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Building Better Humans

Joe Courtney

Shane Farmer on How to be an Elite Performer in Life (with a side of rowing)

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Today, on the podcast with have Shane Farmer from Dark Horse Rowing and we discuss:

  • Fitness Challenge [1:03]
  • Mental Toughness Challenge [2:40]
  • Book Recommendation [4:08]
  • Shane’s Athletic Background [8:01]
  • What Does it Take to be an Elite Performer [12:04]
  • Following Your Passion [16:25]
  • Obstacles he’s faced [20:20]
  • Dark Horse Rowing [22:44]
  • Rower vs. Airdyne [24:30]
  • The ONE Thing that can Make Your a Better Rower [26:33]
  • Where Rowing Fits in Programming [28:00]
  • The Book Question [32:09]
  • Habits, routines, self-improvement, etc [34:55]
  • Quick Fire Questions [42:05]
  • THE Question [47:13]

Connecting with Shane:

In this 54-minute episode Shane Farmer and I discuss:

  • Why he left the world of suits and cubicles to be a coach
  • Fighting Resistance in Life
  • The Power of Habit
  • Following Your Passion
  • How to Strategically Improve Rowing
  • Weight Loss and Rowing
  • And A LOT MORE!!

If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast either on Sticher, iTunes, or Google Play by using the links below:

This Week’s Better Human Bullets

  • Fitness challenge – Row 2000 meters, but with a twist. Hide the monitor, OR face somebody, swap monitor cables and race them!
  • Mental Toughness Challenge – Sit in a corner or somewhere without distraction for 20 minutes. No phone, no tv, no nothing. Work through your thoughts and your mind. Feel free to meditate, pray, etc. Just you and your mind, 20 minutes.
  • Book Recommendation – Clutterfree with Kids: Change your thinking. Discover new habits. Free your home.

Thanks for listening!

Jerred

Making Your Brain Fitter, Faster and Stronger with Dr. Allison Brager

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If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast either on Sticher, iTunes, or Google Play by using the links below:

This week, we have Dr. Allison Brager on the podcast to fix your sleep and to fix your brain. Some of the things we discuss in this week’s episode…

This Week’s Better Human Bullets

  • Fitness challenge = Heavy Med Ball Walks — Bear Hug Style
  • Mental Toughness Challenge = Sit and do NOTHING for 5 minutes
  • Book Recommendation = Tools of Titans

In this 50-minute episode Allison and I discuss:

  • Why she is leaving academia for active duty
  • Sleep optimization and recovery
  • Exercise and athletic performance at the level of the brain
  • Chronobiology
  • Best ways to increase brain performance
  • Plant-based medicines and their uses (nothing illegal here)
  • How to Re-Set your brain with sleep
  • How to Re-wire your brain with stimulation
  • Getting the brain fitter, faster and stronger through exercise
  • And A LOT MORE!!

Then we hop into the quick-fire questions: 

  • Hardest workout she’s ever done.
  • Allison’s opinion on the best activity for building mental toughness.
  • The one piece of workout equipment she could not live without.

Then

THE QUESTION:

  • Best advice you have for becoming a better human? This is 100% open-ended.

Links for Dr. Brager

Thanks for listening!

Jerred