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No peptides this week. Dr. Rehan just competed at the IBJJF Master Worlds in Las Vegas, the biggest tournament of the year for the Masters black belt divisions, and he expected to win it. He lost in the third round.
In this episode he walks Milan through the whole thing: what his expectations were going in, why this one hurt more than most, and the honest admission that a lot of his self-worth is still tied to winning. Milan, who competed from age ten until his late twenties and later coached fighters, shares his own struggle with the same wiring and how he eventually stopped letting other people define his wins.
They cover the hardest part of losing (walking back into the academy and hearing everyone's advice), the "internal compass" Dr. Rehan uses to decide what feedback to keep, the one preventable mistake he identified (cardio after moving up a weight class) and the sprint and VO2 max plan to fix it, why consistency beats emotion for both athletes and patients on a health journey, and whether the answer is to block out fear or, per Jon Jones and Musashi, to sit with it.
Also: immigrant parents and high expectations, Keenan Cornelius on how one big win erases past failures, Zen in the Art of Archery, and why Dr. Rehan's next goal is making competition day feel like a training day.
Next tournament: October.
0:00 Intro
1:19 What Master Worlds Is
3:03 Expectations Going In, and the Loss
8:47 Handling a Loss Now vs. Before
13:28 Where Self-Worth Comes From
20:47 Why He Started Jiu-Jitsu
24:54 Everyone's Advice After a Loss, and the Internal Compass
28:35 The Real Lesson: Cardio Was the Gap
34:50 Discipline, Staying in Shape, and Cheesecake
41:17 Ignoring Emotions Is a Superpower
44:06 Losing as a Coach, and Letting People Down
50:09 One Big Win Washes Away the Failures
54:15 What I'm After Is Freedom
57:43 Milan's Message to Dr. Rehan
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