Our society is sick, largely because we don't take good care of ourselves. Some of this is due to our work culture of "more is better". But what if, instead of trying to work more, we focus on increasing our value? How can we contribute more to others in such a way that allows us to take better care of ourselves? The right mindset can provide us with more opportunities...let's explore these ideas to help you Live All Your Life.Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

00:00 Cold Therapy Morning05:05 Time Heals All Wounds (And other nonsense)07:23 Active Recovery13:47 Stoicism, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson16:59 Growing Resilience25:40 Taking Ownership Means Taking Action31:19 Stop with the R.I.C.E.! (Dr. Mirkin coined the term in 1978, read his retraction here.) 36:13 Summary: Taking an active role in recoveryCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Seeing our own faults can be challenging, but with the right tools, we can keep a healthy outlook and use that self-knowledge to act on positive change.00:00 Matrix 4 Spoiler Alert! 04:29 How To Discover And Deal With Your Own Faults (In a healthy and effective way)24:23 Once you discover something about yourself, you must then determine its value to you and if it's worth putting in the work to change27:49 Improving the skill of fault recognition and change results in a shortening of the gaps between mistake, ownership, and action to correct54:23 Our brains learn through association, so in order to change our relationship to past events, we often have to work to change the associations we have01:02:24 If you're seeking advice, it's valuable to develop the skill of detachment. Don't ask for an opinion if you're desiring a certain answer01:15:31 TAKEAWAYS: Actions steps to recognizing and correcting our own faultsCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

00:00 Everything you want in the moment has an impact on your future03:33 The dark side of Delayed Gratification09:16 The dark side of avoiding discomfort11:56 Consistent practice is a key to self-knowledge, in order to be the person you want to be, you have to practice acting like that person25:49 Treating your "personality traits" as skills rather than predetermined states33:53 Self-acceptance and a desire for change CAN co-exist41:00 The Sunscreen Song (Trust me, listen to the whole thing)41:53 We get to decide what value we put on our future44:48 Only practice delayed gratification when it's helping you become the person you want to be, your work for tomorrow can be enjoyable today58:38 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear "Every action you take is a vote for who you want to be in the future"01:01:17 Instead of working toward a specific goal, focus on changing your identity - become the person who lives the life you want (Read how here)01:07:11 Traditions can be powerful - be sure to assess their value to you01:08:38 The End Of History FallacyCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Icebreaker: Concerts! Extreme, Kid Ego, Taylor Swift Reputation Album06:47 Mindset: Abundance VS. Scarcity - some new ways to look at these ideas08:20 You get to choose how to view structure in your life18:43 Be Water - Bruce Lee, create an abundance mindset by bending around your environment (some Zen philosophy)29:48 "End Of History Illusion"- Cognitive Bias31:04 Tim Ferriss with Derek Sivers43:32 Jen Sincero44:22 Being generous helps you build an abundance mindset51:38 Most of what we think of as "personality traits" can be altered as a skill01:10:16 A powerful summary for developing abundanceCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

00:00 Icebreaker: Latest dream07:28 Cornering yourself into the things you know you want to do, but for some reason resits. Freedom can be hard12:51 Making progress19:03 The first result to seek from your efforts should be to change your identity. Explore this idea further here:  STOP SETTING GOALS!: Learn the Lyceum Method to achieve more, stress less, and love all your life. by Cody Limbaugh, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear26:38 Listen to more about Boundaries here27:47 Never Do Nothing - Kelly Starrett41:04 Pain VS. Progress47:56 Listen to: Prioritizing Joy In The Pursuit Of Success48:00 Pacing for Progress52:04 Consistency helps us to know ourselves better, and self knowledge is a powerful tool53:12 Listen to your body as a trusted advisor, but don't let it become your master57:22 Grease the Groove01:02:03 Exercise demos from us: FitTogether YouTube01:02:00 The Amazing Effects From Five Minutes A Day01:14:45 The importance of external support01:15:00 A summary of many powerful methods for changing your lifeCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

