#354: Brains & Brawn — Tips and Inspiration on Being a Well-Rounded Man

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Physical training has a lot of carry over to other domains of your life. It can help you become a better husband and father, a more productive worker, and a more disciplined student. My guest today is a living manifestation of the multiplier effect that physical training produces. His name is Dan John. He holds several records in discus and the highland games, and coaches and consults top athletes in the throwing sports and Olympic lifting. Dan also holds master's degrees in history and religious studies and was a Fulbright Scholar in religious education. He teaches religious studies for Columbia College of Missouri. Today on the show, Dan and I discuss how physical training can make you a better man in all domains of your life. We begin our discussion on how his training has made him a better scholar and how his scholarship has improved his training. Dan then explains what “shark habits” are, how they contribute to your long-term goals, and how to develop your own shark habits. We end our conversation getting into specifics of strength training. Dan shares the top 3 mistakes he sees people make with their training, why you need to start carrying heavy instead of just lifting heavy, and why you need to put a premium on recovery. This episode combines both brains and brawn for a compelling conversation on being a well-rounded man.

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0:00.0	Music
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.4	Well, physical training has a lot of carryover to other domains of your life.
0:22.4	It's why we push a lot on the Art of Manliness.
0:24.4	To help you become a better husband and father, a more productive worker and a more disciplined
0:28.1	student.
0:29.1	Best today is a living manifestation of the multiplier effect that physical training
0:33.0	produces.
0:34.0	His name is Dan John.
0:35.0	He holds silver records in the discus in Highland Games and coaches and consults top
0:38.6	athletes in the throwing sports and Olympic lifting.
0:41.1	Dan also holds master's degrees in history and religious studies and was a full-right
0:45.3	scholar in religious education and he teaches religious studies for Columbia College
0:49.8	of Missouri's online schooling.
0:50.8	And today on the show, Dan and I discuss how physical training can make you a better
0:54.6	man and all domains of your life with the inner discussion on how training has made him
0:58.4	a better scholar and how his scholarship has improved his training.
1:01.5	Dan then explains what shark habits are, how they contribute to your long-term goals,
1:05.2	and how to develop your own shark habits.
1:07.6	We enter conversation getting to specifics of strength training, Dan shares the top three
1:11.1	mistakes he sees people make with their training, why you need to start caring heavy instead
1:15.6	of just lifting heavy, and then why you need to put a premium on recover.
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