yeah so yeah it’s I will say Battle Cats is pretty good with their collabs (0:07:46) Kev: because of course you get the characters but you also get stages which come with (0:07:52) Kev: full Sonic soundtracks there’s like four special stages that you can do on a (0:07:56) Kev: repeat in different missions and so it’s been a lot of fun the Sonic cast are (0:08:02) Kev: Actually quite quite good (0:08:04) Kev: The actual characters I pulled I got Sonic (0:08:08) Kev: So I’m happy. I got one at least (0:08:11) Kev: Calvin pulled tails, I believe but sadly we didn’t get the others (0:08:17) Kev: But what is nice these collabs will frequently come back (0:08:21) Kev: Well, maybe not frequently, but but they come back on some regularity. It is to be expected (0:08:26) Kev: So I’ll be saving up for the next time Sonic swings around but it’s it’s been good fun (0:08:32) Kev: I’m getting better and I do (0:08:34) Kev: Enjoy the game battle cats not just the the polls really got your whatever so it’s been nice to get back into the end (0:08:40) Kev: So yeah Sonic and the battle cats. It’s been a lot of fun. Oh, you know what there was an intro video (0:08:44) Kev: Let me find the intro video. Hold on. I’ll put it in you can watch it later (0:08:48) Kev: But but they did a little animation. It was good (0:08:52) Kev: So yeah aside from that, um, oh, you know what I finished monk the the detective show monk (0:09:01) Kev: It’s it’s good. I (0:09:04) Kev: Yeah, eight seasons so I kind of crushed it cuz I don’t know I’ve been binge watching but it’s like the regular show (0:09:10) Kev: I’ll watch when I get home or whatever (0:09:13) Al: Oh, it’s it’s old. I mean, I said it’s old. I mean, not super old, but like 20 years old. (0:09:16) Kev: Sorry, what was that? Oh (0:09:19) Kev: Yeah, yeah, well, that’s a thing they actually did I after I finish I have to watch (0:09:26) Kev: the (0:09:27) Kev: Sorry, I have to see (0:09:29) Kev: There’s a movie they’d made a movie in 2023 50 (0:09:34) Kev: years or so after the end (0:09:36) Kev: and I can’t wait to check that out (0:09:40) Kev: they have all the original actors they (0:09:43) Kev: look quite old but it’s still enjoyable (0:09:45) Kev: but yeah anyways my great series the (0:09:49) Kev: main actor Tony Shalab he’s he is such a (0:09:53) Kev: good actor like his performances are (0:09:55) Kev: just incredible easy recommend for (0:09:58) Kev: anyone but yeah the later seasons were (0:10:01) Kev: really good season sevens really good (0:10:04) Kev: it feels like they knew the end was (0:10:07) Kev: coming so they did a lot of stuff to (0:10:10) Kev: celebrate the series if you will so yeah (0:10:13) Kev: good good stuff was good (0:10:15) Kev: um let’s see other than that nothing (0:10:20) Kev: honestly not that much it’s been crazy (0:10:23) Kev: at work but thankfully I finally finished (0:10:24) Kev: this huge project and so I’ll finally be (0:10:26) Kev: able to partake in other things again (0:10:28) Kev: these upcoming oh wait wait one more (0:10:31) Kev: thing how could I tear a nail after my (0:10:34) Kev: last week I played the update their nail (0:10:36) Al: Oh yes. Nice. It’s just more of the same. (0:10:37) Kev: um it’s yeah turn out a good game still (0:10:40) Kev: good game the core still the same the (0:10:43) Kev: new levels the new line yes and no like (0:10:47) Kev: the center of the general purpose but (0:10:49) Kev: they introduce a lot of new mechanics (0:10:50) Kev: and and different kind of ways to solve (0:10:54) Kev: the puzzle I’ve been enjoying it of (0:10:56) Kev: course but let them fun thing they did (0:10:58) Kev: they’ll add new objectives even to the (0:11:00) Kev: old stages so let’s say I had a hundred (0:11:04) Kev: four all those areas I had a hundred (0:11:05) Kev: percent are not only like seventy five (0:11:08) Kev: percent because they had a new objective (0:11:10) Kev: so gives you a good reason to go back (0:11:12) Kev: and then try the old levels and have fun (0:11:13) Kev: with them again since it’s like a (0:11:16) Kev: procedurally generated level it’s you (0:11:18) Kev: know it’s fun every time so yeah a (0:11:20) Kev: tear in L it’s good all right out what (0:11:24) Al: Hmm. Not a huge amount because I’ve been on holiday and going on holiday with kids means (0:11:33) Al: not having a holiday. So I’ve not had a huge amount of time to do much, but I have started (0:11:36) Kev: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. (0:11:42) Al: playing Donkey Kong, Bonanza. I’m only like an hour or so in. I mean, I’ve got a good (0:11:47) Kev: okay (0:11:48) Al: idea of how the game plays, but I’m not like super. (0:11:50) Kev: yeah (0:11:54) Al: Super far through it. I got through the tutorial level and I’m kind of like half the way through (0:11:55) Kev: why (0:11:58) Al: the next set of levels. Yeah, mostly, mostly. I am very frustrated with the camera. It is (0:11:59) Kev: okay I’ve heard that game is good like really really good (0:12:05) Kev: mostly (0:12:13) Al: fine when you’re out in the open, but as soon as you get into any like tunnel or like go (0:12:20) Al: underground. It’s super not fun. (0:12:24) Al: a great camera for that. And I think the most frustrating thing is there was a section (0:12:28) Al: in the tutorial where the camera worked really well for underground. It like kind of zoomed (0:12:33) Al: out and you could see through the ground and it was like a really nice way. But it’s I’ve (0:12:37) Al: not seen it again do that since then. And I don’t know why they don’t use that camera (0:12:41) Al: when you’re underground because like you just end up like going up against the wall and (0:12:43) Kev: Hm. (0:12:47) Al: it gets really confused. And it’s really hard to see anything. And considering it’s a game (0:12:54) Al: where you’re like smashing everything up and you’re encouraged to make tunnels through (0:12:57) Al: the ground. I don’t know why they didn’t put more effort into that camera. Not that I can (0:13:00) Kev: is there an option for that i’m gonna guess no because it’s a nintendo game (0:13:04) Al: see. Yeah, not that I can see. There’s a decent amount of controller options, but nothing (0:13:07) Kev: nintendo doesn’t believe in options heck sometimes (0:13:15) Al: for changing how the camera works other than inverted camera. (0:13:19) Kev: do you remember in was it no sword and shield they hid the audio options on an item (0:13:27) Kev: you had to talk to an NPC to get it (0:13:28) Al: Oh yeah, that was a certain field. That was bizarre. And it wasn’t even the first area. (0:13:30) Kev: no it was like motor stoke yeah I’m (0:13:35) Al: You had to get up to Motorstoke, I think. Which is like a third of the way through the game. (0:13:40) Kev: pretty sure so that was there’s a couple (0:13:42) Kev: yeah you had to pass the wilder that’s (0:13:45) Al: You couldn’t change the volume settings until you were a third. It’s just bizarre. (0:13:48) Kev: crazy yeah yeah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (0:13:50) Al: And then you have to buy it. Yeah, that was a stupid decision. (0:13:56) Al: Like a lot of times with games, I’m like, OK. (0:13:58) Al: Sure, I don’t like that, but maybe that’s stupid, right? (0:14:02) Kev: Oh my gosh, yes, oh. (0:14:02) Al: That’s just that is literally an accessibility option, right? (0:14:05) Al: Like, come on. (0:14:06) Kev: Yep. (0:14:07) Kev: Oh my gosh, you know, I hate them, but I also love, because I just love trash fires. (0:14:16) Kev: I love bad stupid decisions like that. (0:14:19) Kev: Battle Cats actually has one. It’s like the single flaw in the entire game, because the game is very well made in my opinion. (0:14:25) Kev: And it’s a very minor, like very niche thing, but there’s, as you can imagine, (0:14:32) Kev: They have like a gallery or whatever, right? Go through the menu and, you know, go through the characters, see their stats, yada, yada. (0:14:39) Kev: Well, they have an enemy guide too, same thing, but the enemy guide is just a straight horizontal list. (0:14:48) Kev: There’s no pages, you can’t filter, you can’t search, you just have to go left to right through an entire (0:14:55) Kev: huge roster of enemies. It’s almost the worst. (0:15:00) Kev: Anyways options are good (0:15:02) Kev: Forgive people options people (0:15:04) Kev: Do good things (0:15:05) Al: So yeah, I think that’s, that’s about it. I mean, I’ve been watching through the Sandman (0:15:11) Al: show, but I’m not really talking about that because, you know, Neil Gaiman, awkward. So (0:15:15) Kev: Sand man, I wait. What is that? I don’t know what that is (0:15:18) Al: Sandman who’s a DC character at TCC, that one, but it’s the Netflix adapted it into (0:15:21) Kev: Oh, it is that one okay, okay (0:15:26) Al: a show. And they did the first season a couple of years ago, and then the whole Neil Gaiman (0:15:32) Al: and stuff, you know, because he was the one that wrote down, man. (0:15:34) Kev: Uh, yeah. (0:15:35) Al: And they were like, oh, oh, but they did manage to get the second season done without him. (0:15:44) Kev: Well, guess what, anything you do probably gives someone awful money. (0:15:44) Al: He’s almost certainly getting money for it, but whatever. (0:15:53) Al: Yes, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. It doesn’t make me feel better. (0:15:58) Al: Yeah, so I have been watching that and I’ve mostly been managing to ignore him. (0:16:06) Al: And focus on the show and it’s good. I like it. I enjoy the show. (0:16:08) Kev: sure sure that’s cool yeah it’s wild to me the the the you know years between seasons structure (0:16:18) Kev: that netflix does um I don’t know I just I find it crazy like I was at wednesday the wednesday show (0:16:25) Kev: that was a three-year gap and it was only eight episodes I think the new season that’s insane to (0:16:26) Al: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. (0:16:33) Kev: me you remember when shows I say this someone watching monk you’d get like (0:16:38) Kev: ish episodes of season every year isn’t that great 20 to 26 (0:16:42) Al: Well, you want to have a conversation? No, I don’t like that. (0:16:48) Kev: what what (0:16:48) Al: So, right, OK, so there’s two parts to this. One, do I wish the shows that I like released (0:16:52) Kev: okay (0:16:55) Al: yearly? Probably, if they could keep the quality up, yes. But do I wish that all series were (0:16:58) Kev: yeah okay (0:17:02) Al: still 20 episodes? Absolutely not. Why would I want 20 episodes when half of them are boring? (0:17:09) Al: right, give me the eight episodes that are good, don’t give me the more that (0:17:12) Al: you don’t care about, give me what you think you want, not something that is enforced by (0:17:17) Al: studios because they need year-round episodes, like we don’t need to do that anymore and I don’t (0:17:23) Kev: Mmm, I mean (0:17:23) Al: care for it. It’s like how it’s like, oh you know, like do you complain about the fact that episodes (0:17:32) Al: aren’t always, you know, was it 48 minutes long anymore because they don’t all have to fit into (0:17:36) Al: the exact same advert blocks. Now, (0:17:39) Kev: Mm-hmm. I (0:17:42) Kev: May kind of do (0:17:42) Al: you can take that too far, Netflix with your two and a half hour season finale of Stranger Things (0:17:48) Al: season four last time. That was too far, but other than that, I mean that doesn’t, you can have (0:17:48) Kev: Yes, yes (0:17:53) Kev: Exactly (0:17:58) Al: a middle thing which is not in the extremes there. I like when episodes aren’t like necessarily (0:18:02) Al: consistent because they want to fit in what they want to fit in, that they feel fits their artistic (0:18:07) Al: expression. I like that. (0:18:08) Kev: yeah okay sure I guess okay you know here’s the call here’s the here’s the qualifier right (0:18:13) Al: Do you really miss clip episodes? (0:18:18) Kev: is it good right which is a dumb thing because that’s the question right because let’s all right (0:18:19) Al: Yes, of course. (0:18:23) Kev: let’s yeah you can look at examples on both ends of the spectrum right um look at uh look at cora (0:18:30) Kev: right that that show could have used some more episodes for sure um that that first season needed (0:18:33) Al: possibly. I mean maybe they didn’t have anything else they wanted to put in it, right? Like… (0:18:38) Kev: at least a couple more episodes at first (0:18:41) Al: Yeah, I guess my point is not like, oh, I wish we didn’t have more episodes, right? I’m not saying (0:18:48) Al: that. Like, if there’s good stuff, I want to see it. But I don’t agree with the, oh, wasn’t it (0:18:53) Al: great when every show had 20 to 22 episodes and they were all the exact same length and they (0:18:59) Al: happened. No, I don’t. I don’t long for those days. I don’t. (0:19:02) Kev: Don’t know I got a monk. It’s been pretty good the whole time. I guess it did depends (0:19:04) Al: But I just, it’s just when you, when you got the like episode, that was the clip episode, (0:19:11) Al: because they had to put out an episode and they didn’t care. They didn’t want anything. (0:19:13) Kev: Monk did not do that actually crazy, but you sure yeah, yeah, but but okay. Yes, that’s just (0:19:16) Al: Sure. But most shows did almost every show did. And some of them did it better than others, (0:19:21) Kev: Yes, yes (0:19:22) Al: but you always, every time it happened, you rolled your eyes and went, Oh, here we go. (0:19:24) Kev: Yeah, okay, you know what you’re right (0:19:26) Al: And you watched it anyway, because maybe there was something that was actually going to progress the (0:19:29) Al: story. You don’t know. It might be fully clips or it might actually do something. (0:19:31) Kev: Sure (0:19:33) Kev: Eh, I guess (0:19:34) Al: But I mean, I think the, I think the, as you say, the complication is it depends on the show. (0:19:42) Al: It depends on what they’re doing. And I don’t think it’s, it’s obviously not the case that (0:19:47) Al: creators get to do what they want all the time. Obviously I’m not, I’m not suggesting that is, (0:19:48) Kev: Okay, okay, yeah, yeah, that’s (0:19:53) Al: but I think having more freedom for that, I think is a good thing in general. And. (0:19:59) Kev: Sure, you know, okay fine. I don’t need every show to (0:20:03) Kev: How should I put this? Okay? I don’t it’s not that I want every show to be 26 episodes every year or whatever (0:20:10) Kev: but when I look at (0:20:11) Al: The numbers just getting higher and higher (0:20:13) Kev: when I look at (0:20:16) Kev: Though the Wednesday series (0:20:18) Kev: Right episodes in three years that that seems like you know that it seems cheap for lack of a better word, right? (0:20:20) Al: So, I think, well, I mean, you say that cheap, like you pay for the subscription for Netflix (0:20:32) Al: when you want to get the stuff and you watch it and then you stop subscribing, right? I (0:20:34) Kev: Sure, sure. Yeah. Yeah (0:20:36) Al: think of those sorts of shows as in the same way that people complain about them because (0:20:41) Al: they’re structured like films, I think of them in that sort of way as well, right? Three (0:20:46) Kev: That that is true (0:20:47) Al: years, three years between a film and its sequels. (0:20:50) Al: Not an unusual amount of time, and eight episodes is longer than a film would be. (0:20:51) Kev: That is very true that that’s what that’s what I’m (0:20:56) Kev: You’re right, that’s that’s what I’m not thinking here because that that is more common nowadays (0:21:00) Kev: Isn’t it where a season of a show is really just an extra-long movie like the Marvel Studios shows? (0:21:06) Kev: You’re you’re right about that (0:21:10) Kev: Yeah, that’s a good point touche (0:21:12) Al: I mean Marvel have a problem with sequels in general just now, right? Like when was the last, (0:21:16) Kev: Ah (0:21:18) Al: you know, in we got three Iron Mans and I think it was eight years or something like that and (0:21:26) Kev: Yeah (0:21:26) Al: it’s now been what four years since Shang-Chi and we haven’t even got a second yet. (0:21:30) Kev: Yeah (0:21:31) Al: Like there is a real problem they have with sequels just in general which is a whole other (0:21:34) Al: conversation and is probably part of the reason that they’re not getting big box office numbers (0:21:35) Kev: Yeah (0:21:41) Al: because most. (0:21:42) Al: There are big numbers. (0:21:43) Al: We’re always the third in a series, you know, Iron Man one didn’t make a billion. (0:21:46) Kev: Mmm, that’s a good point. (0:21:48) Al: Iron Man three did make a billion. (0:21:52) Al: Just saying also, you know, it’s things like, you know, the Marvels being called the Marvels (0:21:52) Kev: Uh, yeah. (0:21:57) Al: rather than Captain Marvel two probably would have made more money if it had done that. (0:21:58) Kev: Yeah… (0:22:01) Al: Now, there are obviously other issues with that in terms of misogyny, but that was still (0:22:04) Al: there when the first film came out and it made a billion. (0:22:05) Kev: Yeah… (0:22:06) Kev: Yeah, exactly! (0:22:07) Kev: Right, right? (0:22:07) Al: Why did the mark? (0:22:08) Al: Why did Captain Marvel make a billion and the Marvels didn’t? (0:22:11) Al: And then there’s all this other complications. (0:22:12) Al: Well, nobody has any money anymore and COVID killed everything until blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. (0:22:17) Al: But Deadpool and Wolverine made a billion. (0:22:19) Al: That was the third in the series as well, right? (0:22:22) Al: Like they clearly can make lots of money. (0:22:24) Al: They’re just not doing what they used to do, which made them lots of money. (0:22:28) Al: They make a film and it doesn’t make a lot of money. (0:22:30) Al: And they go, Oh, well, well, let’s not make a second. (0:22:31) Al: But the whole point was your first ones never make a lot of money. (0:22:34) Al: It’s the second and third that make the money. (0:22:36) Al: And also which third film in the MCU made the least money, Thor. (0:22:42) Al: Or three. Why was that? (0:22:43) Al: Cos Thor 2 was bad. (0:22:44) Kev: It was really bad is it is it hmm (0:22:47) Al: Coincidence? (0:22:49) Kev: Have we are I’m thinking got you know on our discords and slacks have we argued which of the worst Marvel films (0:22:55) Kev: I feel like that that needs to happen. Oh (0:22:56) Al: I mean, it’s I mean, it’s Star of the Dark World, right? (0:22:59) Kev: I mean I (0:23:02) Kev: Okay, I don’t want to turn but it’s probably a rise probably dark world. Yeah, I’m struggling to think (0:23:06) Al: Eternals, I’m not trying, I’m not trying to say Eternals was one of the best, but it’s not the worst, not at all. (0:23:10) Kev: It’s not as bad as dark world. Yeah, I believe a dark world (0:23:12) Al: Absolutely not. There is, I don’t think there is an MCU film that is as bad as those. (0:23:18) Kev: Yeah, that was rough. Oh I miss (0:23:22) Al: Like, I mean, try and explain this plot of that film. (0:23:29) Kev: Yeah, yeah, no there’s (0:23:30) Al: Thor’s girlfriend gets injected with something, and he has to get it out of her, (0:23:32) Kev: And they and he used to fight dark elves (0:23:34) Al: and also his mum dies, maybe, I think. (0:23:38) Kev: Did she did I don’t know why but oh god (0:23:41) Al: You can know everything about that film, just from the bit where they go back in time (0:23:46) Al: and endgame to it. That is the only bit about that film that matters. (0:23:47) Kev: They were yeah, yeah, they really didn’t see good. Oh, yeah (0:23:50) Al: It tells you everything. (0:23:53) Al: In fact, there’s more, there’s more character progression and more heart in that scene when (0:23:58) Al: he goes back than there is in the entire film. You know, when he meets his mom and he’s sad (0:24:02) Kev: There is (0:24:03) Al: because he knows she’s about to die, you know, that is more than the entire film has. (0:24:05) Kev: Yeah, you’re you’re right I did enjoy that what 15 minute bit (0:24:10) Al: And then, and then he calls for his, then he calls from y’all near and it comes for him and he’s (0:24:14) Al: so happy. He says, I’m still worthy. (0:24:18) Kev: You’re right, that was better than the entire movie. You’re right. I (0:24:23) Al: I mean, I don’t know how they, how did they make that film so long when there’s so little that happens? (0:24:29) Kev: Don’t I don’t know. I just whatever well, I will say this Kat Dennings (0:24:31) Al: Anyway, you would, you would, you would have to have a, you’d have to have a, well, yeah, (0:24:36) Al: okay, true. I mean, that’s fair. She does improve any film. But you’d have to have a really good (0:24:38) Kev: Yeah, yeah, that’s correct (0:24:44) Al: argument to convince me that that’s not the worst film. I don’t think anything even comes close. (0:24:47) Kev: Yeah, okay, you know what fair fair. I’m gonna yeah fair. I haven’t seen fantastic for (0:24:53) Al: Anyway, what was my point? Yeah. Yeah. I was watching The Sandman and then I’m probably (0:24:58) Kev: Sandman (0:25:00) Al: going to watch Weddings day after that. Cause that’s, I need to, I need to watch that next (0:25:02) Kev: Cool I like the Adams family (0:25:03) Al: season. And then where else have we got Strange, Strange New Worlds, Star Trek. That’s coming out (0:25:09) Al: just now. Need to watch that as well. Name a Star Trek that doesn’t fit that description. (0:25:10) Kev: Oh (0:25:12) Kev: Is that the one with the hot guy I don’t remember (0:25:18) Kev: Oh (0:25:21) Kev: That’s a good point, but that’s a good point (0:25:22) Al: Anyway, that’s what we’ve been up to. Maybe I’ll have more to talk about Bonanza when (0:25:32) Kev: No, we did it (0:25:34) Al: next time we’ll see. All right. We’re going to talk about some, (0:25:36) Kev: Get to the end (0:25:38) Kev: I’m saying get to the end. There’s there’s good things in that game. Mm-hmm (0:25:40) Al: I don’t think I’ll do that in a week. I have heard that the story is good, but I’ve not got (0:25:47) Al: to any point that actually matters with the story yet. Yeah. Let’s talk about some. (0:25:52) Al: Game news. First up, Moonlight in Garland, which Kevin’s probably going, Oh, I can’t remember what (0:25:59) Al: that game is. I don’t recognize that name. Well, it’s coming out of early access on the 27th of (0:26:00) Kev: CORRECT! (0:26:06) Al: August. I mean, it’s pretty much it’s. (0:26:12) Kev: Ha ha ha use the mad libs the cottagecore game mad laser you just yeah (0:26:19) Kev: There I’m looking (0:26:22) Al: Seems like it’s less farming, more community building, and it’s like a kind of town slash (0:26:29) Kev: Yeah (0:26:32) Kev: Yeah, this has a very specific (0:26:32) Al: city rather than village. (0:26:38) Kev: Aesthetic to like mid-2000s. I don’t know a (0:26:42) Al: Yeah, I was thinking Polly Pocket, but like the characters from Polly Pocket rather than the (0:26:45) Kev: Pocket Polly like it’s weird. Um (0:26:50) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah exactly the characters right that’s exactly I’m talking (0:26:51) Al: action. Yeah, it’s funny that we both had the same thought that that shows you where it’s at. (0:26:57) Kev: Yeah, that’s so (0:26:59) Kev: Wait, is this the one where you can do crime? No, that might be a different one. We live in the city (0:27:02) Al: No, that’s not this one. That’s not this one. No crime in this one. (0:27:08) Kev: Gosh good old cottagecore. We’re in too deep. Oh, we’re in too deep (0:27:15) Kev: All right (0:27:17) Kev: Wait, so what was the actual news here? Are we at one point a release? Okay, August 27th (0:27:22) Al: Yes, 27th of August. Next, “Above Snakes have announced their console releases coming on the 4th of September.” So that is Switch, Xbox. (0:27:30) Kev: I’m kind of surprised they’re doing console’s release was that do we cover again I I don’t (0:27:35) Al: That was a Kickstarter stretch thing. (0:27:37) Kev: even remember did we come (0:27:39) Al: I don’t know if we did a proper one on it. We had our episode where we talked about the cultural… (0:27:46) Kev: Yeah, yeah, Nami on that, yeah, yeah, I remember that. (0:27:48) Al: I don’t want to say appropriation, the cultural questions around it. (0:27:52) Al: Shall we see? (0:27:52) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I do remember that. (0:27:54) Al: I don’t know if we actually covered that. (0:27:55) Kev: But, well, you know what? (0:27:58) Kev: Hats off to them if that was a goal (0:28:01) Kev: and they’re actually doing it, right? (0:28:02) Kev: Because even games that do release from Kickstarter (0:28:05) Kev: don’t always get to the console port when they promise it. (0:28:08) Al: Absolutely. Yeah, I should probably play at some point. I do have it. I own it on Steam (0:28:19) Al: because I backed it because it came out on that period of time where I was backing basically (0:28:24) Kev: everything before you (0:28:25) Al: every vaguely cottage core Kickstarter. I’m better now. I have not backed a farming game (0:28:33) Al: on Kickstarter since Autonomica. (0:28:38) Al: I went back in April. Yeah. I have backed two Kickstarters back then, but since then, (0:28:39) Kev: So your time on rehab was successful. (0:28:41) Kev: Good, good for you. (0:28:47) Al: but neither of them have been farming. (0:28:49) Kev: Nah, look at you, progress. (0:28:53) Kev: Well, hey, that’s September 4th. (0:28:56) Kev: Oh, I don’t like how close that is. (0:28:58) Kev: How’s it going so fast now? (0:29:00) Al: I don’t know. Time. (0:29:04) Kev: Time. (0:29:07) Al: Next we have Out and About. They managed to release this time successfully. This was the (0:29:10) Kev: Your comment. (0:29:15) Kev: This time. (0:29:19) Al: one where last week they tried to release, but they accidentally, or they realized they (0:29:23) Al: hadn’t clicked the access button, which put it into review, and then it took several days (0:29:24) Kev: They deleted the button. (0:29:30) Al: so now they have actually released their early access. Congratulations to Out and About. (0:29:34) Kev: good for them they did it I don’t know the game looks fine I guess it’s walking (0:29:45) Kev: through a forest looking (0:29:48) Al: Yeah, it’s doing something different. It’s not just like, it’s not farming, it’s foraging, (0:29:52) Al: and the idea is you’re exploring, and it’s another picture-taking one as well, but (0:29:58) Al: you’re foraging for things. It’s cute. (0:30:00) Kev: Yeah, it is. It’s, uh, it’s like, uh, what is it? Uh, the, the, the, the, the hike game. Um, I forget, it kind of reminds me of that, but a little more involved. (0:30:10) Al: Oh, a short hike. Yeah. It’s much more, you know, it’s 3D, third person view. No. Yeah. (0:30:12) Kev: Yeah. It’s the one. Yeah. But you know, you’re actually foraging. (0:30:16) Kev: Yeah. Yeah. It looks like an extension of that. Not necessarily better extension, but just, you know, kind of in that vein of ideas of just going through the woods and looking at stuff. (0:30:28) Al: I’m also comparing it to Alba in my head because it was kind of similar where you’re (0:30:35) Kev: Yeah, yeah that too yeah, um yeah, okay. Well hey good good for them. They found the button finally (0:30:44) Al: Congratulations. Next we have Coral Island have announced that their 1.2 update is out. (0:30:51) Kev: Okay, why why is there someone in a dinosaur suit? (0:30:56) Al: Why not? What a silly question! I’m guessing that’s one of the spooky costumes, cause. (0:30:58) Kev: How good (0:31:00) Kev: You know, that’s a good counterpoint, okay (0:31:06) Al: So the things that are coming in this update, multiplayer, they’ve revamped their romance (0:31:11) Al: progression, adding more hearts. You can get up to a heart event, sorry, you can get up (0:31:15) Al: to 15 hearts now with heart events. So 11 to 15 are after marriage, like the stargy (0:31:22) Al: ones added in like 1.4 or something, I forget. (0:31:27) Al: But they’ve also added spooky costumes, okay? (0:31:35) Al: Like, this is one of those ones that feels weird that this feels like (0:31:40) Al: something they wanted to do for 1.0 and just didn’t, but. (0:31:43) Kev: yeah that’s it that is very much what it feels like Mitch drew I guess good for (0:31:49) Kev: them that a gate got here like yeah I am NOT gonna fault them for that because (0:31:54) Kev: it’s a game dev is hard I don’t know if you know that out oh oh I like you I’m (0:32:00) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s fair. (0:32:02) Kev: looking I’m sorry I’m looking for the video some of the costumes the the NPC’s (0:32:06) Kev: rather pretty good there’s like a tinker the good chicken a Tinkerbell costume I (0:32:09) Kev: like that that’s good (0:32:11) Al: Yeah, there does seem to be a lot of care taken on these costumes. They’re not, they’re not just like generic things. Each person has like a unique costume and they’re all very interesting. The twins have almost the same costume, which is fun, but they’re not quite. They’re slightly different, which is based on, you know, their personality. (0:32:32) Kev: That’s fun to, yeah, that’s, yeah, I like that, that’s, that’s good, yeah, um, dressing (0:32:37) Kev: up your NPCs. (0:32:38) Kev: You know what, I take it that the dinosaur costume is a good idea. (0:32:41) Al: I’m trying to find them. So I’ve asked you motivates us that I found their spooky festival section of the video. I’m guessing that’s where you saw it. Well, I see someone as a panda. (0:32:48) Kev: Yeah, there’s near the start (0:32:51) Kev: All the twins. Oh (0:32:51) Al: I was near the start of the video. (0:32:54) Kev: Yeah, it’s near the start all that. I’m looking at the twin costumes. Those are good. Actually (0:32:59) Kev: They might be the best costumes (0:33:01) Kev: It’s a I don’t know. There’s like little blueberry monsters. I don’t know how to describe it better (0:33:09) Kev: That’s cool. What is that guy there? (0:33:10) Al: It’s definitely you have to see. (0:33:12) Kev: Yeah, there’s a guy in a black turtle. What is that is that supposed to be a costume that doesn’t look that’s just a (0:33:18) Kev: Guy in a sweatshirt and jeans. I don’t get that (0:33:22) Al: And yeah, OK, I don’t know what his I don’t know what Pablo’s costume is he trying to be Steve Jobs or something? (0:33:30) Kev: I guess with Shane. I don’t know. I don’t know (0:33:33) Al: I don’t know. (0:33:37) Al: Where’s this dinosaur costume you’re talking about? (0:33:38) Kev: Yo (0:33:40) Kev: Okay, okay, let me let me find it it’s in the video it was near the very start (0:33:45) Al: Oh, I’ve got it, I’ve got it, I’ve got it. Yeah, that’s, that’ll be a spooky costume, (0:33:47) Kev: You found it great (0:33:49) Kev: Yeah, it probably is I like it. It’s dumb. I like it what? (0:33:49) Al: because it’s pumpkins and lights around them. (0:33:55) Al: There are some silly costumes you can use as your player as well in the game that I’ve (0:33:59) Al: put on before. I can’t remember what I was dressed up as, but they, it’s not just like, (0:34:05) Al: they have a decent amount of player customization already. (0:34:08) Kev: Yeah, yeah. There’s also a collab with Fungi Swarm. (0:34:09) Al: Uh, yeah, that’s their game. (0:34:15) Al: Our other game, isn’t it? Um, uh, what, there’s, uh, redeemable items. Okay. (0:34:17) Kev: Yeah, it is. Which, yeah, but I think… (0:34:24) Kev: There’s a antler dog guy. I don’t know what that is, but, uh… (0:34:27) Al: Uh, a mythical pet outfit. (0:34:31) Kev: I don’t know what… I don’t… Okay, I don’t know what this creature is. (0:34:34) Al: “Razzi” or “Razzdi” (0:34:37) Kev: whereas the it’s an off. (0:34:41) Kev: It’s a blue reindeer dog. (0:34:42) Kev: I don’t know what else to describe it. (0:34:44) Al: Well, speaking of dogs, (0:34:45) Kev: Uhhh… (0:34:47) Kev: You! Ooh, good transition, tell me. (0:34:48) Al: for some reason we’re talking about Sugadoo Island again, (0:34:51) Kev: W-w-why?! (0:34:51) Al: this game. (0:34:53) Al: ‘Cause, dog, they’ve released a code (0:34:57) Al: that you can redeem in the game and it gives you dog. (0:35:01) Kev: But okay spotted dog, that’s (0:35:04) Al: If it’s anything like everything else in this game, (0:35:07) Al: you won’t be able to name it. (0:35:08) Al: It won’t do anything other than just follow you around (0:35:11) Al: like a blind rat, I don’t know. (0:35:14) Kev: I’m not sure how well blind rec could follow you but they do that is true you’ll fly like (0:35:15) Al: It’s not really turned on for metaphors just now. (0:35:22) Al: They have a good sense of smell. (0:35:28) Kev: a dog I have a dog they do follow you yeah that is true its name is spotted dog that’s (0:35:32) Al: Yeah, but with personality, I doubt this one a lot. (0:35:41) Kev: That’s it. (0:35:41) Al: That would, I mean I’d be surprised if it wasn’t just dog. (0:35:44) Kev: Yeah. (0:35:48) Al: Next we have Aether Wizard Life have released a what they’re calling their first announcement (0:35:56) Al: trailer but I’m confused because this game was announced multiple years ago so I don’t (0:35:57) Kev: Okay (0:36:00) Al: know how this is an announcement trailer. (0:36:01) Kev: And (0:36:02) Kev: It’s only for backers, which I don’t know you probably want to make that available. Oh, there is. Oh, okay. Let me see. Oh (0:36:06) Al: There’s a link to the actual video as well. (0:36:11) Kev: Yeah, there is. Okay. Yeah, that’s all right. I was like at the Kickstarter page (0:36:15) Kev: First of all, I don’t like this name at all. I don’t know if we covered this game, but I don’t like that at all (0:36:18) Al: No. (0:36:23) Al: This is, I don’t know if we’ve seen gameplay before. (0:36:26) Al: This is the first time seeing some of this stuff. (0:36:29) Al: The building of your house is basically (0:36:32) Al: exactly the same as the Spiritfarer building, (0:36:36) Kev: Yup! (0:36:37) Al: which I’m not complaining about because that is good. (0:36:39) Al: I like that. (0:36:40) Al: More of that, please. (0:36:40) Kev: Yeah, that modularity, it’s good. Build your castle. (0:36:44) Al: There are some, shall we say, thirsty characters (0:36:48) Kev: Oh, geez. Good. That guy, I mean, that one guy alone, he’s the worst offender. It’s the first one they show you, too. (0:36:59) Al: There’s yep, it’s uh, you’re gonna this is this is a weed game apparently (0:37:00) Kev: Good heavens. (0:37:06) Kev: Oh my gosh, that… Oh, shit. You know what? Fine. Lean into it. Just full thirst into it and just do it. (0:37:16) Kev: If you’re going to do it, go all in. (0:37:16) Al: Every game has to have a hook, I just don’t think that that is a unique hook. (0:37:22) Kev: True? That’s true. It probably worked for some people, not me, but… (0:37:27) Al: You’re definitely not you. Not you. Have you got to the other characters yet? (0:37:32) Kev: Yeah, I see the other characters like they’re (0:37:36) Kev: Is it this is hmm, this is a problem when everyone does it like everyone loses their (0:37:42) Kev: You know, it’s it’s it’s tough to stick out in the crowd, right? Like these just look generic (0:37:46) Kev: I don’t know the guy who looks like he’s dressing up like an elf (0:37:50) Kev: I don’t know and then why are there two in silhouettes? Why do you have to silhouette those characters? I feel like you shouldn’t (0:37:56) Al: for our secret. We’re going to tell you later. I don’t just like the character designs. The (0:37:58) Kev: Okay (0:38:01) Kev: There’s a girl with the ponytail of the sword (0:38:03) Al: character design’s okay. What I do find a bit weird is not the character designs and not your (0:38:11) Al: playable character design. They’re both fine. What’s weird is them both together in the same (0:38:17) Al: game. They look like very different designs. They look like they’re from different games. (0:38:20) Kev: They do (0:38:22) Kev: Right because yeah, cuz we’re looking at the (0:38:27) Kev: The oh (0:38:29) Kev: Yeah, yeah, you’re right. You’re right. Absolutely cuz these NPCs, you know very (0:38:34) Kev: Detailed sort of designs and and whatnot and you’re a little in the generic side (0:38:35) Al: much more detailed. (0:38:38) Al: I don’t dislike the playable characters design, it just feels, I think it looks bad purely (0:38:40) Kev: You’re right, I agree with it (0:38:44) Kev: Yeah (0:38:48) Al: because of how the other one. (0:38:52) Kev: you’re right it doesn’t you know what the problem is I as far as i’ve seen there’s no like (0:38:57) Kev: portrait art for your character right because yeah yeah yeah because it’s it’s a very different (0:38:59) Al: That’s what it is, it’s the portrait art of course I’m just yeah I’m looking at a bit of one of them in game and yeah they look, they look much more similar to your characters but the portrait art is so much more detail. (0:39:11) Kev: art style as as portrait arts are so frequently done but there’s not one for your your character (0:39:18) Kev: And so I don’t know it’s just I see I get what you’re saying. Absolutely (0:39:22) Kev: Um (0:39:24) Kev: But I mean even in the in-game art style like it’s there’s still a little more detail than your character (0:39:31) Kev: Because like your characters is (0:39:32) Al: It’s the face, there’s no nose. (0:39:33) Kev: Yeah, ooh, that’s a good point, right? There’s no facial features. It’s just like the eyes and the smile (0:39:39) Kev: That’s it on your the player character. You’re right. You’re super right (0:39:42) Al: Anyway, the interesting thing about this, I guess, is the magic stuff, and it does look quite detailed. (0:39:48) Al: So maybe that could be interesting. (0:39:50) Al: And then there’s some combat. (0:39:52) Kev: yeah there’s a lot of stuff going on here there’s an owl with the flower on its head and (0:39:58) Kev: I don’t even know what’s going on with these like skill trees or I don’t know there’s a lot going on here (0:40:03) Al: I think, I think they’re for like making new spells, possibly. (0:40:07) Kev: yeah honestly (0:40:08) Al: Look, I’m gonna, I’m gonna probably play it because I did back on Kickstarter, (0:40:12) Al: like the idiot that I was, but. (0:40:14) Kev: the the magic stuff I think is the bigger draw here that looks pretty interesting slash well done (0:40:19) Al: Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. (0:40:21) Kev: There’s combat (0:40:22) Kev: Magical creatures that looks fun (0:40:26) Kev: It’s wild the data will NPCs just they don’t even live up to that it’s crazy (0:40:33) Al: Next, fields of mystery, I have announced a merch collection. (0:40:37) Al: So, you know, go get your fields of mystery on merch, I guess. (0:40:40) Kev: is it good merch let’s see i’m looking (0:40:45) Al: So they they have a they have they have a pin. (0:40:47) Kev: oh goodness what is that the first the first one is the oh yeah yeah the first one they show you is (0:40:53) Al: They have a pin that you tilt and it changes between (0:40:58) Al: more clothes and fewer clothes. (0:41:00) Kev: Yeah, it’s it’s (0:41:03) Kev: Presumably it’s I don’t know the characters, but that’s datable guy and yet (0:41:07) Kev: You know you tilt it and it’s and now he’s shirtless cuz good heavens (0:41:11) Al: That’s the entire marriage. That’s all the marriage. That’s everything. (0:41:12) Kev: Oh (0:41:14) Kev: My god, it’s all that. I’m not good in the laundry. It’s just (0:41:20) Al: It’s just like the pen from Friends, which Joey had, and you click it, and the women’s clothes (0:41:27) Al: come off, right? Like, what is this? Why is this your only piece of marriage? And it’s two characters. (0:41:28) Kev: Yeah! laughs (0:41:37) Kev: Yes, too! laughs (0:41:38) Al: Two characters, one male, one female. (0:41:41) Kev: Oh, that’s incredible! laughs (0:41:41) Al: What a weird decision. (0:41:47) Kev: Oh, and… (0:41:48) Al: I need to go what I need to go read the comments. (0:41:49) Kev: Beholds in… it’s… why I need to understand how… because… (0:41:55) Al: Oh, people, people like this. (0:41:58) Kev: Oh, the first one’s “Lily, Take My Money.” Oh my goodness, these… oh! (0:42:05) Kev: This is why we’re in this cottagecore world, brain rot, dateable nonsense. (0:42:12) Kev: It’s your fault, commenters. (0:42:15) Kev: And what kills me is Fields of Mystery has that kind of 90s anime art style vibe. (0:42:23) Kev: You could play off that, right, for your merch, but no, we get to… (0:42:28) Kev: Two pins that take off the character’s clothes! (0:42:34) Al: odd decision it’s like they sit down and they go right okay we’re gonna make some merch what’s our (0:42:38) Al: first merch gonna be a poster no no not a poster like a t-shirt no not a t-shirt a pin yeah we (0:42:40) Kev: Apparently according to the commenters. (0:42:47) Al: could do a pin but what if it was a pin where they undress them I just I don’t I don’t (0:42:54) Kev: Ohh, look, alright, look, I mean, I mean, I tried to be delicate, I have kids gloves when I talk about these subjects, but look, this commenter here said it’s straight, it’s the fields of gooning. (0:43:15) Kev: Ohh, good heavens. Worst part is, it looks like it’s gonna be a huge success, so. (0:43:21) Al: Oh probably, probably. I just like what you I can’t imagine. It just it would feels like it would be even if you want it. It feels like embarrassing to own. (0:43:31) Kev: Well… (0:43:33) Al: And the whole point of pins is to show them off, right? (0:43:36) Kev: Yeah? laughs (0:43:38) Kev: You just make sure to always show it off at one angle and never ever move it to the other angle. laughs (0:43:49) Al: All right moving on to a very interesting story, a story of seasons. (0:43:54) Kev: - Yeah, okay, from the worst story to the best. (0:43:59) Al: It’s a little bit of shame we don’t have Cody on to talk about this but let’s go with it anyway. (0:44:04) Al: So story of seasons and well Marvelous, the company that makes, well they’re the European (0:44:12) Al: company that ports and not ports, they translate and publish the story of season games. (0:44:20) Al: I just know that Marvelous is the Japanese version of the company as well, (0:44:24) Al: they are the same company now aren’t they, I think. Anyway it doesn’t matter, (0:44:27) Al: anyway story of seasons company, the European part of it have made a partnership, they started in 2020, (0:44:36) Al: they

