Welcome to the Brute Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness.

We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset.

Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach, 2012 and 2013 CrossFit Games Channel, Michael Cajou.

Mind, Body, Br. Hello, welcome back. This is Mike

Cashew and you're listening to the Brute Strength podcast. This week I've got one of my

favorite individuals back on the show, the gymnastics doctor, Nick Sorel. Nick is the head of brute gymnastics, as well as an

ear, nose and throat doctor in Louisiana. Nick is one of my favorite people to talk to because

he is such a deep thinker, and he is a very values driven person. He's constantly looking at the decisions he makes and the

behaviors in his life and putting them through the filter of, does this align with my deepest

values? And so in the beginning of this show, you'll hear us talk a lot about kind of the

meaning of life and how taking more responsibility in your life

leads to a better experience. We talk about what to do as your goals change, how to maintain your

level of fitness and how we've both done that over the course of time. And then I ask him

a handful of questions out of the

Tim Ferriss book Tools of Titans, a series of questions that are meant to dissect physical

disciplines. And so obviously we dive into some gymnastics, namely the muscle up and handstand pushup.

And so we talk about things like what are the key concepts that novices should know.

I ask him if you only had six months to train me to get a muscle up, exactly how would you train me?

As well as if I could do 15 muscle ups, how would you train me

to get 20 and so on. The gymnastics doctor is always a wealth of knowledge, and I know you guys

will love this show because you always tell me so. So without further ado, the gymnastics

doctor, Nick Sorrell. The gymnastics doctor, Nick Sorrell. The gymnastics

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