The fitness mindset I wish I'd known 10 years ago | Borge Fagerli

The Energy Blueprint Podcast

Ari Whitten

Chronicfatigue, Energy, Hypothyroidism, Fatigue, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Chronicfatiguesyndrome, Adrenalfatigue, Howtoincreaseenergy, Adrenals, Hashimotos

4.7 • 751 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I’m happy to welcome Borge back for another conversation about fitness. But this time, he’s focusing on the importance of mindset.

However, this isn’t the same mindset information you’ve heard in other places. Borge has decades of experience as a fitness expert, and he’s now approaching health through an incredibly authentic, honest, and highly effective lens that I think will help you achieve your goals, too.

In this podcast, Borge and I discuss:

Why he switched his focus from purely muscle building to mindset, and the fascinating concept of the Dunning-Kruger effect that fueled this shift
Why a big-picture view of health, fitness, and even life might be the best context for understanding new information (and living happily!) versus getting lost in the details
Our own personal journeys in the fitness industry and why comparison truly is the thief of joy
The role of social media in how we perceive ourselves and the illusion of optimal that it promotes; unfortunately, the algorithm rarely rewards authenticity
The signs that let you know someone is lying to you on social media
One major step Borge took to bring more honesty and authenticity into his already powerful message
Understanding when you should self-experiment and when you should follow a protocol…there’s a time and place for both!
Is biohacking really as valuable as everyone says it is? Or is there a more simplistic approach to health that’s just as effective?
The importance of enjoyment as part of our health routines…don’t forget to achieve your goals AND have fun!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Borg, welcome back to the show, my friend.
0:09.1	Thank you.
0:10.9	It's an honor to be here again.
0:12.7	Yeah.
0:13.7	So in this podcast, I want to talk to you more about mindset.
0:20.0	And I think to get into that, I think it would be useful for people
0:26.1	to hear why you have shifted in terms of your own personal interests, more away from kind of the
0:37.1	details of the nitty-gritty and the endless discussions and debates over all the the details of how to train to grow muscle to get stronger and you know how to eat to build muscle and to lose fat.
0:50.9	And you know, I think over the last several years you've shifted I've seen you shift
0:55.6	more and more towards an interest in psychology and mindset can you describe to people
1:01.7	why you've been making that shift wow that's that's a great question but but yeah I was actually reflecting on just that question, like this
1:15.2	last couple of hours, as I was watching an interview with a guy explaining Robert Keegan's
1:24.9	stages of psychological development.
1:35.2	And that really resonated with me because it explained how most of us during the 20s were kind of obsessed about building bigger biceps and creating wealth, most of all.
1:42.1	And that we're kind of obsessed with that because we believe
1:48.4	that's the way to feel happy. And as we move along the stages of psychological development,
1:57.9	and that really felt like my own story, my own journey.
2:06.3	You begin to reflect on your own thinking and your own values and your own choices and
2:13.6	behaviors and perhaps start questioning why you do what you do and if it truly makes you
2:20.3	happy. And for me, I guess I've always tried to question my own beliefs. I wouldn't say always.
2:28.0	You know, I had my period of time where I was overly confident in my abilities and my knowledge. And then then in Kruger
2:36.6	it and I started to realize how little I actually know. Actually, it might, I find whenever that
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