Picture this: rugged summer days, a sun-kissed outdoor office, and a trusty cup of afternoon coffee by your side. That's where you'll find me, Coach Patrick, as we embark on a journey through the thrilling and sometimes tumultuous world of summer endurance sports. While Ironman Lake Placid unfolds with fervor, I'm here to share the pulse of the race from afar, offering my insights and guidance to friends and athletes navigating the final stretch of the season. With August on the horizon, we're gearing up for everything from half Ironmans to iconic gravel races like Leadville and Steamboat, keeping the spirit of camaraderie and strategy-sharing alive. As summer becomes the "Bermuda Triangle" of racing—where heat, rest, and life's commitments converge—it's crucial to adapt and thrive. Allow me to guide you through this dynamic period, offering strategies to balance your training and optimize your race plans. Whether you're a seasoned racer or new to the scene, I'll share unconventional approaches to building fitness and staying on course. So, pull up a chair, and let's explore how to maneuver through the summer racing season with flexibility, strategy, and a touch of innovation. Trust me, the journey is just as rewarding as the finish line.

This week on the Any Given Runday Podcast, we welcome seasoned triathlon athlete and coach Ambrose Duggan (@westmeath_ironman_irl on Instagram).With nine full Ironmans and fifteen 70.3 events completed across multiple continents at the time of recording, Ambrose shares his inspiring journey into the Ironman world. He discusses his entry into the world of triathlon, the challenges of balancing intense training with work and family life, and the importance of mental health. Ambrose talks about the fear of starting a race and the challenges the swim can present, how he trains, what you might need to watch out for the night BEFORE the race, doing two Ironmans in 28 days and some of the best races to do in Europe.Whether you're a seasoned triathlete or considering your first race, this episode is packed with motivation, advice, and an in-depth look into the life of an Ironman.15:00 Introduction to Ambrose Duggan15:55 Ambrose's Early Life and Introduction to Sports17:20 First Triathlon Experiences and Challenges18:00 Overcoming Failures and Finding Success20:29 The Mental and Emotional Aspects of Triathlon25:39 Training, Coaching, and Community Support29:54 Swimming Challenges and Overcoming Fears39:09 The Importance of Clubs and Coaching44:20 Earning Medals and the AWA Badge46:47 Training and Accountability52:46 Balancing Training with Life57:57 Race Day Challenges and Nutrition66:29 Choosing the Right Ironman Event70:24 Coaching and Support from AmbroseYou can follow us on Instagram@anygivenrundaypodcastThis episode is sponsored by ULTRAPURE Laboratories and their new Essential Oil Muscle Rub Roll-On. Ask for the ULTRAPURE Laboratories Muscle Recovery range in your local Pharmacy or Health Store or visit their new online store and get 10% off until the end of July using the code 'AGR'Ultrapurelabs.ie You can now get 20% off all Perform Nutrition products, including their new Carb Gels, using the code 'AGR' at checkoutPerformNutrition.com

In this episode of The Progress Theory, host Dr Phil Price chats with hybrid athlete and S&C coach Ollie Russell about his incredible journey from being part of the Leicester Tigers rugby academy to becoming one of the top hybrid athletes in the country. Ollie shares his passion for participating in various physical challenges, including High Rocks and Ironmans, and how these experiences have shaped his perspectives on hybrid training. They dive into Ollie's background in sports, his approach to training, and the importance of mindset in achieving peak performance. This episode is perfect for anyone keen on understanding the balance between strength and endurance in hybrid training, as well as the value of a supportive community in reaching athletic goals. Tune in to discover Ollie's unique insights and the lessons he's learned along the way!In this episode, we discuss:00:00 Introduction04:23 Transition from Rugby to Personal Trainer07:47 Hybrid Training vs. Traditional Methods12:33 Training for Highland Ultra in Scotland15:37 Rugby Training: Longevity and Balance17:44 Hybrid Approach to Specialisation20:08 Raising Versatile Hybrid Athletes23:55 "Building a Supportive Hybrid Fitness Community"29:27 Embracing Fear to Unlock Potential32:55 Mindset Boosts Physical Performance37:06 Multisport Challenge and Endurance Events39:11 "Chasing Success in Men's Pro"41:52 Chasing Sub-Hour Race Achievement44:38 Join a Supportive Community NetworkTakeawaysExperience Shapes Opinion: Ollie's diverse athletic background, from rugby to Ironmans and High Rocks, shows the power of varied experiences in shaping our approach to training and life.Mindset Matters: Ollie highlights the importance of mindset in training and performance, focusing on overcoming mental barriers to push physical limits. He reminds us that performance is not just about physical capability but mental resilience too.

In today's episode, we have the pleasure to interview Mike Baker, author of The Optimist's Way: Rising With Hope Toward Purpose and Light.Mike is a CEO, artist, musician, and father of three who's spent decades leading with empathy in community healthcare while creating art and music that amplify hope. He's the founder of The Optimist's Way — a movement and a message rooted in resilience, creativity, and connection.In this episode, you'll learn why optimism isn't blind positivity — it's a daily, conscious choice rooted in presence and purpose; how slowing down helps you find meaning in the chaos; and how Mike's creative use of AI has opened new doors for storytelling, healing, and expression.We hope enjoy this incredible conversation with Mike Baker.To Learn More about Mike and buy his  book visit: The Book: https://a.co/d/025B2IqWebsite/Socials: https://mikebakerhq.com/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091396103160https://www.youtube.com/@Mike-BakerMusichttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebaker1398/https://tiktok.com/@mikebakerhqhttps://instagram.com/infinitecanvasai**Chapters may slightly vary depending on ad placement**Chapters: 0:00 Intro1:24  Why optimism & gratitude are important in a chaotic world2:51  Realistic optimism vs toxic positivity (“show your work!”)7:08  Stoic joy: Understanding what you control & your choices10:34  Deep meaning in Mike Baker's book14:06  The need for the optimist's way16:01  AI's role in creating art with Mike20:52  Tired about life? Go the optimist's way21:46  Your attention is a form of love25:36  Making others feel like a million bucks30:26  Slowing down & letting your brain breathe33:45  Being quicker to forgive & say sorry35:40  Where to find Mike36:24  Ironmans & Spartan Races39:02  Slow down and find the beauty around you40:09  Mike's mentors & their influence________________________________________________Join the world's largest non-fiction Book community!https://www.instagram.com/bookthinkers/The purpose of this podcast is to connect you, the listener, with new books, new mentors, and new resources that will help you achieve more and live better. Each and every episode will feature one of the world's top authors so that you know each and every time you tune-in, there is something valuable to learn. If you have any recommendations for guests, please DM them to us on Instagram. (www.instagram.com/bookthinkers)If you enjoyed this show, please consider leaving a review. It takes less than 60-seconds of your time, and really makes a difference when I am trying to land new guests. For more BookThinkers content, check out our Instagram or our website. Thank you for your time!

In this episode of the Rox Lyfe Podcast, I'm joined by my HYROX livestream co-commentator and one of the sport's most recognisable voices — Till Schenk (@tillschenklive). Till's story is as wild as they come...Told he'd never do endurance sport again, he went on to complete Ironmans, bikepack solo through Africa, and escape a literal hostage situation in Senegal. Breathwork and cold exposure helped him rebuild his health — and in this episode he shares how those tools might help you too as an athlete.We also look back at the HYROX season just gone, the standout moments from Vegas to Hong Kong, and the athletes and stories that stuck with us — plus why Till's stepping away from Ironman after 14 seasons.Expect honesty, laughs, lessons, and some seriously mad stories!

Conheça a história de uma das maiores produtoras de conteúdos do endurance: @paolacarrijo Da formação tradicional em Direito e emprego público estável à transição de carreira para a instabilidade de uma empreendedora serial. Das primeiras corridas antes da era digital às maratonas em alta performance e IRONMANs. Uma história que merece ser contada aqui no stemma para te inspirar e dar insights desse mercado digital que se conecta ao mundo real através do esporte! Episódio completo já disponível em nossas plataformas! (Links na Bio) Hosts: @fabiobessaaa & @thikawamura Esse conteúdo foi produzido com o suporte de: @z2performance @quattroinvestimentos @kupaaoficial @cashmebrasil @terabyteshop @kingstonbrasil Apoio: @estudioh.br @centauroesporte @nwb.oficial Edição: @acqua_xtreme Arte: @pedroc.jr #stemma #stemmapodcast #stemmasports #z2perfomance #quattroinvestimentos #kupaa #cashme #esporte #kingstonbrasil #estudioh #nwb #teianwb #centauro #centauroesporte #influenciadorescentauro #paolacarrijo #ironman #maratona #maratonista #triatleta

In this episode Tom & Max talk about WTS Hamburg thats coming up for Max, Tom's new goals, Challenge Roth where Sam Laidlow showed his new race tactics and a massive bullshit buster. IRONMAN Clickbait races. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the boys sat down with a man that has taken the social media World by storm.Pedz is more familiar behind the decks transitioning tunes than he is getting out of the soup and jumping on a bike, but here we are!Like many, inspired to try out multisport after a day down Tenby watching everyone attempt to slay the dragon at IMW. Fast foward a few months and his turn to be on the other side and cheered on as he takes on Ironmans' 70.3 distance at Swansea.Listen up as we see how this journey unfolded and just what the last 9 months have felt like! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Lawrence, better known as The Iron Cowboy, is a world-renowned keynote speaker, bestselling author, and endurance athlete who redefined human potential by completing 50 Ironmans in 50 days across all 50 states — and then doing the unthinkable — 100 full-distance triathlons in 100 consecutive days. Before becoming the greatest endurance athlete in history, James was a successful entrepreneur, running a thriving mortgage company and helping hundreds of clients build wealth through homeownership and strategic refinancing. That same relentless mindset that powered him through thousands of miles now fuels his ventures in multi-family real estate and ownership of Crumbl Cookie franchises. He's been named one of Sports Illustrated's “Fittest 50,” featured in two acclaimed documentaries, and honored alongside icons like LeBron James and Conor McGregor. But James's story isn't just about athletic records — it's about purpose, resilience, and refusing to settle for average. In this episode of In the Know, Chris Hampshire and James examine the importance of risk-taking in any successful career, techniques for transferring fear to excitement, and the possibilities that are available to those who are brave enough to tackle the unknown.   James will be the closing keynote and conferment speaker at this year's In2Risk event, taking place November 3‒5 in New Orleans. For more information and to register, visit In2Risk.org. Register by Sept. 5 to take advantage of early bird rates.   Key Takeaways James's pivot from the mortgage industry to extreme sports. The importance of risk-taking in any successful career. Calculating which risks bring the greatest rewards. The suffering is worth it when you show up prepared. The future is filled with possibilities for those who are willing to take risks. AI leverage has the potential to bring greater joy to the workforce. Techniques for transferring fear to excitement. Breaking monumental accomplishments down into manageable tasks. Personal development and risk-taking. Staying healthy while achieving incredible goals. What to expect from James's keynote presentation at In2Risk. A five-year look at the rapidly changing future. James's encouraging advice to his early career self.   In the Know podcast theme music written and performed by James Jones, CPCU, and Kole Shuda of the band If-Then.   To learn more about the CPCU Society, its membership, and educational offerings, tools, and programs, please visit CPCUSociety.org.   Follow the CPCU Society on social media: X (Twitter): @CPCUSociety Facebook: @CPCUSociety LinkedIn: @The Institutes CPCU Society Instagram: @the_cpcu_society   Quotes “Sometimes hitting rock bottom can be the greatest gift.” “What is the risk that I have to take? And what is the benefit to myself, my family, my community?” “The suffering is always worth it if you show up prepared.” “For people who understand and leverage AI, it's going to bring a lot of joy and happiness in their lives.” “Am I going to allow fear to dictate my decisions, or am I going to continue to chase my dreams?” “Taking risks and personal development go hand in hand.”  

Send us a textBrent Bills is a passionate endurance athlete who has completed 22 St. George Marathons since 2002. He has completed 7 full Ironmans and 17 half Ironmans—11 in St. George alone. At 50, he pushed his limits with 500 miles of racing in one year. Brent ran track and cross country in high school, but his competitive journey took off at a new level in 2001 when friends persuaded him to try a triathlon. With little experience, a heavy mountain bike, and a basic fitness routine, Brent got hooked and steadily improved—eventually hiring a swim coach and upgrading his gear. A two-time cancer survivor, he reignited his fitness journey to reclaim his health. Despite injuries like torn hamstrings and calf strains, Brent remains committed, even earning a Boston Marathon qualifying time. His story is one of grit, resilience, and determination. Outside of competing athletically, he has worked as the Business Administrator and Chief Financial Officer of the Washington County School District for 23 years, has been married for 30 years, and has 1 child.

>>Join Think Like a Champion to master your mental game (price increases on 7/1). >>Read Your Brain Swings Every Club Today I'm excited to welcome back Dr. Izzy Justice—a sports neuroscientist, author of 8 books including his latest, Your Brain Swings Every Club. His first time on in 2023 was a game changer as he helped you understand the concepts in GYRA Golf (one of my favorite mental golf books ever).  Dr. Justice has spent over 30 years studying emotional intelligence (EQ) in sports and has trained more than 300 coaches across golf, football, basketball, and endurance sports. He's also a serious athlete himself, having completed over 40 triathlons, including 8 Half Ironmans and 5 full Ironmans. When you listen to this episode, you will learn: Why heads up putting is a bad idea.  How to pick targets from tee to green.  Why you need to digital detox to let your brain relax. The importance of picking targets early in your routine. The practice keys to get your range game to the golf course.  How the process of picking targets actually relaxes your brain.  How highlight videos before bed can help you improve your swing. And so much more.   WICKED SMART GOLF Recommended Products DECADE Golf: The #1 course management system to think like a pro (use code WICKEDSMART to save 20%). Rypstick: The #1 speed trainer to add 10+ yards in 40 days or less (use code WICKEDSMART to save 20%)  Golf Forever: The best way to work on your golf fitness at home or the gym, with easy to follow plans & app (use code “WICKEDSMART” to save 15%).  HackMotion: The best wrist trainer in golf and become your swing coach (use code WICKEDSMART to save 5% on your investment).  Wicked Smart Golf Academy: The FASTEST way to play consistent golf.  Wicked Smart Golf Practice Formula: 75+ Practice plans and a 90-minute masterclass to practice like a pro.   Also, don't forget to connect on social media: Follow on TikTok Follow on Instagram   Subscribe on YouTube Read or listen to Wicked Smart Golf on Amazon or Audible  Read or listen to Wicked Smart Golf II on Amazon or Audible

EPISODE SUMMARY What if everything you thought you knew about learning was holding you back?  In this episode, I sit down with Dr. David Preston — educator, author, and founder of Open-Source Learning — to uncover how traditional education systems may actually damage our ability to learn.  Dr. Preston shares his revolutionary approach to healing cognitive and emotional “injuries” caused by school, and how we can rebuild our learning fitness to thrive in every area of life. Whether you're a parent, teacher, lifelong learner, or just school-scarred and curious, this conversation will change how you think about learning.   In this episode, we talk about: - Why traditional schooling may be harming more than helping — and what we can do about it   - Inside the Open-Source Learning movement: empowering students to take ownership of their education   - From classrooms to Ironmans: how Dr. Preston applies his learning philosophy in every area of life   EPISODE NOTES Dr. David Preston is an American educator, journalist, and consultant. He is the founder of Open-Source Learning and the author of ACADEMY OF ONE. For more than 30 years Dr. Preston has helped students, leaders, and organizations strengthen their learning fitness and build high- performing learning communities.  His clients and students have achieved extraordinary goals and realized their dreams by transforming the art of learning in today's world. Dr. Preston continues to explore his own lifelong passion for learning.  He is currently writing a new book on the Sixth Fitness of learning. He keynotes at conferences and competes in Ironman triathlons, and lives in Palm Springs, CA with his wife and children.   Links:   https://davidpreston.net/   https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-preston-learning/   https://litafpodcast.com/   Freebie: http://48380173.hs-sites.com/open-source-learning-white-paper   ------------ Click this link to listen on your favorite podcast player and if you enjoy the show, please leave a rating & review: https://linktr.ee/wiredforsuccess ------------------   Music credit: Vittoro by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)   -----------------   Disclaimer: Podcast Episodes might contain sponsored content.

Dane Shaw has stacked up IRONMANs, conquered Leadville 100, and paced marathons with ease, but this episode dives deeper. In his first public conversation about a life-long condition, Dane brings the laughs, the heart, and the realest side of what endurance looks like off the course.He talks mental health, rediscovering meaning, getting married, and the hilarious stories that come with finally embracing all parts of himself. If you've ever felt like the miles were the easy part compared to life, this one's for you.⏱ Timestamps:0:00 – Intro2:11 – Dane's life in Austin & race resume7:38 – Mental health, burnout & bouncing back11:04 – Leadville 100: the battle and the breakthrough16:45 – Marriage, mindset shifts & running with purpose21:17 – Finally talking about that one thing (with laughs)28:40 – How we reconnected & what's next35:02 – Message to anyone running their own race

Gael Dutigny is… the most interesting man in the world. Raised in Paris to a father that was an arms dealer, a mother that always worked two jobs in the fitness world, and a grandfather that was a POW during WWII. If you listen closely you can hear the clear impact of his upbringing. He is incredibly well traveled and has lived in 5 countries and speaks three languages fluently. He also has three masters degrees and is contemplating his next one. Gael has been an accomplished journalist for decades and was embedded in Iraq and Afghanistan with the US Army during wartime. He ran the Honolulu Marathon… IN Iraq. He's run 44 marathons including 8 NYC Marathons and completed 17 Ironmans. He has done MANY ultra distance events including 4 UTMB (Ultra Trail Mont Blanc,) 10 Marathon De Sables (6 days and 155 miles across the Moroccan desert,) 3 Hong Kong 100's, and many more. And yes, he's even surfed Teahupoo with Raimana and golfed with Kelly Slater. With all of this in his back pocket, he is equally gnarly and impressive and interesting. You'll like Gael and his view of the world; as he is not your common guy doing common things. Not even close. Find more about Gael at Ultra Running Magazine On Linked in (Gael Dutigny) On X (@gaeldutigny)

#90: This REWIND episode is one of my all-time favorites — and one that got me through some hard seasons. I'm bringing it back because it's that powerful. Sidney Smith is a hunter, endurance athlete, and double amputee who lost both legs due to a rare disease. But that didn't stop him — it fueled him. In this episode, Sidney shares how he rebuilt his life, found strength through adversity, and now crushes Ironmans, hunts rugged terrain, and inspires everyone who meets him. We dive into hunting, health, fitness, mindset, overcoming the mental war within, and how to embrace challenge as a way of life. Whether you're in a tough season or chasing big goals — this is one of those conversations that hits exactly when you need it. Get our FAVORITE links, codes & more here! EPISODE MENTIONS:  Sidney's InstagramDO UTAH Watch the show on YouTube HERE Submit your favorites at thereckoningpodcast.com/submit SHEEPFEET for custom orthotics, the best hunting shoe and the hideout hoodie use code: RECKONING for 10% OFF SHOP HERE MTN OPS for the best supplements and gear. Use code BRITT for 20% OFF your order! RUGGED ROAD COOLER GET 10% OFF your lightweight and organized cooler here or USE CODE: LONG  Have Reckoning create content for your brand, learn more HERE! Follow Us on Social:  Brittney Long IGReckoning IG Affiliate Disclaimer.  Show Notes may contain affiliate links. If you click through my referral link, at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase.  Thank you for supporting RECKONING LLC.  

Mild-mannered, elementary school teacher Jason Hardrath may be a superhero. After competing in college as a cross country athlete, he turned to triathlons and then Iron Mans to push the limits of his endurance. Simultaneously, he developed his skills in the mountains and soon sought to combine the two, setting an audacious goal-- the first person to complete 100 Fastest Known Time (FKT). Jason's endurance and commitment seemed unending. That is, until he got COVID. Cascade Trifecta FKT Long COVID resources Support comes from Kuat Racks  Oboz  Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today. Our book, States of Adventure, 30 stories adapted from The Diaries, is out in the wild. See if it's available on your local shelves or order it here: geni.us/StatesofAdventure

In today's episode, we sit down with one of our favorite people around the gym — Dr. Pat from our in-house partner, Affiliate PT. Dr. Pat is not only an incredible physical therapist, but also an accomplished endurance athlete who regularly tackles marathons, half-marathons, triathlons, and even Ironmans.We dive into his background, chat about endurance sports, fitness, nutrition, racing strategies, and more. This was a fun, insightful interview you won't want to miss!

