A New Way of Being

Bridging the Physical and Spiritual: Men's Health Fitness Director Andrew Tracey


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I've got a cracking guest joining me today - Andrew Tracey, the fitness director at Men's Health magazine. But Andrew is no ordinary fitness expert. He's someone who has seamlessly integrated the physical and the spiritual, straddling the worlds of hardcore strength training and deep contemplative practice.

In this conversation, we explore Andrew's unique journey to developing a lifelong, functional approach to fitness, and how he discovered the transformative power of meditation and self-inquiry. Andrew shares insights on cultivating motivation and discipline by aligning with your deepest values, rather than through suffering. He also reveals how his meditation practice has given him critical distance from the mind's stories, allowing compassion to effortlessly bubble up.

Key topics covered:

  • Developing a lifelong, functional fitness routine
  • Balancing modern conveniences with physical health needs
  • The role of discipline, motivation, and aligning with values in fitness
  • Tracey's meditation and self-inquiry practice
  • Daily meditation techniques and working with thoughts
  • Benefits of meditation, including gaining critical distance from the mind
  • Interconnectedness of physical and mental health
  • Exploring the nature of consciousness and identity

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    I’m excited to announce the paperback edition of my book, Champion Thinking: Get Out of Your Own Way, Find Your Peak Performance, is now available. Published by Bloomsbury, the link is here: https://www.simonmundie.com/book

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