LeBron James' Trainer Mike Mancias: Our Secret To 20 Years Of NBA Dominance (E290)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
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🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Mike Mancias is a renowned performance coach and trainer, best known for working with NBA legend LeBron James. With decades of experience in the sports world, Mike has become a key figure in helping athletes reach their peak performance through a combination of physical and mental training.
In this episode, Mike sits down with Jake to discuss the strategies he uses to push LeBron James to new heights, focusing on consistency, mindset, and discipline. He opens up about his journey into the NBA and what it takes to stay on top in such a demanding field.
Mike also touches on LeBron’s mentality at the Olympic Games and how they work together to overcome setbacks. He breaks down the importance of mental discipline and shares practical advice for those looking to achieve greatness, both in sports and everyday life.
This episode provides insights into the daily routines that fuel the success of some of the world's greatest athletes.
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone can have a great weekend and close the deal, but can you close multiple deals for a long period of time? |
| 0:08.0 | And so if you're not real with yourself, then your success will be short-lived. |
| 0:14.2 | His mind was already thinking, you know, |
| 0:16.6 | I need to do the extra work to get to where I want to be. |
| 0:19.7 | You know, I need to do the extra work, |
| 0:21.4 | at night time, a night time routine or something to kind of |
| 0:23.9 | get me to give me that edge you know you establish your own recipe your own |
| 0:28.2 | regimen for success and so again it's know, you know, you set your own rules up for what what you want to become. |
| 0:40.0 | And it's an everyday journey. |
| 0:49.0 | That is Mike Mansius, the trainer who's been described as LaBron James's secret weapon. |
| 0:51.0 | In fact, LeBron says, there's no way I'd be playing 20 seasons without him. |
| 0:55.6 | It's literally that simple. But Mike has also worked with people who aren't pro athletes. |
| 1:00.4 | How about this? Usher said, Mike Manseus is more than a teacher or trainer, his |
| 1:05.9 | approach to health and wellness is an approach to life. If you stay ready, you |
| 1:10.7 | ain't got to get ready. What a great line from Usher. |
| 1:14.0 | And in this episode I'm going to sit down with Mike |
| 1:16.0 | and we're going to talk about the day that he met LeBron, |
| 1:19.0 | the very moment that LeBron decided that he wanted to be the greatest in the world |
| 1:22.0 | and crucially the intention that you and I need to live with |
| 1:25.8 | if we want to be the greatest at whatever it is that we truly desire. This is a fascinating long-ranging |
| 1:31.8 | conversation where we talk about the small decisions that you and I are making every single day and if we change how we make those decisions, we can change the outcomes so that you can stay ready. |
| 1:43.0 | Mike is about to take us inside the world of one of the great, |
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