The MENtal Muscle-Up Podcast: The Cure For Mental Masturbation

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EP074 - Can you strengthen your marriage and family by taking what works for bodybuilding and applying it to life as a husband and father?

Today is a long-awaited podcast with a Brother who I developed an instant connection with the very first time we spoke, CJ Rodriguez from the Masculine Health Solutions podcast.

Here's just a bit of what we be tackling in this episode:

👉🏾  What are two simple strategies CJ used to help him successfully reach his goal of competing in bodybuilding and how we as men can apply the strategies both inside and outside of the gym (8:45)

👉🏾  What do you do when you feel like giving up on yourself? CJ shares how and why he almost gave up in his quest for bodybuilding and how he managed to avoid quitting when shit got real (20:50)

👉🏾  How do you go about trusting the voice in your head when you have multiple voices that are telling you conflicting messages? (29:05)
 
👉🏾 What is one simple (but not easy) thing every man can do to level up as a husband and partner? CJ and I dive deep into the why and how behind him becoming the stoic husband and father he and his family deserve (43:42)

...and much MUCH more!

One more thing...

💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

Imagine having a gym you could go to where you could

💪🏾 Strengthen your sex life, intimacy, and communication with your partner

💪🏾 Build mental and emotional resilience so that lifting the weight of anxiety and depression got easier and easier

💪🏾 Develop your mindset and purpose in your business and everyday life so that your potential as a man doesn't end up going to waste

💪🏾 Train for life alongside other powerful men who are committed to taking small, specific, and simple actions daily toward leaving a legacy you can be proud of

All that is coming soon!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother CJ Rodriguez who you can find
  • On IG @cjrodzfit
  • His podcast Masculine Health Solutions
  • His website https://masculinehealthsolutions.com/

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Switch by Chip and Dan Heath

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EP073 - What is the number one problem men face today? While everyone may have a different opinion, I like to look for the ROOT CAUSE of the surface-level issues we face as men. And in my humble opinion, a front-runner for that number one problem is men's inability to listen to and connect deeply with other men.

Today,  I have a pioneer in the men's space who instantly became a Brother of mine after we connected. Marc Paisant is the first man who will tell you that even if you're a 6-foot-5 black guy, you need to talk about your feelings, and you need to have intimate relationships with other Brothers in your life.

Here's just a bit of what we be tackling in this episode:

👉🏾  Marc and I dive deep into one of the biggest challenges facing men today, which is how do we start listening to and more important HEAR the cries of our Brothers who are suffering in silence? (16:27)

👉🏾  What is the power of an honest conversation between men? Marc shares how his 3-plate-benching strength coach completely transformed his life with one simple concept (26:53) 

👉🏾  How do you recognize whether or not you are experiencing depression? What does it look like IN ACTION? Marc shares his experience so you know if you or a Brother of yours is dealing with some shit you may need to address it (38:04)
 
👉🏾 What was the biggest remedy that therapy taught Marc that enabled him to overcome his depression, start loving himself and his body, and ultimately turn his entire life around? (47:34)

👉🏾 What was the life-changing Disney World lesson Marc's youngest daughter Jasmine shared with him that trumps anything Socrates has to say about life? This one will change your life forever if receive it (109:14)

...and much MUCH more!

One more thing...

💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

Imagine having a gym you could go to where you could

💪🏾 Strengthen your sex life, intimacy, and communication with your partner

💪🏾 Build mental and emotional resilience so that lifting the weight of anxiety and depression got easier and easier

💪🏾 Develop your mindset and purpose in your business and everyday life so that your potential as a man doesn't end up going to waste

💪🏾 Train for life alongside other powerful men who are committed to taking small, specific, and simple actions daily toward leaving a legacy you can be proud of

All that is coming soon!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother Marc Paisant who you can find
  • On IG @paisant_fitness
  • His podcast Relatively Normal 
  • His OTHER podcast 6AM Run

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

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BONUS - What does depression in men look like? How does it show up? How do you recognize the warning signs for yourself and your brothers?

Today, we'll get a solid look at what suffering in silence looks like. Too many brothers out there are suffering in silence when it comes to experiencing depression, and since Season 4 of IBI is going to be diving into some very deep and intimate conversations with other men (and a few women), I figured I would give you a taste of the type of vulnerability you can expect.

