Ep 800: John McPhee - Train Like Your Life Depends on It

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4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 138 minutes

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John McPhee, aka The Sheriff of Baghdad, joins us to expose the biggest myths in tactical training and the harsh realities of real-world combat. From mastering fundamentals to why most guys are training for a fantasy, McPhee breaks down what actually works when it matters most. If you want unfiltered insights from a Tier 1 operator who’s been there, done that, and trained the best, this episode is a must-listen. Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep800 Are you a war fighter or door kicker looking to increase your resilience and lethality? HAMR was created after working with Naval Special Warfare, the US Army, Marines and First Responders. START TODAY - https://powerathletehq.com/hamr/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow John McPhee on Insta https://www.instagram.com/sobtactical/ Check out the TRT John McPhee recommends 👉 https://livethrive.co/SOB Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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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. Hey, Mr. McPhee, what's happening? What is happening? Welcome back to Power Athlete Radio episode 800. Yes, let's go, 800. I love this. We've been doing this a number of years, as you know, 800 podcasts, but I knew 800 was coming up and when you told me you were coming in town, I was like, dude, I can think of nobody better after seeing all of the clips from our last podcast gets stolen on TikTok. I see them all the time, but I'm like, motherfucker, they're stealing our clips. They're better in marketing than we are these fucking kids
0:54.5	you know these kids are at home just fucking wizards and they can do it faster than you like
0:59.5	you how did they they there's all these clips like the next day and you're like you know how much
1:05.4	work i think that i'm not i think it's a lot of work but like that's a lot of work to do all them
1:09.9	clips in like one day and put them all out, but they're amazing.
1:12.3	Dude, do they use some form of AI?
1:14.6	I mean, it's some for artificial intelligence.
1:16.4	Yeah, it's UFO shit.
1:17.9	You know what I mean?
1:18.7	I don't know.
1:19.4	Some shit we don't know about that's what I'm shit.
1:21.0	Well, I feel like we're just a little bit over the hump on this thing. And when I plug in and I look at it, but then I watch these kids work, I'm like, god damn, but these kids are like wizards with their stuff.
1:29.1	Or they come out with a clip like, and you're like, why didn't I think of getting that clip? You know what I mean? I'm like, I'll send him to Jacob. I'll be like, Jacob, we got to get these clips. He's like, God damn, these kids are good. we think of this and it's like, yeah, that was a good clip, you know.
1:26.7	So what was the kind of impact, I mean, hysteria, buzz?
1:49.2	I mean, you know, you went on Sean Ryan show, which is a big show, and then you went
1:52.0	on the biggest show with Joe Rogan.
1:53.8	Yeah.
1:54.4	Was there any interesting kind of developments fallout?
1:57.5	Like, what was the hysteria?
1:59.5	So Joe was right.
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