Train Smarter, Not Harder After 35 with Don Saladino #253
Muscle Intelligence
Ben Pakulski
4.7 ā¢ 761 Ratings
šļø 29 July 2022
ā±ļø 48 minutes
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Summary
If you're over 35, you've probably noticed that things inside and outside the gym don't always look and feel the same as they did in your 20s. That doesn't make it bad or wrong, it just means we need to be more intentional about the way we train to compensate for difference.
On today's episode, I'm excited to feature a well-known fitness expert and someone I'm honored to call a friend.Ā After operating brick & mortar gyms for 15Ā years, today's guest, Don Saladino, expanded to a global onlineĀ fitness brandĀ in 2020. He has developedĀ a reputation for training some of the biggest names in Hollywood for the bigĀ screen. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal,Ā & Hugh Jackman,Ā are among his roster of clients.
Don and I cover everything from the perils and triumphs of social media, to the parallels between business and fitness, in this honest, no-holds-barred conversation. (Get the full episode summary here!)
You'll learn:
- How to utilize an ULTRA-effective individualized approach, while adhering to a plan.
- What SPECIFIC items to change within your training, as you age.
- The EXACT Tools to make training sustainable AND enjoyable... for life.
- How to extract and transfer successful business principles into exceptional fitness skills.
PLUS - if you don't have time to take notes, but don't want to forget the most important tools mentioned in the conversation, we've got you covered. Click here to get instant access to the High-Impact Episode Guide.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, the goal is to make you look good. |
| 0:02.0 | Man, resiliency is so important. |
| 0:04.0 | You're on set right now. |
| 0:05.0 | You're going to be on set for four months, and your sleep schedule is going to change, |
| 0:09.0 | and the camera's going to break down, or Dwayne Johnson might show up, the rock might show up on set late. |
| 0:14.0 | Who knows what's going to happen? |
| 0:16.0 | We need to make sure energy levels high, and what are we doing about food and and how are we going to deal with stress? |
| 0:30.9 | Hey everybody. |
| 0:32.4 | Welcome to the Muslim intelligence podcast. |
| 0:34.2 | This is your host Ben Pocolski speaking. |
| 0:35.7 | I hope you're having an amazing day. |
| 0:44.1 | Today we're going to dive into one of the guys that I look up to just as human and in its amazing journey to the top of the fitness world, Don Saladino has been able to maintain grounded ethics and just an incredible |
| 0:51.7 | character and just an incredible human being. |
| 0:55.2 | And today we're going to dive into not only his approach to getting the best bodies in Hollywood in amazing shape, the people you may know like Hugh, Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, and many, many more, but also into who he is as a man, what he values, and ultimately how we can step into being the best |
| 1:13.7 | version of ourselves. And I have this framing lately that is really about leadership. It's really |
| 1:21.3 | about how can we lead ourselves first and then follow that by putting forth know, putting forth the best version of yourself |
| 1:29.8 | publicly so that you can allow other people to shine their light also, right? And what that really |
| 1:35.0 | means in, you know, metaphorical terms is sometimes it's hard to step away from the crowd. Sometimes |
| 1:41.0 | it's hard to get away from the people that you've always known and they've always been there for you, but maybe you don't feel like you're in alignment with |
| 1:47.5 | them, and maybe you feel like there's something out there that's different for you, and you're |
| 1:52.0 | afraid to step away. People like Don are a really great example of how you can change the |
| 1:58.7 | direction of your life, start again, and still continue to crush it. |
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