00:00 Getting naked in a room full of people, or letting them see your drawings? What's worse?04:50 Learning Styles, Teaching Styles and How To Relate To More People: Skills can atrophy, so if you want to be able to relate to more people, you have to practice various forms of communication08:05 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear26:41 Study: handwriting notes and improved retention as discussed on The Huberman Lab Podcast30:43 1 Corinthians 9:2231:40 Milk32:24 Seems like most people think they are immune from their echo chambers while everyone else is susceptible44:09 Live All Your Life: important take-aways for staying in a growth phase as you age48:45 Life Expectancy · Both sexes: 76.4 years · Males: 73.5 years · Females: 79.3 years.49:45 Learn by teaching :AKA - The Feynman Technique51:07 The Dig52:30 To communicate more effectively, ask for clarification through various styles53:28 Strawman VS. Steelman55:17 The Lex Fridman Podcast : CEO of ChatGPT, and The End Of The World?57:29 Experiential Learning01:04:00 AICouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Are you regretful of the past? Or do you long for a previous version of yourself? How can we frame the past to best serve us today? Tali and Cody explore these ideas and more on this episode of The Philosophy Of Fitness Series. 01:25 What are your bad habits? The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg05:52 How do we compare our current self to our past selves? Are you moving and changing, like a flowing river? Or are you stagnant like a putrid pond?16:45 Is the desire for a past version of ourselves a positive motivator, or a wistful regret? 24:31 How can we manage our reactions to atrophy or perishable skills that have been lost? Is there power in re-framing your past with your current perspectives? 40:40 Tools to let go if you're stuck in the past: Meditation, Re-framing, Taking on a new pursuit, practicing gratitude, Metta: loving kindness, Journal the lessons learned -self-knowledge- and plan on how to apply those lessons in positive ways, take pressure off of yourself by recognizing that the present moment is a new beginning, Start where you're at55:04 You get to choose how a "defining moment" defines youCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

What we're thinking or feeling at any given moment is often dramatically different from our external reality. Aligning your internal dialogue to be closer to the objective truth can be a valuable skill for progress, happiness, contentment, and confidence. Tali and Cody offer up some ideas on how we might develop a healthier outlook. 08:20 Pat Flynn "Hard to read the label when you're inside the bottle"11:55 Expectations vs Results18:45 Advice for injuries25:51 Power Posing28:45 5-Minute Morning Mindset Boost, watch here!29:00  The Huberman Lab Podcast31:49 Differences between how you're feeling and how other's perceive you 34:43 An opportunity for us to develop more compassion36:19 Self-criticism isn't something to eliminate44:01 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown45:40 HowToFitTogether.com46:39 Mentorship: reconciling our internal state and our external reality47:59 It's a massive mistake to assume that everybody else is experiencing things in the same way you are50:22 Assessment: 023 The Magic Of Metrics! The Philosophy Of Fitness Ep.1354:11 Learn more about Objectivism01:02:01 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear01:02:53 Take the drudgery out of your self-discipline 027 Make Self-Discipline Easier With This One Practice: The Philosophy Of Fitness #17Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