Do you ever feel trapped by your life or business — but aren't sure how to create the freedom you dream of?Enter today's guest: Wall Street Journal bestselling author and the #1 SaaS coach in the world, Dan Martell. From a stint in prison as a teenager to mentoring the world's top software CEOs, Dan's story is one of radical transformation, mindset mastery, and unapologetic ownership of his time, energy, and impact.In this episode, we go deep into the pivotal moments that changed his life, the belief shifts that helped him realize his full potential, and the practical systems that allow him to run multiple companies, train for Ironmans, and still put family first.Press play to discover: the moment Dan stopped living for others and started living on purpose, how to release the fear of judgment for good, what “buying back your time” actually looks like (even if you're just starting out), the unexpected ways that burnout can show up (and how to recover from it), the surprising mindset block that keeps entrepreneurs stuck, and the single belief that changed everything for him.So if you're ready to shift the way you think about time, success, and what's truly possible, then press play now — this episode is for you.Join SheLaunch: www.shelaunch.comHead to www.melissaambrosini.com/651 for the show notes.Join my newsletter: www.melissaambrosini.com/newsletterGet my FREE ZenTone Meditation: www.melissaambrosini.com/zentoneFollow me on Instagram: @melissaambrosiniGet Time Magic: www.timemagic.me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professional triathletes Haley Chura and Chelsea Sodaro join Sarah to talk about the gnarly world of triathlons and Ironmans, how they both found their way to the world of swim-bike-run, and why they’re constantly apologizing to drug testers. Plus, they discuss the reality that everyone poops (including triathletes, often mid-race). Watch Haley and Chelsea compete at Ironman Texas on April 26th! Tune-in details can be found here Check out the Live Goat Cam at Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant here Follow Haley on Instagram here Follow Chelsea on Instagram here Send us a note at goodgame@wondermedianetwork.com Follow Sarah on social! Bluesky: @sarahspain.com Instagram: @Spain2323 Follow producer Misha Jones! Bluesky: @mishthejrnalist.bsky.social Instagram: @mishthejrnalist Follow producer Alex Azzi! Bluesky: @byalexazzi.bsky.social See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You crossed the finish line – congratulations! But your race isn't quite over. What you eat in those crucial post-race hours plays a HUGE role in your recovery, muscle repair, and how you feel for your next run. Join us this week as we dive into the essential nutrients and strategies to effectively refuel and rebuild after a race with Registered Dietitian, Alex Larson.Learn what to prioritize on your plate to bounce back faster and get ready for your next challenge! Alex Larson is a Minnesota-based registered dietitian (RD, LD) who felt her calling the moment she crossed the finish line of Ironman Wisconsin and has leaned into this mission of serving endurance-based athletes. She works with endurance athletes on fueling for improved performance and body composition through a flexible eating style. She has worked with athletes from all over the U.S. and in over 15 different countries, and she has completed 20+ triathlons, including Ironmans and multiple 10K and half marathons.You can find Alex online, her nutritional services, IG, and her Endurance Eats podcastListen on:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube MusicConnect with us:elevateyourrunning.comElevateyourrunning and sayrahrunshappyThe Elevate Coaching Team has  1:1 coaching spots open for spring and fall race season! If you love running and want to get better + faster at this sport, we'd love to have you join our team! You can find more information about our coaching packages at https://elevateyourrunning.com/virtual-coaching or email Sara at sara@elevateyourrunning.comIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review! Share your thoughts on how coaching has impacted your journey on social media using #elevateyourrunning. Do you want to be an inclusive insider? Help support the Elevate Your Running Podcast! Get exclusive content, coaching advice, and more through this platform! PARTNER DISCOUNTS AND LINKS:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dynamic Runner:⁠ code SAYRAHRUNSHAPPY for 10% off your subscriptionCheribundi: code ELEVATE for 15% offCozy Zero:  merino wool running clothes! Save 20% with code SARAM20RNWY: Use Code Elevate15 for 15% off your orderKETONE-IQ: Your post-run recovery ketones can be found hereLEVELLE GELS - Save 10% on all natural gels using code, HAPPYRUNNING10 Blenders Eyewear - code ELEVATEYOURRUNNING for 20% off your order

What does it really take to shatter the boundaries of human endurance? In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill sits down once again with James Lawrence — the unstoppable force better known as the Iron Cowboy. Renowned for doing what most would call impossible, James made headlines by completing 50 Ironmans in 50 days across all 50 states and then pushed the bar even higher with his legendary Conquer 100 challenge. Here's what you'll learn: How to build unshakable systems that eliminate decision fatigue — so discipline becomes automatic and success becomes your default Why doing the hard, uncomfortable things you'd rather avoid is the fastest way to build mental toughness and bulletproof yourself against adversity How to turn personal wins into powerful mentorship — transforming your achievements into growth engines for your team and fulfillment for you James is more than an elite endurance athlete — he's a master of mental grit and discipline. As the Iron Cowboy, he's not just defying limits; he's redefining what's possible through sheer resilience and an unbreakable mindset. Be sure to check out James Lawrence's powerful new book, Iron Hope — a raw, inspiring look into the mindset, struggles, and triumphs behind his most audacious challenges and a blueprint for pushing past your own perceived limits. ---- 00:00 – Introduction 02:29 – You Don't Need to Be Special — Just Relentless 08:41 – Iron Hope: How to Reignite Purpose Through Action 10:39 – Defining Mental Toughness & Building It Through Discomfort 15:13 – Winning the Internal Conversation: Systems Over Feelings 21:18 – Cold Plunges, Confidence, and Stacking Daily Wins 26:34 – Discipline Is a System, Not a Personality Trait 29:33 – Why Mastering the Mundane Creates Champions 44:10 – Post-Victory Void: What Happens After the Goal Is Reached ---- Links & Resources: James Lawrence Iron Cowboy by James Lawrence Iron Hope by James Lawrence Atomic Habits by James Clear Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell ---- Listening to this episode but want to watch it? Check it out on Spotify.  Do you love this podcast and want to see more game changing content? Subscribe to our YouTube channel. ---- Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O'Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more. ---- If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like: 255. Joe De Sena — The Spartan Mindset: Embracing Discomfort and Unleashing Mental Toughness 303. Eric Thomas — Turning Struggles into Strength: A Blueprint for Resilience 331. AMMA — Failure to Reflect is Failure to Grow: The Brutal Truth About Staying Stuck

Claytonielli Fetalieni joins us to talk all things Mooloolaba Triathlon and gives his opinion of Hyrox, strong.Heavy lifting being done by many Aussie based athletes gearing up for Marathons, IRONMANS, 70.3's and Ultras, with 75 mins of pure dribble sure to help you pass that endurance training time. The Triathlon landscape becomes a little more confusing with another distance world championships added to the mix, it's a bit of a mess really.  How this relates to the dog breed of an Alsatian? You'll have to listen to find out.FUELIN has gone bananas!  If you're on TrainingPeaks, the world's best performance management software by a country mile, sync it up.Claim 25% of your annual Co-Pilot Sub today.https://www.fuelin.com/koa-sportsJoin the Tribewww.koasports.com.au 

Send us a textFernando Lopez is an Ironman Gold All World Athlete and a seasoned endurance athlete who has completed more than 200 races, including 26 world Championships with several podiums. HIs races include 10 Extreme Triathlons, 3 Ultramans, over  50 Ironmans, and 4 times at the Boston Marathon.  He also did the Houston marathon four times in one day.  This legendary racer has stories about a variety of extreme events all around the globe.  If you are looking for that “next thing', this episode likely has the answer.  Fernando has a side business of coaching in which he tries to help people reach the impossible.  You can reach him at:ForeverTri Website -- YouTube -- PodcastResources mentioned in this episode:Ultraman FloridaNorseman XtriUltraman World ChampionshipsUltraman ArizonaXterra Icon XTri Swissman XTri Alaskaman Extreme TriathlonPatagonman XTriAlohamanEscape from AlcatrazXterra World ChampionshipsXterra Trail Run World ChampionshipXTerra World Championship doubleLeadman 100La Ruta de Los ConquistadoresTrans PortugalCape EpicRocky Hill 24 hour MTBDirty Dozen 12hrs MTBMarathon Des Sables (Fernanado's Youtube)Brazos Bend 100 mi trail runRocky Racoon 100 mileHouston MarathonIRONMAN “Gold All World Athlete”ForeverTri AppZwift Shout outs and mentions in this episode:Armando ArmelliSimon CochraneAmy RobatailleA.A. Girard MIchelle VesterbyAndrea LopezSupport the showShow Contributors:Host : Larry RyanContributing Raconteur : Steve KingAnnouncer : Mary Jo DionneProduction : 5Five EnterprisesMusic : Run by 331 For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.comFacebook: @515TheUltraPodcastInsta : @515theultrapodcastYoutube : @515TheUltraPodcastEmail : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

Intrinsic motivation thrives when individuals feel a senseof authority over their roles and responsibilities. By granting employeesownership of outcomes and the authority to make decisions that affect theirwork, organizations empower them to take initiative, innovate, and take pridein their contributions. According to the Institute for Health and ProductivityStudies at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, increasingemployees' physical activity can lead to a healthier workforce, boostproductivity, and reduce the risk of developing expensive and debilitatingchronic diseases. Physically active employees incur lower healthcare costs,take less sick leave, and are more productive at work. Specifically, researchindicates that employees who engage in at least 75 minutes ofvigorous-intensity physical activity each week miss an average of 4.1 fewerdays of work per year. Furthermore, those who are physically inactive are morelikely to require sick leave, costing an average of 26 cents for each hourworked. Justin Martinez is a former U.S. Army Ranger who hastransitioned into being an entrepreneur, author, and personal transformationexpert. With a diverse background in real estate, fitness, and financialmastery, he has established multiple successful ventures, including scalingAirbnbs and launching a fitness coaching business. A dedicated athlete, Justinhas completed Ironmans, ultramarathons, and the 75 Hard program several times.His book, The Compounder's Guide to Developing the Ranger Mindset, offers ablueprint for achieving success through discipline and resilience. Justin'smission is straightforward: to assist others in breaking limits, embracingchallenges, and crafting a life characterized by purpose, freedom, andexceptional accomplishment. His philosophy is clear: “Do today what your futureself will thank you for.” By shifting focus from short-term gratification tolong-term success, individuals position themselves for a life filled withgenuine freedom and fulfillment. He joined me this week to share more aboutthis journey. For more information: https://compoundercoach.com/ Instagram: @thecompoundercoach Get the Book: https://compoundercoach.com/ranger-mindset   

What if the secret to peak endurance wasn't pushing harder, but going easier?Today we dive into the world of endurance sports with Brett Blankner—athlete, coach, and host of Zen and the Art of Triathlon. Brett shares how mindfulness, relaxation, and smart training can enhance performance, challenging the common belief that grinding harder leads to success. From swimming 22 miles across Lake Tahoe to completing multiple Ironmans, he reveals how endurance efforts become a form of meditation, transforming both mindset and resilience. We explore Zen philosophy, the power of presence during grueling challenges, and how embracing discomfort leads to personal growth.Upcoming Meditation Course with MTM starts April 27th sign up HERETimestamps:00:00 - Introduction 01:12 - Embracing Endurance: Mindfulness and Pushing Limits07:10 - Exploring Zen and Mindfulness in Endurance Training11:55 - Understanding Zen: Relaxing into the Moment12:59 - Embracing the Moment: Zen Principles in Endurance Sports"14:15 - The Intersection of Buddhism and Taoism"18:18 - Exploring Self-Discovery Through Ultra Distance Challenges19:20 - Embracing the Unknown in Ultra Distance Events21:01 - Navigating the Mental and Emotional Challenges of Endurance Running24:55 - Overcoming Challenges: Lessons from Ironman Training29:13 - Race Realities: Lessons Learned from Endurance Events34:09 - Endurance Training: Lessons in Mental Fortitude and Self-Discovery45:52 - Embracing Fear in Adventure Racing01:07:03 - Exploring Mindfulness and Endurance Training

En un mundo lleno de desafíos, el mayor obstáculo no está afuera, sino dentro de nosotros. Nuestros miedos pueden ser un freno… o el motor que nos impulse a lo extraordinario. Porque creer en ti mismo no es solo una actitud, es una transformación profunda que puede reconfigurar tu realidad.¿Sabías que tus creencias pueden reconfigurar físicamente tu cerebro?  Estudios de la Universidad de Stanford han demostrado que nuestras creencias pueden modificar físicamente la estructura del cerebro a través de la neuroplasticidad. Es decir, podemos entrenar nuestra mente para superar obstáculos y alcanzar metas que parecían imposibles. En este episodio, exploramos historias de personas que han desafiado lo imposible y han demostrado que los límites solo existen si los aceptamos, platicamos con Luis Álvarez, con 205 Ironmans completados y las siete montañas más altas del mundo conquistadas, nos muestra que la grandeza no es exclusiva de unos pocos, sino el resultado de la disciplina y la mentalidad correcta, Hazel Ortega, quien pasó de la pobreza extrema a dirigir múltiples empresas y proyectos filantrópicos en todo el mundo, nos enseña que la mente es la clave para crear milagros en la vida y los negocios y Daniel Felipe Quiceno, "Perro", ha transformado la Comuna 13 en Medellín en el tercer destino turístico más visitado de Colombia, demostrando que el arte y la determinación pueden cambiar el destino de toda una comunidad.Este episodio es una invitación a romper tus propios límites y recordar que los sueños no se cumplen solos: requieren acción, pasión y valentía. ¿Estás listo para entrenar tu mente y convertirla en tu mayor aliada?

In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with the unstoppable Iron Cowboy, James Lawrence, a man who redefined human endurance by completing 100 Ironmans in 100 days! James reveals the untold truth behind his record-breaking endurance feat, the brutal battles with injury and recovery, and the mindset that kept him moving when everything screamed "quit." From losing it all in the 2008 financial crash to rebuilding his life through passion and purpose, James proves that resilience isn't just for athletes—it's for anyone ready to break through their limits.  If you've ever felt stuck, lacked motivation, or wondered how to break through your limits, this episode is your wake-up call. Get ready to be inspired, fired up, and ready to take action! Timestamps: 00:20 Intro 00:52 Meet James Lawrence, the Iron Cowboy 01:42 Making a living as a full-time speaker 02:01 The reality of success in endurance challenges 05:38 Recreating the historic Spartan journey 06:30 Choosing your suffering and building resilience 07:34 Family life and becoming a grandfather 08:30 Why James chose to live in Utah 10:30 Writing Redefine Impossible and Iron Hope 13:03 Inspiring others through endurance challenges 14:32 From financial success to true purpose 16:19 Advice for those feeling stuck in life 17:51 The power of networking and meaningful connections 21:53 Recovering, brain rewiring, and returning to competition  25:55 - Where to find James and upcoming endurance events   Connect to James:

Susan Haag, a seasoned triathlete with over 130 Ironman finishes and 400 total triathlons since 1990, shared her incredible journey with Tri Beginner's Luck. From a reluctant athlete in her youth to a powerhouse in endurance sports, Susan detailed the mental fortitude and perseverance required to excel. She recounted overcoming challenges like flat tires and alligator-infested swims, emphasizing the transformative power of triathlon for those who may not find their niche in traditional team sports. The conversation explored the evolution of triathlon culture, particularly for women, and the importance of building supportive connections within the community. Susan also shared anecdotes from her extensive racing experiences, including a last-minute visa acquisition for a race in Brazil and the unique tradition of dancing in heels at the Ironman Maryland finish line.   Susan shares the intricacies of triathlon training and racing, discussing strategies for maintaining a positive mindset during grueling events. Susan stressed the importance of listening to one's body, practicing self-respect, sharing techniques for overcoming setbacks and fueling correctly. As well as the unexplainable personal growth and confidence gained from facing and overcoming challenges in endurance sports.   This episode is a must listen! Let's Tri this!   Remember to leave a review, share it with your friends, and follow Tri Beginner's luck on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.  And send any questions or feedback you have to  tblpodbiz@tribeginnersluck.com.  

In this episode, endurance legend Sean Conway reveals the mindset, discipline, and relentless drive that pushed him to complete 105 Ironmans in 105 days—even after a near-fatal accident! Discover how to ditch excuses, find your tribe, and stay motivated when the going gets tough. Learn why having no Plan B is the key to pushing limits, breaking records, and achieving what seems impossible. From non-negotiable habits to mental toughness hacks, this episode will fire you up to take action, commit fully, and crush your biggest goals! Timestamps: 00:20 Intro 00:52 Sean's devastating cycling accident 02:00 Writing books and motivation behind them 02:56 Joe's car accident and Ironman experience 03:55 Breaking records and endurance rivalries 05:08 Balancing extreme challenges with family  05:59 Terrier mindset & relentless goal-chasing. 07:11 Finding motivation when you're stuck 08:35 Building momentum through community  10:28 Why some quit and others keep going 12:11 No plan B strategy to stay in the game 15:53 Non-negotiables and removing decisions 17:19 Overcoming the brain's resistance to hard work 20:08 Where to find Sean's work. 20:30 Joe challenges Sean to a Spartan Race Connect to Sean:

Kyle Gabbard is a triathlete and current student at Indiana University. Kyle is an Iron​man. He completed his first Ironman in 2020. Since then he has done 3 full Ironmans and 6 half Ironmans.  Kyle qualified for the World Ironman Championship - Kona this past year. He qualified by winning his age group (18-24) in the Chattanooga Ironman. All this in addition to being an Evans Scholar. 3:56 Starting As A Caddy 5:47 Life Lessons As A Caddy 7:12 Number One Memory From Caddying 9:34 The Importance Of The Evans Scholarship 11:32 From Injury To New Passion 14:07 Realizing This Is What I'm Good At  16:11 The Mental Toughness Of Fighting Through The Pain To Win 20:34 The Feeling Of Your Work Paying Off 22:30 It Takes A Whole Team To Win An Ironman 25:47 Heat's Effect On The Race 31:10 The Hinge Moment Of Backpacking Through Alaska 33:50 Friends Made Along The Race 34:47 Sharing The Pain With Others 37:00 Future Goals In Ironman Racing 40:57 The Motivation From Family And Friends 45:18 The Importance Of Recovery 48:08 Enjoying The Tests And Workouts Don't forget you can also follow Dr. Rob Bell on Twitter or Instagram.  Follow At:  Twitter @drrobbell Instagram @drrobbell Download Your Daily Focus Road Map! https://drrobbell.com/ If you enjoyed this episode on Mental Toughness, please subscribe and leave a review! Dr. Rob Bell

Ever set a massive goal, push yourself to the limit, and then suddenly feel… lost when it's over? You're not imagining it, the post-goal blues are real, and they can hit harder than you expect.In this episode of the Broads Podcast, I sit down with Hannah Eden, fitness coach, entrepreneur, and all-around powerhouse, to talk about what really happens after you achieve something huge, like completing an Ironman just months after giving birth. She opens up about the dopamine crash, identity shifts, and mental struggles that followed, and how she pulled herself out of it.We're diving into the science behind why high-achievers often feel empty after big wins and what you can do to stay grounded and fulfilled. Hannah shares how she rebuilt herself, physically and mentally, through strength training, creatine, cold plunges, and contrast therapy. Plus, we get into the importance of muscle as we age, and why staying strong isn't just about aesthetics, it's about longevity, resilience, and overall health.Hannah Eden is a fitness coach, entrepreneur, and ultra-endurance athlete known for her high-energy training style and no-BS approach to fitness. From bodybuilding to Ironmans, she's pushed her limits in every way, most recently completing a full Ironman just months after giving birth. If you've ever felt like you're constantly chasing the next big thing just to feel something, or if you want to build a fitness routine that fuels both your body and mind, this episode is for you.Hit play now! We Also Discuss:Thank You to Our Sponsors:Legion: Use code TaraTalk for 20% off your first order and double loyalty cash back any order after that when you shop at LegionAthletics.comBroads: Try Broads for 7 days free and surprise yourself with what's possible. Find more from Tara:Website: https://www.taralaferrara.com/Instagram: @taralaferrara @thetaratalk @broads.appYoutube: Tara LaFerraraFind more from Hannah Eden:Website: https://hannahedenfitness.com/Instagram: @hannaheden_fitness

Today's runner is normally on the other side of the mic telling inspiring stories of the everyday runner. So I was very fortunate to turn the tables and ask him some questions today! We dive into how he went from training for a half marathon on a whim and initially hating running to running his first marathon and falling in love with endurance sports. After training for Boston and not having the race experience he hoped for, he turned to the triathlon sport where he found himself completely immersed and ended up competing in 8 Ironmans.  He's built a business around finding inspiration from the everyday runner, and he's still out here proving to himself and his community that he can do hard things.  To follow along with Jason and his community, you can find them on all social media platforms at @runtrimag!  ___________________________________________________________________________ Shop our friends of the show!  Favorite pre/post run fuel: Use code tay.says for 25% off your order at GoMacro.com!  The best water bottles around! Use code tay.says for 15% off your order at Takeya.com!

