You know, things are like shame of like guys saying like, oh, hey, I go talk to somebody or I take medication.

I'm like, dude, feel no shame for me. Like, never think that I'm going to think less of you because you're trying to take care of yourself. Right? So that's a perspective shifting that, like, thought sometimes is like, we don't do things on our own. We didn't do anything on our own in the military. So it's okay to ask for help. Spartans, listen up. We need to sleep better.

Was Addy's sleep better?

Never thought about

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prioritize your sleep so you can sleep faster, you can do more burpees, you can train more,

you can get healthy. When you sleep well, you live well. Welcome to the Hardway podcast with

Joe DeCina, founder and CEO of Spartan races. We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course.

With insight from the smartest, most accomplished experts from every corner of the world.

Get ready to elevate your life today.

Choa Descenta, here, CEO, founder of Spartan, hosted hosted Hardway podcast. I got a real special one for

today. I got former Staff Sergeant Pitts on the line here. This is a Medal of Honor recipient,

so everybody, give me like a little moment of silence or something because he is a badass.

Thanks for doing what you, thanks for doing what you do. Thanks for being who you are.

Oh, thanks for having me on, Joe. So let's go way back. Where'd you grow up? Yeah, I kind of grew up all over

New England, really, like spent some time. I was born in Massachusetts. I used to spend my

summers up with my grandparents up in northern Vermont, like actually further north than like Stowe,

spend my summers running around in the woods, I grew up in New Hampshire some, and have settled

back in New Hampshire. Well, no wonder you're tough. My kids all were born on a farm in Vermont,

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