In this episode, I'll be shedding some light on:

👉🏾  How does depression start and what does it look like when it takes over your life? I share my most recent 6-day bout with depression and how it affected every area of my life (4:32)

👉🏾  What thoughts might one have when they are trapped in a prison of their own perception? Hear what mine are so that you can know you're not alone if you have them or develop empathy for your brothers who may be suffering in silence (6:45)

👉🏾  Why I am choosing not to take anti-depressants and what I am doing instead that I am extremely confident will help me eradicate (not simply manage) this depression (12:40)

👉🏾  How do we get ourselves to stop the negative thinking patterns that lead us down the road to depression? Learn a simple strategy I have begun to employ that will help you shed some light in the darkness to stop the pattern of negative thinking  (18:29)

👉🏾  When I lose clarity and confidence around this instrumental piece of a man's life is when I fall into the deepest depression. This is what I believe is the true source of my depression (23:03)


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💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

Imagine having a gym you could go to where you could

💪🏾 Strengthen your sex life, intimacy, and communication with your partner

💪🏾 Build mental and emotional resilience so that lifting the weight of anxiety and depression got easier and easier

💪🏾 Develop your mindset and purpose in your business and everyday life so that your potential as a man doesn't end up going to waste

💪🏾 Train for life alongside other powerful men who are committed to taking small, specific, and simple actions daily toward leaving a legacy you can be proud of

All that is coming soon!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother Allan
• My Brother BobbyT
• My Brother Philip 
• My Brother Papa Denno
• My one and only Jagi 

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

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EP072 - What does life after death LITERALLY look like? In the finale of season 3 of Inspired By Impact, I've invited Personal Trainer and Coach Jai onto the show because he has a story unlike any other human being that I have ever met that if it doesn't inspire the shit out of you then like Jai, you may be in some kind of medically induced coma dead without even knowing it.

Here's just a bit of what we be tackling in this episode:

👉🏾  Jai shares what it was like to be floating above his body after the doctors accidentally killed him and he was clinically dead for three minutes (7:07)

👉🏾  What do you do when you realize that your job contributes nothing of real value to the world? Jai shares the experience that led him to quit his six-figure job (29:49)

👉🏾  What does it look like to literally bring your dreams into reality? Jai talks about the insane dream he had that led him to launch Square One Fitness (32:01)
 
👉🏾 Why Jai takes a very different approach to training and coaching after realizing that he didn't have the tools his clients needed to make a lasting transformation (102:19)

👉🏾 How Jai gets his clients to get over what other people think of them so that they can stop letting fear of other people's opinions keep them from stepping into their true potential (133:52)

...and much MUCH more!

One more thing...

💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

Imagine having a gym you could go to where you could

💪🏾 Strengthen your sex life, intimacy, and communication with your partner

💪🏾 Build mental and emotional resilience so that lifting the weight of anxiety and depression got easier and easier

💪🏾 Develop your mindset and purpose in your business and everyday life so that your potential as a man doesn't end up going to waste

💪🏾 Train for life alongside other powerful men who are committed to taking small, specific, and simple actions daily toward leaving a legacy you can be proud of

All that is coming soon!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother Jai who you can hit up on IG @squ1fitnessaus

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

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 Hope you enjoyed today’s training session, my Brother.
 
 Until next time...we got this!

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EP071 - What do we need to change about the Health & Fitness industry so that people stop wasting their time and money doing shit that doesn't work and instead shift to strategies and principles that will lead to better results that actually last? That's exactly what Personal Trainer Matt Spiewak and I are going to cover in today's episode, which is all about transforming your body from the inside out.

Here's just a bit of what we be tackling in this episode:

👉🏾  Matt shows that he has huge balls and admits something that very few trainers out there will ever admit (5:35)

👉🏾  Matt shares a super simple and powerful strategy he uses with his clients to make keeping good habits and kicking bad ones sustainable even when you begin to lose motivation (14:16)

👉🏾  Want a shortcut when it comes to making serious progress and change in the gym? Matt shares the mindset hack that allows him to push through the pain and leap toward progress and consistency (27:26)
 
👉🏾 When the number on the scale is not going down, does it mean that things are not working? Maybe, maybe not. Matt goes deep into a two-word concept that few professionals in our industry focus on but I believe is ALL we should be focusing on (45:23)

...and much MUCH more!

