080: On Location at Spartan Winter Agoge 001 [BONUS EPISODE]

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Col. Nye spent the weekend at the very first Spartan Winter Agoge to to get a taste of the lessons shared by instructors there. We’ve also included a special message about Agoge’s meaning from Joe De Sena. The Spartan Agoge is a 48 or 60 Hour test of mental and physical endurance. The goal is not just to break you down but to build you back up with greater purpose, resilience, commitment and knowledge of yourself. The winter Agoge includes the practical survival skills you’ll need to complete the event safely even in the brutal sub zero conditions this year’s participants faced. This is Col. Nye’s first time doing solo field interviews for Spartan Up, let us know what you think. PS- this is an episode we suggest you WATCH.

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody. Colonel Nye here from the Spartan of Podcast. This is a bonus
0:06.8	episode. We're here today in Pittsfield, Vermont and Joe Descentis Born as
0:11.6	we are taking part in A Gogi Zero One, the winner iteration.
0:17.0	Hey guys, Joe here.
0:20.0	If you're listening to this bonus episode from the Spartan Winter of Gogi, you might want to
0:23.4	head over to our YouTube channel. While you're there, click subscribe so you don't miss any of our interviews.
0:30.2	We're here this weekend to take part in Gogi 01, the winter iteration.
0:35.0	We've got about 35 participants out here in minus 15 degree weather.
0:41.0	As you can kind of see over my shoulder behind me, we've got groups of
0:44.5	participants right now walking the plank. Five to six guys, strapped to boards trying
0:50.2	to walk in unison. This is a test of all of the different knowledge they've
0:54.7	already learned, sheltering, heat, sleeping, and how to survive in the cold. So we're 36 hours
1:01.5	into a 48-hour event, but right now we're going to show you some of the
1:05.0	some of the things we learned during that first 36 hours.
1:08.0	A Gogi existed back in 700, 600, 500 BC. We're bringing it back. This is a learning experience where we're going to break people, bring them to the depths of despair, completely broken mentally and physically,
1:27.0	and then lend them a hand and bring them back out of that hell pit. And we're going to do that by teaching them. We're going to give them some real knowledge
1:41.8	about how to better navigate their lives and it's super exciting
1:46.8	because this is a race for the mind this is well beyond the physical we're
1:50.6	going to teach people about their true north, about values and belief systems,
1:55.0	and how to make sure you always stay true to that goal and stay true to those values and make sure your beliefs
2:04.6	align properly with those values and goals and and we're going to do that we're
2:11.6	going to do that while we're breaking people so we think we think it's
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