Joe Polish and Dan Sullivan tackle the realities of Entrepreneurial overwhelm and share actionable strategies to turn chaos into clarity.  Here's a glance at what you'll discover from Joe and Dan in this episode:   Why Overwhelm Isn't the Problem—And the Surprising Way to Turn Competing Priorities into Powerful Collaborations (Discover the "Triple Play" method Dan Sullivan uses to align conflicting demands and free up mental energy for what matters most.) The Hidden Gold in Disarray: How Joe is Reinventing His Genius Network Headquarters for 10x Impact (How a $2 million remodel, including hormone-boosting lighting and a library of marketing treasures, is setting a new standard for entrepreneurial spaces...) Are Your Thoughts Competing or Collaborating? The Mindset Shift That Can Transform Your Productivity (Discover how Dan's framework helps entrepreneurs align their scattered ideas and find clarity in the chaos.)  The Secret Weapon for Entrepreneurs Battling Overwhelm—And Why Slowing Down Might Be the WRONG Advice (Why redirecting resources, not reducing ambition, is the key to thriving under pressure.)  What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from an Iron Cowboy's Relentless Pursuit of the Impossible (How the story of James Lawrence, who completed 101 consecutive Ironmans, inspired new perspectives on pushing boundaries.) From Indigestion to Innovation: How a Simple Tool Can Help Entrepreneurs Digest Complexity and Reclaim Control (Why Keith Cunningham's advice on business “indigestion” resonates with overwhelmed entrepreneurs everywhere—and how the "Triple Play" offers a solution.) If you'd like to join world-renowned Entrepreneurs at the next Genius Network Event or want to learn more about Genius Network, go to www.GeniusNetwork.com.

Tim Beissinger and Renee Miller, the dynamic duo behind the social media phenomenon “The Thruhikers,” join Maddie Pellman, host of Who Runs This Park, Park Enthusiasts Edition. With over 2 million TikTok followers and 380K on Instagram, Tim and Renee have captivated audiences with their adventures, expertise, and humor.In this episode, we explore their incredible journey, from thruhiking the Pacific Crest Trail to designing their own trail routes like the Pacific Northwest Circuit. We talk about their athletic evolution, from marathons, to IRONMANS to thruhiking to their new interest of trail running. We also learn about their process of writing and publishing their book, Thruhikers: A Guide to Life on the Trail. They share behind-the-scenes stories from their viral social media posts, like dehydrating rice and the controversy of hiking with minimal gear.Tim and Renee's unique approach to adventure includes meticulously planning their trips—like spending two months in a Wisconsin cabin dehydrating food for the PCT—and embracing the unpredictability of life on the trail. This episode is packed with inspiration, practical tips for thruhiking, and a peek into how they balance their love for engineering with their adventurous lifestyle. Whether you're a seasoned adventurer or a newbie to the outdoors, Tim and Renee's story will inspire you to dream big, explore boldly, and live simply.You can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at info@whorunsthispark.com or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com. Sign up for the Who Runs This Park's newsletter at linktr.ee/whorunsthispark. Who Runs This Park is produced by Maddie Pellman with music by Danielle Bees.

Marty won the AIL with Lansdowne fc in 2018. Then moved to the UK and played rugby in the Premiership, before deciding to retire from the game and do Ironmans.We chat about:His time in the Leinster Rugby systemWinning the AIL with Lansdowne fc.How Mike Ruddock helped him get his break in pro rugby.The impact that Alun Wyn Jones had on him.The springboard that playing with Swansea University in the BUCS Super Rugby gave him.Why Pat Lam signed him for Bristol Bears.How Max Lahiff mentored him. Playing with Saracens, and his impression of Owen Farrell.Why he joined Northampton Saints for a month.His experience playing in the Shute Shield for Warringah Rats.Why he didn't enjoy pro rugby as much as he thought he would.The concussions he got playing rugby.Why he left the game at 27.Deciding to do an Ironman.His new training regime for IronmanGoing from 130kg to 97kg. Get the bonus Podcasts on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Linda Blakely is a remarkable athlete and adventurer, known for her extraordinary accomplishments in the world of endurance sports. As an Ironman competitor, she has completed 25 full Ironman races, including three World Championships, achieving an impressive ranking of 19th in her age group worldwide.  Linda proudly represented Great Britain as an age group athlete at long-distance triathlon events, earning a silver medal at the European Championships in 2015. In 2018, Linda achieved an incredible feat by summiting both Everest and Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world, within 24 hours of each other. This made her only the fourth female to accomplish this remarkable challenge and the first British woman to do so.  But her adventures don't stop there; Linda also became the first woman to row the Atlantic Ocean solo and unassisted, completing a gruelling 3,000-mile journey from Gran Canaria to Barbados. Currently, Linda is preparing for her next formidable challenge: the Marathon des Sables, a 250km race across the Sahara Desert, where she will carry all her supplies on her back over seven days.  Join us as we delve into Linda's awe-inspiring journey of perseverance, resilience, and her relentless pursuit of adventure! This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking motivation to pursue their dreams and conquer their own challenges. *** Don't miss out on the latest episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast, released every Tuesday at 7am UK time! Be sure to hit the subscribe button to stay updated on the incredible journeys and stories of strong women.  By supporting the Tough Girl Podcast on Patreon, you can make a difference in increasing the representation of female role models in the media, particularly in the world of adventure and physical challenges. Your contribution helps empower and inspire others. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast to be a part of this important movement.  Thank you for your invaluable support! *** Show notes Who is Linda Running three children's care homes in London and Essex Care homes focused on children with trauma and learning disabilities Linda's journey into care homes began with a chance meeting in Thailand Being active in many sports as a child, including gymnastics and swimming Her love for mountains grew from completing the Duke of Edinburgh Moving to London in her 20s and working various jobs Rediscovering sport in her 30s after a 10-year break. Doing first Ironman at age 34, starting with a super sprint event Quickly getting hooked on Ironman and aiming for the toughest races Completing 25 full Ironmans and three Kona World Championships She used to race 3 Ironmans per year but now focuses on qualifying for Kona Protein shakes and recovery boots being used for training Not believing in full rest days but take easy days for recovery Ranking swimming as her least favorite discipline but works hard at it Improving her bike leg with strength training Being strong in all three disciplines: swimming, cycling, and running. Her overall approach to racing is consistency across all three sports Linda's next challenge, including mountain adventures and solo expeditions Linda's summit experience on Mount Everest The hardship of living conditions on Everest The striking sight of red head torches climbing Everest Her feelings on the summit ridge How she approached the challenge of summiting Everest Her decision to attempt both Everest and Lhotse Linda's reflections on the summit ridge of Everest Her emotional reaction to encountering a deceased climber on Lhotse The somber realities of high-altitude climbing The importance of respect for fallen climbers Linda's successful summit of Everest in 2018 The use of supplemental oxygen during the climb Becoming the first British female to traverse Everest and Lhotse. The desolation of Camp Four on Everest The logistical challenges after summiting Everest Walking down from base camp instead of taking a helicopter Dealing with adventure blues after completing major challenges Linda's love for planning future adventures The reality and beauty of climbing Everest versus rowing the Atlantic Experiencing menopause at 47 Feeling stressed, tired, and angry without knowing why Seeking treatment after the GP suggested antidepressants. Starting HRT, feeling more like herself again Struggling with exhaustion during training before HRT Turning 50 while rowing solo across the Atlantic Rowing alone for 54 days on the Atlantic Ocean Rowing for 16 hours a day, taking short breaks for food Planning meals daily to save time and energy. Managing sleep by setting an alarm every 45 minutes Listening to music and audiobooks for mental stimulation Starting a dress rental business after the row Dealing with painful skin sores from sitting too long Experimenting with different seats to ease discomfort Rowing in minimal clothing to avoid saltwater irritation Never considering quitting during the challenge Sharing her birthday experience while rowing the Atlantic Describing the emotional journey of overcoming bad weather Talking about accepting the change in goals from a record to enjoying the journey Highlighting the support received through social media on her birthday Mentioning her admiration for Victoria Evans' rowing record Discussing the changes in boat design affecting the record challenge Explaining her achievement as the first woman to summit Everest and row solo across the Atlantic Preparing for an Ironman race and training for the Marathon des Sables Planning ultra-marathon training with back-to-back races in February Fundraising for Action Medical Research to help sick babies and children Final words of advice   Social Media Website: www.lindablakelysboutique.com  Instagram: @blakely.linda  Charity: www.action.org.uk  

En este episodio de Ciudad H, platicamos con la Dra. Mayrena Isamar Hernández, experta en salud deportiva y directora del laboratorio HAPIR en la Universidad Sam Houston. Mayrena comparte su experiencia como latina en el mundo del entrenamiento atlético, su perspectiva sobre la salud física y mental de los jóvenes atletas, y cómo la cultura deportiva en Estados Unidos impacta a las familias, especialmente a las latinas. Exploramos temas como el equilibrio entre competencia y bienestar, la importancia de los días de descanso, y consejos prácticos para ayudar a nuestros hijos a navegar esta etapa de manera saludable.Además, Mayrena nos inspira con su increíble trayectoria académica, su trabajo innovador en kinesiología, y ¡su experiencia completando seis Ironmans!Escúchenlo ya en Spotify!Contacten a Mayrena aquí: @mayrenaisamar

