Be Relentless Podcast 30 - Building the High Performance Body Part 2 - Training to Perform

Stephen Timoney is a man on a mission to help millions of people do less dumb sh*t and fulfill their potential. But mostly, he helps business owners save at least 10 working hours per week and make more money.

We had a great conversation talking about the common pitfalls that busy people fall into that keep them stuck, struggling, and frustrated. Stephen is all about achieving clarity of what you're working towards, how to remove what doesn't fit that goal, and how to really zero in on what you're trying to achieve.

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Whether you're leading yourself or a team, it's important to regularly evaluate how you're progressing.

 

We all know this but we tend to either make it too complex, and thus not do it as much as we should, or we won't do it often enough to inform our behavior. It's easy to just "keep doing what we're doing", even if we're getting feedback that it isn't optimal. If that feedback isn't severe enough to register on our sensors then we're missing a valuable opportunity to improve. I've found that four simple questions are usually enough to get a good grip on that feedback.

Obviously every situation is different, but these are the four I use myself and I teach clients. They'll get to the meat of the situation and often show us where we need to redirect our energy. Remember, a leader has three primary roles:

1) Determine the desired outcome.

2) Set a course to achieve it.

3) Navigate the course and its modifications necessary to punch the team across the finish line.

Even if your "team" is just you, it's important to use some sort of an evaluation plan to make sure that's happening. These four quick questions are a great starting point.

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We all want some "go" with our "show", right? It doesn't make sense to look great and not be able to perform at a high level, as well. Whether you are still playing sports, want to keep up with your kid's in a "friendly" game, or just be prepared for what life throws at you it is important to stay athletic. Unfortunately, for a lot of adults it's hard to keep the level of athleticism they were used to from their playing days. It can all come crashing down quickly when they realize that the lifting and cardio they've been doing doesn't prepare them to move when they need to. It can be a bitter pill to swallow when they suddenly feel a step behind. This is exactly the type of guy I work with on a regular basis. I find there's five key areas that usually need to be addressed to take you from stiff and feeling old to regaining that spring and back to dominating. In this episode I go through my five areas and how I address them with my clients, often without adding any appreciable amount of time to their training sessions.

Imagine the amound of information your brain takes in every second. From your eyes to your skin to your internal organs and beyond, it's massive. Your brain then has to take all of this information, filter it down to what it deems relevant, and THEN decide what to do based on this data. How does it do that? By running it through a filter of beliefs. A difference of beliefs can make the same data be applied to a very different decision. In turn, this different decision can create a radically different outcome. That's great when it's working right, but when you're not getting the results you want... something needs to change. We like to try to change our behaviors, but we're better off changing the filters that cause the behaviors in the first place. That starts with our beliefs.

Are you someone who does really well during the week but then struggles with consistency on the weekends? What about holidays, events, or travel? This time of year is a tough one for many people to stay on track with their fitness, nutrition, or other lifestyle habits. In this episode I go over a very simple mental shift that allows you to reframe that challenge and get back on track much more quickly.

We are who we think we are... but it's deeper than that. More specifically, we're who our brain thinks that we are. See, our brain has an image in our mind of "us". It's our identity. This identity shapes how we do things and our decision-making. Your life is largely the result of your identity and how it led to your reactions and decisions. So what happens when we want to make a change? We can brute force it through willpower alone, but if we still identify as that former person we'll eventually slide back. The brain likes to be right, and it'll win in the end. So that means we need to change our identity to someone who lives the life that we want. In this podcast, I explain some of the first steps to doing that.

"Man, I gotta get in shape!"

What does that mean, exactly?

That's the problem with "conditioning", "endurance", and "being in shape".

We all know what we mean when we say it, and the other person knows what they think it is... but it's often not the same thing.

If you were an NFL lineman, you'd need to be in shape.

If you were a triathlete, you'd need to be in shape.

But those would look very different. That's where an understanding of how our body creates the energy that we need to move comes into play.

In this podcast I get into our three big energy systems, the fuel they use, and the considerations for how to train them to get the results you're actually looking for... so you can be in the shape and condition you need.

Look around. There are courses, programs, books, and many other opportunities to better yourself. Personal development, whether it's fitness, mindset, or work-related is huge right now. Yet so many people don't succeed in making the changes they are seeking? Why is that? For most of them it's because they try to make too big a jump. They see the end goal and want to be there right away. I get it - I want that, too. But your brain knows better. It knows that with big jumps comes big risk, and it doesn't like that so it pumps the brakes and settles you back into your routine... keeping you right where you are. I have a system for breaking through that sticking point and it starts with four steps. In this podcast I teach the four techniques I give almost all of my new clients and that you can start today.

I'm a reformed member of the "Grind 'til I die, I'll sleep when I'm dead" club. What is sleep, really? Everyone sleeps, but lots of us take it for granted or think it's something that removes us from the things we want to do. The truth is, sleep is WAY more important than that. Sleep is where our body makes the bulk of its repairs and our brain does most of its memory work and remodeling. Basically, if you don't sleep enough or well you'll always be operating like you're sick and confused... because you are. Sure, you may have more time if you cut your sleep short, but you'll make such poor use of it that it's a net loss. In this podcast I talk about WHY sleep matters, my personal story with sleep, and nine simple ways you can get more and better sleep.

Everyone makes "Finding Your Purpose" out to be this big, woo-woo, mystical task. It can be - You might be walking down the street and suddenly blindsided by your Purpose. But that's unlikely. Instead, I think there's a simple process that you can use to find the intersection between a couple of key purpose areas. Within those intersection points is where your Purpose will lie. In this podcast I dig into: - What really is your "Purpose"? - Why you should care. - Two approaches you can use to find it. - Two key questions to ask yourself in the process. Finding your Purpose isn't nearly the mystical journey it's made out to be. It can be broken down into a step-by-step process. Once the mystery is gone, you can succeed.