Episode 25: Take ownership of your health!

Mind Of The Warrior

Dr Mike Simpson

Mma, Philosophy, Combat, Self-improvement, Education, Nutrition, Mixedmartialarts, Military, Fitness, Health, Society & Culture, Medicine

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Doc talks about what you can do to take charge of your own health. Being healthy is a basic tenant of a being a warrior.

Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.

Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars with Tim Kennedy on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The Since the dawn of time there has existed an elite warrior class
0:18.8	those with the courage and the will to achieve victory have always set themselves apart.
0:24.1	Today, these warriors can be found not only on the modern battlefield, but also in the
0:28.7	sports arena, in the boardroom, and in the classroom.
0:32.3	Now join our host Dr. Mike Simpson,
0:35.0	former Special Forces Operator and highly regarded
0:37.5	mixed martial arts fight doctor,
0:39.0	as he takes you inside the mind of the warrior.
0:50.0	Hey everybody, welcome to mind of the warrior.
0:51.0	You know, one thing that all warriors know,
0:55.3	it does not matter how high speed your weapon system is.
0:59.1	It doesn't matter how sharp your spear is.
1:01.6	It doesn't matter how well maintained your. sharp your
1:05.0	SHARP your shield is.
1:06.0	If your combat chassis, if your body is not healthy,
1:11.0	then everything else is combat ineffective.
1:14.3	Health care is paramount, your fitness, your well-being.
1:20.3	This is what's important. Everything else, you're just a shell.
1:25.0	Even if we were in some futuristic HALO universe
1:28.0	and you're talking about Master Chief in his armor,
1:32.0	at the core, you still have to have a healthy warrior in there to do
1:36.0	the job properly and that's what we're going to talk about today. We're talking about
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