#515: Chris Bosh on How to Reinvent Yourself, The Way and The Power, the Poison of Complaining, Leonardo da Vinci, and More
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Chris Bosh on How to Reinvent Yourself, The Way and The Power, the Poison of Complaining, Leonardo da Vinci, and More | Brought to you by Tonal smart home gym, Theragun percussive muscle therapy devices, and LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 720M+ users. More on all three below.
Chris Bosh (@chrisbosh) fell in love with basketball at an early age and earned the prestigious “Mr. Basketball” title while still in high school (Lincoln High School) in Dallas, Texas. A McDonald’s All-American, Bosh was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors after one year attending Georgia Tech. By the end of his basketball career, he was an 11-time NBA All-Star, two-time champion, and the NBA’s first Global Ambassador of Basketball. In March of 2019, Bosh’s #1 Jersey was officially retired for the Miami Heat. In addition to his basketball career, Bosh founded the community-uplift organization Team Tomorrow in 2010 and regularly speaks to youth about the benefits of reading, coding, and leadership. Bosh, his wife Adrienne, and their five children reside in Austin, Texas.
His new book is Letters to a Young Athlete, which includes a foreword by Pat Riley.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Tonal, that's T-O-N-A-L. Tonal is the world's most intelligent home gym and personal trainer. |
| 0:07.3 | That's the tagline from their website, folks, so it gives you the one sentence summary. |
| 0:11.3 | By eliminating traditional metal weights, Tonal can deliver 200 pounds of resistance in a device smaller than a flat screen TV. |
| 0:18.4 | It mounts right on your wall with no floor space required. |
| 0:21.6 | I've had one for a few months now after a number of close friends recommended Tonal to me, |
| 0:26.6 | and it allows me to do things that I would normally need a huge gym for, like cable, chop and lift, |
| 0:33.0 | or rotational exercises, and it allows me to do other things that are nearly impossible otherwise, |
| 0:38.8 | like eccentric loading, which I'll talk about again later. |
| 0:41.9 | Tonal is precision engineered and designed to be the world's most advanced strength studio and personal trainer. |
| 0:47.2 | It uses breakthrough technology, like adaptive digital weights, and AI learning together with the best experts in resistance trainings, |
| 0:54.1 | you can get stronger faster. One of my friends who used to be a competitive skier, |
| 0:58.5 | very high level competitive skier, has doubled his strength in many exercises over a period of months. |
| 1:03.7 | So what are these adaptive digital weights? Tonal's patented digital weight system makes thousands of calculations a second to deliver you a smooth weightlifting experience |
| 1:12.4 | using their advanced electronic motor technology. |
| 1:15.2 | And a lot of the buttons are built right into the handles themselves, into the grips. |
| 1:19.6 | So you don't need to move around, and it is extremely easy to use. |
| 1:24.2 | Tonal lets you adjust the weight in one pound increments, and you can do it on the fly, |
| 1:28.2 | something that was never possible with traditional dumbbells. |
| 1:31.0 | It's easy to dial weights up and down with just the touch of a button. |
| 1:34.6 | Tonal also has built in dynamic weight modes, like chains, eccentric, and their patent-pending smart flex technology. |
| 1:41.4 | So you can experiment with more ways to get stronger faster without the hassle of extra equipment like chains and bands. |
| 1:47.2 | The eccentric, which I mentioned, means that you can set a mode that allows you to say, |
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