By Carl J. Berryman
Welcome to the Mental Muscle-Up Podcast, the no-BS show that is the cure for Male Mental Masturbation.
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🤔 If you’re a man who’s willing to admit that your physical health plays a critical role in your overall quality of life, today’s episode is for you as we be asking and answering the following MMU Question of the Day…
What level are you playing at when it comes to how your body looks, feels, and performs?
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” - John F. Kennedy
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our PHYSICAL Health & Fitness.
FACT - If awareness is the first step towards improving every area of our lives, what are the key components of awareness? Truth and transparency.
One of my favorite quotes of all time is from Richard Feynman who said this:
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Regular review reflection will lead us to a crossroads, one where we have a choice to continue on the path we are currently on or choose another. Without regular review and reflection, we are traveling in the dark, not knowing the direction we are headed or where we’ll end up.
I don’t know about you, but when I wake up in the morning and reflect on the life I have lived and the life I am living, I want to not only be crystal fucking clear on where I am headed, but crystal fucking clear that the path I am on is going to take me exactly where I want to go.
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🤔 If you’ve even remotely contemplated the idea that you have a life purpose and that one of the secrets to living a successful life is finding and fulfilling that purpose, today’s episode is for you as we be asking and answering the following:
MMU Question of the Day - What level are you playing at when it comes to living a life that is on purpose with purpose?
“Without knowing his life-purpose a man lives a weakened, impotent existence, perhaps eventually becoming even sexually impotent, or prone to mechanical and disinterested sex.” - David Deida
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our PURPOSE Health & Fitness.
FACT - Nothing is worse than an impotent man. I’m not talking physically. I’m talking about the man who can’t get it up when it comes to having something he is working towards that is bigger than himself. A man who never experiences the emotional orgasm that comes (pun intended) through creation alone. A man who simply goes through the motions day in and day out denying himself and his loved ones of the gifts only he can give the world.
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🤔 Unless you want to be blindsided by a wife who wants to divorce you or a depression that will cripple you, you’ll want to listen to today’s episode in its entirety as we be asking and answering the following:
MMU Question of the Day - What level are you playing at when it comes to the one thing that stands at the core of every relationship you have, every business venture you’ll embark on, and every diet and training program you’ll sign up for? I am, of course, speaking of your level of EMOTIONAL Health & Fitness.
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” - Dale Carnegie
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our EMOTIONAL Health & Fitness.
FACT - I cannot tell you how much it breaks my heart that the world ignores how important emotional health and fitness are. I can’t tell you the amount of harm I have caused to others and myself that, after careful examination with the help of professionals much smarter than me, could have been avoided if only I had the awareness, the tools, and the support to improve my level of emotional health and fitness.
Men especially are guilty of skipping over emotion and going straight for logic. While this has proven over and over again to be a recipe for disaster in romantic relationships, the damage that stems from a lack of emotional health and fitness is most destructive in the relationship a man has with himself, for it is that relationship that determines the quality of everything in our lives
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🤔 What level are you playing at when it comes to cultivating and sustaining strong and healthy relationships with your partner, your Brothers, your family, and your Self?
“The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships.” - Esther Perel
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our RELATIONSHIP Health & Fitness.
FACT - We all know that building a strong, healthy body requires two key ingredients: what you feed your body and how you move your body.
Relationships are no different. The words you say and the actions you take will determine how strong or weak your relationship is.
I don’t know about you, but whether it’s the strength of my body or the strength of my relationships, putting in the work to make sure I’m doing what it takes to have both be as strong as possible is some of the most important work we will ever do.
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🤔 Since men continue to fall behind, slip through cracks, and be demonized in some of the most damaging ways imaginable, what do we need to do on an individual, cultural, and global level to help raise men back up before it’s too late?
“It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.” - William Thomas Stead
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing a hardcore compound lift of Relationship, Emotional, and Purpose Health & Fitness.
Believe me when I say I know how hard it can be to find a good brother you can trust - someone you can be all of yourself with, someone who you can trust will be all of themselves with you, and someone who is willing to go to battle with you in the most intimate and life-changing ways.
But as one of my dearest Brothers DP once said, “Good people are hard to find, but they shouldn’t be because they’re everywhere.”
I would alter that slightly to say good men are hard to find but they shouldn’t be because they’re everywhere.
What I would suggest is rather than trying to find good men to be around - men you can trust, rely on, and be inspired by - the best way to find those men is to become that man yourself and see who is willing and ready to follow.
