The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

"We're gonna check in on my wife and see if she's happy. Happy wife, happy life...hope she's home! Or somewhere that I can reach her!... Uh oh… She's happy, she's just not available!" says Joe De Sena as he calls his wife, Courtney. She picks up the phone, "Hey there!" and Joe asks, "Hey, are you happy?"

"Me?"

"Yeah."

"I'm happy!"

"Alright, I'll see you later."

"Wait, where are you?"

"I'm just sittin' with a monk, we were checking. I'll see you later, I love you."

This week, we're continuing our Classics with some conversations that will make you think differently about what you're doing to live the life you want. In this episode you'll learn…

• The difference between quitting and wanting to quit
• Staying focused to find success
• Living life with no restraints
• The benefits of letting your kids learn what they want to learn

If you want to watch the full episodes,

Ep 75: Hindu Monk Dandapani - https://youtu.be/ZNQkb6odK-8

Ben Greenfield & Joe De Sena - Your Body is a Battery - https://youtu.be/LgF7am1lvJ8

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

SUBSCRIBE:

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CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Hosts: Johnny Waite, Joe De Sena

Co-Hosts: Sefra Alexandra, Col. Nye

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

© 2021 Spartan

You make decisions about your health every day - from nutrition to medication, to whether you should go out and race on an injured knee or ankle. Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of Spartan, interviews Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz, author of "Your Life Depends on It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health."

Dr. Miron-Shatz shares three simple essential questions you need to ask your doctor any time you're making a medical decision. AND Joe talks about a few big medical decisions he's had to make in his own life.

Find More About Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz:

On Twitter https://twitter.com/talyamironshatz

Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz Website: https://talyamironshatz.com

Buy the book:Your Life Depends on It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health." https://amzn.to/3oRlqlU

Joe De Sena's Parenting book "10 Rules for Mental Toughness for Families"

https://www.spartan.com/10Rules

The Tough Bible - the best information from Spartan Up all in one place

Spartan.com/toughbible

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion.com

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!

© 2021 Spartan

"So for all you leaders out there, let this pull you to the edge of your seat. When you pull up to work, or when you get ready to hit 'play' on the Zoom, or go live on the Zoom or Google Hangout, you need to say, 'Wait a second, am I ready to win the caring game, today, with the people that are helping make me and this organization look good?' And if not, you better take thirty seconds and say, 'I gotta get my s*** straight, because it's not straight right now,'" says Yancy Culp, co-host of the DEKA Series Podcast.

Spartan Up Podcast, DEKA Series hosts Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp get passionate about what makes a good leader and how that impacts your team. In this episode you'll learn:

• What great leaders practice
• Culture of care
• Importance of communication and authentic engagement
• The 80/20 Rule

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancys Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow

YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram: @spartanuppodcast

Spartan Up on Twitter: @SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

© 2021 Spartan

Coach Frank McKinney, one of the first Black college rugby coaches in the US, says "I didn't get into coaching to win games. My thing is to make young men better." It turns out those are also the ingredients of a winning team.

Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of Spartan, interviews coach Frank McKinney and critically acclaimed filmmaker Thomas Morgan about the new film "Scrum" and the incredible story behind it.

Listen for the inspiring story, or for coach Frank's great coaching advice and insights. "I tell the players, the kind of dog I need is the dog that's in the junkyard, with the tire swing in the old Roy dog food. And he has a little bit of water. You don't want to put your hand through that fence. But the border collie you put your hand through the fence and pet. So I tell the kids no matter where they come from, I need junkyard dogs out there playing that's for us to be successful for us to win. You've got to be a junkyard dog on the field, in the classroom and in life."

He strives to bring diversity to a predominantly white Southern institution through recruiting athletes from marginalized communities. Coach McKinney is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion within higher education and uses his position as a rugby coach to create opportunities, mentorship, and resources for at-risk youth to help them see themselves access and succeed in college and beyond.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SCRUM:

https://99goodfilms.com/pages/scrum

https://www.instagram.com/scrumfilm/

Joe De Sena's Parenting book "10 Rules for Mental Toughness for Families"

https://www.spartan.com/10Rules

The Tough Bible - the best information from Spartan Up all in one place

Spartan.com/toughbible

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion.com

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!

© 2021 Spartan

"'Let's go for a walk, you know, let's go for a run.' And whatever she could do, if she couldn't run, she'd walk. If she couldn't walk, she'd do something else. And she always put an adventure on her calendar so that when she was going through her chemo, she wasn't just a cancer patient, she was a mountaineer in training, or she was, you know, training for her next adventure race or ultra run," says Robyn Benincasa regarding her friend, Louise.

This week, we're continuing our Classics with some conversations that help us understand how to live life in a way that makes us happier. In this episode you'll learn…

• How people who spend money on experiences are happier than those who spend money on materials
• How getting involved with experiences can improve your life
• How experiences change how you think of yourself

If you want to watch the full episodes,

Cornell Happiness Expert asks if Money Can Buy Happiness Episode 032: https://youtu.be/qWPUVK2ow3Y

How Adventure Transforms You - Robyn Benincasa Episode 02: https://youtu.be/9uqTIBRR0zY

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow

YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Hosts: Johnny Waite, Joe De Sena

Co-Hosts: Sefra Alexandra, Col. Nye

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

© 2021 Spartan

"Before I ever went to Mt. Everest, I saw every single YouTube video you could possibly imagine about that mountain, what I'm in for, right? All these dead bodies, all these other things, right? Like, how do you do this?" says Mark Pattison.

