Voluntary Hardship; Matt Reynolds

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality, Education, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

4.8 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Matt Reynolds, founder of Barbell Logic, believes voluntary hardship is a key to success for those seeking lasting fitness solutions. Matt helps strength coaches and personal trainers transition from traditional gym-based models to online coaching. With over 25 years in strength sports and coaching, Matt launched STRONG Gym in 2008, one of the top strength gyms in the U.S., before selling it in 2015 to create Barbell Logic. His online coaching platform offers affordable, flexible training with expert coaches worldwide. Barbell Logic now serves thousands of clients, including high-profile individuals and organizations like the U.S. Air Force. Matt also hosts the popular Barbell Logic podcast, sharing his expertise in fitness and online coaching. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: www.BarbellLogic.com Podcast: Barbell Logic Book: Undoing Urgency: Reclaim Your Time for the Things that Matter Most by Ryan Matt Reynolds Most Influential Person My little brother Effect on Emotions I think emotions and feelings lie. I don't think they're not valid, I think that's part of our humanity. I try to approach everything with logic and reason. There are times when I am overjoyed and times when I am really sad. I recognize those emotions, but I think that the mindfulness piece is: Are my emotions telling me the truth right now? Or is this just a feeling that I can approach with logic and reason? I'm not Spock, I'm not a Vulcan. I'm still allowed to have humanity and remain focused on the task at hand. Thoughts on Breathing It's interesting that when you lift, you don't breathe—you hold your breath. This creates inter-abdominal tightness, which sometimes scares people, but it's what keeps you tight from losing rigidity. When I breathe, I'm trying to get myself into a parasympathetic tone or a relaxed state. I use breathing, mindfulness, and focus to get myself out of those times of heightened emotion and a heightened nervous system and bring myself back down to earth so that I can focus on the things that really matter. Suggested Resources Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear Book: The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber Book: Undoing Urgency: Reclaim Your Time for the Things that Matter Most by Ryan Matt Reynolds App: My Notepad on my Apple Iphone Related Episodes Fit Healthy Grounded Women; Penelope Lane Revamp Your Self With Open Sky Fitness; Rob Dionne Film, Fitness and Food Heals; Allison Melody

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0:00.0	Mindfulness Mode, episode 1,015.
0:03.0	Choose voluntary hardship today and watch your life change.
0:09.1	Hey, Mindful Tribe, welcome back to the show.
0:11.8	Today, we are talking about getting fit, getting your body the way you really want it to be.
0:18.8	Now, this can be about nutrition.
0:20.8	This can be about a lot of different
0:22.5	aspects. And of course, when we talk about mindfulness, we need to be mindful, whether we're getting our
0:27.5	body fit, whatever we're trying to do to improve our life and change our life. It really helps if we can do
0:33.2	it in a mindful way. And I'm excited because I'm here with Matt Reynolds.
0:37.8	Matt, are you in mindfulness mode today?
0:40.9	Yes, hopefully I brought my A game.
0:43.0	Perfect.
0:44.2	Perfect.
0:45.1	Matt has a business called Barbell Logic,
0:48.2	and I'm going to be talking to him all about that.
0:50.4	And he's got a different way of dealing with coaching,
0:53.5	which I think sounds extremely cool because I've been listening to some of his podcast interviews lately and his own show, which is called Barbell Logic.
1:03.7	So, Matt, what does mindfulness mean to you?
1:07.9	Well, one of the, I think, major things that we talked about a lot is a concept that we call voluntary hardship.
1:14.3	And so for us, we, everyone knows, first off, let me start, but thanks for having me on the show.
1:20.2	Yeah.
1:20.4	Two, I hate the fitness industry, which is probably not something that you're expecting me to say.
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