#79- My Recent Concussion, and What I'd do as President
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2015
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
I’m Back! After a concussion and tons of other things put the podcast on hold, the Jay Ferruggia Show returns, and I’m bringing it back with a Q&A episode. Tune in to learn about..
- Recent developments in the Renegade Elite Crew and Renegade Live Events
- Whether or not you should train twice a day
- What I would do if I were President
- How to break the habit of overthinking everything
- The only books you ever need to read
- Optimizing training and gaining muscle for guys over 40
- My biggest training and business mistakes
If you’re interested in being a part of Renegade Elite, email ashley@jasonferruggia.com with the subject line “Renegade Elite Application” to determine if you are the right fit for the group.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the J Faruja Show. |
| 0:07.0 | Build your body. |
| 0:09.0 | Strengthen your mind. |
| 0:11.0 | Optimize your life. mind. All right, everybody, welcome to episode 79 of the J Farugia show. It's been quite a long time since I came to you guys with another episode. |
| 0:34.3 | There's been a lot going on. |
| 0:36.3 | Been super busy with a lot of stuff. First of all, I had an accident, a surf accident, |
| 0:41.1 | and got absolutely crushed by my board. I had a really rough day, roughest day of the summer. |
| 0:46.0 | I was on top of a, probably the biggest wave I've ever been on top of, way above my skill level, |
| 0:52.0 | and I just got absolutely demolished and as I was under getting |
| 0:56.0 | smashed into the sand a few times getting tossed around like I was in a washing |
| 0:59.8 | machine I came up and my board was helicoptering at me sideways like Barry Bonds was swinging |
| 1:06.0 | it as hard as he could and it just crushed the side of my neck and head. |
| 1:10.9 | So I was pretty out of it. |
| 1:11.9 | I had to go for our MRIs, x-rays the whole thing and then I had to start going in for some |
| 1:17.0 | treatment. So I had a concussion and for three weeks straight I was pretty much just laid up on the couch. I mean I couldn't really function that well I couldn't. |
| 1:25.0 | I was dizzy, nauseous, splitting headache, could not get any work done, could not do a lot of stuff. |
| 1:31.0 | And then once I started getting out and about, I walk. |
| 1:35.2 | There's a walk I do every day with no problem. |
| 1:37.6 | It takes me 20 minutes to get there and back. |
| 1:39.4 | I had to stop five times instead of a park bench |
| 1:41.9 | on the way there, and then five times on the way back just to get there. |
| 1:45.0 | So I lost about a month with the concussion. |
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