So you hire a coach, a mentor, a teacher, how can you trust what they're teaching you? Tali and Cody discuss some key elements and strategies for getting the most out of your mentor relationships. 00:43 Intro01:53 Nuno Bettencourt09:36 How to judge your mentors, teachers, leaders, and coaches. Having a guide is good. Blind obedience is not!11:28 How can you know something? Francis Bacon and the scientific method: According to Bacon, learning and knowledge all derive from the basis of inductive reasoning.15:32 What are your values and incentives? What are your mentor's values and incentives? Screen your mentors - that discernment requires self-knowledge.22:59 Even though we live in an "information age", it still holds true that you often get what you pay for!26:46 The Final Attempt: Mentors can be more effective if they acknowledge where their students are at. Collaboration need not be off the table. And a great mentor will instill agency in their students.33:10 Two things to gain trust in a mentor: 1) Are they collaborative and customizing info? Or is it top-down and generic? 2) Can they provide a justification for why they're teaching what they're teaching?36:55 It's reassuring when you find a mentor who can admit when they don't know something. It becomes easier to trust what they say they do know. In addition, we can more readily trust a mentor who expects us to outgrow them rather than having a life-long or open-ended reliance on them. 53:19 You are the only person responsible for your own decisions. So, speak up when you need to and take ownership of all of your own actions!54:39 Separate ideas from personalities. Create a habit of considering ideas on their own merit, regardless of the source.01:00:14 Tucker: The Man And His DreamCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Explore some key components to a thriving relationship with us as we unpack some of the Philosophy Of Fitness! 04:11 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear: Your environment can have a massive affect on your actions. So one way to develop a new healthy habit, is to construct an environment that prompts you to do those things you want to do. 05:52 Relationship Fitness, how lessons in the gym can be applied to our relationships.08:09 We are seldom taught, as children, explicit methods for having good relationships.10:31 Art of Manliness Podcast Ep. on Rites of Passage (don't let the title turn you off, this is a beautiful podcast episode!)12:23 If you're interested in some really fascinating history of the roles of women in ancient Greece, check out: The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku.13:03 One reason why young men and boys will act mean or aloof when they are attracted to someone. 15:49 Intention: With fitness, we have to be intentional about offsetting the perils of modern life. Good relationships don't necessarily take "work", but they do take intentional practice and presence. 22:48 Watch the opening credits to "F is for Family" as a great analogy to what we're talking about in losing intention.26:47 Relationships, like fitness, can deteriorate out of a lack of consistent, intentional practice. Just like you don't mean to get out of shape, it just happens, so too can our relationships get deconditioned when left to unintentional whims. 28:41 We are all changing all the time. Don't fall into the trap of assumptions about yourself, your partner, and your relationship. 29:18 Entering into a relationship can be seen as an implicit contract. You are now responsible for considering someone else besides yourself. 30:04 Just like being genetically predisposed to accel at a certain sport, compatibility can reduce the friction (work needed) in your relationship. 39:27 If you're seeking compatibility, work on yourself and becoming the type of person who will be attractive to what you want.48:45 ProgreCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Cody and Tali explore the idea of slowing down to get better results, drawing lessons for life out of the weightlifting cue: Slow Is Smooth And Smooth Is Fast!00:45 Icebreaker: Favorite Coaching Cues04:18 Our First Podcast Video! <>05:27 Today’s Topic: Slow Is Smooth And Smooth Is Fast! How does this carry over from a weightlifting cue into the rest of our lives? 20:56 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Paperback – by Greg McKeown, Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up) Hardcover – by Marie Kondo, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Paperback – by David Allen30:02 Hilarious Infomercial Acting. If only these poor people knew that Slow Is Smooth And Smooth Is Fast! 35:38 Rushing results is counterproductive. Treat your work as urgent but the results with patience.40:04 The Upper Limit Problem: The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks41:00 You must embody the life you want. Instead of looking toward goals to achieve, focus on becoming the person who lives out your life’s vision! (See more here)47:06 Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein Slowing down the process of figuring out how you want to live your life can help you make better choices for the long haul!52:32 Start Where You’re At, Ep. 0301:05:24 Slowing down your actions helps smooth (and soothe) the mind!1:07:06 Getting strong too fast makes you weak.Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

We hear a lot about boundaries these days but we're not all well equipped with how to set boundaries and how to decide what boundaries will serve us well. In today's episode, Tali and Cody explore these ideas and leave you with some actionable take-aways. 00:46 Icebreakers05:32 Setting Boundaries - Why is it hard? Perhaps because the way kids are raised is typically with little to no autonomy, rarely given the opportunities to learn how to set boundaries, then grow into adults who've never practiced that skill. 08:11 It's possible to not even know you need boundaries.08:55 Finding the sweet spot of knowing when to set boundaries, and learning to be discerning when you're learning from a coach or teacher. Having pre-established boundaries can help.13:17 Wild Country Documentary14:56 Establishing boundaries might start with ethics, but can also be put in place based on preferences for the life you want. 21:18 Boundaries can change as we change and grow. Don't allow your need to be liked to keep you from advocating for yourself. Book: The Courage To Be Disliked23:57 Honesty and vulnerability can be strengths, but you also don't owe most people an explanation for your own boundaries. Boundaries, as well as your obligations, change depending on the relationship. 33:39 You can set boundaries for yourself that don't involve others as well. (Sometimes referred to as self-discipline. It's really just making decisions, but you make them in advance of the event.)39:39 Boundless might sound like freedom, but being boundless is also being directionless. There is freedom in self-imposed boundaries. 44:37 Setting boundaries requires self-knowledge and helps you articulate the implicit as an explicit statement. Making explicit agreements leads to better relationships.51:39 Stepping outside your comfort zone to try new things can help you learn where you want your boundaries to be.01:02:50 Your boundaries are an expression of your values.01:09:02 Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

