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Modern Wisdom

#160 - Michael Blevins - A Conversation Not About Fitness

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Michael Blevins is a coach, podcaster and part of the team who trained some of Hollywood's biggest stars for screen.

Expect to learn why exercising is where we connect most closely with what it means to be human, how the modern obsession with training can be damaging mentally and physically.

We talk about metaphysics, psychedelics, finding meaning & purpose in life... and not really at all about fitness.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Mon and Wisdom.

0:04.0

My guest today is Michael Blevins, one of the big dogs behind non-profit.

0:09.8

He is also part of the team who has trained some of Hollywood's biggest actors to get

0:14.5

them into shape, including Jason Memoa, Henry Cavill and the cast of 300.

0:21.0

So if you were hoping for a conversation about what's the best exercise to get big biceps

0:27.9

or how can I grow my carbs, I'm afraid you might be a little bit disappointed because

0:35.1

me and Michael talk about everything to do with the fitness industry except for fitness.

0:40.8

So exactly how are modern gyms not contributing to our sense of wellbeing?

0:47.4

How is fitness training in some of its current manifestations potentially really damaging

0:53.3

to people's both mental and physical health?

0:58.0

We get into metaphysics, we talk about philosophy, it's a b, it was not what I expected,

1:05.0

but something that I wholly enjoyed.

1:07.0

If you are feeling like going deep today and having some very symbolic thoughts about

1:11.6

the world around us, then you're in luck.

1:14.4

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1:20.5

The protein works brand new sponsor for modern wisdom have given me my own shop front on

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their website.

1:26.0

So you can see everything that I use from them.

1:28.8

That includes my favorite at the moment, which is their super greens, keeping my micronutrients

1:34.2

coming in at a time where it's difficult to get to the shops.

1:37.5

Also just no one eats in a vegetables, even vegetarian vegans eat in a vegetables, you

1:43.1

know you don't.

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