Tim Shields is an author and renaissance man who has agreed to be a test subject in Ted's concept of Paraphysical Training. This episode chronicles his thoughts, and Ted's, of the first day of training in this experiment and gives us a glimpse of Tim's background and expectations.

Ted discusses how most people allow conditions to influence their experiences, their expectations, and the outcomes of their endeavors. He talks about the necessity of overcoming the external factors to collapsing obstacles and making your objectives your reality.

Gregory Ray joins Ted O'Neill and Jon Leon Guerrero to discuss training days, good and bad. They talk about approaching your training progress and the importance of understanding contrast. Greg also fills us in about a tremendous weekend.

A summary explanation of Ted O'Neill's Paraphysical Training approach. How do you identify an elite powerlifter in the making? How does an athlete accelerate his or her maximum performance? It's in the demonstration of mastery.

Ted discusses optimizing your lifts by maximizing the efficiency of your approach. By decluttering and ritualizing your approach, your positions, and your mechanics, you allow the maximum energy for the task. That factor could mean the difference between making a lift and failing.