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The beautiful Victoria Belliston joins the show to discuss her background in fitness, how coaches have impacts that last well beyond high school and middle school, and where the future of fitness is headed with the metaverse. 
T discusses the NBA scuffle that happened with Jokic and Morris, and how the efforts to allow more physical play is effecting the game and how players interact. 

Life Lessons From Fitness:
More structure leads to more freedom.

The Devils' Advocate:
Which is more difficult, and who deserves more respect; Film actors or stage actors?

The Final Takeaway:
Set one small boundary for yourself, that will help propel your journey faster. 

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T is back and thriving in the new set up!  He dives right into being real about his mental health and what he was struggling with, and why he needed to step away from the pod for a little breather.  

He talks about his fiasco with getting his new shoes and why he loves shoes. After shoes he goes into the fights that happened over the weekend, the start of the NBA season, the Rogue Invitational, and what it means to be the best and why you can't expect to be the best at everything. 

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
Perfection is the killer of Progress

The Devil's Advocate: 
Should coaches be required to have played the sport they coach?

One Final Takeaway:
Use physical items as psychological rewards. 


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T starts the show discussing a question he received about the importance of resting and why we need to prioritize it more in our life if we want to be successful. Then he goes into what he is learning from this shoe debacle that's been happening to him over the last few weeks and how it's impacting how he treats people. 
Moving on he discusses the Mr. Olympia that happened and the new "Wellness" devision. 
After discussing bodybuilding he moves on to an epiphany he had about how we can stay more consistent with our workout routines and being healthy. 

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
From Kurt Metzsker - cultural "flopping."

The Devil's Advocate: 
High Tops vs. Low Tops 

One Final Takeaway:
Find someone who is nonjudgemental. 

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T opens the podcast discussing why he missed last week and what he's been busy doing. He discusses how to become more fitness and health aware, and how to train your brain to think healthier. Then he jumps into the drama of the NBA vs. the vaccine, and how tough it is to juggle that insanity.  He then goes into the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III fight and how crazy the Alabama vs. Texas A&M was.  

He then has a hard time composing himself discussing the stupidity of trend diets, especially the "new" pegan diet, and why it's so lame and dangerous to follow the trendy diets.    

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
Using trends to learn new valuable information, but not becoming obsessed with the trend itself. 

Devil's Advocate: 
What is the more effective mindset to have: working out to LOOK good, or working out to FEEL good.....?

One Last Takeaway: 
Understanding the value in, and giving yourself the space to be silent. 

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T opens the episode by talking about NBA players demanding trades and why it's ridiculous, and how that applies to our lives as normal people. He then discusses a crazy bet that happened and how insane gambling can be (if you have a gambling problem, go seek help). 

He then goes discusses what happened at the Canelo and Plato press conference and how insane it is to use our moms as an insult to illicit a reaction from someone. 

After the sports talk, he opens up about how social media is changing and challenging fitness as an industry, gyms, and an outsiders view of health and fitness, and why we need to be careful and critical of what we see. 

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
You control the action NOT the consequences. 

The Devil's Advocate:
Are steroids cheating?

The Final Takeaway: 
Force yourself to wait for something ever day. 

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T Is back with all the hot takes of the fitness industry!  He discusses Tom Brady's savagery, why boxing exhibition matches need to stop, and why he's been working out the way he has lately! 
He goes into a pros and cons list of all of the different types of working out and what to expect from each one!  

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
Always take the toughest option instead of the easy way out.

The Devil's Advocate:
Which is worse; to be over informed or under-informed?

One Final Takeaway:
Only argue with the people who you are willing to change your opinion for. 


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Welcome Back!  

T gets a little political bringing up Joe Rogan's use of Ivermectin, and Trump being the official commentator of the fight on Saturday.   But then he turns it right around into fitness and the goings on in the fitness world.  He discusses the new record set for the longest held plank, and how we should view and value our fitness now, because we won't be able to forever. 

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
Control your recover time in order to maximize your work progress. 

The Devil's Advocate: 
Is motivation necessary to stick to your goals?

The Final Takeaway: 
Tell yourself you're wrong about something every day. 

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T comes in HOT about social media "challenges" and why they're so stupid, and how far we've fallen as a society with such challenges. 

He gives a hot take on the Jake Paul/Tyrone Woodley match, and how it impacts the future of sports, as well as the drama surrounding Kyrie Irving being inducted to the Sioux tribe. 

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
Do the work, even when you don't know, or can't see the goal. 

Devil's Advocate: 
Is it beneficial or detrimental to youth to ask them "what do you want to be when you grow up?"

One Final Takeaway: 
 Do one thing daily that used to bring you joy as a child. 

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T is in a funk... but that doesn't stop him from bringing the heat!! He talks about why justification will never make you right.  Doing what's correct, will make you, no amount of justification will change that.  

Then he discusses the obsession with cardio, and how it can be dangerous to your metabolism, why and when we should use it, and more importantly, what we should think about it, and what it's for.

Life Lessons From Fitness:
The empowerment that comes from admitting errors. 

The Devil's Advocate: 
Experience vs. Credentials

The Final Takeaway:
Will your future self respect or regret who you are now?

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T discusses FAQs he gets asked, and the most simple, thoughtful responses to those questions. He goes into annoyances he sees in the fitness industries from trainers and social media influencers, and why they need to stop. Then he talks news from the body building world, NBA trades, and goings on within that sphere. 

Life Lessons From Fitness: 
You only have two options when you make a snap judgement about someone. 

The Devils' Advocate: 
Being a detailed planner vs. free spirit

One Last Takeaway: 
Stop thinking in absolutes. You can change anything you want, whenever you want to. 


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