Mark Pattison has played professional football, is an Executive at Sports Illustrated, and the 1st NFL player to climb the Seven Summits. In this episode, you'll learn:

• The power of great coaches, mentors, and friends
• How to be mentally and physically prepared for a big climb
• Lessons learned on the mountains
• Coping with the extremes and fears seen while climbing

Be sure to check out Mark's documentary, Searching For The Summit, which you can watch for free on the NFL's website here: www.nfl.com/videos/searching-for-the-summit-with-mark-pattison-nfl-360

If you'd like to reach out, you can find mark at - ​​markpattisonnfl.com

And if you'd like to contribute to Emilia's Everest - www.markpattisonnfl.com/emilias-everest/

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancy's Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow

YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram: @spartanuppodcast

Spartan Up on Twitter: @SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

© 2021 Spartan

As parents, it's the ultimate question. Today Joe De Sena, founder & CEO of Spartan, talks with his friend Ilias Diakomihalis about building mentally strong kids. Ilias' son is wresteler Yanni Diakomihal a 2021 US World Team member and was the 2020 Pan American champion, 2019 US Open National Champion and a two-time age-group World Champion.

https://www.spartan.com/10Rules Joe De Sena's Parenting book "10 Rules for Mental Toughness for Families"

Spartan.com/toughbible The Tough Bible - the best information from Spartan Up all in one place

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion.com

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!

© 2021 Spartan

"The original goal was to try to become the first NFL player to ever climb the Seven Summits, and when that got pushed out a year, I said, 'You know what? I'm going to double down. And I'm going to not only go up and climb Mt. Everest, I'm going to come back down, and then I'm going to go up the other side,' which is Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world. And, at the end of the day, that didn't happen because I would have died on Lhotse," says Mark Pattison, former NFL player who just conquered the Seven Summits.

Mark Pattison has played professional football, is an Executive at Sports Illustrated, and the 1st NFL player to climb the Seven Summits. In this episode, you'll learn:

• Competitive greatness
• Having a "big hairy audacious goal"
• Healing by being connected with nature
• Adjusting to the elements to reach a goal instead of changing the goal

On top of all this, he has a documentary presented by NFL 360 coming out TONIGHT, 9/23, "doors" open at 7:30 PM Central Time, and the film starts at 8:00.

Buy tickets to stream Mark's documentary, "Searching For The Summit," here: https://www.markpattisonnfl.com/searching-for-the-summit/

* This episode was recorded on Wednesday, September 22 *

If you'd like to reach out, you can find mark at - ​​markpattisonnfl.com

And if you'd like to contribute to Emilia's Everest - www.markpattisonnfl.com/emilias-everest/

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod's Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancy's Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow

YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram: @spartanuppodcast

Spartan Up on Twitter: @SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

© 2021 Spartan

When it feels like all hope is lost, how do you come back? Heard of the "Varsity Blues" college admission scandal? Have you asked yourself what happened next? How a family recovers? What's next after jail after losing his career? That's what Joe De Sena and Gordon Caplan talk about in this second half of their interview.

Gordon Caplan was one of those parents, and he tells Joe De Sena (CEO & Founder of Spartan) exactly what he was thinking, and what he learned from the experience and the deep thinking he did in jail. Every parent of a high school-age kid, and grandparents ... and anyone who works with them in school needs to listen closely to the lessons here. In part one of this interview, you'll hear what exactly happened, how it happened, why it happened, and what is wrong with the way 90% of the parents out there are thinking about their kids. Next week we publish part two, that's where you'll hear you can come back from even the most devastating blow.

Read more about Gordon Caplan's story https://www.spartan.com/blogs/unbreakable-kids/gordon-caplan

Joe De Sena's Parenting book "10 Rules for Mental Toughness for Families"

https://www.spartan.com/10Rules

The Tough Bible - the best information from Spartan Up all in one place

Spartan.com/toughbible

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion.com

Host: Joe De Sena

Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye will be back soon, we miss them!

© 2021 Spartan

"There are fishermen…that go out swimming, with nets, they don't even have a boat. They'll go out with nets in crocodile infested waters. And they're like, 'Well, we don't have a choice, I can't afford a boat, I need to eat, my family needs to eat,'" says Levison Wood, explorer who walked almost the entire Nile River in one go.

We're continuing our Classics with some conversations that tell us about the uncharted places in the world that many of us haven't even considered visiting. These explorers literally risked their lives to do what they've accomplished. In this episode you'll learn…

• How Levison Wood walked from Rwanda to Egypt along the Nile River, trekking deserts, swamps, and warzones
• Shannon Galpin's stories from Afghanistan, the prisons, and how she's helped Afghan women push for more freedom

If you want to watch the full episodes,

Episode 044 with Levison Wood: https://youtu.be/bwqM81DfC9g

Episode 104 with Shannon Galpin:

https://youtu.be/atVL-__R1tE

SPONSOR

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

SUBSCRIBE:

Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow

YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt

FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:

Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/

Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod

CREDITS:

Producer: Lake Watters

Hosts: Johnny Waite, Joe De Sena, Dr. Delle, Col. Nye

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

© 2021 Spartan