GET UNSTUCK! WOW! This is a powerful episode, packed with actionable takeaways to get you outside your comfort zone and in a growth state of thriving so you can Live All Your Life!!!00:00 Icebreaker: What are your "gym superstitions?"06:43 Atomic Habits An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Paperback by Charles Duhigg, how superstitions and routines can help prepare your mind for the task at hand. They actually work because they can improve your performance.14:30 Taking rest VS. flaking out. Is On and Off better than lower frequency but steady state? Is one better than the other at all, or is this an individual preference or trait?18:20 The need for resistance in our lives (and our tendency to avoid it). The need for resistance is a law of nature. You cannot thrive without it. Example: fans in a greenhouse. PRO TIPS on how to maintain strong bones and maximize calcium absorption!27:41 Learning is maximized when you're failing 85% of the time. It's the overcoming of this challenge that changes your brain, not having the satisfaction of having all the answers. If allowed to affect your actions, fear of failure leads to failure.32:22 Managing the appropriate dose: Outside your comfort zone, but within the boundaries of an appropriate stimulus. 39:04 You can teach yourself to ENJOY the discomfort. Listen to this section to learn how.43:59 When fear or anxiety grips you, it's an opportunity for self-evaluation and an assessment of your values.45:27 How to experience less trauma and be a more resilient person.51:58 Some Pro Tips on having an amazing relationship: Have explicit agreements instead of assumptions, 100% honesty, forthrightness (offer your vulnerable internal thoughts to your partner), address issues IN THE MOMENT instead of putting them off, give your partner the benefit of the doubt in order to create a non-confrontational environment for honesty.53:37 Incremental challenges can change who you are over time. Step a little outside your comfort zone and stay there long enough, do it enough times, and you will expand your comfort zone. You can learn to prepare for stepping outside your comfort zone and you can learn to let go of the frustration of challenges to view tCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

How do you prepare for the challenges of life? Perhaps we can once again take some lessons from the gym and learn to warm-up into the hard things. Ep. 23 of The Philosophy of Fitness. Do you have thoughts on today's episode? Now you can join our conversation! Click on the orange button here to ask a question, or give us your thoughts! 00:45 Bloopers and Ice Breakers04:46 Warming Up for life's challenges05:54 Phase 6 12:50 Some concepts of building a warm-up that might apply to other areas of life: Some examples; this podcast, crucial conversations17:31 Over-preparing creates fear20:35 Finding the sweet spot22:28 Goal-setting, planning, researching, and learning are not taking action...if you're not taking action, you're not really getting prepared30:17 With an action bias, use the following tools to structure your "warm-ups": General To Specific, Find A Structured Minimum, 34:10 Some tips for having crucial conversations: 1: Ask yourself (and communicate) what outcome you're hoping for right up front, 2: Give a disclaimer, If you're not sure how to express yourself or articulate, say so, let the other person know what you're feeling before you get into the details, 47:05 Set the tone when you first embark on something new. How do you want to be, who do you want to be, practice being that person now.50:36 How can you prepare for the unknown? Do hard things on purpose, so that when hard things inevitably come your way, you have a certain comfort level with the uncomfortable.55:04 Your daily practices are what will prepare you for whatever future comes your way, so act accordingly.01:01:25 Practice accepting the worst-case scenario, then work to improve from there, that way, if something bad does happen, at least you've tried to prepare and if it doesn't, you have increased confidence to try01:04:02 A near-flawless routine01:05:19 Some of the takeaways to being generally prepared for things; doing uncomfortable things, stretching yourself, facing fear, and having an action bias toward your "warmup" - doing these uncomfortable things is an act of love for yourself01:07:12 The more you DO, the more you learn, then the more effective your preparation can be01:07Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Teaching is a separate skill set from the subject that is being taught. Seeking the best mentor can sometimes be tricky because that person may or may not be a shining example of where you want to go. This week we discuss some of these nuances and some valuable tips about some counterintuitive ways to learn. 00:00 Intro00:44 A Jewish Christmas?05:48 The difference between being an athlete and being a coach, is it true that "Those Who Cannot Do, Teach"?06:47 Teaching as a form of learning07:52 Bob Bowman's entire athletic career was comprised of 3 years of swimming in college, and one year as team captain, but he was a coach for 30 years and one of his students went on to set an all-time record for most Olympic gold medals. Michael Phelps won 23 gold medals under the instruction of Bob Bowman.09:44 The flip side: Someone who's living a destructive lifestyle but giving you advice15:01 A good litmus test for identifying a good mentor is to look at the results they get for their students. Ref. Episode 022 How To Utilize A Good Coach or Mentor: The Philosophy Of Fitness24:11 Ed Mylett: “You are Most Qualified to Help the Person You Used to Be.” Cody's story of becoming a Personal Trainer at the peak of his unhealthy phase- losing 70 lbs as he was earning his first certification28:28 Just because someone is an expert, doesn't mean they have the skills to effectively teach31:16 Some pics from the nostalgia we're talking about: Cody Judging At CF Regionals, Tali took this photo, but it was years before we met! Tali meeting Greg Glassman with Coach Jean Ann47, founder of CrossFit. Cody meeting Glassman in 2009.37:37 If you want to learn something on another level, teach it to someone else. This makes you integrate it in new ways as you have to be able to internalize it enough to teach it, it stretches you to outpace your students, it brings you back to curiosity with a "beginners mind" even if it's a familiar topic, and it brings added attention to signal to your brain that this is important39:56 I highly recommend Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