In this recap, Lesley and Brad reflect on Kelsey Lensman's inspiring Mission48 journey, where she completed 48 fitness competitions in 48 states in 48 days. They explore the courage required to step out of your comfort zone, the power of persistence in achieving big goals, and the importance of showing up even when faced with challenges. Discover how enduring and learning through the process is key to being it till you see it.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:How Kelsey Lensman redefined courage through Mission48.The power of setting boundaries to focus on priorities and say no to distractions.Tips for finding growth and self-discovery through bold, uncomfortable actions.Why persistence and process-oriented growth are key to achieving your ambitions.How to redefine failure and celebrate the pursuit of meaningful goals.Episode References/Links:Cambodia February 2025 Retreat - https://crowsnestretreats.comFlashcards Waitlist - https://opc.me/flashcardwaitlistPilates Studio Growth Accelerator - https://prfit.biz/acceleratorOPC Winter Tour - https://opc.me/tourContrology Chair - https://beitpod.com/equipmentKelsey Lensman Website - https://kelseylensman.comKelsey Lensman Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kelseylensmanEp. 391 with Michelle Wispelwey - https://beitpod.com/ep391ROX, Ruling Our Experiences - https://www.rulingourexperiences.com/Stop People Pleasing by Hailey Magee - https://a.co/d/gvnYcQyCircus Center Las Vegas - https://lasvegascircuscenter.com/Mom & Me Astrology - https://beitpod.com/astrolgypodcast If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! DEALS! DEALS! DEALS!Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar  Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramThe Be It Till You See It Podcast YouTube channelFacebookLinkedInThe OPC YouTube Channel Episode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:00  I like that she did this. I like that she trained like this. I think it's really inspirational. You guys don't have to be into fitness to do this. You can actually think, what could I commit to over a period of time that would challenge me in my comfort zone and just be okay with giving it a try? What could I do? Lesley Logan 0:16  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan 0:58  Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co-host in life, Brad, and I are going to dig into the impactful convo I had with Kelsey Lensman in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that episode, you've missed out on a really fun chick. She is cool as fuck. I really enjoyed her. So you can go back and listen that one, come back and listen to this one. You can listen to this one. You're already here and then go back and listen to that one. Lesley Logan 1:18  But first, Today is December 5th 2024 and it's Celebrate Shelter Pets Day. We're just going to celebrate shelter pets? You should go adopt a shelter pet today. Brad Crowell 1:28  That's exactly what this is all about. Lesley Logan 1:30  Celebrate Shelter Pets Day is on the first Thursday after Thanksgiving. The day brings awareness to pets such as dogs and cats that are in shelters. A lot of people often think of adopting a pet from a shelter home, but they don't always follow through that thought, because they think there's somethingwrong with shelter pets. They are wrong. Most people who have adopted shelter pets can testify that shelter groups are full of great pets that provide companionship. There are, unfortunately, some pets in the shelter that are deemed unadoptable because of fear, perceived aggression or anxiety. But even these issues can be managed if addressed properly. Did you know it takes a dog three days to relax in the stress of being in a shelter. Then it takes three weeks for them to understand your routine, and then by three months, they are fully in your family. So y'all who are buying pretty dogs who you're trying to convince me it's because your allergies. They come with their own problems, too. In fact, a lot of purebreds have a lot of problems. So we highly recommend a little mix of a mutt of some kind. They're super fun. Also, some of these shelter dogs are being fostered in a home. You can also find out right away if they're good with kids or dogs, because the shelters find this out. So when I follow all the local animal adopted in Las Vegas, and they'll go Duchess. She's a tripod, super great with kids who are gentle, not good with other dogs. She needs to be your only Duchess in the house. There's a really, they know these things. Brad Crowell 2:51  They're trying to set these dogs up for success. Lesley Logan 2:52  Yeah. And when you buy a dog, you don't know. You don't know. You don't know. You have no idea what that puppy's gonna be like. You don't know. So we highly recommend it. Brad Crowell 3:01  We've done that. Lesley Logan 3:02  We all, Bayon was at a kill shelter.Brad Crowell 3:04  Yeah, Gaia, I rescued her. She wasn't from a shelter, but Bayon was at a kill shelter.Lesley Logan 3:06  Before you rescued her, she'd been rescued from another shelter. Look at that dog had been handed over three different families by the time you had gotten her, and she was great.Brad Crowell 3:18  Yeah, four paperwork with four different owners names, yeah. And then August was also in a shelter here in Vegas. Lesley Logan 3:23  Yeah. And he, you know, he took his time (inaudible). Brad Crowell 3:26  Pretty sure they were not a kill shelter here in Vegas, but still, (inaudible) shelter.Lesley Logan 3:28  No, no. So anyways, go find out. If you are unsure of what to do. You can also foster a dog that you think you might like, and then foster fail. Or if you're like, wow, you know, this isn't working out. That's not what I thought. Then you just fostered, and you did, and also, when they're outside of the shelter, they're less stressed out, and they have a lot less fear. So I highly recommend it. Yeah, it's a holiday. Yeah, you're busy. You know what? Cuddling with a dog makes everything better right now, I've been (inaudible). Lesley Logan 3:29  Upcoming events. We're going back to Cambodia. Well, actually, when you hear this, we're literally on the road for the tour. So I'm just going to say that. Brad Crowell 3:59  Well, yeah but Lesley Logan 4:00  We're on the road for the tour.Brad Crowell 4:02  That's the fourth announcement. So, sure. Lesley Logan 4:07  Okay, got it. When we, but soon, we'll be back in Cambodia. And many of you have asked if you could move there. We highly recommend you visiting with us before you ask to move into our house at Cambodia. So yes, we have a house there. You get to stay with us. Go to crowsnestretreats.com to snag your spot in February. I know it's around the corner, but we go at the end of February, so plenty of time to snag your spot.Brad Crowell 4:28  Yeah, and the end of (inaudible), yeah, you can't apply for your visa yet. It's too soon, and still plenty of time to get your plane tickets. So come join us. And like Lesley said, I would recommend coming in and hanging out first before you decide to move permanently. But if you wanted to move permanently, I'm sure you could figure that out too. Lesley Logan 4:46  Yeah, while you're there, you could just stay. They do have rules around that, so you can't just stay. But there's ways around it, all right? There's ways to figure it out. I've only been home for a few days, since the shoot for the Accessories Flash Card Deck. Last deck in the six-deck series of Pilates exercises, we just did it, and it's not our biggest deck, it's not our smallest deck, it's right there in the middle. We want to make sure it's extra affordable to add to your collection. And only those on the waitlist are going to get the presale price. What's the presale price? Well, it's the best price you'll ever get on the deck. So you want to go to opc.me/flashcardwaitlist. I don't know why that's so hard for me to say multiple times, but opc.me/ maybe it's the slash. Brad Crowell 5:30  It's the slash, flash. Lesley Logan 5:31  Flash, flashcard waitlist, yes. Brad Crowell 5:36  opc.me/flashcardwaitlist. Lesley Logan 5:37  Yeah. And it's free to be on the list but you all just had to buy your cards when you're ready. When we have the presale, don't miss it. If you are late, it's too late. Brad Crowell 5:45  All right. So I've been doing accelerator webinars this year, and it's been great. We've had, I mean, I don't know, hundreds of people go through them over the last couple of months, and it's been really nice to get people thinking, challenging them a little bit, and also sharing some of the things that we've learned after coaching more than 2000 businesses about how to make money with your studio and how to double your income, literally. But that's it for this year, because we're obviously on the road right now. I'd love to host them, but I can't trust the internet when we're, I don't even know where we'll be. Lesley Logan 6:16  Time zones. You know, dogs. Brad Crowell 6:18  Time zones, everything. It's complicated. So I'll be picking them back up again next year, and I absolutely encourage you to come join me. It's free. So go to prfit.biz/accelerator. That's profit without the O, dot biz slash accelerator. And that'll help you. If you're feeling stuck in your business at all, this is going to help get the ball rolling for you. So come join me next year. I'd love to have you. Lesley Logan 6:39  Yeah, and then we're on tour. It starts.Brad Crowell 6:43  Tomorrow. Literally, tomorrow. Lesley Logan 6:44  Tomorrow, the first of 22 cities starts tomorrow.Brad Crowell 6:48  But we're already on the road as it stands right now. We left a couple days early, just to. Lesley Logan 6:52  We stayed at Don Hoel's cabin. Brad Crowell 6:55  Don Hoel. Lesley Logan 6:56  Don Hoel.Brad Crowell 6:57   Don Hoel. H-O-E-L in Sedona. Lesley Logan 7:02  Yep and we're super close to that our favorite coffee shop in Sedona (inaudible) Brad Crowell 7:07  Indian Gardens. Yeah, that's a, that place is amazing. But we'll be down in Cottonwood teacher class, and then we head off to Oklahoma City.Lesley Logan 7:16  Oklahoma City. Then it is Atlanta? Brad Crowell 7:19  Huntsville. Lesley Logan 7:20  Oh, Huntsville, Alabama. Alabama is before Atlanta. Brad Crowell 7:22  Yep. And then we're gonna. Lesley Logan 7:24  I know the globe. I know it. I'm gonna.Brad Crowell 7:25  We're gonna pit stop in Nashville to hang with a couple friends before we go down to Atlanta where we teach. Lesley Logan 7:30  Oh, yeah, I got it up now. I got the dates, all right. Then we go to Greensboro, North Carolina. Then we're in DC. I'm gonna tell you this as of the time we're recording this, Huntsville is super sold. It's been so fucking sold out you can't, do not pass go. Meet us in Atlanta. Greensboro then we have Washington DC, that's super sold out both workshops and or both classes and workshops. Brad Crowell 7:52  For those in Washington DC, you can swing around the bay and join us in Virginia Beach later or you can go north to Hershey. Lesley Logan 8:00  Hold on, stick around. You'll find out where we're going next. Lesley Logan 8:02  So Hershey, Pennsylvania, at the time recording this has one spot in the class, and the workshop is almost sold out. Then we're going to Portland Maine. Then we're coming back down to Boston, Massachusetts, only room in the workshop there. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, only room in the workshop there. Greenwich, Connecticut. We have a mat class. Virginia Beach, you can, that's for those DC people, you can come around to the Virginia Beach, there'e spot in the workshop.Brad Crowell 8:25  I mean, it's a three-hour drive, I think, for them, from DC. But, come join.Lesley Logan 8:27  Whatever. Those Virginia Beach people drove down to Greensboro, it's like seven hours or something. Brad Crowell 8:32  So here's what's crazy y'all. Last year we were in Greensboro, and five people drove from Virginia Beach to Greensboro, which is five plus hours drive. And this year we decided to go to them. So, you know, come surprise us. Come hang out. We are, we love your enthusiasm. Come and hang.Lesley Logan 8:48  We're going to Charleston, South Carolina, then Miami, last class of the of the year of 2024, but not the tour. Then we head up to Tampa, Florida, Pensacola, Florida, which, at the time we're recording this, I think it's, someone just bought all the tickets.Brad Crowell 9:04  I think the workshop has like. Lesley Logan 9:05  I think it's sold out. Brad Crowell 9:07  That's it. Sold out. Lesley Logan 9:07  There's room in the class. Brad Crowell 9:08  Yeah, room in the class. Lesley Logan 9:09  New Orleans, that class has been sold out. But you, at the time we're recording this, had three spots left in your workshop. I don't think that that's gonna last. Austin, Texas, we are coming back. Your class is sold out, but there are room, there is room in the workshops because Aligned Pilates has such a huge space, which is really, really nice. Dallas, Texas, that class is sold out, but there's room in the workshop Lubbock, Texas and then Phoenix, Arizona. That's where we're ending. Class is sold out, but a few spots left in the workshop. You guys, this tour is more than 50% sold out at the time we're recording this, which is three weeks before we start, which means this is going to be huge. It's going to be a party. Brad Crowell 9:45  It is going to be a party. Lesley Logan 9:46  You don't want to miss it. And also, if you haven't seen the merch.Brad Crowell 9:48  She has good merch. I was just gonna say that.Lesley Logan 9:53  opc.me/tourmerchBrad Crowell 9:54  Yeah. Go to opc.me/tourmerch our designer made us look like we are, rock stars. Lesley Logan 9:59  Rappers. Brad Crowell 10:00  Yeah, we're in a band looking awesome.Lesley Logan 10:02  Yeah, it's so great. I'm gonna, I'm obviously bringing the pink coat on this tour. We can't leave it behind, you know. Anyways, before we get into the episode, we had a question from someone on YouTube.Brad Crowell 10:14  Yeah, we totally did. So Pie and Lattes on YouTube asked hey, "Is there a secret to reducing spring noise on a [Pilates] chair?" Lesley Logan 10:26  Yeah. So first of all, all equipment like Cadillac tower type stuff, those can make noise. Even some of the springs on the reformer can make some noise. I haven't really had that as much of an issue as for sure, the tower and the Wunda chair. Here's what I've noticed. When it gets colder, my chair makes different noises. Brad Crowell 10:44  Oh, that's interesting.Lesley Logan 10:44  There's a weather situation to it. The other thing is, if you get some 3-IN-ONE and you put it on a cloth, and then you take the cloth and you wipe the inside of the ringlet that the hooks are on. Brad Crowell 10:45  Oh, sure. Lesley Logan 10:45  That kind of oils it up.Brad Crowell 10:51  Because the spring is kind of sliding (inaudible).Lesley Logan 11:02  Yeah. So it's just metal on metal. So you just take some 3-IN-ONE, and you. Brad Crowell 11:05  What is 3-IN-ONE? Lesley Logan 11:06  I don't, it's like an oil. So honestly, okay, do not try this without talking to your manufacturer. But one like. Brad Crowell 11:13  Oh, yeah, it's just an oil. Lesley Logan 11:14  She didn't want to go buy 3-IN-ONE, so she just took olive oil and she just sprayed it on her chair hooks. And that's fine, too. I think it don't, I wouldn't spray on the springs, but on the hook.Brad Crowell 11:24  I mean, a bottle of 3-IN-ONE is 3.79. Lesley Logan 11:28  Yeah. So you're take, so I saw this guy, he just sprayed it on the eye hook of things, but then it kind of like, didn't drip, but it cuddled on the eye hook. So I honestly, just douse a towel and I wipe the inside. And if you and I only really have to do that in the cold season, I don't really need to do it on the (inaudible). I don't know. I think it depends on where you are, but that's how you do it. And then the other thing you can do is actually change how the hooks, not every chair lets you do this, but some chairs let you, like my Contrology chair, I can share, I can change which way the hooks kind of open up a little bit. So I can. Brad Crowell 12:04  Just twist it. Lesley Logan 12:05  I can just twist it just a little bit. And sometimes that also just that also helps. So check your weather. Maybe warm up your house a little bit also, I'm not saying make your house humid, but have a humidifier in there that can also just keep things feeling really good, you know, like, one of those little store ones not gonna rust your springs, like you're in Maui or something like that. But that's what I would suggest you do. And if you're like, What is a Wunda chair, what is 3-IN-ONE? Hi, I'm Lesley Logan. Welcome to the podcast. We answer random questions here. I am a wealth of knowledge.Brad Crowell 12:06  And humble too. If you have a question, feel free to text it to us, 310-905-5534, text us and just say hey, question for the pod, or you can send us a voicemail on Instagram or whatever. Yeah. Anyway, love it. Love the questions. Keep them coming. Thank you very much. Stick around. We're going to be talking about, how can somebody do 48 competitions, fitness competitions in 48 days, in just a minute. Brad Crowell 13:03  Okay. Welcome back. Okay. Kelsey Lensman is a nutrition, fitness and mindset coach with expertise in sports medicine and training techniques, a former Ohio State rower. Kelsey founded, Xpand Your Limits, to empower women to reach their strongest, most confident selves. Known for her Mission48 journey, completing 48 fitness competitions in 48 states, over 48 days. Kelsey is passionate about helping others step out of their comfort zones, do hard things and discover what they are truly capable of. Lesley Logan 13:36  Can you imagine, this is not like she did 48 Iron Mans not that it's easy to train for that, but you know what to expect. You know how to train for that. Like we talked about the podcast, there was just, like, random things that she was doing. And so you're.Brad Crowell 13:48  Yeah. So you're not necessarily fully trained for all the things all the time.Lesley Logan 13:51  But I love this, because you're doing the best you can. If you can't go, I'm not going to do that. It's like, No, you set to do 48 things in 48 days. And so I love the commitment. I love the willingness to be bad at something. I'm not that she is could be bad anything. The girl is so fucking strong, it's annoying, but like,Brad Crowell 14:08  But also the perseverance, the determination, the consistency. I mean, I also, I don't know if she, she must have had somebody drive around, whether she. Lesley Logan 14:16  She had to fly 48 states in 48 days. I know that the East Coast is close together, but you can't even get through California to Oregon on the same day. Brad Crowell 14:26  Yeah, no, you can't, but it's possible they just drove all night. She slept. Lesley Logan 14:31  Kelsey, we want to know. Brad Crowell 14:31  We want to know if you (inaudible) we didn't ask that question. But that's a, that curiosity.Lesley Logan 14:38  She also filmed the whole thing just like a documentary. Brad Crowell 14:40  Oh, that's really cool. That's smart. That's a great, so then she clearly didn't do it alone. She definitely had a team. Lesley Logan 14:45  So then she had a camera on. Oh my gosh. Can you imagine? You're like, I feel like fit today, and now I've got to go rucksack something and crawl on my arms and like, rucking, and my elbows, and rucking me.Brad Crowell 14:56  Just gotta rucksack this one. Lesley Logan 14:58  But I also love that she said you gotta be ready for the curveballs. And I think what's really cool about what she did is, like, how great it is to train your mind and body that you can kind of handle what's coming at you. And I think a lot of times we get stuck in our ways, and a lot of us are feeling a little overwhelmed, but like, all the curveballs come in our way, and we're like, we're not kind of able to roll with it, (inaudible) on some things. But I like that she did this. I like that she trained like this. I think it's really inspirational. You guys don't have to be into fitness to do this. You can actually think like, what could I commit to over a period of time that would challenge me in my comfort zone and just be okay with giving it a try? What could I do? Brad Crowell 15:35  Yeah, I was just, it was called Project 48 right? Oh Mission48, Mission48 because I was wondering, did she what? Lesley Logan 15:42  I don't think the documentary is out as of this. Brad Crowell 15:46  So I was thinking, why did she do it? And she said on her website, it says, I'm on a mission to complete 48 competitions in 48 states in 48 days to inspire women and girls to step out of their comfort zones and show themselves they are stronger than they think. So it doesn't seem like she got paid to do this.Lesley Logan 16:03  No, no, she did not. She paid.Brad Crowell 16:05  In fact, she had to pay to do this.Lesley Logan 16:05  She had to pay all these things. Pay the team. That's the other thing that I think is really interesting. I was talking about this with Michele Wispelway from the first longevity episode, we were (inaudible) live today, and she was talking how she trained for a half marathon. And, you know, she's older, and when she used to run, it used to hurt her, and now it doesn't, because now she like, prepared herself for these things. And she's like, yeah, I want to show my daughter, and I want to show the women around me that just because I'm older doesn't mean I can't do this. I'm just going to reside myself. I can never run again. And I think, like, it's cool what Kelsey is doing and other people, you might even be doing. It's like putting yourself into a position where you're uncomfortable, and then tell people about it so that they can be inspired. And if your first reaction is, must be nice for Kelsey, you need to understand, that is the worst, if you are, if you've been programmed to say that, I'm going to call it programming, because I do think that someone told you that in your family, and then you've been repeating it, you ask yourself, oh, I wonder how you did that. How did you set the time aside? How did you afford to do that? What were something, like, be curious, because then you can find out, like, oh, they invested a lot of time. They invest a lot of money. This is a big risk, but it was part of the impact they wanted to make. Brad Crowell 17:21  Yeah, and it looks like she partnered up with ROX, Ruling Our Experiences. It's a 501c(3) that develops confident girls who control their own relationships, experiences, decisions and futures. So it's a developing confident girls. So I just pulled up her full map for the event, and. Lesley Logan 17:39  She skipped California and did Alaska. Brad Crowell 17:41  I was just.Lesley Logan 17:42  I'm joking. I don't know. I don't have it in front of me. Wouldn't that be funny? She was like, it's too long.Brad Crowell 17:47  No, no, it's every state in the United States contiguous states. So she skipped Alaska and Hawaii, those are the two she skipped. Otherwise, she did all 48 contiguous states, you know, like, I know we said 48 states in 48 days but looking at themLesley Logan 18:04  Do you, like, think she repeated Florida or something? What do you think happened? Brad Crowell 18:08  She just went between Georgia and Florida 24 times in each state. 48 states, 48 days.Lesley Logan 18:13  That's the most boring drive. I would die. Brad Crowell 18:17  No, she went from, like, Pennsylvania, she went from Pensacola to Mobile, Alabama, just like. Lesley Logan 18:21  Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Brad Crowell 18:23  No, no, no, no, no.Lesley Logan 18:24  And by the way, Florida, I don't hate you. It's just you gotta be honest with you gotta (inaudible) is pretty boring and windy.Brad Crowell 18:31  Yeah, and windy, and windy. But no, it's impressive to see all the pins on the map she has on her site. Anyway, impressive. Incredible. Go Kelsey. So I really loved when she was talking about courage. She stressed that courage in the pursuit is something that you should be so damn proud of, right? Just think about for every one of you who has decided to change your career and teach Pilates instead of do whatever you want to college for because none of us went to college to teach Pilates, right? Or maybe you decided that. Lesley Logan 19:01  There are a few people who got their Pilates certification out of college. It does happen. Brad Crowell 19:05  It is real? That can happen? I mean, kinesiology, I can understand, or, like. Lesley Logan 19:09  (inaudible) community college, or people became a PT, if you're like Brad and I and you went to college for a degree that you technically don't use, and paid a ton of money for it.Brad Crowell 19:21  Or for those of you who were teaching somewhere and decided to venture out on your own and open your own space, there are so many variables and so many unknowns, and we try to support everyone that we can through Profitable Pilates with those kinds of decisions in our industry. But still, it's a scary thing, right? And for Kelsey, I mean, just think about that, could you do 48 things in 48 days, let alone compete?Lesley Logan 19:45  I would say, in my 30s, not a problem. In my 30s, if you and I had done the a 30 day, a 40 day tour, or something like that, I would be like, that sounds so fun. Brad Crowell 19:57  Babe, you're not a day older than 29 What are you talking about? Lesley Logan 19:59  Yeah, but I will say currently, today, I could do every other day for 48 days, or I could do five day and I just, here's what.Brad Crowell 20:10  Needs some days off.Lesley Logan 20:10  I think. And also, let me just, let me just caveat this, I probably could have done her thing, the competition thing. Not that I would like to go rucking.Brad Crowell 20:20  Rucksacking? Lesley Logan 20:20  Yeah, doesn't mean I'll crawl my hands and elbows, but like, probably could have been physically active 48 days in 48 states. I think for me, what I just why, I think I (inaudible) is like, I'm pouring into people. I'm leading the things for 48 that I could do. But if I was to, could I read a book, one book a day for 48 days? I could do that. Brad Crowell 20:39  Of course, of course.Lesley Logan 20:40  Could I participate in the competition? Brad Crowell 20:42  No, I think it's about the physicality, is what I meant. Anyway, the reality is, it's a scary thought. There's a lot of unknowns. Lesley Logan 20:48  She's now doing 100-mile. Brad Crowell 20:50  That's and she's actually running on the second to last day of the year, or the last day of the year, can't remember, but we should all wish her luck, y'all on on the IG.Lesley Logan 20:58  (inaudible) we were squishy. We're cheering you on, and we're so excited you're doing this.Brad Crowell 21:02  But she's talking about something being, you know, be proud of yourself to even pursue it. It takes courage. And so she said, the courage in the pursuit is something you should be so damn proud of. Courage in continual persistence is something to be proud of from a daily standpoint. Lesley Logan 21:17  Yeah, I think that that's worth rehearing from her and us, were you saying the courage and the pursuit of something you should be just so damn proud of? I think we all have been, maybe not all, but I there's that importance of winning. If you don't win, you've lost, and I think that can hurt really. It can sting really bad when you work so hard for playing, but really, actually just in attempting something and trying and putting yourself out there and putting yourself an experience that's not something everyone is doing, and being proud of what you actually did do is really, really cool, and you can actually learn from that, versus being obsessed with a failure, you don't learn from anything like judging yourself or being hard on yourself. I know we talked about it in the episode. I'm almost positive, but there is a hormone that actually you get even from just the pursuit of doing something, not the completion of it. Brad Crowell 22:04  Oh, okay. Lesley Logan 22:05  You actually get dopamine from the pursuit.Brad Crowell 22:07  Oh, yeah, yeah. We talked about this today or yesterday. Lesley Logan 22:11  Yeah, yeah. You actually get dopamine from the pursuit. And so you don't actually have. Brad Crowell 22:17  That's the journey. Lesley Logan 22:18  Yeah, it's all about the you know that cliche, even your body cares about that cliche. So, yeah, I think I don't know she's really cool. Makes me want to do, I won't do 48 things in 48 days, but I will do something that challenged me outside my comfort zone in 2025Brad Crowell 22:33  All right, well stick around. We're going to cover those, be it action items, in just a minute. Brad Crowell 22:37  All right, so