🤝 Help a Brotha Out! If you find value in today’s PodWod, please help others who may need to hear today’s message by rating and reviewing the podcast. A minute or two of your time could help save a lifetime of suffering for one of our fellow Brothers out there.
Shout-out to my tow dear Brothers, George and J Stamatelos
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🤔 EP048 - If you’re trying to lose weight so you can look, feel, and perform your best, to weigh, or not to weigh, that is the question. If striving to hit your ideal weight is hindering your progress more than it is helping, what is an alternative metric to measure if the scale just ain’t cuttin’ it for you?
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.” - Mark Twain
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our PHYSICAL Health & Fitness.
FACT - You know that learning toy we all played with as kids that had different shapes and we had to fit the right shapes in the right holes? It’s funny to me that kids who can barely speak can figure that out, yet the most educated people on the planet in the health and fitness world still haven’t figured out that using weight as a metric for health is like trying to fit the square peg in the round hole. No matter which way you turn it, it doesn’t fucking work.
🤝 Help a Brotha Out! If you find value in today’s PodWod, please help others who may need to hear today’s message by rating and reviewing the podcast. A minute or two of your time could help save a lifetime of suffering for one of our fellow Brothers out there.
Shout-out to the one and only Philip Pape over at the Wits & Weights Podcast
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🤔 EP047 - If you’re an entrepreneur who is in the process of building your business or empire, since the road to success as an entrepreneur is fraught with failure, what do you need to focus on first and foremost so that your string of endless struggles does not devour your potential for prosperity?
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our PURPOSE Health & Fitness.
FACT - Most people who workout have their one or two favorite exercises or even complete workouts - those ones we always look forward to, and help us get our ass to the gym when we don’t feel like going.
In business, knowing what you truly value, what truly brings you to life, what truly expresses your unique talents, and gives you the best emotional pump possible is critical if we ever hope to remain in the game long enough to win.
🤝 Help a Brotha Out! If you find value in today’s PodWod, please help others who may need to hear today’s message by rating and reviewing the podcast. A minute or two of your time could help save a lifetime of suffering for one of our fellow Brothers out there.
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🤔 EP046 - If you’re at a point where you’re not sure if you can handle any more of the emotional curveballs life keeps throwing you, and you want to put an end to emotional suffering once and for all - not pain…let me be clear because as the saying goes, “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional” - how the fuck do you even begin to go about doing it?
"When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.” - Alan Paton
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our EMOTIONAL Health & Fitness.
FACT - Emotional pain is, in my experience, one of the worst forms of pain there is. It’s not like in the gym where you feel amazing a few seconds after the burn from a solid set goes away. Emotional pain lingers, and if we’re not careful, it can turn into emotional injuries and emotional scars that last for years or even a lifetime.
As with physical pain, if we ignore it long enough it soon turns into an injury. Emotional pain is no different. When we ignore it or refuse to treat it, it soon turns into suffering, which is a lot harder to recover from.
🤝 Help a Brotha Out! If you find value in today’s PodWod, please help others who may need to hear today’s message by rating and reviewing the podcast. A minute or two of your time could help save a lifetime of suffering for one of our fellow Brothers out there.
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🤔 EP045 - If you’re in a long-term committed romantic relationship what can you do if your partner does not support your goals, does not encourage you to become a better version of yourself, and is holding you back from being your true authentic self?
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” - Reinhold Neiburh
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our RELATIONSHIP Health & Fitness.
FACT - Romantic relationships are one of the best representations of training partners in the gym. When both partners are pushing and encouraging the other, new levels of strength and breaking through plateaus are inevitable. But when just one partner doesn’t feel like pushing themselves or the other, the workout suffers and nobody gets stronger.
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🤔 EP044 - If you’re like me and you’re beyond tired of all the hypie bullshit being spewed out there when it comes to fitness and nutrition, how do you filter the amateurs from the pros when looking for a coach for what is arguably the most important variable for living a happy and complete life - your PHYSICAL health and fitness?
“Coaches who can outline plays on a blackboard are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their players and motivate.” - Vince Lombardi
🎙️ In today’s PodWod, we be crushing our PHYSICAL Health & Fitness.
FACT - There is absolutely no getting around the snake-oil salesmen of the world, and few places are there more of them slithering around in the weeds than in the health and fitness industry.
However, not all bad advice comes from bad people. Many of the very well-intentioned coaches out there have become accustomed to luring people in with shiny claims, shirtless videos, and shady marketing tactics. Being able to decipher between who’s legit and who’s full of shit is a skill we all need to acquire.
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The podcast currently has 226 episodes available.