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The Mark Divine Show

Spartan Co-Founder Joe De Sena on Overcoming Obstacles and Spartan Race taking off around the world

The Mark Divine Show

Mark Divine

Self-improvement, Alternative Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Joe De Sena has always been an entrepreneur, but he is best known as the co-founder of the Spartan Races, and the host of the Spartan Up! podcast. With the sound of another Spartan Race being built at Dodger Stadium in the background, he talks with the Commander about the past few years spent in Southeast Asia and China spreading the Spartan brand and his own, personal fitness approach. He's a legend and a master of forging ahead no matter the odds. Find out about: The importance of h...

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0:00.0

My daily routine is I've incorporated a bunch of those movements that I saw

0:17.8

going on in a living. I don't do the chanting I don't have beads around my neck

0:21.6

but I am doing a lot of those movements and I do them religiously.

0:27.0

Hey folks, super stoked to be here at Dodger Stadium with my good friend Joe DeSana.

0:35.2

You might hear a little noise in the background because they're actually building a Spartan race

0:39.8

that they're going to run tomorrow. So we'll just deal with the noise. Before I get started and

0:45.2

introduce Joe a little bit more formally for those you don't know him, which is probably nobody,

0:51.6

check it out. So you've heard me hit up our Burpee challenge. Joe and I love Burpees. They're the ultimate machine for getting into great health and fitness, but there's another reason we love Burbids this year

1:04.6

is because we want to suffer for all the vets

1:07.4

who suffered for us and are continuing to suffer.

1:09.9

Do you know that 22 veterans a day are committing suicide?

1:13.7

It's unbelievable.

1:14.7

It's unset.

1:16.1

The system is good intention as they are has failed.

1:19.9

So...

1:20.9

By the way, any vet, any vet that is feeling like on the edge and just needs a race to rate like it's on me

1:28.1

So we'll figure that out that's a good idea

1:30.1

Yeah like if they're on the edge and they're feeling whatever they're feeling like come do a race and you're back in the community.

1:37.0

Well, that's what we're, so our Courage Foundation, I set up basically, specifically to help vets suffering from post-Semitic stress.

1:43.4

Because I'm so moved by like, how could 22 a day be committing suicide?

1:47.1

I know how and why.

1:48.4

They get into this desperate rut, deep depression, but then the cycle of regrets and it's an emotional pattern and then it gets

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