Staying Focused in the Off-Season and Meditating to Improve Mindset Control with Jason Leydon - Ep. 119

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest is Jason Leydon, owner of Crossfit in Milford, CT. Jason is one of the most successful Crossfit coaches of all time — coaching over two dozen games athletes, including teams, individuals, and masters. We dive into specific ways to improve your mindset, how you should approach the off-season, and how you can get the most out of off-season competitions. He offers specific tips for improving self-talk and staying focused all year round and I think you’ll come away from our conversation with more than one excellent idea on how you can up your training and your game. Enjoy the show!

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Topics of discussion:

[:34] The view from Power Monkey Camp

[2:00] Productivity starts with disciplined scheduling and saying “No.”

[7:00] Coaching elite athletes means offering guidance and having deep conversations.

[11:52] Focus on what is in your control to see quicker improvement.

[13:24] Jason’s tips for greater mindset control

[15:46] Why is meditation so crucial for athletes?

[20:00] “The most contagious thing in the world isn’t a positive action — it’s a negative thought.”

[24:00] What athletes need to be doing — and avoiding — in the off-season

[28:00] How you can tell if you’re overtrained

[33:30] Avoid doing this as you’re preparing for the opens.

[37:48] Treat competitions as opportunities to learn.

[42:40] Unique challenges and insights from coaching master athletes

[45:30] The perfect training program is the one you actually follow.

[47:06] What this coach has learned from his athletes.

[48:47] Jason is a better person because he’s learned to let go of control.

[49:27] Fill-in-the-blanks about BBQ and man-crushes

[52:00] Connecting with Jason

Links:

Jason Leydon

Power Monkey Fitness

InSideOut Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives, by Joe Ehrmann
and Gregory Jordan

Self Coaching 101: Use Your Mind — Don’t Let It Use You, by Brooke Castillo

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Mike Kaju, and you're listening to the Brute Strength Podcast.
0:04.0	This week's guest is Jason Leiden, owner of Cross Fit Milford.
0:08.0	Jason is one of the most successful Cross Fit Games coaches of all time,
0:12.0	coaching over two dozen games athletes, whether it be teams,
0:16.3	individuals, or masters.
0:18.6	We dive into specific ways that you can improve your mindset, how you should approach the off season, and how to get
0:26.7	the most out of off season competitions, as well as much more.
0:31.6	Enjoy the show. Hey, this is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast.
0:36.0	I'm here with Jason Leiden.
0:38.0	Jason, thanks for making some time for me today, brother.
0:40.0	Thanks, man.
0:41.0	Thanks to have me on.
0:42.0	I'm excited. So you're out at the at the power monkey camp. How is that?
0:47.2	It's awesome. Yeah, it's really a great camp. I think one of the great things about is this scenery.
0:53.2	It's on this beautiful lake.
0:54.7	It's kind of, you're kind of secluded,
0:56.3	so you almost get a week to kind of like unplug and unwind
1:01.0	from everything else you have going on and there's some amazing coaches here and there's a bunch of awesome
1:07.2	campers really from all of the world I think there's like 25 people from Brazil or something
1:10.8	and it's pretty insane so you meet a bunch people you have some
1:13.8	great conversations you learn a bunch so it's awesome that's awesome man and I
1:18.2	know it's been going on for a few years how has how have you seen it
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