The Art of Something

Episode 151 the boys finally grabbed the mic. A long and anticipated podcast with Nick Bjugstad of the Minnesota Wild. Nick is a former 1st round pick for the Florida Panthers after attending the University of Minnesota. He was Mr. Hockey in Minnesota out of Blaine and is an absolute beast out on the ice.

The tall, gangly stud loves to talk breathing. Loves to talk cold and is swimming in the deep end as far as consciousness goes. Dive in with the fellas as Big Nick brings home a handful of nuggets talking all subjects living.

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@nbjugstad

#27 - Minnesota Wild 

Donnie Ecker is the Bench Coach for the Texas Rangers. He was recently named the 2021 Major League Coach of the year and former hitting coach for NL West Champions San Francisco Giants. He is a mastermind within human performance. Extremely knowledgeable and able to articulate information to athletes at the highest level. Beyond the field of sport, Donnie is a great man, very caring and genuine to the world around him. Take a listen as Harvey and Donnie go into the deep end of living a life of maximum potential.

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Where to find Donnie:

Socials - @donald_ecker

Harvey and Xavier Scruggs sit down and talk about professional baseball, life after baseball, being an MLB Analyst, and much more. Xavier played his college ball at UNLV, and after his junior season was picked by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the MLB draft. Scruggs ended his major league career after a few seasons and then went to Korea to play in the KBO.

Xavier is now an MLB Analyst for ESPN and MLB Network, while also being a part of the Baseball Operations team for the St. Louis Cardinals as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant. Scruggs also hosts his own podcast “The Bigs” and creates baseball content on his YouTube Channel. Xavier founded his own company, Xtraordinary Athletes which is a brand that is putting an end to dated stereotypes of athletes. Focusing on how athletes influence and create success inside and outside of their sport.

This conversation is great and we hope you all can take what Xavier and Harvey talk about and implement it into your daily life. Xavier is an outstanding person who seeks to help others. We are so glad we get to share this conversation with you all!

Enjoy Folks. - Where to find Xavier Scruggs

Socials: @Xavier_Scruggs & @Xtraordinary_Athletes

YouTube: Xavier Scruggs

Brand: Xtraordinary Athletes

www.xoathletes.com

Tucker and Harvey are former teammates through the Milwaukee Brewers organization where Tucker was a 2nd round draft pick out of High school. After a few years of professional baseball injuries soon plagued his career and it was time to move on. After 4 years of living in a van and finding peace in simplicity. Tucker traveled the world letting his curiosity lead his path. In the current moment, that path has led to Tahoe. Where Tucker is currently studying and practicing interior designing and hiking the backcountry to snowboard the mountains.

A few weeks ago Tucker and Harvey were in Tahoe together. Sharing dinner and telling old stories. Tucker who just recently built his home in a shipping container and now rips through the world's mountain ranges has some great ones to tell.

Enjoy Folks

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Where to find Tucker

Instagram - @tookitooki19

Andy is a breathing coach, nature enthusiast, and student of holistic health. Harvey and Andy connected over the data he was finding surrounding HRV (Heart Rate Variability) scores in nature compared to indoors. Time after time Andy was finding that simply being outside raised the overall health of the human organism. Andy has been taking students and youth kids into nature for years teaching them how to handle stress and adapt. He is an advanced Oxygen Advantage and XPT Instructor that now teaches athletes the benefits of breathwork and how to raise their performance.

In this episode, Andy and Harvey dive into what HRV is and the connection we have with nature. A deeper look into breathing methods and routines to stay healthy.

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Instagram - @performance_breathworks

www.adventuresinmovement.com

Spencer Robinson is a writer who quit his day job in 2020 to devote himself to writing screenplays full time. Although scripts are the focus, he has also written songs with a local recording artist, interviewed professional athletes for the lifestyle clothing brand UNRL, and given a best man speech to boot.

Originally a declared sports management major, Spencer switched his field of study to English & Film at Minnesota State University Mankato. It was around this time he began to gain a real sense of clarity and direction, diverging onto his own unique path. It is his intention to tell stories that get made into movies that move you, make you think, and maybe make you laugh.

Some priorities in Spencer’s life are faith, people, health, learning, and baseball. He coaches at Champlin Park High School in the spring and the Legion ball team in the summer.

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Where to find Spencer Robinson

https://www.facebook.com/spencer.robinson.796

763-234-5742

[email protected]

Glenn is the founder of Sauna Times and the Sauna Research Institute (S.R.I) Glenn has been doing sauna protocols for over thirty years with authentic wood-burning heat. He is a builder of saunas and sells DIY instruction manuals to build a personal wood-burning sauna. Glenn was born and raised in Upstate, NY but now resides in Minnesota.

In this episode, we talk about Glenn’s experiences’ with saunas and how he became hooked. Also, Harv and Glenn touch on his experience in Europe where he did some intense Fire & Ice training. From getting into the sauna to jumping into the Baltic Sea to complete his cold exposure. You can also find Glenn hosting his own podcast – “Sauna Talks”!

Hope y’all enjoy!

www.saunatimes.com

www.saunastudies.com

Podcast – Sauna Talk

Ep #144 - Keith Bateman

Keith Bateman has been at the helm of the Augsburg Baseball program since 2003. Leading them to multiple conferences tournaments and championship games. Coach Bateman is a prime example of a servant leader. Keith serves as the Co-Director of Academic Support at Augsburg University. He has helped shape hundreds of young baseball players into successful men. Harv and Keith have been connected for many years from both residing in Minnesota and their connections through Minnesota Mash.

Keith has always been known as a man who leads and finds way to grow as person. Harv and Keith dive into a great conversation revolving around the life of collegiate Head Coach, leading young men while also continually learning to grow as a man himself. This conversation is one we are very happy and proud to have as, we at MindStrong appreciate and support Coach Bateman and all he has done for the baseball community and our staff.

One love.

Harvey and Daniel Wilson met in 2015 through the discovery of cold water immersion and breath work. Dan hosted some of the first sauna & breathing sessions in MindStrong history. He is a sauna expert and built the MindStrong mobile sauna. You can find him hosting the Ddon.life podcast via Apple Music. Also, you can follow along with him as he travels the country chasing hot springs. 

For now, Dan is currently living in Minneapolis with his partner Omina. They are currently working on their business as food forest installers for their company Food Forest Minneapolis. Their goal is to plant as many decentralized food systems as they can. 

Food Forest Minneapolis is a member of the "Food Forest Abundance" in partnership, founded by Jim Gale. 

Foodforestminneapolis.com

Ddon.Life Podcast

Cory Gregory (@corygfitness @maxeffortmuscle) is a life long fitness entrepreneur and competitor. He is joined by Brian Peters and Harvey Martin in an electric conversation about purpose, entrepreneurship, developing confidence, the importance of grit and standards, and making generational change.

The boys dive deep into Cory's journey to create the job and life he wanted for himself.  Grinding through the coal mine to become a personal trainer and eventually a successful fitness entrepreneur and owner of multiple supplement and fitness companies.  He deconstructs he mindset and the things he uses to keep him, his business, and actions up to his high standards.  Buckle up.  Some of the boys get emotional.  All of them get deep into the magic that is Cory's story, mindset, and structure to obtain a life he dreamed of. Enjoy!