finally, let's talk about those. Be It Action Items. What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Kelsey Lensman? Lesley Logan 22:48  Why don't you go first? Brad Crowell 22:49  Okay, I'll go first this time. For those of you who don't know what she's laughing at she's laughing at me. Lesley Logan 22:55  There'll be a blooper. You can hear it at the end.Brad Crowell 22:57  There might be a blooper at the end. All right, here we go. So she said, hey, you have to say no to some things, even if the people-pleaser in you would have said yes. Okay? And so she was talking about when she made the decision to, well, do the 48 in 48 in 48 that causes you to make a change, because now you have to be hyper aware of some things, and you have to make sure you're getting enough sleep. You have to make sure all the things so you're going to change a lot in the short term to get that long term goal. So you have to be willing to say no to some things, even if you are a people pleaser. Lesley Logan 23:32  You know what's really cool? There's a book called Stop Pleasing out there the world, y'all, and I think if that Be It Action Item is something like, oh, I don't know if I could do it. Then there's a, there's some reading material to go along with it. Because I agree, you have to be able to say no to things. Otherwise you can't do the 48 in 48. You can't even. Like, it's some people like, they want to read more. I had everyone asked the other day, babe, you and I, like, (inaudible) to all of our books that we really love. And people were like, please distract me. What should I read? And we're like, here's 17,000 books. And like, how do you have time? And it's like, what? You gotta say no to the things that do not lift you up. You know?Brad Crowell 24:07  Yeah. So she talked about enforcing boundaries and how that contributed to her development. Allowed her to prioritize her goal over pleasing others. It enabled her to build a stronger, more focused mindset around the 48 for 48. And I think there still needs to be some kind of a reward, even though the journey does give you dopamine, there still needs to be some kind of celebration at the end, after you complete this goal, this big goal. But, you know, I think that boundaries are hard, so we get that. But she said you just have to be really focused on where you're going, where you're headed. Lesley Logan 24:39  Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Brad Crowell 24:40  What about you?Lesley Logan 24:41  Sign up for something that scares the crap out of you. Brad Crowell 24:44  Oh, I love that. Lesley Logan 24:44  Yeah. So you don't have to do what she did, but find something that scares you. I've talked about it before on the pod, but just in case you forgot, on my 40th birthday, I went to the circus place. Is that what we were talking about, did I talk about it in this episode? Brad Crowell 24:56  Yes, you were talking about it with her. Lesley Logan 24:57  Well, if you didn't listen to it, I did that, and it was. I was like, oh, my God, it's so embarrassing. And also, it was so great, right? I probably should go try the trapeze, but I will never let go of that trapeze like stuck in the middle, off to crawl across the net. Anyways. But.Brad Crowell 25:15  Well, side note, you mentioned that it's a 40,000 square foot facility, and you said Brad will probably correct me, so I went to their website, okay? Because I was now very curious, and then I literallyLesley Logan 25:25  Anyone who had not listened to that episode, I was talking about this huge circus school. Brad Crowell 25:29  It's called The Circus Center, Las Vegas Circus Center. Lesley Logan 25:32  And it's not 40,000 square feet, babe, how many square feet? Brad Crowell 25:35  It's 52,000 square feet. Lesley Logan 25:38  52,000 square feet. He had a call, and they gave it to him. Brad Crowell 25:40  It is massive. Lesley Logan 25:41  And then that made me go what's the rent on 52,000 square feet? Brad Crowell 25:46  It's a warehouse. It's like a huge warehouse but all done up on the inside. Lesley Logan 25:51  Does anyone get, does anyone get rentals for under $1 a square foot? Brad Crowell 25:54  There has to be, it has to be. Lesley Logan 25:55  It has to be. Brad Crowell 25:56  No way that the rent is 50 grand a month. Lesley Logan 25:58  There's no way. 50 grand a month. Brad Crowell 25:58  No way. Yeah, that's insane. Lesley Logan 26:01  Anyways, it's really cool. You should all check it out if you're into that kind of stuff. And they have stuff for all ages, but sign up for something that scares the crap out of you. I love that this episode is coming out at the end of, towards the end of this year, before it's our last, is it our last interview before we have all of our special episodes? I think it might be. Brad Crowell 26:16  It might be, let me check that. Lesley Logan 26:18  I think coming up is a bunch of, like, really cool episode that we've got for you, I guess we should explain what that's going to be. Brad Crowell 26:23  Yeah. Oh, we did an intro on the next episode. Lesley Logan 26:26  Yeah. So what I hope you do as the rest of December comes up is like, notice what intrigues you. Notice what you're like, oh, I could never do that. And then ask yourself, well, what if I did? And then she said, show up and endure the process, and learn a lot about yourself in the process of it. So grab a journal and write, or even on your notes on your phone. I feel really anxious right now. And then, after you do it, write down how you feel. Give it a try, because you're going to learn so many things about yourself. And every time we go on tour, even though the tour itself is something we've done before, because every tour is unique, we're in different cities all the time. There's different things. We're always reflected, always learning about myself. I'm like, oh, wow, I don't do well if I don't get this kind of sleep, or if I didn't get this kind of workout, or oh, if this happens, I need this. And so you learn about yourself, and so you get better every single time you do something that's kind of being it till you see it. Really, that's what it is. Do something that scares the crap out of you and learn about yourself as you do it.Brad Crowell 27:23  Yeah, I love it. I was thinking about that. What is it that scares the crap out of me that I always hesitated to do? Lesley Logan 27:29  A consistent Pilates practice. Brad Crowell 27:32  Terrified. Well, I was thinking, you know, I've jumped out of planes and I haven't jumped off a building, but, you know, I've like, I don't know, swam in the ocean and stuff, things that can really mess with your head and I.Lesley Logan 27:44  All of those things scare me every time we get into the open water of the ocean. I'm like.Brad Crowell 27:48  But I did recently do something that scared the crap out of me. I went knocking on doors, canvassing, for this last election. I've always been willing to make phone calls and send text messages and donate money. But I've never been willing to go actually knock on doors. And I decided to I was going to go do that. And to be honest, at first, I was kind of worried. I didn't really know what I was getting into. And they partnered me up with someone who didn't have a vehicle because she had flown into Nevada to participate and she didn't have a car, so I did, and so we kind of became a pair, but she then had her flight home during my last shift that I signed up for, so I was then knocking on doors by myself. And then Daylight Savings Time happened. So it was dark at like 4:35pm and I was like, it's not even that late, but it's feels so dark right now. And then I was knocking on doors in people's neighborhood in the dark. And I was like, this is probably not that wise, but it was actually I what I found was I had only one person yell at me, and I knocked on almost 150 doors, and she answered the door anyway, and then got hissy and was frustrated, but it was actually really cool to just meet people, and I feel proud of myself for doing it, for being willing to do it, even though it's something that yeah, that actually scared me. Lesley Logan 29:05  Yeah, yeah. I think that's really cool. I think a lot of people did a lot of things this last election that were probably outside of what they normally do. And I think to go back to what she said at the beginning, which is, it's gotta be ready for curveballs, and you've got to have the courage and the pursuit of something you should be so damn proud. And so for all of you, we had so many listeners add Brad who were like, Brad was not a first time participant in helping people vote and understand how to vote, but a lot of you reached out like, this is the first time you got involved in the election, and you were really trying hard, and it was such a disappointment. Brad Crowell 29:40  Yeah. It was. Lesley Logan 29:43  I'm still not over it, but you have to know what you did really does matter. Did matter, and it's just the start of it. And you learn something about yourself. You learn about what it took to do those things. You learned that you had the courage to step out and tell people like this is what I care about and this is why you should care about it. And have you looked at this? That is not easy to do. Most people just sit there and take it. And some of you just went through Thanksgiving sitting there having to take it, and some of you are thinking about the hell you're gonna do it at Christmas, and may I suggest you don't. But also you can stand up for yourself, and you can say what you believe, and you can say what matters to you and what you're proud of, and you can have a different opinion without being antagonistic, and you can hold space for other people. And Brad talked on over 150 homes, and only had one person get hissy about it. That's kind of. Brad Crowell 30:35  And they were all 100% strangers. I kept wondering if I was going to bump into somebody that I knew. No. Didn't happen. Lesley Logan 30:41  We don't know that many people.Brad Crowell 30:46  The statistics are not there. Lesley Logan 30:48  I know. Could you imagine what if I knocked on the doors? And they're like, aren't you a Pilates instructor? Anyways, I think this is a great last interview of the year. It's technically not we have one more coming up. Brad Crowell 31:01  The 10th is the new. Lesley Logan 31:03  Yes, but the last Tuesday of the year. Brad Crowell 31:06  Oh, yeah, we do. Lesley Logan 31:07  We're getting your astrological readings for Pluto into Aquarius and Uranus into Scorpio. And if all of that sounds like gibberish to you, do not worry. We'll explain it all, and we hit everyone's sun signs, and we have the best time doing it. And between Kelsey and Mom & Me Astrology, I feel like we're ready to take on, well, I'm not ready, but we can. We can take on 2025. Plus, okay, you're gonna hear it on the next episode, but we have gone through all 400 and something episodes, and just the interviews, really, and pulled out some of our favorite parts when it comes to relationships or work or bold moments or tips, whatever, and we've put them in episodes, and they're not long. And hopefully, what this does is remind you of episodes either you haven't heard in a long time or you haven't heard yet, and gives you something to do this holiday season. If you feel like an alien in your family, we see you. And when you have air pods in your ears, you can say you're on a work call, and you can go work man, and you just, I gotta listen. And you can just sit there and listen. And you can be in your own world, getting bored into, whether or not you're in a place that feels like you're (inaudible). So I hope this helps. I hope maybe you can share those with a friend to help them, like have a potpourri of Be It interviews to hear about.Brad Crowell 32:26  Yeah, absolutely. Well, thanks so much for joining us. Lesley Logan 32:29  I'm Lesley Logan. Brad Crowell 32:30  And I'm Brad Crowell. Lesley Logan 32:31  You're amazing. Until next time, be it till you see it. Brad Crowell 32:34  Bye for now.Lesley Logan 32:36  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. 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Prepare to be inspired by the extraordinary journey of fitness entrepreneur Kelsey Lensman. In this episode, Lesley Logan chats with Kelsey about pushing boundaries, embracing challenges, and empowering women to discover their true potential through diverse fitness experiences. From completing 48 fitness competitions in 48 states in 48 days, to her mission of expanding women's limits, Kelsey's story will motivate you to step out of your comfort zone and take on new challenges.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:How Kelsey moved from collegiate athletics to discovering a new purpose.The inspiration behind completing 48 competitions in 48 states in 48 days.Strategies to inspire women to challenge themselves physically and mentally.Insights into Kelsey's upcoming 100-mile run and the growth of her company.Practical advice on signing up for challenges that scare you.Episode References/Links:Kelsey Lensman Website - https://kelseylensman.comKelsey Lensman Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kelseylensmanIron Cowboy Documentary - https://www.ironcowboy.comThe Big Leap by Gay Hendricks - https://a.co/d/1hQIy0GEpisode with Gay Hendricks - https://beitpod.com/ep400Episode with Lisa Schlosberg - https://beitpod.com/436Nuvio Cold Plunge Setup - https://beitpod.com/coldplungeGuest Bio:Kelsey Lensman is a fitness entrepreneur and founder of Xpand Your Limits, dedicated to empowering women to challenge themselves physically and mentally. An Ohio native, Kelsey was an athlete from a young age—playing basketball, volleyball, and rowing for Ohio State. After leaving collegiate sports to pursue sports medicine, she faced an identity crisis that reignited her passion for fitness. She launched Mission 48, completing 48 fitness competitions in 48 states over 48 days—from powerlifting to Spartan races—to inspire women and girls to build self-confidence and step out of their comfort zones. Currently training for a 100-mile run, Kelsey is expanding her company into four divisions: Strength, Endurance, Outdoors, and Resilience, offering women challenges like lifting competitions, endurance races, and resilience training. With a book set to release next year, she remains committed to helping women discover their potential by breaking personal limits. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! DEALS! DEALS! DEALS!Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramThe Be It Till You See It Podcast YouTube channelFacebookLinkedInThe OPC YouTube Channel Episode Transcript:Kelsey Lensman 0:00  I have to continually remind myself, Kels, you just did something epic. You pursued. You had the courage. And I don't say this for me, but I say this for also people listening. You have the courage that not many people would have ever even had to pursue that, let alone to finish, let alone to start. Lesley Logan 0:18  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 0:57  Be It babe, get ready. Get ready to be inspired. Get ready to feel like you're having coffee with two of your girlfriends. Get ready to feel empowered and also to be challenged in the best way. Today, our guest is Kelsey Lensman, and I, I think I want to be her best friend now. I do. I do. I have, like, already followed her. I've hit the notifications bell. Whatever she is doing, I want in I don't know that she'll get me to do a couple of the things that she does, but there's a couple things I think I might be inclined to do because I'm inspired by her and her energy and her enthusiasm to support women and help women challenge themselves in a way, to see like what they're fully capable of. And so get ready. I mean, really, you're going to be inspired and empowered by Kelsey Lensman. Here she is. Lesley Logan 1:44  All right, Be It babe. I am really excited, because when I talked to today's guest, I was so impressed, so wowed, so in awe. I was like, how did you do what you did? We have to talk about this. I need to know more, and I wanted to share that with you. So Kelsey Lensman, thank you so much for being here today. Can you tell them who you are and what you rock at? Kelsey Lensman 2:00  Oh, man, that's a load of question. No, first, I just want to say thank you for having me, and everybody that's listening, thank you for continuing to listen in. I know that she just has so much gold here. So I'm excited to share just a little part of my journey to hopefully inspire you to keep thinking forward. But to give you guys a little bit of background, I won't go into the whole story, but I own a company, we actually just rebranded, it's called Xpand Your Limits, and we do all women's different strength events, endurance events, and just events that challenge women outside of their comfort zone to really show themselves what they're capable of. And that aligns with my own mission, personally, too. And this is where Lesley and I connected is last year I did a crazy thing. It's either crazy or amazing, whoever you talk to, but it was called Mission 48 and I did the 48 different fitness competitions in 48 states, and the kicker was in 48 days. And it was all about really inspiring women and young girls to really build true self confidence, not just what people see on Instagram, but like actually building that within themselves, to really just step out of their comfort zone, do hard things and show yourself what you're capable of. Then we raise money for charity and all of that. So as you can tell, I'm just really passionate about just breaking beliefs of what people are capable of, and just seeing what's already within you and pulling it out, in my opinion. Lesley Logan 3:08  Okay, it's kind, it's freaking amazing. Anything in 48 days in 48 different places, it's already hard. So when you say fitness competitions, are we talking about the muscle thing? Are we talking about like a race? What are we talking about? And then also, I guess we all want to know, how did you find one per day, or is there two in a day?Kelsey Lensman 3:29  This is what's wild. So originally, well, let me give context. So it was everything from a half marathon to a power lifting meet to an Olympic lifting meet, no body building, so no flexing on stage there. But it was all physical challenges. We did mountain biking, rocking anything that you could think of, Spartan Races, all the crazy stuff. Lesley Logan 3:46  Okay, that's cool, because since it wasn't the same thing every day, it didn't get, it didn't get boring. It also didn't like, you know, and then also, it made it more possible to challenge yourself in a multiple different facets, but also get them in 48 days, because it could be a mountain biking, swimming, running, okay, very cool.Kelsey Lensman 4:02  Yeah. And that's always different, though, because it's like, I mean, I give so much gratitude to the people that do the same thing every single day, like, it's amazing. However, when it's different, you have to be ready for everything, you know. Like, it's not just okay, I show up at this time. I do this, I do that. It's like, no, no, you got to be ready for the curve balls. Because yesterday you did mountain biking. Today you're doing half a marathon, and tomorrow you're lifting really heavy. And as you know, in the fitness world, all of that's kind of separate. It's like, you're either a power lifter or you do Pilates, like, everything is separate, yeah, but it's like, (inaudible) it all, you know? Lesley Logan 4:31  And also, it doesn't need to be like, I it shocks people all the time when they find out I actually go to a gym and lift heavy weights, I'm like, no, I do my Pilates actually lets me do that without as I get older, without injury, it's very helpful. You don't have to, but we do we all go, this is my lane. This is how I train. And there's a nice certainty around that. So I have to imagine being ready for everything there might have been, were there some days where you're a little bit nervous, because it would be really hard to train for all of those things, getting into the events. Kelsey Lensman 5:02  Oh, yeah. I mean, so right now, currently, while I'm talking to you, I'm training for 100-miler, which is crazy to me, because I'm not a runner. I do not like it. I am lifting more, and I'm like, okay, you gotta do something outside your comfort zones. I'm like, full send. Actually, I'm going to Arizona over by you.Lesley Logan 5:17  Oh my goodness, to do 100 miles in the desert. That's not boring.Kelsey Lensman 5:23  But I share that to say when you kind of set a crazy goal, you just have to go for it, and you got to be ready for it. And that was what's weird, what was wild with Mission 48 is there were days where I don't know if I can finish this, I don't know if I can physically endure this, and I didn't just want it to be easy for me of like, oh, you know, rainbows and sunshine. I'm just gallivanting across the country. I wanted to show the behind the scenes of, yes, the high days, but also the, oh, I don't know if I can do this, doubting days, or physically, hey, I got to persist through because I think that that's what connects with people's journeys. It's like a lot of times, people will see the outcome, they'll see what they see on social media, but they don't understand what has gone into it, because they haven't been in your shoes. They haven't been in the behind the scenes, right? And so I think it's important to me to share that behind the scenes detail and to share the transparency of it. Because I always say, like, I'm not on a pedestal. I'm just a regular girl from Ohio that has a lot of drive and a lot of commitment and is willing to take an action step and be courageous about something. So I want to really give that to other people. Like, hey, if Kels can, you can too, you just got to be willing to kind of endure the process with it, you know? Lesley Logan 6:28  Yeah. So, a girl from Ohio, how did you even come up with this idea? Were you always into fitness? Did anyone else before you do 24 events in 24 days? Like, how did, how did you even get because I think a lot of people do see the outcome and they go, wow, that's amazing, and they can be inspired. But also setting big goals, then you have to do the thing to do the goal, and so a lot of people get stuck there. So how did that even come about? Kelsey Lensman 6:52  Yeah, okay, let me give you a little backstory, because I think this will really give value to your audience, too. So growing up, I was an athlete. I mean, I would play basketball and volleyball, but I never, Lesley, pictured myself as the best. I always had to work pretty hard. I always had to. I wasn't just I came out of the womb and was the best athlete in the world, you know. So I never pictured myself as that version of me that could do all these crazy things. It just wasn't, wasn't even in my field of awareness. And so when I went to Ohio State from high school, I ended up randomly rowing for the Ohio State rowing team my freshman year, which is so random, but I share that to say my freshman to sophomore year, I decided to choose my career path, which was sports medicine. And then they were like, okay, you either continue rowing on Ohio State Athletics or you choose your career. And I'm like, I'm not going to be a professional rower. That's not in my, that's not in my cards. So I decided to choose my career path, but in that time frame was, is I didn't realize how much my identity was tied to being an athlete, that when I had it and then I didn't have it, I just lost myself. I was like, whoa. I didn't know who Kelsey was, outside of going to practice having somebody tell you what to do, working out, I felt, not just physically lost, I felt mentally, emotionally lost. In one moment, and this spurred everything for me, I just got out of a really challenging relationship. I stopped playing sports, and I remember walking into my bathroom, and I looked in my bathroom mirror, and I looked into my eyes, and I just didn't see who was looking back. It looked like a foreign person to me. Not only did I physically not look like myself, I didn't have that fire in my eyes. I didn't have that passion. I didn't see Kelsey, if that makes sense. Lesley Logan 8:37  It totally does. I remember tiring from a sport, and you're like, okay, so what do I do now? I'm not working towards anything. Yeah, yeah. Kelsey Lensman 8:45  It was so weird for me, you know. So in that moment, I just remember saying this, I was like, Kelsey, you have to get you good. And I didn't even know what that meant, you good. I don't know what that means, but I remember saying that moment, okay, I'm not working out, you know that's healthy, like, you know that's beneficial for you. So from an extent. So just get back to working out. And I share this because when I was getting back the quote-unquote working out, I was that girl in the weight room, had no idea what I was doing, didn't want anybody to look at her lift because I thought I was doing everything wrong. I was the girl googling workouts. And, I think people see me today and it's like, oh, she's always been like that. I was like, no, I was that girl, just like you might be, that girl on the other side of this that really doesn't really know what she's doing or wants to improve, but doesn't know what to take that step. So long story short, long story long, is then into, going into my junior-senior year, I was working out. I was feeling myself better. I ended up, randomly, and I don't condone this for everybody, but it was a big part of my journey is I remember somebody came up to me in the gym and they tapped me on the shoulder, and they're like, hey, Kels, have you ever thought about competing? I was like, competing in what? What are you even talking about? And they said, bodybuilding. And I, literally, Lesley, I laughed in their face. I was like, you think I can compete in bodybuilding? You are out of your dang ol' mind. Because I just, I didn't see visually like that just wasn't, wasn't even in my work.Lesley Logan 10:04  I had someone ask me that at the gym too, and I was like, I don't like salmon and chicken that much, so it's, that's a no, but I appreciate, I'm flattered and.Kelsey Lensman 10:14  It was just so, it was so wild, I just didn't think about it. But once again, I talk about the nudge a lot like kind of the thoughts that we think about when we're on our about to go to bed, that we're like, oh, what if we could do this? And so I pushed it down for a few months, and then the feeling of, what if, what if you could compete, girl? What if you could pursue that? And finally, after four months, I didn't tell a single soul, but I hired a coach. I was so nervous, I just had no idea what I was doing. But I started the process of it, and I told a lot of people, it wasn't me competing in bodybuilding, it wasn't the body that got me that it wasn't the body like anything about the physical changes, but it was that I did something that I didn't think that I could do. And I went through the process, and I learned, okay, you have to say no to some things that maybe previous Kelsey, the people pleaser, would have said yes to, but I have a goal, and I'm focused, and the now Kelsey, she's got to say no to that thing, and she has to really be focused on where she's headed. And so it was a lot of growth for me, Les, from I guess, a physical standpoint, but also more of a mental, emotional individual. Then my senior year, that's when I competed and I realized I was from the medical world, and so I saw everything siloed. The nutrition was siloed, the fitness was siloed, the mental side of it. And I'm like, why is it like you're a whole human? You know, it just didn't make sense to me. So that's when I started my company and all that. And then that's what led into Mission 48 is, I know that was your question. Let me get back to it real quick. But that's, what led into Mission 48 is I was, had my business for a few years. I was just kind of feeling, not necessarily burnt out, but I knew there was something more than just tapping on a computer, but I didn't know what that thing was. And I ended up watching a documentary, and highly recommend it. It's called Iron Cowboy. He did 50, listen to this if you think what I'm doing is crazy, 50 Iron Mans, okay, that's a full marathon, 112 miles, plus, mile bike, two miles (inaudible) in 50 states, in 50 days, with five kids in an RV.Lesley Logan 12:14  His partner deserves the award. But, like, obviously, like, some of those Iron Men were, like, not races, because there's like, Iron Man on a Wednesday. But the fact that he did that, that he drove, because we, my husband and I do tours, and like driving from one state to the next, some of those states are really close together. So east coast so easy, but