Interview with Joe De Sena

Marathon Training Academy

Angie and Trevor

Health & Fitness, Running, Sports, Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we speak with Joe De Sena an accomplished athlete, leader, and founder and CEO of Spartan. His goal is to get 100 million people off the couch. His new book is called, Extreme Balance: Paradoxical Principle That Make Your a Champion. Life will throw many obstacles in your path, learn how an "unfixed mindset" can truly elevate your game.

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0:00.0	Hey, big thanks to our new sponsor, Shox, the industry leader and pioneer in open ear,
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0:49.0	Boom, boom, bum, bum, bum, bum, In this episode, we speak with Joe DeSina, found podcast where it's all about inspiring and empowering you to go the distance. I'm Trevor.
1:11.9	And I'm Angie. In this episode, we speak with Joe DeSenna, founder and CEO of the Spartan Race
1:17.4	series and author of the book Extreme Balance, paradoxical principles that make you a champion.
1:23.4	We know you're going to enjoy this conversation. Joe's got such an awesome mindset. And I think
1:27.4	it'll definitely rub off on all of us.
1:29.3	As always, don't forget, as an Academy member, you can get all of our back podcast episodes going back 15 years,
1:35.0	as well as all of the training plans designed by Coach Angie and more.
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