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Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield here and if you read the article over at BenGreenfieldFitness.com

a few weeks ago entitled Look, Feel and Perform, like an ancient Spartan warrior, how to become

an absolute physical beast, then you know that I've kind of got this personal goal during

2014 to challenge my body and my mind by adding some epic events to my 2014 calendar,

doing things like the Spartan beast and multi-day adventure racing, as well as something

called the SealFit Academy and the SealFit Kakoro Camp, which are also two kind of difficult

tests of both physical and mental toughness, as well as ways to learn physical and mental

tricks and strategies to basically take things to the next level.

Now whether you want to turn yourself into an absolute physical beast as I described

it in that article or perhaps just get the mental edge to be tough when it really counts,

then today's podcast is for you.

I've got Commander Mark Devine from SealFit on the call and this guy has an amazing history.

Not only is he the author of multiple books on Amazon such as The Way of the Seal think

like an elite warrior to lead and succeed, unbeatable mind, eight weeks to SealFit, but he

himself has quite a history as a Navy Seal and as a CrossFit affiliate and also as kind

of the mastermind behind the SealFit program.

And we're going to hear a little bit more about his history today and then delve into

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