One more thing...

💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

Imagine having a gym you could go to where you could

💪🏾 Strengthen your sex life, intimacy, and communication with your partner

💪🏾 Build mental and emotional resilience so that lifting the weight of anxiety and depression got easier and easier

💪🏾 Develop your mindset and purpose in your business and everyday life so that your potential as a man doesn't end up going to waste

💪🏾 Train for life alongside other powerful men who are committed to taking small, specific, and simple actions daily toward leaving a legacy you can be proud of

All that is coming soon!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother Matt Spiewak who you can find
  • On IG @spiewak_coaching
  • On YouTube on his Unleashed Physique channel
  • On the mic on The Unleashed Physique Podcast

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

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 Hope you enjoyed today’s training session, my Brother.
 
 Until next time...we got this!

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BONUS - Today, you'll get another demo/deep dive into the MMU as I tackle some long-term challenges that I have faced for most of my adult life that have led to either incredible heights or seemingly insurmountable lows.


Here are the two challenges we be tackling with today's MMUs:

👉🏾  Challenge/MMU #1 - Is it really possible to be happy all the time or is emotional pain something you should actually be striving for? (4:48)

👉🏾  Challenge/MMU #2 - What is the one thing we all know we need to do more of, the one thing we know we need to do less of, yet we seem to be mixing those two things up and staying stuck in a life of mediocrity? (18:52)


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💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

Imagine having a gym you could go to where you could

💪🏾 Strengthen your sex life, intimacy, and communication with your partner

💪🏾 Build mental and emotional resilience so that lifting the weight of anxiety and depression got easier and easier

💪🏾 Develop your mindset and purpose in your business and everyday life so that your potential as a man doesn't end up going to waste

💪🏾 Train for life alongside other powerful men who are committed to taking small, specific, and simple actions daily toward leaving a legacy you can be proud of

All that is coming soon!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother Steve @teamfitpak
• My Brother Danny @djkfitness

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

 Hope you enjoyed today’s training session, my Brother.
 
 Until next time...we got this!

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EP070 - Will having the body you want lead to happiness? What does it actually take other than having a bangin' body to be truly happy in this life? The one and only Danny Kennedy from the Lifestyle & Fitness podcast joins me today as we try to put the pieces of the fulfillment puzzle together by asking and answering some pretty deep-dive questions.

Here's just a bit of what we be tackling in this episode:

👉🏾  The chicken or the egg? Body or mindset first? Danny and I discuss whether or not you need to have your mindset dialed in before you achieve the body you want or if it's the other way around (9:46)

👉🏾  What does it take to actually break through and change old destructive habits? Danny redefines the concept of stepping into the unknown in such a way that will have you shaking your head and wishing you had heard this sooner (22:13)

👉🏾  What does becoming the next best version of yourself look like? Danny explains a totally counter-intuitive way to measure your success in life that I guarantee will be one of the hardest things you will ever try to do yourself (31:48)

👉🏾 If someone gave you the ultimate prescription for achieving true and lasting happiness, what would that be worth to you? Danny explains his take on what it takes to be authentically happy in today's world of non-stop comparison (42:20)

...and much MUCH more!

One more thing...

💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

Imagine having a gym you could go to where you could

💪🏾 Strengthen your sex life, intimacy, and communication with your partner

💪🏾 Build mental and emotional resilience so that lifting the weight of anxiety and depression got easier and easier

💪🏾 Develop your mindset and purpose in your business and everyday life so that your potential as a man doesn't end up going to waste

💪🏾 Train for life alongside other powerful men who are committed to taking small, specific, and simple actions daily toward leaving a legacy you can be proud of

All that is coming soon!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother Danny Kennedy who you can find
  • On IG @djkfitness
  • On his website for training and coaching
  • On the mic on The Fitness & Lifestyle Podcast

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

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 Hope you enjoyed today’s training session, my Brother.
 
 Until next time...we got this!

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EP069 - How does a man raising a family and battling through the pressures of everyday life achieve self-mastery and fulfill his purpose? That's exactly what ma man Steve @teamfitpak and I are going to tackle in today's incredible episode!