eastern Colorado is fucking forever, just takes so long. So wow, that's impressive. I can see how that inspired you. And I want to go back to that, what you were doing. It makes a lot of sense. I think a lot of women get so used to not challenge we don't want to be wrong, because we've had to spend our entire life proving that we can do the thing that we're doing in every industry. Everywhere we're going, there's, like, some sort of proof that you are capable and confident. And so when you get to the thing that you're working so hard for, sometimes you just want to, like, be there. But then we wonder why we get a little stuck. We feel a little burnt out. We don't know who we are, and it's because there's a part of us that needs to actually challenge ourself in some way. But to turn on that key, to turn on the ignition, is really can be hard to do. It can be really challenging. We just had an episode come out where this girl, I think you'd really love her, but she said, Lisa Scholsberg said, when you're like, working with COVID mechanisms, she says, you are uncomfortable, you're not unsafe. And I think that we have to remind ourselves that we can get ourselves uncomfortable to become more of who we are, like that, like, you know what I mean? And so that's like coming up for me when I heard what you're talking about, because I, too, my family, my grandfather was a professional baseball player. My dad played sports. Everyone in my dad's side was an athlete. So there's like, not an option to not be an athlete. But I was actually never good at any of the sports. I had to work out all of the sports. I had to practice all the things I had the basketball hoop in the driveway and practice that. And you guys, I was on an undefeated team. We won the championship, and I never scored a fucking point. I was very good at rebounding, and I was very good at the good fouls, like the fouls that took a girl out, like, that, I was good at, but eye-hand coordination not happening. But like, I had to work at all those things. And even in my Pilates practice, there are people who are dancers by nature, and so when they became a Pilates instructor it's like they just moved so beautifully. And I'm like, I don't know how to do that. I have to work on that. So I resonate with that so much, because I think actually, most of us have to work at all of the things we do. There's so few people that are born with like Michael Phelps with the body that just swims really well. We think that it should come easier when really, actually, most of the most impressive stories are the ones that had to work really hard at it and be uncomfortable. And I want to highlight what you said, you have to learn to not be a people pleaser. You have to learn how to enforce boundaries. Because the only way to get to whatever the goal is, whether it is bodybuilding or, you know, 48 in 48 days, or whatever that is, you have to actually go what's is this really important to me right now that's going to take me from this. So can I do that in two months? And see them, then? We've still, like, it's a good practice for us. Kelsey Lensman 15:03  Oh, and I, oh, there's a few points I really (inaudible). So, number one, I love the unsafe that you're uncomfortable, not unsafe. Because I think, and I don't want to generalize women, but I'm going to call us out here is like, we can get very emotional about certain things, and in a yes, emotions are good, and please express them. But from a negative extent, what I, hear me out for a second is when we are not good at something, it's like, then our brain will start going, oh my gosh, you're terrible. Oh my gosh, you're not made for this. Oh, you can't do this. And it's like, our emotions will start to spin and spiral. Lesley Logan 15:34  Oh, it'll start to point out everything you're not good at, too. It'll just do all of them. Kelsey Lensman 15:37  Everything and I'm somebody like, okay, let's, get up. Let's take it back. What's physiologically going on, you know? And it's like, okay, when we can understand that our brain is wired for safety. It's not wired for our happiness or our fulfillment. It's wired, literally, just to keep us alive. And so when we do the new thing, we step out of the comfort zone. Your brain is like, whoa. What is happening? This is unpredictable, this is unknown. And it doesn't necessarily mean it's bad for you, or that it's not beneficial, but it's just like your physiology is trying to keep you safe, which is good, it's great, right? We want to stay alive, but when it's conflicting with actually where we are destined to go or or the growth that we want to have, we have to understand those emotions, they're not bad, but we can't live by them, you know, and that's incredibly important.Lesley Logan 17:46  You are, I think you're, I mean, like, so Gay Hendrick's my favorite authors, and he has the book The Big Leap, and we got, I was like. Kelsey Lensman 17:57  Oh, that is my favorite book. I just recommended it. Lesley Logan 16:35  Oh, it's, I've been recommending it since 2018 and I got to have him on the podcast. He's been on the podcast. He was episode 400 go listen. He's so amazing, but he talks about the things that we do when we go outside of our comfort zone. And so one of those is worry. One of those is get sick. There's like, different we pick fights. One of those is look for all the things that didn't go well. So we have a win, and then we're like, yeah, but this isn't working, and I felt so called out by that, but it goes to your point. When we start to like, we have a bad day, we go, we try to do something new or challenging for us, and it doesn't go the way we want it or the way we thought it would. And then for some of us, because our cope like, not our way of putting ourselves back in our comfort zone, is going oh, this didn't go well, and then this didn't go well, and we started like, and then it's this whole thing when actually, you picked up a heavier weight, or you tried a new recipe, or you went for a job, and that's the thing that didn't go well. These other things had probably zero to do with that. There's a correlation, but not a causation. And so we could, let's just focus on the one thing, because, yes, we should absolutely feel our feelings. I think that's one of the most beautiful things about women is that we can, but we can't, then let that feeling tell us all the other things we're not doing well, so that we get so distracted by the fact that we also don't have a clean house and our car is a mess and this, right, that we forget the goal was that I tried to do X thing, and I didn't do it well today, but I have more information. And I think we just need this is where we need women like you, Kelsey, that's why this, hopefully this podcast helps people, but also friends in our life, to go, oh, actually, hold on, hold on. All of this stuff has nothing to do with the main thing that made you feel this way in this moment. And what can we do? What can we learn from that?Kelsey Lensman 18:19  That's so good. That actually really hits home with me, and I'll be incredibly transparent here, like the Mission 48 thing, right? A whole big campaign took me a year to put together, and a lot of people asked me before, like, okay, Kelsey, what is success for you with this Mission 48 and I definitely got caught in what my expectation was for all of it is, I had crazy high expectations, right? Like, oh, I wanted to be here and here, even if I didn't consciously decide that, I think subconsciously, it's like this was a failure, even though I know failure is just feedback, but this is a failure if it didn't go this specific way. And I'll be honest with you, whenever you're in pursuit of the big goal, there's some things that are going to pan out, and there's some things they're not going to pan out, the way that you want. And so after Mission 48 it was a success in some capacities, and there were so many learnings in other capacities. And it was interesting, because after that my brain was like, man, that didn't pan out to the way that you wanted it, or it didn't go to the extent that you wanted to, even if, in some ways it did. And so it was very similar to your point of that little voice, or those little parts of you are going to pull up to try to almost throw stones at the thing that you did. And I have to continually remind myself, Kels, you just did something epic. You pursued. You had the courage. And I don't say this for me, but I say this for also people listening. You have the courage that not many people would have ever even had to pursue that, let alone to finish, let alone to start. And so I share that, especially with your audience, and not, you know, just inflate my ego, but to share like, maybe this person that's listening is starting a fitness journey, maybe that person that's listening is starting a business. The courage in the pursuit is something that you should be so damn proud of, and the courage in the continual persistence is something that you get to really be proud of from a daily, actual standpoint. I think more people need to hear that, because we just see the outcome, and we think, okay, if it's not exactly the way that I thought it was, then it's not how it's panned out. Lesley Logan 20:17  So you, yes, you bring up something that comes to my mind. So I was watching a workshop on fear. Sometimes people like are afraid of doing an exercise. And I'm like, I chose this exercise for you because I know your body can do it, but they have a fear of whatever that movement is. For whatever reason. Some people are afraid to go upside down, things like that. And so in this workshop I was watching, she brought up this one interesting thing that we actually get dopamine from the journey, not the completion. We think we have to finish the thing to get the celebratory results and everything, which, yes, there's though that does happen. But actually you get a dopamine high. You get a hit of dopamine in the pursuit of trying the thing out. So if you are trying to do a handstand, you can get the actual same feelings of awesomeness just trying to kick up into a handstand and coming back down, you're not even actually holding it. It's a very, very cool thing. And so I think that, like we we stop ourselves because we get obsessed, but we get frustrated right before we stop that process, because we go, I didn't do that right. You have those 40 events, and not everything went the way you wanted. I totally understand that we've had, we have we're about to on our seventh winter tour, our seventh tour. I'll be on winter tour. It's our biggest tour. It's got 23 cities, and three cities sold out in 24 hours. So five cities sold in 48 hours. And of course, of course, I can look at, oh, these cities haven't sold anything, and we start to focus on, what the fuck why aren't these? And then, like, what does that mean? Would it be like, you, it's, you know. So here's the thing, Kelsey and I can talk about this like we're experts, because we just we experience ourselves. We are not perfect. And the thing is, though, at some point we stop the spiral, and we become an observer and a reflector and go hold on, what's going on here. And I think the quicker you can do that, the quicker we can stop our the process of the spiral or the searching for everything goes wrong and stop, stop that you get that muscle be much faster. It means quicker recovery and more space to do the thing that you want to be doing.Kelsey Lensman 22:14  I love it. Everything you said just hits home with me. Hits home with me. So deeply. Lesley Logan 22:18  Okay, so what are you most excited about right now? You did a year of planning to do a 48 day, 48 event thing, and then what? Because, like, I don't believe in like, never, ever stop. I think that some people, once they hit one goal, they have another goal, and they never just sit and soak it up. But also, you clearly are someone who has something that they're working on. That's what lights you up. Kelsey Lensman 22:40  It's funny. After Mission 48 which was (inaudible) a year ago. So this is 2024 when this is recorded. It was 2023. Literally a year ago, almost to the date that I finished it. And after that, I was in contemplative mode. It changed me in ways where I got I like to say it this way, best way to say it is like it was such a big pattern interrupted my life. It was different. As you know, when you travel for 48 days, you're not waking up, working out, going to work, come home, eat dinner, you're not in the monotony of it, which there is value to routine, but at the same time, when you just kind of keep going in that monotony over and over a month goes by and you're like, I don't even know what to do with my life. I don't even know what happened. And so for 48 days, it was just completely pattern interrupt. And so after that, it gave me a new perspective. Les, okay, what is your life going to look like differently after this Kels? There's certain things that you're going to stop doing when you come home. There's going to be certain hard decisions that you're going to make, that you're actually going to have the courage to make after. And so the beginning of the year was a lot more, I almost say, like, regrounding. It's like, okay, I made some really hard decisions personally and professionally that I didn't want to make, but I knew that I had to, and I knew that it was in alignment with me. And this would have been the spring time.I ran a company. It was called Empower Fitness, and we ended up not getting the trademark back for that in the spring, which at the moment, I was like, oh, dang it. Like, that's what we do, like our own strength events around the country, and that's all of it. But I always say there's, it's for a reason. And so it made me really challenge myself to think, okay, Kels, what do you want to build? Yes, you're individually but like, what do you want to build from a company, from a mission, from a movement standpoint? And so that has led to, now, it's actually interesting timing. So I just dropped it four days ago, but I rebranded my whole company, and it's a whole new vision where it's an Xpand Your Limits. XYL, you can kind of see it from the video short. Lesley Logan 24:27  Oh, I love it. Kelsey Lensman 24:28  Yeah. And it's all about different events that challenge women outside of their comfort zone. And so we have all women's strength events around the country where we've had ages 14, no, no, seven to 72 years old, where they're trying to get as much weight as they can. So that's one division. We also have an endurance division, so running and biking, we have an outdoors division, so it's like rocking and military style events. And then we have our last one, I think you would hit with this is it's a resilience division, where it's breath work, cold plunge, sauna, like really teaching yourself how to decompact your nervous system.Lesley Logan 25:00  That's definitely my alley. I'm in there. I have a cold plunge in my house. So, yes. Kelsey Lensman 25:06  I wish I had that. Oh, dang. Lesley Logan 25:08  Okay, here so easy. We maybe you don't have an extra bathroom. We have an extra bathroom and it has a tub. Live in a house with just two people and three bathrooms. So we took the tub. There's a company that has it's kind of like what they do for jellyfish tanks. So we just filled the tub up on Tuesday mornings, and then we put these tubes in, and it makes the water super cold. This piece of equipment wasn't it was like 500 bucks as opposed to, like the $11,000 plunge, which I would love to have, but that's a lot of money. So anyways, it keeps our bathtub water at 50 degrees. We can make it colder, but that's where we're at right now, 50 degrees. And so my husband, I use it every morning, and then on Tuesday mornings, we drain it, it gets the tub, gets clean, and we redo it. And we do it every morning for several minutes, (inaudible) yeah, I'll send I'll send it to you. And then we I have a sauna blanket. And so I love my sauna. Oh, Brad has already heard. Brad's already heard guys, so I already have an affiliate link for her. We'll make sure we put it in the notes. But anyways, it is, uh, so I have a sauna blanket in the house, like I am, and then obviously I teach breath work. But I'm obsessed with this stuff because I can't sit still and meditate. But I like these practices because my ADHD gets to think about something else while I'm trying to meditate.Kelsey Lensman 26:22  Yeah, and I think there's so much value as you probably experience is like when you physically do something you didn't think you could do. It sometimes gives you more courage in business or personal relationships to make the hard decision or to pursue that thing. Lesley Logan 26:37  100% Kelsey. It is what I say to people all the time, even their Pilates practice like you do your Pilatespractice and you spend time with your mind and body connection. You're like, wow, I just did this really hard thing. It is part of the confidence building and doing hard things. Or, oh, I can't do this, but I can do this. And it's like just that habit of telling yourself, I'm not able to do this yet, but I can do this. It helps you seek out in other problems, like I was able to do that. So I love so you have these three divisions, three divisions, four divisions. How many?Kelsey Lensman 27:04   Four with resilience, yeah, four with resilience. Lesley Logan 27:05  That is so awesome. That is so cool. You, like, I hope you. I hope when your events ever come to Vegas I want to come. Kelsey Lensman 27:13  Oh, I'll message you. Yeah. So we're actually expanding out right now, just in different states. Our lifting, so we've done that for a few years has been in different states, but now is like the next step, with all the other divisions, with the rebrand. So we'll get on it. I'm excited. Lesley Logan 27:25  I mean, you guys, we're all hearing this now, and we're watching Kelsey grow. I'm like, I knew her win.Kelsey Lensman 27:29  She first rebranded to this. That's company, where it's going, which I'm really excited about. And then I just value not just talking the talk, but walking the walk, I think it, there's just so much value to that. And it was funny, because not that lifting isn't hard for me anymore, but it's, I enjoy it. It's fun. It's not kind of that same discomfort. And I hate running. I do not like running. It is not my favorite, but I'm like, all right, Kels, you gotta walk the walk, girl. And so that's when I sign up for the 100 miler, and it has I still don't like running fully. I have more respect for it, like I always say, I found respect for running and the discipline of it, but it's not like, oh, let's go run 16 miles today.Lesley Logan 28:12  No, I was a professional runner for a bit, and even then, I didn't. I enjoyed how I felt afterwards, and I enjoyed running with my girlfriends, but I actually didn't like the running.Kelsey Lensman 28:22  Yeah, I ran 16 this morning, and I was like, oh, I'm good on that one.Lesley Logan 28:26  Yeah, yeah, that's why you need this cold punch and then some Pilates mat side kicks and single I've got a whole little workout for you, because it will. I never had any any injury running or pain running ever. And I, after my first marathon, the next day, I like, walk up a flight of stairs and I didn't feel it. So because what people don't realize is, when you are doing anything, running, cycling, it's all on that frontal plane. If you strengthen your side body, you actually have way more balance. You don't trip when you're tired, and it offsets the load there. So I'll send it to you.Kelsey Lensman 29:02  That's what I can notice, not to get nerdy about this, but real quick mental stuff, is I can notice, like, my glute (inaudible) because I'm so much just in this pain going forward, is I noticed one, it's working a lot more, but also, like, I need to be really proactive about that, because that's going to help my hips. So.Lesley Logan 29:16  I have a whole thing for you. When I was a professional runner, I was sponsored, and I actually used to train elite runners, and they all were in the Boston Marathon the same year of the Boston bombing. But all of them, they were elite. So I wasn't, I wasn't there. I didn't. I am a sponsored runner because I was training elite athletes, and I actually, in a relay did win the LA Marathon with my relay partner, but as a, not as like a solo person. At any rate, they all were injury free, and their times were faster because of the mat work that we did before or after. We did it before on a long run day and after on a speed work day. But it is true, if you don't, it gets tighter and then that starts to affect your lower back, and it's a whole chain. So anyways, You are awesome. This is so cool. You have to let us know how your 100 mile goes. We better stay in touch, because I. Kelsey Lensman 30:04  It's December 30th this year. Lesley Logan 30:06  December 30th, this is how you're gonna wrap the year? Kelsey Lensman 30:09  So it's this, oh, this event is cool. So it's called Across the Year. So it events that finish throughout the end of the year and then start the beginning. So I'll be running literally as the clock ticks to 2025, you can think of (inaudible).Lesley Logan 30:22  Yeah but you have to have some friends along the way, right? Like friends with pouches of food and stuff, yeah? So cool. Okay, we're gonna take a brief break and find out how people can find you, follow you, work with you. Lesley Logan 30:34  All right, Kelsey, you're freaking awesome. I don't know. I can't be the only person who's like, anyone listens like I want to be friends with Kelsey. How do people get to hang out with you? Because your energy is so amazing. It's so contagious. And what you're doing, I think most of the women here would want to challenge themselves in one of those ways. I, don't let the rucking scare you guys. There's a few other things that she mentioned she does.Kelsey Lensman 30:57  That's so good. That's so good. I appreciate you. No, this was a just such a good time, and I appreciate, one, you having me on but also people listen, too.Lesley Logan 31:03  Yeah. So where do you hang out with the rebrand? Where's your website? Where can they work with you? Don't you have a book coming out?Kelsey Lensman 31:08  I do. So next year, this has been this time next year is a book coming out. But my social, so Kelsey Lensman, @KelseyLensman, everything is on there, and then you'll see our company Xpand Your Limits on social, and then Xpand Your Limit not the s .com is where we'll have everything, too.Lesley Logan 31:25  I love it. We'll have all those in the show notes. Make sure you guys all find her follower, see if she's got an event where you are at. You have inspired us in so many ways already. But for our overachievers, perfectionist people who are just like, hold on. What's the what's my first next step? Bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted steps people can take to be it till they see it. What do you have for us? Kelsey Lensman 31:42  I'm going to say this because this is the first thing from my brain is sign up for something that scares the crap out of you. I think that is such an actionable step that you will learn, not if, you will learn so much about yourself, and it will challenge you to level up in ways that something not on the calendar won't. So sign up for not, not us. You don't need to do XYL stuff. You're more than welcome to, but whether it be a Spartan Race or race, or anything that you do, sign up for something, show up and endure the process and learn a lot about yourself in the process of it. Lesley Logan 32:11  I love that. Here in Vegas, they have a circus school, and they have like, 40,000 square feet or something. Brad will correct me on the recap, but it's insanity. They even have physical therapists and doctors on site, because obviously Vegas has the circus acts, all these different professional dancers. And so they can actually be members there, and they can see doctors there, and then get taped and whatever. And they can go and practice their whatever, right? But there's a trapeze, there's those Olympic trampolines, there's Lyra, there's all these different things. And so I went to the tryout, like the trial day. It was me. I was 40 years old guys with, like, two seven year olds. So two seven year old boys, that was what was going on. And it was the most to your point. It was uncomfortable in a 40 year old with two seven year olds. Like, okay, did I sign for the wrong class? What is going on here? And then to be jumping on this humongous, not a rebound or like an Olympic trampoline, but you fly up. You're like a story off the ground. You go through all that, you go you get frustrated in a second, be like, hold on. I'm learning. I'm trying to have fun, and it's really quite a fun challenge. I did not do the trapeze. I didn't know it was a 90-minute class. And I'm okay with that, because I'll just be never like, hold that bar. So that's just my avenue. But until we can ensure my whole body from Lloyds of London, or whatever it is, we got to rein it in. But it was really fun. And then the next year, so this in 2024 I signed up for pole classes because I was like, I go, feel like a sexy person. I feel like one of those awkward people. And pole was so it was such a challenge, because you think you're strong, and then you try to hold on to a pole that's slippery. Then it gives you every pay your pole dancers more everyone just pay them more. So I agree with this Be It Action Items wholeheartedly. Lesley Logan 33:51  Kelsey, thank you so much for being part of the Be It Till You See It podcast. I can't wait to see what you do next. We are going to follow your amazing journey, and please keep us posted on the book and all the stuff that you're doing, because I think you're gonna inspire so many women from around the world. Everyone, make sure you follow Kelsey. Check out Xpand Your Limits. Make sure you share this podcast with someone else. Maybe you need a buddy to like, do something scary with. That's okay. That could be a really fun way to get to do things and until next time, Be It Till You See It. Lesley Logan 34:21  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. 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A few weeks out from Thanksgiving and with all the holiday parties/travel coming up, is exercising a priority for you? My guest this week on the podcast (go subscribe) has some wisdom for you when it comes to fitness, health, plus nutrition, leadership! She is a Crossfit gym owner, an accomplished athlete with Ironmans and triathlons, also a city council member in Columbus GA. (2:09) Joanne Cogle wants to help people get 1% better every day. If you have excuses about working out, she says there's no time like the present to do it. If you're waiting to be good enough or ready, stop waiting. She says it's about your future and quality of life! Group fitness also helps, but how? (11:55) Her fitness journey started in Canada where she grew up, from biking and the YMCA...to being a basketball coach, PE teacher, personal trainer...to taking ideas from an Army gym to open her own. (17:35) Joanne opened CrossFit CSG almost 9 years ago. What's her favorite exercise? She also explains how they're bridging gap for those on the rebound from injuries etc. and the typical "workout of the day" their eclectic group does that are very structured and coached. Learn more about her gym: https://crossfitcsg.com/. (24:36) Also vital for your wellness is nutrition - protein is underrated - and sleep/recovery. (29:06) Seeing a competition on TV sparked Joanne to do an Ironman, and the super competitive athlete has done 20 Ironman distances since then, but says simply walking a 5K is a great start for anyone. The key is to do things that you'll succeed at...then build on that. (36:12) Joanne is also the event promoter for TriColumbusGA that does many local triathlons and races. Making exercise fun is also important, including holiday-themed events like one she's race director for, the Santa Claus Classic 10K through Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Resort and Gardens in GA: https://www.active.com/pine-mountain-ga/running/distance-running-races/santa-claus-classic-10k-2024. (39:20) Finally, she has some advice about leadership and how to treat people as a woman that wears several hats, including now city government leader. The priorities, she says, should be public safety and parks (and rec). Joanne closes us out with how CrossFit has changed her definition of fitness, and how she's inspired by the opportunity to change others' lives. (54:36) And at the end of the episode...my closing prayer Thanks for listening to the #RunTheRace podcast! Also, write a quick review about it, on Apple podcasts. For more info and all past episodes, go to www.wtvm.com/podcast/.

