220: JR Martinez - Look Beyond the Scars

The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 874 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

34% of his body was burned when the Humvee he was driving hit an antitank mine in Iraq. Do you define yourself by your scars or do you conquer all obstacles with mindset, tenacity and humor. This week we speak with Dancing with the Stars champion JR about the art of adversity and about Joe dancing to Donna Summer.

LESSONS

Do you follow? Do you to break off lead? Don't be a sheep.
Obstacles in your way? SO WHAT - just do it.
You will regret the things NOT done, rather than the other way around.
ASK: Are you happy where you are at? If not, change it.
Always show up your best self.
Control the reaction to your environment.
Your life is a book - be the author!
Bring people into your circle that challenge you.
Pay attention and enjoy the small details of life- the learning moments
Ask yourself what's your legacy: take the path less traveled.

LINKS

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TIME STAMPS

00:00 intro

00:58 athletic greens intro

1:27 interview begins

2:00 34% of JR's body burned - understanding identity

2:45 Mindset vs. physical appearance

4:00 Joining the army

5:55 Giving back to the country

7:00 How life shapes you

8:45 Heading to war

10:00 Not giving up

11:55 Athletic Greens break

14:17 Interview continues

15:00 Joe dancing to Donna Summers

17:00 The tale of Shackleton

20:00 Reacting to triggers

22:00 Don't become stuck in rut

23:00 Who do you bring into your circle

25:00 How to find inspiration in everything

26:00 Journey not the destination

26:16 Sefra, Angel, Johnny & Joe discuss the interview

31:41 AthleticGreens.com/Spartan

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye and guest host Angel Sanz.

Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra

Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Spartan Up Podcast.
0:02.0	We all have bad things happen in our life,
0:04.0	and sometimes we really let him get us down.
0:06.0	Here's a guy who had something really bad happen in his life,
0:08.0	and he found a way to lift him up,
0:10.0	to make incredible opportunities out of it.
0:12.0	So, Jerry Martinez, you're going to be blown away by this.
0:15.3	Just like you're blown away with so many of our guests, you know, what Spartan up podcast
0:18.1	is, is to bring incredible people together from around the world, interview them, present it to you so that you can share the opportunity
0:25.0	with us to just find the incredible Spartan mindset.
0:27.4	Like where do they find the strength, this power to move forward?
0:29.7	Kind of like the four of us are incredible.
0:31.2	Absolutely.
0:32.3	It's Joe, Johnny, Onhau, and Sethra.
0:35.9	We got Marion behind the camera.
0:37.1	We got Andrei on the sound.
0:38.7	And, you know, we're going beyond the Tuesdays where we have this show now right we've got
0:43.5	Wednesdays we've got Dr. Laurel online doctor Dr. L we've got a
0:47.3	Zach Avenesh doing Thursdays rumor has it Elon Musk gonna be doing
0:51.1	Sundays for us so it's really a growing message around becoming better.
0:58.0	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Athletic Greens.
1:01.2	Ensure your body gets the nutrition it needs.
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