330: Coaching World Class Athletes Ft Jay Pages

Get Leaner & Live Longer

Nate Palmer

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.9 • 300 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

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Why do most people quit right before they achieve mastery, and how can you build leadership that lasts decades through small, unsexy reps every single day?

I talk with Jay Pages. He owns a gym in Arizona. He describes leaving his career as an officer of loans during a bubble burst to coach. We discuss leadership from the top down and the need for action over words. He explains the journey to a belt and how mastery starts after a decade of practice. We explore the use of games to build skills and how resistance improves learning. Jay shares how he puts his ego in check to learn from students. He explains how training helps him find peace in traffic. We talk about the bonds formed through sweat and the value of choosing a path of discipline.

Key Takeaways

Leadership is built through daily, unsexy reps over decades, focusing on competence over just excitement.
Culture starts at the top. To earn loyalty, a leader must show up for their people when it counts, regardless of their level or status.
The Ecological Dynamics or Constraints Led Approach (CLA) focuses on learning through games and resistance rather than static drilling.
Check your ego to remain a student. Growth stops when you believe you have nothing left to learn from others, including those with less experience.
Jiu-Jitsu makes you comfortable with being uncomfortable, providing mental and spiritual strength that translates into patience in high-stress life situations.
Choose your hard or it will be chosen for you. Disciplined training prepares you to handle life's daily frustrations with a smile.

Resources

Jay Pages Jiu-Jitsu & MMA Website: https://jaypagesjjmma.com

Jay Pages' Instagram: @jayjpages https://www.instagram.com/jayjpages

Nate Palmer:

The founder of The Million Dollar Body and author of "The Million Dollar Body Method", Nate has been coaching for over 15 years and has worked personally with over 1,000 clients.

Website: https://milliondollarbodylabs.com/
Book: The Million Dollar Body Method
Lean Energy Stack: https://milliondollarbodylabs.com/pages/lean

Instagram: @_milliondollarbody

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered why so many people quit hard things right before they actually start to matter?
0:05.0	This is why most people never make it past White Belt, not just in martial art like Jiu-Sitsu,
0:09.0	but in business, fitness, family.
0:11.7	We confuse excitement with commitment and progress with mastery.
0:15.2	That's what we're breaking down in this episode.
0:17.0	What the long road to real competence actually looks like, why culture matters more than talent, and how leadership is built through daily unsexy reps over decades.
0:27.0	Today I'm sitting on Jay Pages. Jay is the owner of one of Arizona's most respected jiu-jitsu gyms and someone who's lived the full arc from a obsessed beginner to black belt to gym leader.
0:36.9	We talked about the early days of Jiu-Jitsu in Arizona, walking away from a corporate career, building a gym just based off of passion, and how we did all of this without chasing ego. And then we talk a little bit about how getting your blackbelt is really just permission to start the learning process. Welcome to Get Leener and Live Longer with Nate Palmer, show for busy people who want to maximize their energy, burn fat,
0:55.1	build a body that feels as good as it looks. I'm Nate. I'm going to coach since 2008, and I believe that looking great and feeling unstoppable, don't require hours in the gym or giving up all the foods you love. This show is where I show a real strategy that help you get leaner, live longer, and unlock your million dollar body. Let's do this. What's up?
1:10.4	Welcome back to Get Leener and Live Longer.
1:11.9	We are in the studio today with The Myth, the Man, the Legend.
1:14.7	Jay. and unlock your million dollar body. Let's do this. What's up? Welcome back to get leaner and live longer.
1:11.9	We are in the studio today with The Myth, the Man, the Legend, Jay Pages from J.
1:17.2	Pages Jitsu.
1:17.9	Welcome to the show, bro.
1:18.9	Hey, dude, this is awesome.
1:20.5	Thanks for having me.
1:22.0	This is actually the second now in like a week.
1:32.1	It's the second podcast I've ever done live ever that's so fun and i've done two of them in one week we don't get a chance to do a lot of them live most of ours are
1:37.2	on like zoom or riverside or whatever um so it's so nice to be like face to face because i feel like
1:41.4	see the body language see like I think we have more laughs this
1:44.9	way I mean I'm saying that now but like maybe don't maybe this will be boring I'm not totally
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