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Habits and Hustle

Episode 237: All Day Running Co.: The Mindset, Lessons, and Benefits Of Biking 3,000 Miles Across America

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5818 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Would you embark on a 3,000 miles biking journey across America if you were asked to, right now?! In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I chat with Jesse Itzler and his crew about the 3,000 miles journey across America they are about to embark on to donate bikes to youth. We discuss what mindset they have about this physically tiring journey, what the mental and physical training for such a challenge is like, and how they prepare for such a big challenge ahead of time. Jesse also shares how he selected this year’s team and what every member of this team believes they will gain from accomplishing this cross-country biking challenge.  What we discuss: 04:27: Why did Jesse want to start this? 07:08: What is everyone’s background? 10:54: What does the training for this type of sport look like? 14:42: What happens if someone needs a break? 16:23: What happens if the weather isn’t in their favor? 18:43: How is nutrition during a challenge like this? 23:17: What are the benefits of these types of challenges? 27:41: How much support does everyone have from their significant other? 30:29: How does one enter the flow state in a challenge like this? 32:35: How did Jesse select his teammates? 42:06: What are the craziest things this team has done? 45:59: What will they do with the footage they get from this challenge? 47:40: How many hours per day do they expect to be on the bike? 48:05: What other things are on their bucket list? Key takeaways: It’s important to spend time with people who are different from you. Different ages, careers, industries, values, and situations expose you to new realities and wisdom you would never have known of before. An even better way to spend time with people who are different from you is during a challenging time; they will expose you to new perspectives you may have never thought of before.  Forcing yourself to take on new challenges that are beyond your comfort zone is what will allow your brain to expand and propel your growth.  Working towards a common goal as a team is what will allow you to get to the finish line. Sometimes, not everyone can pull their equal weight at the same time and that’s part of the game. As long as you all support yourselves in working towards that same goal, you’re set for success. Thank you to our sponsors: Get a free LMNT Sample Pack with any order only when you order through www.DrinkLMNT.com/HabitsandHustle  Get started today with Disney’s Hulu Ad Manager at www.huluadmanager.com/stream      To learn more about All Day Running Co.: Website: https://www.alldayrunningco.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesseitzler/ My links: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen

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0:00.0

Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.

0:09.2

Well, this is a very unique kind of podcast. I've never done something like this before, obviously.

0:14.0

But basically, Jesse, a good friend of mine, is basically going across the country for two weeks on a bike with a gaggle of friends. And I thought this would be very interesting to kind of hear about the mindset, how the training is, how this whole thing even kind of evolved. Knowing Jesse, I'm sure it was your idea. And you thought, okay, like who am I going to get involved? Well, how did you even think of this? Because knowing, you start, because it's like, I don't know where to begin with you. Or no, I mean, like, who am I going to get involved? Like, well, how did you think of this? Because knowing, this start,

0:38.4

because it's like, I don't even know where to begin with you. Well, no, I mean, I have a philosophy that I follow that I learned from Kevin, who will be here in a minute, where every year I try to put something big on my calendar. And I've been doing it for years. Here's Kevin. Oh, okay. So, here are these for finding that.

0:55.3

So this year, since, so this, I've been doing that for a long time.

1:00.0

And way back in 2006, I kind of made like a list of things I wanted to do in my lifetime.

1:04.8

And right across the country was always one of them.

1:07.3

But it was never the right time.

1:08.9

You know, I always had work or this or that.

2:04.6

So this year I was talking to Chris, who's a good friend of mine. And I said, you know, we said, there's no better time than now. Let's make it happen. Let's carve out, you know, how fast can we do it? We started mapping this out. We said, let's take two weeks and try to get across the country 3,000 miles in two weeks. And then it was like, who else is crazy enough to do it? Right. And I'm going to say, Devin, besides, it's crazy enough because I feel like you're always like side-by-side with like these kind of action-oriented things. Like Hell on the Hill, I always see you guys doing it together, even though I know that's your thing. A lot of these things, right? Like you're kind of, are you just up for everything whenever, anytime? Yeah, it's like, I think everyone at this table can agree when Jesse says, let's go do something, you kind of just say, let's go. No, it's amazing. Nobody kind of creates more excitement than you, Jesse. I appreciate it. But everybody here is built a life on adventure. Everybody here has really good work-life balance.

2:07.6

There's 10 of us riding, and everybody here has really made sure to emphasize while they build their career, whatever their career.

2:15.6

We have some that are policemen, some of the military, some that are trainers, that while they build their career, whatever their career. We have some that are in the police, that are policemen, some of the military, some that

2:20.0

are trainers, that while they're doing that, and entrepreneurs, Deb, Rick, Brian is his own

2:25.4

company.

2:26.4

You know, we try to make sure that we also take care of ourselves and do stuff that we love

2:31.1

to do.

2:32.1

We love it.

2:33.1

Chris is a term that I love, and he says,

2:34.7

you know, he calls it being adventure ready. Adventure ready. Yeah. I mean, when that call comes,

2:40.0

you want to be in a place that you can say yes to the phone call. And that is, whether it's skiing

2:45.2

in Japan with your buddies or it's a bike ride like this, that you have a base level of fitness just because you live

2:51.9

a healthy lifestyle, but then say, you know what? I can be ready. How long ready? Six weeks,

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