NOT born this way - The official podcast of the Iron Legion Strength Co. and NOT Born This Way brand apparel.

Episode 246- Your weakness just might be your strength.

How many times have we looked at someone else and wished we had their gifts? Their genetics, their financial situation or other “advantages “ that they have. Happens all the time. But what if by looking at things differently we began to see our perceived weaknesses as strengths? I believe we can.

Episode 245- Is this the thing that’s holding you back from reaching your goals?

There is one thing that I see very often that keeps people from reaching their personal goals. In fact, it actually keeps them from even trying to reach their goals. Think about it. If you don’t even make the attempt, how can you ever hope to succeed? This seems obvious yet many people don’t even try and this is why.

Episode 244- Turning an almost epic fail into a huge win.

This weekend I got to witness another awesome example of how lifting is so much like life. How you can take a failure and turn it into something glorious.

Episode 243- Ambition over ego.

“Do you want to know or do you just want people to think you know?” Too often our ego gets in the way of us getting better. We are more concerned with what people think we know than we are with actually learning more. We’ll need to put the ego aside and be vulnerable if we want to get better.

Episode 242- Helplessness.

Helplessness. I despise it. I hate when I feel that way and it seriously bothers me when I see others acting that way. Let’s not allow helplessness to be a thing anymore.

Episode 241- "Kittenball" and the importance of a single-minded approach to your goals.

Focus is everything. Pursuing too many goals at once leads to a doing shitty job at all of them.

Episode 240- Thinking for a change.

How many times are we dissatisfied with a certain area of our life and yet we spend virtually no time actually thinking about it? We spend more time thinking about what to wear or what to have for dinner than we do about where we want our life to be in 10 years. About 20 years ago I read a book called “Thinking for a change” and it forever changed the trajectory of my life. I’ll tell you what I learned from that book and how it helped me and how I believe it can help you too.

Episode 239- Being the new kid.

We all remember that feeling of being the new kid. It’s happened to us all at least several times throughout our lives. We’re the new kid at school, we’re the new kid on the job, we’re the new kid on the soccer team or the baseball team. Being the new kid is often full of feelings of anxiety and trepidation but if we are unwilling to be the new kid in our adult lives, we will severely limit our ability to experience new things and to grow. Let’s talk about that today.

Episode 238- The scale, body dismorphia, Batman and Victoria Secret.

Why are we so obsessed with the scale? And why do we here at Iron Legion encourage you to get rid of the scale? And the biggest question of all, how do we make a global change in how society views weight and body image. Let’s talk.

Episode 237- Heavy weights and low reps vs. lighter weights and higher reps. What’s the difference?

There are a lot of questions and there is a lot of confusion around the different styles of training out there. Let’s talk about the differences between them and why some people are more suited to certain styles than others.