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Ep 779: What makes Special Ops so special?

Power Athlete Radio

Power Athlete

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Tune in as John sits down with Delta operator John McPhee, aka “The Sheriff of Baghdad", and ex-Navy SEAL Mike Sarraille. We’re diving deep into the war on terror—think hunting down bad guys and wild tales from Saddam’s gold-plated palaces. These guys will break down the evolution of Special Forces and what it takes to push the limits in training, both in the field and post-service. If you want to learn how elite warriors stay sharp and perform at the highest level, you can’t afford to miss this one.


Shownotes


00:00:27 - Mcphee Before Military

00:10:36 - Special Forces Selection

00:15:14 - Mindset of Special Forces

00:36:48 - Iraq vs Afghanistan

00:52:46 - Evolution of Military Tactics

01:19:13 - Peak Human Performance

01:28:26 - Sheriff of Baghdad Story

01:32:24 - Training Techniques


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0:00.0

You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day.

0:08.4

Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.

0:17.0

So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place. Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin. Thanks, Mr. Maffee, for showing up on Power Athlete Radio. Let's go. Let's rock and roll. Yeah. We had a blast yesterday at the F1. Nice. Yeah, it was cool. We had a mutual friend, you know, obviously a Roche and Frank. So we showed up and it was fucking. We got to see Porsche's races in the F1 and then eat a bunch of free food and have a bunch of drinks and probably one of the more bougie things I've been to in a long, long time. You know, I see Joe Rogan and Peter Atia and all these celebrities show up and I'm like looking to him. I'm like, are we in the right place? They're going to kick us out any fucking minute. I met Joe down when I was, I was getting the ice cream sandwich. They got this gelato machine. Like, can I put that on two cookies? At least like, see, you know what I mean? So she makes for me, right? But I'd like turn around and there was Joe right there first time I met him and then

0:55.1

they knew who I was. Yeah. I always always was like, oh, nice to meet you guys. But yeah, everyone was there, man. And then a lot of people had security there also. Like I noticed. Yeah, it was kind of weird. there was a lot of very good looking girls that were, we were for maybe what we would call the kids,

1:12.3

they were called D. also like I know this yeah it was kind of weird there was a a lot of very good looking girls

1:28.5

that were we were for maybe what we would call the kids they called dying pieces that were there

1:33.7

with private security and we couldn't figure out necessarily why or who they were we were like that

1:38.8

chick is pretty good looking but why didn't she have preck and private security yeah so and then

1:43.7

the the funny part was as we were walking out i ran into rogan security guys who i've known because they are former nsw guys who i've known for years i'm like what the fuck are you doing here he's like i work for rogan i'm like since when since always so it was uh it was neat to run into some former friends and some guys that we used to work with and hadn't seen it a number of years.

2:01.9

I'm glad you guys had fun because I was changing diapers and consulting babies.

2:07.3

Mike's wife just had, what was it, three weeks ago?

2:10.7

Two weeks.

2:11.5

Yeah, so a little girl two weeks ago.

2:13.3

Whoa.

2:14.5

Yeah.

2:15.2

Back into the baby fight.

2:16.6

Yeah, about to turn 47.

2:19.2

Sleep debt.

2:20.2

I love it.

2:21.0

Sleeped up.

2:21.4

Dude, my workouts have just nosedived and...

2:25.3

Didn't I tell you having kids as a young man's game?

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