75. Turning Weakness into Strength: Interview with Mike Rashid & Sean Torbati
The Kris Gethin Podcast
Kris Gethin
4.9 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Knowledge and Mileage, we are joined by boxer-turned-bodybuilder Mike Rashid and his business partner, Sean Torbati.
Kris, Mike, and Sean discuss mastering your mind and body through training, nutrition and meditation. They talk about shortcuts vs fundamentals or "low hanging fruit" when it comes to improving your life and the necessities of mastering the fundaments of training and nutrition prior to implementing biohacking tricks and finally how mindfulness has improved Sean, Kris, and Mike's lives.
Time Stamps
- Turning weaknesses into strengths when you encounter adversity [1:51]
- How to deal with haters and trolls [4:28]
- How to identify vibrational mismatches [8:50]
- The power of meditation [9:56]
- Exercising your right to consuming the information that makes you happy and STOP what doesn't [16:14]
- Why you must pick from the low hanging fruit before you 'bio hack' your life [21:21]
- Is there anything wrong with vanity? [30:30]
- Where do we draw the line to the number of followers you have to being respected? [37:11]
- How through suffering comes growth and camaraderie [45:25]
- Why there are few products out there that merge the health and performance sectors [51:00]
Featured Guest: Mike Rashid
Featured Guest: Sean Torbati
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - Book by Eckhart Tolle
- Mind Field : Season 1
- Sh*t the Moon Said: A Story of Sex, Drugs, and Ayahuasca – Book by Gerard Powell
- Interview with Ben Greenfield - Kris Gethin
- Joe Rogan Experience #1349 - David Sinclair
- Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly
- Ambrosia Collective
- Kaged Muscle
- The Life Stylist Podcast
People Mentioned
- Michael Eric Dyson
- Eckhart Tolle
- Michael Stevens
- Gerard Armond Powell
- Aubrey Marcus
- Josh Trent
- Joe Rogan
- Ben Greenfield
- David Sinclair, PhD AO
- Tito Raymond
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| 2:11.8 | We live. |
| 2:12.8 | All right. |
| 2:13.1 | What's up everybody? |
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