#350: Peak Performance — Elevate Your Game and Avoid Burnout

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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When you train your body, you actually don’t get stronger while you’re lifting weights. You get stronger after your training session and during your recovery period. For your muscles to fully adapt and recover, you need to eat plenty of food and get plenty of sleep. To really get strong, you need to take your recovery as serious as you take your training. What's true for the body, is true for the mind as well. At least that’s what my guests today argue. Their names are Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness and they’re the co-authors of the book "Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive With the New Science of Success." Today on the show, Brad and Steve share how their respective backgrounds in elite running and business consulting taught them the importance of rest and recovery from brain work. We begin our discussion on how the American ethos of 24/7 grind and hustle actually hinders performance in school and work. We then dig into the science of burnout: what it is, how it feels, and why it happens. Brad and Steve then share how you can start incorporating “recovery” periods into your intellectual life that will allow your psyche to get stronger and more resilient. If you’ve been feeling burnout from work or school or if you simply want to perform better, this episode is for you.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.3	When you train your body, you actually don't get stronger while your lifting weights.
0:22.2	You get stronger after your training session is over and during your recovery period.
0:26.1	Your muscles to fully adapt and recover during this recovery period you need plenty of
0:29.8	food and get plenty of sleep.
0:31.2	So to get really strong, you need to take your recovery as serious as you take your
0:35.0	train.
0:36.0	Here's the thing, what's true for the body is true for the mind as well.
0:38.4	At least that's what my guests today argue.
0:40.4	The names are Brad Stolberg and Steve Magnus and they're the co-authors of the book,
0:43.6	Peak Performance, Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout and Thrive for the new Science of Success.
0:48.1	Today on the show, Brad and Steve share how the respective backgrounds and elite running
0:51.2	in business consulting, top in the importance of rest and recovery from brain work.
0:55.2	We begin our discussion on how the American ethos of 24-7 grind and hustle actually hindered
0:59.9	performance in school and work.
1:01.5	We then dig in to the science of burnout, what it is, how it feels, and why it happens.
1:05.9	And then Brad and Steve share how you can start incorporating recovery periods into your
1:09.6	intellectual life that will allow your psyche to get stronger and more resilient.
1:13.3	If you've been feeling burnt out from work or school or if you simply want to perform
1:16.6	better, this episode is for you.
1:18.4	After the show's over, check out the show notes at aum.ias slash peak performance.
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