It's easy to default to comparing ourselves with other people. But how valuable is this, and are there better ways to strive for improvement? Today on Live All Your Life, Tali and Cody bring another episode of The Philosophy Of Fitness where they discuss the pros and cons of comparison, and how we might develop better strategies for personal development both within and outside the world of competition.00:43 Icebreaker: Favorite Mike Myers Roles ..."I'm a hyper hypo!"05:41 INTRO: Personal Development VS. Comparison With Others; easy to do in our Instagram World! 13:14 Unhealthy comparison often stems from a lack of knowledge - it's based on a lot of assumption18:07 Your environment may not promote you to think about your personal development as yours. Sometimes your surroundings and associations are prompting comparison.20:17 IFS: Internal Family Systems framing competition in a holistic view is cooperation. Sometimes comparisons can help us to rise to the challenge. 28:11 In the first week of the Covid shutdowns back in March of 2020, we made a list of intentions as to how we wanted to conduct ourselves. We weren't perfect, but we went into it with intention. Here is what we hoped for:Don't accumulate any more debt.Not burn through savings.Pivot to location-independent income.Learn about sustainability - Be resourceful.LEARN AN IMPORTANT LESSON.Brings family closer togetherStay healthy physically/mentallyMake decisions we feel good aboutWe remain on the same page - move through it togetherBe considerate of others33:40 Your only real competitor is yourself. Be better than yesterday.43:04 Comparison with others can give you a skewed sense of reality. Firstly, you don't know what advantages or disadvantages they've had. Secondly, your focus can shift from one competitor to another to change your own status for better or worse. Comparison only with yourself helps to eliminate those two illusions. Tali- "There's a big difference between being THE best and being YOUR best and they come with really different experiences and territory.46:12 Your "competition" could be having the same comparison issues as you. Everybody has their own timeline.51:27 Actions cCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

