#289: NFL Veteran, Heath Evans on Training, Nutrition, Recovery and Mindset
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
My guest in this episode is 10-year NFL Veteran, Heath Evans.
A lifetime fitness fanatic, Heath was one of the most jacked dudes to ever play the game. Since retiring from pro football, he has turned his focus towards helping other people build their bodies.
He founded Heath Evans Strength Academy, where he provides members with daily workouts, nutrition advice and other exclusive online content.
In this episode we talk training, nutrition, growing up with a Marine, what it takes to play in the NFL, his favorite recovery methods and much more including:
- Building his mindset and turning weaknesses into strengths. [4:26]
- What was it like growing up with a Marine as a father? [6:22]
- Why mindset is everything! [8:48]
- The importance of being humble and asking for help. [10:11]
- How his training has evolved since his days in the NFL. [12:44]
- Knowing what he knows now, would he change anything about his training regimen? [16:14]
- What Mike Woicik taught him about nutrition and how he eats now. [23:20]
- Does he suffer from CTE? [31:49]
- Why good is the enemy of great. [33:35]
- A day in the life of training with Heath Evans. [38:45]
- How often does he do cardio? [44:31]
- What are some of his favorite recovery methods? [46:11]
- What life lessons has he learned and how has he been able to apply them to his business? [50:14]
- What is he doing now in his personal life and business? [59:56]
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| 0:00.0 | What's up my friends? Thank you so much for tuning into another episode of the |
| 0:16.3 | Renegade radio podcast. Really appreciate all the support, the feedback, |
| 0:20.1 | the comments on the last bunch of Q&A episodes. We will keep those cranking all year. But today I have |
| 0:26.5 | guessed he played 10 years in the NFL. His name is Heath Evans and this episode is brought to you by 4 |
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| 1:26.3 | you by cured nutrition. I travel, I also travel with CBD all the time because CBD helps with |
| 1:34.3 | sleep helps with inflammation and especially when you travel from one end of |
| 1:39.1 | the country to the other right now I'm in New York for WrestleMania week |
| 1:42.0 | traveled from LA so have a tough time |
| 1:44.7 | sleeping sometimes the first night. |
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| 1:52.3 | sleep is not an issue. You feel great. I'm going to be |
| 1:54.7 | training hard and training a lot over the next few days, so I have CBD for inflammation. Check it out at |
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