Roll On: Why You Should Periodize Your Life

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

We live in a culture that glorifies the hustle. But the 24/7 grind mentality is actually anathema to long-term success. How do we break this paradigm and avoid the inevitability of burnout? You periodize your life as you would your training. Ditch the guilt and take time to rest. Choose your fallow chapters. And embrace your life in seasons. In the race of life, the tortoise always beats the hare. Welcome to another edition of ‘Roll On’, wherein myself and Sir Adam Skolnick corrupt your neurochemistry with ideas big and small. Beyond sundry matters of varying interest, we play show and tell, share a few wins of the week, round it out by answering listener questions deposited on our voicemail at (424) 235-4626. Beyond RRP hypeman duties, Adam Skolnick is an activist and journalist best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, co-author. He writes about adventure sports, environmental issues, and civil rights for The New York Times, Outside, ESPN, BBC, and Men’s Health. He is the author of One Breath and is currently awash in his umpteenth draft of an untitled novel—slowly losing his mind in the process. Topics explored in today’s conversation include: the benefits of periodizing both your fitness and all aspects of your life; why fallow periods are essential to optimal creativity; an Iron Cowboy’s ‘Conquer 100‘ challenge update (and WTC’s tone-deaf response); the recent Laird Superfoods and Picky Bar acquisition; the HBO docuseries ‘Q: Into The Storm’; Rachel Kushner’s collection of essays, The Hard Crowd; Michelin star restaurant Eleven Madison Park‘s shift to a plant-based menu; and plant-based bodega start-up Plantega’s plan to eradicate food deserts In addition, we answer the following listener questions: How do you manage the financial risks that come with following your passion? How do you properly train for a Swimrun event without access to safe open water? How do you maintain relationships with people who have unhealthy drinking habits? Thank you to Greg from Virginia, John from Northern England, and Nancy from Santa Clarita, California for your questions. If you want your query discussed, drop it on our Facebook Page or better yet leave a voicemail at (424) 235-4626. FULL BLOG & SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/richroll601 YouTube: bit.ly/rollon601 Peace + Plants, Rich Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	What's up, humanoids? It is I, Rich Roll in Cahoots with one Mr. Skolnik content creator,
0:24.1	Sir Adam Skolnik here to corrupt your neurochemistry with ideas big and small, good to be here with all of you.
0:32.6	In addition to breaking down sundry matters of interest and perhaps disinterest,
0:38.0	yes, we also do a wee bit of show and tell here, a couple of wins of the week and we round it all out
0:44.0	by answering some of the questions dropped on our voicemail which you can ring up at 424-235-4626.
0:51.6	Before we dive in, if you're watching at www.youtube.com, if you heard of this thing, YouTube Adam.
0:58.8	I've heard it's the new thing. It's a thing, right? If you add the backslash rich roll,
1:04.4	you will arrive at a channel wherein we upload videos directly from this podcast.
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1:23.8	because that's what we do here. Yes. How are you doing, man?
1:28.2	You well? Careful. How are you answering this question? A lot of consternation in the comments.
1:33.8	Well, yes, the comments have said, I always respond the same way with, I'm good, man. You do,
1:39.3	right? I'm good, man. I'm good. Which makes people think that I'm either doing well or like
1:43.8	just in January or just hanging on, barely hanging on, man. I don't know that. I'm good, man. It just
1:49.2	feels it's a false flag. First of all, it's grammatically incorrect. I mean, if I can just
1:56.4	just... I'm well, man. Yeah, I'm very well, man. That doesn't sound as good. Who's the man in this sentence?
2:03.1	You're the man, right? Okay. This is the ritual podcast. How are you actually doing?
2:09.1	I'm actually been living with doubt. How have you been? Don't throw it right back at me with
2:14.3	a little labyrinating on that. I've been living with doubt. So I'm in the third draft of this novel
2:20.8	that I've been wondering right for a long time. And the entire time of riding it has felt like I'm
2:27.2	out of my depth, which is normal, right? Because I'm not... I wrote a novel once previously. This is
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