Hey guys I have an interesting show lined up for you today.

Anyone who loves Inside Scoop, fly on the wall type of stuff will love this episode.

This week, one of our long time DeFranco's gym disciples Pat Cole sits in on the

show and we talk psychology and a lot about the non-physical benefits of training which in my opinion is just as

important if not more than the physical benefits of training.

And we cover everything from just building relationships in the gym

to mental toughness training, which is really a up in the

debate a topic and it was just great to have Pat's insight because as you'll hear

he literally grew up in the gym so you'll get his perspective

an athlete's perspective or a kid's perspective growing up in the gym and not just my perspective on that and

Pat literally was the youngest kid in the gym when he started and he worked his way up into being one of the most

liked and respected athletes at De francos and still is to this day. He actually won our world strongest athlete contest the last year that

we held it in 2010 and man what do you hear some of the inside scoop and some of the stories behind his double overtime

victory at that event which I referred to as one of the most epic moments in

de Franco's gym history and it really was. So that was really

cool to get the inside scoop on that. Then we get into where Pat is now. He went

on to the University of Maryland and just graduated he

actually holds the school record for the hammer throw but besides all the

physical attributes and him being a great athlete, he has really become a huge part of my life and my wife's life even.

We have just developed a great relationship and that trust that's been built and you know anybody who owns a

gym this is something that's not talked about a lot but it's just so important to

develop those relationships and and trust and all the other aspects that go into the gym instead of just the

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