Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

•  “It’s not rocket science. You eat shit foods, you’re not active, you’re gaining weight. You eat good food, you’re very active, you lose weight.” – Joe De Sena 
• When the only thing you’re eating are fruits and veggies, it’s nearly impossible to starve or overeat
  • “If you only eat salad, you’re never going to overeat salad” – Joe De Sena
• When Joe was 12, the mafia boss hired him to clean his pool every week. The first day on the day, he gave Joe three pieces of advice:
  • Being on time is late, always show up 15 minutes early
  • Go above and beyond in your job so that you become irreplaceable
  • Never ask for money, you’ll get paid if you do a good job
    • “Really good lessons from, like you say, a most an unlikely source of advice” – Joe De Sena 
• “Videogames are a real problem. They’re a real problem, you know why? Because they’re fucking fun…You do them and they’re real exciting but you don’t get anywhere.” – Joe Rogan
• “One of the best benefits of sports is you realize that through hard work you get improvement, through improvement you get success…You get this knowledge that you can do something that’s difficult and you can overcome even though it feels like you can’t.” – Joe Rogan
• “Kids need to do hard shit and they need to finish what they start” – Joe De Sena
• In ancient times, humans didn’t have constant access to food. This may explain why there are so many health benefits to fasting because it gives our stomachs a break and prevents us from overeating:
  • “I would think our stomachs and our digestive system needs time. It’s not used to just constantly taking food on demand.” – Joe De Sena 
• In life you always have to pay your dues: Either you pay now and enjoy being successful later or you enjoy doing nothing now and pay with the feeling of regret later
  • “A person who goes through life without ever being tested is a sad person” – Joe Rogan

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Joe De Sena is the CEO and founder of Spartan and the Death Race. He is also a NY Times best selling author of Spartan Up, Spartan Fit and The Spartan Way.