Back from Death C.T. Fletcher Tells Joe De Sena to Live!
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
6x Powerlifting champion C.T. Fletcher is the original Iron Addict - invincible - indestructible - unbreakable. The tough-talking, weight lifting inspiration to an entire generation has flatlines not once but five times and come back from death's door to tell us about it. When a heart attack knocked him to the ground, he thought it was lights out for good. The sheer will mirrored to him by his son and his unfaltering mantra of DON'T BREAK brought him back from the brink. People looked up to him and he would never let them down. Appreciate every day and every breath!
LESSONS
Going through difficult times can make you resilient The WILL to live is vital Appreciate every second Breathing should not be taken for granted Waking up in the morning is a gift Have an attitude of gratitude Don't Break It's not about you Don't waste one second of life
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LINKS Episode one "Don't Break" with CT Fletcher and Logan Aldrich https://youtu.be/fhyy-DI68k0
CT Fletcher's Website https://ctfletcher.com
Q&A with CT Fletcher - https://life.spartan.com/post/ct-flet...
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TIME STAMPS
2:00 DUROLANE intro
3:30 Facing tough obstacles in life
5:00 A difficult childhood
7:30 Dealing with heart disease
10:30 The baddest man alive
11:45 Getting broken down
12:45 Becoming mortal
7:25 The will to live
20:45 GET SPROUTING with the Seed Huntress
21:20 DUROLANE break
22:45 Gratitude for the gift of life
25:20 Waiting for a transplant
28:00 Stickin around for a new heart
31:25 Not BREAKING
36:15 It's not about me
38:45 Joe's fired up
40:00 GET YOUR SPROUTS:
41:30 DUROLANE close
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CREDITS: Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Hosts: Joe De Sena + Sefra Alexandra. Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye are still social distancing. Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty © 2020 Spartan
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| 0:00.0 | I laid in at bed every day and night for months and it was |
| 0:12.4 | and it was kind of hard. |
| 0:15.0 | And the one thing that I told myself over and over |
| 0:21.0 | that I told myself over and over was don't break old man. |
| 0:27.0 | Don't you break? Because people are looking to you to be strong. |
| 0:41.0 | They look at somebody else out there is going through something and they're looking to |
| 0:46.2 | your example not to break. |
| 0:51.0 | And I'll be damned. I'll be damned to be damned so I be damn if I break. |
| 0:59.0 | We are here for Spartan Up Podcast. We are your grit and resiliency partner we come at you each week and we teach |
| 1:06.0 | you how to be better. |
| 1:07.1 | We basically help you level up, give you life's lessons from those experts around the world. |
| 1:12.1 | This week's really interesting. This week we've got a |
| 1:13.7 | friend of mine, CT Fletcher. All right, six-time world champion power lift. They're |
| 1:20.4 | just an animal, the original iron addict. |
| 1:23.0 | I like to say we're all addicted to something. |
| 1:25.0 | This guy is addicted to iron. |
| 1:27.0 | He loves to lift weights. |
| 1:28.0 | He's been doing it his whole life. |
| 1:29.0 | And he's just a super motivating guy. |
| 1:31.0 | But here's the catch. |
| 1:32.0 | Here's the reason you need to stay on and |
| 1:34.5 | listen to this. This guy died. He died a bunch of times. We all get to listen to |
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