#415: Forging Mental Strength Through Physical Strength

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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When you start a fitness program, you tend to spend most of your time thinking about the physical part — what movements you’re going to do, how much weight you’re going to lift, or how far you’re going to run. But my guest today argues we ignore the mental aspect of our training at our peril. His name is Bobby Maximus. He’s a world-renowned trainer known for his brutal circuit workouts and the author of the new book Maximus Body. Today on the show Bobby and I dig into the psychology of fitness. We begin by discussing what holds people back from getting started or going further with their goals and how sticking little green dots all over your house can help you surmount those barriers. He then shares why it’s important to manage expectations when beginning a training program and why there are no shortcuts to any goal. We then shift gears and get into Bobby’s training philosophy. He shares how to train to be “ready for everything,” why you need to do strength training before your endurance work, and why recovery is so important in reaching your fitness goals. We end our conversation with some examples of the “Sunday Sermons” Bobby shares on his website and a discussion of why perspective is important whenever you’re going through a hard time in life. After the show is over, check out the show notes at aom.is/maximus.

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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 start a fitness program, you tend to spend most of your time thinking about the
0:21.9	physical part.
0:22.9	What movements you're going to do, how much weight you're going to live, or how far you're
0:26.1	going to run.
0:27.1	My guest today argues we ignore the mental aspect of our training at our peril.
0:31.1	His name is Bobby Maximus.
0:32.4	He's a world renowned trainer known for his brutal circuit workouts and the author of
0:36.0	the new book Maximus Body.
0:37.6	Today on the show, Bobby and I dig into the psychology of fitness, we begin by discussing
0:41.1	what holds people back from getting started or going further with their fitness goals
0:44.9	and how sticking little green dots all over your house can help you surmount those barriers.
0:48.9	He then shares why it's important to manage expectations when beginning a training program
0:52.3	and why there are no shortcuts to any goal.
0:54.4	He then shift gears and get into Bobby's training philosophy.
0:56.6	He shares how to train to be ready for everything, why you need to do strength training before
1:00.4	your endurance work, and why recovery is so important in reaching your fitness goals.
1:04.8	We enter a conversation with some examples of the Sunday sermons.
1:07.1	Bobby shares on his website and discussion of why perspective is important when you're
1:11.0	going through a hard time in life.
1:13.0	After the show's over, check out the show notes at a-wim.is slash Maximus.
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