It's easy to get overwhelmed when considering our progress. We can underestimate ourselves and fail to act because we lose faith, or we can overestimate and get into trouble. In this episode, Tali and Cody bring some strategies for self-awareness, so we can realistically and effectively Start Where We're At! 00:00 Intro and Icebreaker05:06 Start Where You're At: You can't get ready to get ready. You have to just start. 08:06 Find the right dose, effective but not deadly10:34 Starting where you're at with the proper dose is an act of love for your self. When you assume you "should" be further ahead, it just opens you up to more self-criticism and discouragement.13:23 Humility leads to confidence in this case14:53 Because "knowing" and "experiencing" are two different things, if you want to have the type of confidence that drives you forward, you must act rather than prepare.15:38 The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku, preface by Graham Hancock21:41 Time + Worry = Fear... Action cures fear, and consistent practice makes it easier as you go24:55 Some strategies for approaching difficult conversations (but first, don't avoid it, go in with action as soon as possible)26:28 Fit at 42, tripped up, re-start where you're at now! (This requires self examination, self knowledge, presence, awareness.32:19 Power Monkey, David and Sadie Durante32:51 Phase 638:24 The frustration of re-starting after down-time. You can't pick up where you left off, you have to start where you're at, but where you're at is still ahead of where you started the first time because you now have experience, knowledge, and perspective from the past and now you other experiences that might carryover to your new approach. Starting where you're at requires honesty and shows self-respect.47:04 A flip side: Meeting other people where they're at.51:56 Starting where you're at is only possible if you take enough action to assess the reality of where you're at (you can't think your way to knowing) You can reduce your risk of disappointment and injury with self-kCouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Avoiding pain is the same as avoiding growth. Of course, we shouldn't be seeking injury, but when it inevitably comes at us, we can re-frame our approach to it to create opportunities that might not have come without the injury! This applies to the gym as well as in the rest of our lives! Relationships, professional pursuits, and even hobbies. 00:00 Intro and Icebreaker - Does Insta out you when you screenshot someone? 05:48 Today's Topic: Using Injuries As Opportunities, in the gym and in life! 06:32 The proper way to approach injuries has changed. RICE: Rest Ice Compression and Elevation are no longer recognized as the best approach to healing. Not only does appropriate movement speed healing, there is a tremendous benefit to the psychological impact of continuing to move and take action toward progress.12:35 The Obstacle Is The Way (Two books we recommend on this concept, one by Ryan Holliday, one by Marcus Aurelius.Setbacks can offer us some value in: 1) Self Knowledge, what does that set-back reveal about ourselves? 2) An opportunity to learn a new skill or pivot to have more time to do something else. 3) That new direction might reveal something you love that you might have missed out on had you avoided the setback! 4) A setback in one area can give you an opportunity to excel at something else that may have been put on the back burner! 5) Pivoting due to setback gives you an opportunity to gain self-confidence because you're demonstrating grit and versatility! 6) Overcoming the injury is it's own journey of self discovery and confidence building work. 7)A setback might be an opportunity to come back better than your pre-injured self.8) Avoiding pain can limit you from growth.22:25 Even if the set-back is real, we can develop thoughts around it that don't serve us well. Some of this can be mitigated by where we place our attention. Focus on the set-back, or focus on the solutions? 24:22 If you decide to "live with the injury" instead of addressing it and making efforts to heal, you can inadvertently cause more injuries! (This is as true in psychology as it is in physiology!)25:04 It's just pain. Pain need not be avoided at all costs. sometimes it's ok to just acknowledge it go ahead and allow yourself to feel it. 28:19 *** GRAPHICouples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!

Tali and Cody discuss ways to be more effective (hint: it doesn't include doing more, in fact, it might even mean doing less!)00:00 Intro00:55 Icebreaker06:30 Today's Topic: Essentialism, Pareto's Law, and Opportunity Costs09:09 Want an incredibly effective productivity tool? Try timing your tasks and rests. Sounds so simple that it might be easy to ignore but it can be a game changer. TrainHeroic. Read more about these strategies in my book: STOP SETTING GOALS!15:45 The 80/20 Rule: Pareto's Law: how it can be used for improving effectiveness, but also in recognizing the opportunity costs associated with 100% efforts as well as the relationship between this 80/20 rule and the Law Of Diminishing Returns.22:34 How do you identify with your skills? 28:50 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, you can check out his podcast here.30:12 You can hear the interview where Tom Morello talks about his teaching style here.35:36 How good do you REALLY want to be? ("The Best" has a price you might not want to pay.)55:07 Re-assessment is critical to essentialism because we will never be static. Recognize that and develop a sense of wonder for your life.01:10:41 Want to join us in our reading of Essentialism? Grab your copy here, then sign up to discuss it with us here.Couples - Proven Fitness & Intimacy Practices To Achieve Your Health and Relationship Goals Together! To learn more or book a brainstorming call, visit HowToFitTogether.com Contribute to this conversation by hitting the orange button HERE!Subscribe to our weekly Take 5 Friday Newsletter. Each week we explore our Podcast topic a little further in 5 categories: 1: Fitness Training, 2: Nutrition, 3: Relationships, 4: Personal Development, 5: Points To PonderPublic Facebook PageJoin Our Private Facebook GroupFollow us on:Our YouTube: Exercise Demos. Personal Development Takeaways, and more!TikTokInstagramMany of the links provided in our show notes are affiliate links. These cost you nothing to click on, but greatly support our show! Thank you! We love ALL feedback. Contact us here!