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

Episode 229- Antifragile. What does it mean?

Fragile: Easily broken or damaged. We definitely don’t want to be fragile. We don’t want to be easily broken or damaged physically, emotionally or mentally. So what is the opposite of that? Let’s explore the concept of “antifragile”.

Episode 228- Learn from your mistakes or even better, learn from the mistakes of others.

I have learned many lessons from doing things wrong and even more from paying attention to what other people have done wrong. Here is a big one.

Episode 227- Self-love, self-confidence and self-esteem.

Lots of “self” things today. Self-love, self-confidence and self-esteem. Are they something we’re just born with or can they be developed? Let’s discuss.

Episode 226- Working out over 40, dealing with burn out, what’s the deal with deloads and more...

Listener Q&A today. Some great topics. Lifting after 40 years old. How does it change things? How to manage burn out? What’s the deal with deloads?

Episode 225- The “All in” philosophy.

“All in.” It’s a philosophy that I have learned and one that I try hard to live by, although admittedly I don’t always get it right. In order to be successful, very successful, at anything we must give it all we’ve got. We must go all in. But what about when we want to be successful at more than one thing? Maybe we aren’t at the level where we’re ready to dedicate our entire lives in an attempt to make it to the Olympics, but we would like to be really successful in our careers, really dedicated to our relationships and also have time to take care of ourselves and do things that are important to us. How do we go all in on all of these things at the same time? That is something that I struggled with for a long time. The “All in” philosophy is something that has helped me dramatically with that.

Episode 224- Your new normal.

There will likely be times in your life when you think things are never going to change. Particularly when the circumstances are unfortunate, this can be very rough. But let’s talk about how you can change that and find a new normal. Also, occasionally you will encounter circumstances that change your life in a negative way. Let’s talk about how with time, those situations can be less challenging and they can become your new normal.

Epiaode 223- Lessons learned from my love for S'mores.

Everyone knows that I am a fool for the summertime delight that we call “s’mores “. But what you might not know is what we can learn from this American Classic...

Episode 221- Never satisfied doesn’t have to mean never happy.

Have you noticed that you never seem to “get there”? When you started, you thought that if you could just lose x pounds you’d be happy, but when you got there you realized that maybe x more would do it. When you started, you thought if you made x per year you’d be good, then you got there and realized you weren’t satisfied with that. Sound familiar? It does to me. I’m that way too. I always thought it was a curse. But I realized something about it that made me feel a lot better.

Episode 220- The human need to compete.

Episode 219- Rules. we hate ‘em but we really need them.

Why rules are necessary in the nutrition and strength game.