Discipline Before Strength: Brian Alsruhe on Mental Toughness
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I love this saying, the only bad workout's the one you don't do. |
| 0:03.6 | So you gotta move blood, you gotta do something. |
| 0:05.5 | If your workout does not make you a little bit intimidated beforehand, |
| 0:09.0 | you were probably not pushing to where you need to to make the changes that you want to do. |
| 0:13.7 | And that is so powerful to understand, like just don't waste the day. |
| 0:18.3 | Spartans, listen up. |
| 0:20.0 | We need to sleep better. |
| 0:21.3 | So how do you sleep better? |
| 0:22.5 | Never thought about it before. |
| 0:23.9 | And so I met Jack. |
| 0:25.1 | I met Ascentia. |
| 0:26.4 | I had attention to the mattress to sleep on because it's loaded with chemicals. |
| 0:30.2 | Recovery, cooling, and pressure relief. |
| 0:32.9 | All in one mattress. |
| 0:34.7 | Up to 60% more deep and REM sleep. Less inflammation, faster bounce back. No |
| 0:40.9 | toxins, no EMFs, no BS. My buddy Jack over at Ascentia, he's kind enough to give us a code for |
| 0:47.6 | the Spartan community. That's Decca, that's tough mother of all of us. Use Spartan 25, get a discount, |
| 0:53.0 | prioritize your sleep so you can sleep faster, |
| 0:55.9 | you can do more burpees, you can train more, you can get healthier. When you sleep well, |
| 1:00.2 | you live well. Joe Descenta, CEO, founder of Spartan, hosts of the Hardway podcast here. I've got |
| 1:06.4 | my buddy Brian Alsru on, he is a strength and conditioning coach, but more importantly, he's a mental strength and conditioning coach because you could lift a bunch of weight but if your if your head can't get you know I see what wrestling I see it in life I see with the Spartans right if your head can't get wrapped around whatever it is you're taking on like I don't care how big and strong you are you're not getting it done is that a fair that's very fair I would say and thank you so much for Matt, thank you for the opportunity. I don't care how big and strong you are. You're not getting it done. Is that a fair? |
| 1:30.8 | That's very fair. I would say, and thank you so much for having me on, man. Thank you for the opportunity. I truly appreciate it. You were an actual, quote unquote, regular strength and |
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