Defying Limits: The James Lawrence Story Join us in this week's Team Never Quit Podcast for an awe-inspiring conversation with James Lawrence, a man who turned his failures into a catalyst for extraordinary achievements. Known as the “Iron Cowboy”, James has set multiple world records in the world of triathlons and endurance sports. From barely finishing his first 5k at 28 to completing 50 full-distance triathlons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days, James's journey is a testament to the power of mental fortitude and relentless determination. James didn't grow up as an endurance athlete. At the age of 28, he struggled to finish his first 5k. However, this initial failure ignited a competitive spirit within him and a desire to achieve what seemed impossible. James Lawrence's story is a powerful reminder that our limitations are often self-imposed and that with determination and focus, we can achieve incredible feats. Whether you're an athlete, a professional, or someone looking to push past personal barriers, James's journey offers valuable insights and inspiration. In This Episode You Will Hear: • My dad was a firefighter my entire life. He was out there serving and saving. (2:59) • My life changed at the Calgary Stampede. I entered a contest to see who could ride the giant Ferris wheel for the entire 10 days of the stampede. I won the contest. (3:43) • I've been a dreamer my entire life. (4:53) • I'm really good at forgiving myself for mistakes that I've made in the past. (4:57) • I don't see things as good or bad in the ups and downs of life. I see them all as opportunities. (7:00) • I could become “woe is me” and become a victim of the economy and the circumstances that was happening. I tried to fine the positive from it. (8:45) • I think 1 door closes and 10 doors open. (10:22) • When you do something and reach that mountaintop, your perspective changes on what's possible because you've changed. (11:43) • We broke the world record for the most Half Ironmans in a year. It was 22 Ironmans in 30 weeks. (12:44) • In 2012 we did official, full-length Ironman races. We did 30 Ironmans in 11 countries in that year. (12:58) • I'm just trying to find out what my limits are as a human. (14:12) • I love setting new standards. (14:26) • In 2015 after the second world record, we did 50 Ironmans in 50 days through all 50 states. (32:23) • In 2021, we did 100 consecutive Ironmans – An Ironman a day for a quarter of a year, 14,000+ miles to raise money to eradicate sex trafficking. (32:48) • What I'm most excited about is our new book: Iron Hope. (33:22) • Constantly show up and pursue greatness for yourself. (38:06) • Sometimes in life we're gonna have to get up and do things when we don't want to. (39:29) Socials: - ironcowboyjames - https://www.ironcowboy.com/ -  IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13 - https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors:   - Navyfederal.org          - drinkAG1.com/TNQ   - ghostbed.com/TNQ [TNQ]   - Shadyrays.com [TNQ]   - Hims.com/TNQ    - Shopify.com/TNQ   - mackweldon.com/utm_source=streaming&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastlaunch&utm_content=TNQutm_term=TNQ   - PXG.com/TNQ   - Aura.com/TNQ   - Moink.com/TNQ   - TAKELEAN.com [TNQ]   - usejoymode.com [TNQ]   - Shhtape.com [TNQ]   - Policygenius.com -  IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13 - https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors:   - Navyfederal.org          - drinkAG1.com/TNQ   - ghostbed.com/TNQ [TNQ]   - Shadyrays.com [TNQ]   - Hims.com/TNQ    - Shopify.com/TNQ   - mackweldon.com/utm_source=streaming&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcastlaunch&utm_content=TNQutm_term=TNQ   - PXG.com/TNQ   - Aura.com/TNQ   - Moink.com/TNQ   - TAKELEAN.com [TNQ]   - usejoymode.com [TNQ]   - Shhtape.com [TNQ]   - Policygenius.com