One Shot

Depending on the environment you grew up in, the goals you currently have, the time of life you are in, and so many other factors, your relationship with food evolves and changes over time. This is why diets and nutrition programs are so complex, we all have various relationships and experiences with our food. In this episode, we discuss the importance of doing away with seeing food as “good” or “bad” and excepting it for what it is.

Research shows the number one key to happiness is being in control of your time. Those who have created the “golden ticket” in life are pursuing what makes them happy, highlights their talents and abilities, and allows them to make a great income. What about those of us who aren’t pursuing what makes us happy for one reason or another? How do we still find the same joy in our lives?

When we are having a hard time in business, parenting, or in our marriage, it’s easy to believe the lie that we are the only ones struggling. We see everyone else’s highlights and feel like we’re alone. In this episode, we discuss the lies we tell ourselves and encourage you in knowing your struggles are not unique.

Aaron Golub is an entrepreneur, speaker, and the first legally blind Division I football player in history. In this episode, we discus Aaron’s challenges growing up with impaired vision, how he showed up unannounced to every major college football program pleading for an opportunity, and how he inspires thousands today with the message that your only true limitations are within you.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of building deep relationships with your kids, their schools, and the community. No more standing passively by, it’s time to get involved.

There are very few “hacks” or “secrets” left to be discovered in health in fitness. The formula has been well established when it comes to living well. You know what to do, it’s time to do it. 

Success is a team sport and we don’t get anything accomplished alone. Parents, siblings, friends, coaches, bosses, individuals we don’t even know all play a part in our journey. In this episode, we discuss the importance of others and the role they play in getting us to where we are today.

You can spend endless amounts of time researching the perfect training program with the perfect sets, reps, weight, rest periods, etc. However, even the best training plan in the world won’t get you results if your intensity is lacking. In this episode, we discuss the most important component to any training program: effort.

Travis DeSisso is the Vice President of Personal Training for all 100+ Equinox Fitness Clubs across the country. In this episode, we discuss life growing up in small-town Missouri where he had to balance various issues at home with success in sports, a “failed” dream in football which led to a successful career in fitness, he and his wife living through the nightmare of having a baby at 24 weeks and all of the struggles associated, and how his industry had to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In the modern world of Instagram fame and “look at me” success, it’s tempting to see the end result and assume it just happened. But it's in the dark where true success happens. It’s the thousands of reps that aren’t posted on the internet for strangers to judge. If you want the public success, you must put in the private work. The journey looks different for everyone, but one thing remains the same. The work is done in the dark.