In the 140th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Director of Applied Science and Brand Development at Longevity Labs Inc., Don Moxley will talk about three-thirds of your life, rhythmic learning, a valueless exercise, tips for aspiring strength coaches, and more.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! 

In this chapter, you will discover:

(0:50) Introducing our special guest Director of Applied Science and Brand Development at Longevity Labs Inc., Don Moxley @donmoxley

(1:10) Shout out to Eric Malzone @emalzone

(2:00) Don and her wife

(3:30) Three-thirds of your life

(3:45) Don’s third third

(4:15) What would Don do if he won the lottery?

(4:30) Traveling in an RV

(5:45) Mastery by Robert Greene

https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X 

(7:00) National Park’s pass

(7:25) Meeting with Eric Malzone

(7:30) Where to next?

(8:00) “Travel is the greatest experience and education that you can get.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(8:10) Passport-related stats

(8:30) “The more time you spend time getting to know people that are not like you, the more empathy you develop.”  - Don Moxley @donmoxley

(9:05) “Don’t just niche yourself into one modality.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(9:25) Scratching the surface

(10:10) Rhythmic learning

(11:05) Don’s origin story

(11:55) Getting help for fitness

(13:10) Shout out to Kevin Akins

(13:45) Shout out to Lou Simmons

(15:55) The reason behind the pushback

(16:10) A valueless exercise

(17:35) All Americans or Better

(19:30) “All energy is aerobic.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley

(20:00) Coaching recovery

(21:10) “The guy with the best biggest bench rarely sees the field.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley

(21:50) Entertainment events

(23:00) Tips for aspiring strength coaches

(23:40) Next Man up vs. Don’s philosophy 

(25:00) Rocks of longevity 

(28:50) Functional vs. optimal

(29:20) “Just because you can get through a workout doesn’t mean that it is contributing to development.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley

(29:40) Good light vs. bad light

(30:30) “Light is a secret weapon.”- Don Moxley @donmoxley

(31:00) What’s your jar?

(32:50) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519 

(33:15) Interesting thing about Don’s field

(33:30) Biohacking

(34:30) Our evolutionary history

(36:50) Strength coach vs. sport scientist

(37:10) Shout out to Gray Cook Twitter @graycookPT

(37:10) Shout out to Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(37:45) Confirmation bias

(38:10) The abrahamic religion analogy

(40:30) Moving the needle dramatically

(41:20) How to become a scientist?

(43:10) Scientist vs. a coach

(43:30) Helping an overtrained athlete

(47:30) Highlevel HRV program

(49:10) “Every good strength coach has a team of geeks.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley

(52:30) Another HRV example

(54:50) How to track your HRV?

(58:00) Free HRV app: Lead HRV

(58:40) How to start an HRV program?

(1:03:00) Learning about cannabis

(1:03:30) Cannabis plus

(1:06:30) Shout out to Antonio Squillante @antonio_squillantecscs

Where to find Don Moxley? @donmoxley

LinkedIn: Don Moxley

Twitter: @donmoxley

www.modemethod.com