#72: Triple H on Pre-Fight Rituals, Injury Avoidance, and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 20 April 2015
⏱️ 62 minutes
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"Why would I be wound up? I'm either ready, or I'm not. Worrying about it right now ain't gonna change a damn thing." - Floyd Mayweather, Jr. just before a fight, as recalled by Paul Levesque [34:20] Paul Levesque, more popularly known as Triple H, is a 13-time World Heavyweight Champion in World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE). He is also the Executive Vice President of talent, live-events, and creative at the WWE. In this episode, we explore everything: the teachings of Killer Kowalski, how he avoids and repairs injuries (even if on the road 200+ days of the year), pre-game rituals, and habits developed with the support of trainer Joe DeFranco, The Undertaker, and boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.. This podcast is not limited to athletic performance. We dig deep into Triple H's routines, and how he manages his responsibilities as a husband and father of three daughters. Enjoy, and thank you for checking out the products below! I use them, and they make the show possible. This podcast is sponsored by LSTN Headphones. LSTN Headphones are gorgeous headphones made of real exotic, reclaimed wood. Proceeds from each purchase help a deaf or auditory-impaired person hear for the first time through the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Check out the headphones that I love and travel with here: LSTNHeadphones.com/Tim. On that page, you can get a $50 discount. This podcast is also brought to you by 99Designs, the world’s largest marketplace of graphic designers. Did you know I used 99Designs to rapid prototype the cover for The 4-Hour Body? Here are some of the impressive results. Click this link and get a free $99 upgrade. Special offer: For the month of April only, you can get an additional $30 off. Give it a test run and share your results!
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| 0:00.0 | Why, good morning, you sexy beast. Would you like me to make you some breakfast? |
| 0:04.1 | Oh, I'm sorry, I was having flashback there. Folks, this is Tim Ferris. This is an addendum, |
| 0:08.8 | an urgent update recorded after this episode was completed because I was going through a roster |
| 0:14.6 | of all the most amazing things I've been able to experience in my life. And at the top of the list |
| 0:20.0 | was floating at zero gravity, experiencing weightlessness in a shuttle and being able to say |
| 0:27.0 | chase after globules of water floating in mid air or chase skittles that you've tossed into the |
| 0:32.8 | air. It's floating right in front of your face, say five feet away or screwing around all the way |
| 0:37.8 | around the perimeter of the shuttle like a hamster and a hamster wheel if you were inverted in a way. |
| 0:43.2 | It's really amazing and I loved it so much that I decided to give away a flight. So I am giving away |
| 0:48.4 | a flight at zero gravity and you can get it. There's no cost involved but it's only possible this week |
| 0:56.0 | that is the week of Monday, April 20th. So jump on this right now. I would suggest that you pause |
| 1:01.2 | this and check it out. Just go to fourhourworkweek.com forward slash zero. That's four hour work week |
| 1:07.2 | all spelled out F-O-U-R-H-O-U-R etc. forward slash zero Z-E-R-O. So check it out and now back to your regular |
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