Here's just a bit of what we be tackling in this episode:

👉🏾  How do you take one of the worst things that can ever happen to you and turn it into a gift that yields unlimited power? Steve opens up and shares a powerful side of himself that was born from one of the hardest punches in the face life has ever given him (7:50)

👉🏾  Are you on the road to depression without even knowing it? Steve and I discuss the symptoms we remember experiencing as we worked through our battles with depression (19:40)

👉🏾  Is having an attitude of gratitude just a bunch of woo-woo bullshit? Get Steve's take on it and hear why he completely changed my mind on how I not only view gratitude but how I now use it in a way that I had never thought of before (31:22)

👉🏾 What was the number one reason every single one of my relationships has failed and how did I make this miraculous shift with Jennilee? Steve and I discuss the hardest thing any man or woman will ever do but is 100% necessary if you ever hope to be happy in a relationship (45:25)


...and much MUCH more!

One more thing...

💥  COMING SOON! The Ignite the Impact Online Gym!

What would happen if you literally had a training and nutrition program that allowed you to

👉🏾 Start having better sex and communication with your partner
👉🏾 Not only overcome anxiety and depression but learn how to leverage them for power
👉🏾 Start leaving a legacy daily by taking massive action towards fulfilling your purpose
👉🏾 Tackle matters that men deal with in a space that is all about taking action and getting results!


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My Brother Steve who you can find
  • On IG @teamfitpak
  • On his website for training and coaching

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

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 Hope you enjoyed today’s training session, my Brother.
 
 Until next time...we got this!

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BONUS - Not gonna lie...today's MMUs were done with a little liquid inspiration in the form of gin and tonics but hey...who am I to judge how and when inspiration will strike. That being said, today's MMUs were inspired by EP067 and EP068 of IBI, both of which had the pleasure of having Erin from Live One Life Coaching share her beautifully balanced wisdom.


Here's what challenges we be tackling with today's MMUs:

👉🏾  Challenge/MMU #1 - How do you stop shitting all over yourself and what do you do when it feels like the things you are working on to be happier aren't working to make you happier? (4:59)

👉🏾  Challenge/MMU #2 - What can a man do if he is one-half of one of those couples who fight about the same shit over and over again to help each member pull their heads out of their asses and stop the insanity? (12:49)


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💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• Ma soul sista from another mista Erin @liveonelifecoaching

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

 Hope you enjoyed today’s training session, my Brother.
 
 Until next time...we got this!

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EP068 - What does toxic masculinity even mean and why is it so fucking hard to be a man these days?  This episode is part two with Erin from Live One Life Coaching and it is H-O-T hot! (Cudos to you if you get the movie reference. Hint: James Franco is a TV host.)

Here's just a bit of what we be tackling in this episode:

👉🏾  Why Erin - who is a WOMAN - thinks it's not easy to be a man these days and what the true definition of toxic masculinity is and how men are using it to self-destruct (5:55)

👉🏾  Why men are so hard to coach and what the world of coaching needs to do more of to help men the RIGHT way so that we can actually improve ourselves (14:59)

👉🏾  We talk about why it's imperative for both men and women to embrace and express both masculine and feminine traits if we will ever have any hope of self-actualization (18:00)

👉🏾 How are we as COUPLES in a romantic relationship going to bridge the gap of who wears the pants in the relationship? (28:14)

👉🏾  How to balance our masculinity so that it doesn't become toxic and burn everything and everyone around us down to the ground (42:34)

👉🏾  How my near suicide taught me and my closest brothers a critical lesson on how NOT to let fear keep you from being the man you know you need to be (46:47)

...and much MUCH more!

One more thing...

💪🏾  June 11th Erin and I will be hosting the very first 4-Hour Warrior/Goddess Bootcamp here in Winnipeg!

👉🏾 For details, hit me up on IG @ignitetheimpact or Erin @livelonelifecoaching


💪🏾 HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!

📲 Book a FREE zero-sales coaching call with me and start Igniting the Impact you wish to see in your world.

 👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO

• My soul sista Erin who you can find
  • On IG @liveonelifecoaching
  • On her training and coaching website

 👊🏾 RELATED RESOURCES AND LINKS

• The Mental Muscle-Up Blueprint

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 Hope you enjoyed today’s training session, my Brother.
 
 Until next time...we got this!

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