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The Science of Wrestling
"I was a decent high school wrestler. I walked on at Ohio State, but I had never won a match in the state tournament," he says. "What did and this was listen, this was a breakthrough for me in 2017." He talks about how his coach put a bench press sign up on the wall of the wrestling room that made him refuse to accept it as an exercise.
In the 140th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Director of Applied Science and Brand Development at Longevity Labs Inc., Don Moxley will talk about three-thirds of your life, rhythmic learning, a valueless exercise, tips for aspiring strength coaches, and more.
Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!
In this chapter, you will discover:
(0:50) Introducing our special guest Director of Applied Science and Brand Development at Longevity Labs Inc., Don Moxley @donmoxley
(1:10) Shout out to Eric Malzone @emalzone
(2:00) Don and her wife
(3:30) Three-thirds of your life
(3:45) Don’s third third
(4:15) What would Don do if he won the lottery?
(4:30) Traveling in an RV
(5:45) Mastery by Robert Greene
https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X
(7:00) National Park’s pass
(7:25) Meeting with Eric Malzone
(7:30) Where to next?
(8:00) “Travel is the greatest experience and education that you can get.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection
(8:10) Passport-related stats
(8:30) “The more time you spend time getting to know people that are not like you, the more empathy you develop.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley
(9:05) “Don’t just niche yourself into one modality.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection
(9:25) Scratching the surface
(10:10) Rhythmic learning
(11:05) Don’s origin story
(11:55) Getting help for fitness
(13:10) Shout out to Kevin Akins
(13:45) Shout out to Lou Simmons
(15:55) The reason behind the pushback
(16:10) A valueless exercise
(17:35) All Americans or Better
(19:30) “All energy is aerobic.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley
(20:00) Coaching recovery
(21:10) “The guy with the best biggest bench rarely sees the field.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley
(21:50) Entertainment events
(23:00) Tips for aspiring strength coaches
(23:40) Next Man up vs. Don’s philosophy
(25:00) Rocks of longevity
(28:50) Functional vs. optimal
(29:20) “Just because you can get through a workout doesn’t mean that it is contributing to development.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley
(29:40) Good light vs. bad light
(30:30) “Light is a secret weapon.”- Don Moxley @donmoxley
(31:00) What’s your jar?
(32:50) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519
(33:15) Interesting thing about Don’s field
(33:30) Biohacking
(34:30) Our evolutionary history
(36:50) Strength coach vs. sport scientist
(37:10) Shout out to Gray Cook Twitter @graycookPT
(37:10) Shout out to Brett Jones @brettjonessfg
(37:45) Confirmation bias
(38:10) The abrahamic religion analogy
(40:30) Moving the needle dramatically
(41:20) How to become a scientist?
(43:10) Scientist vs. a coach
(43:30) Helping an overtrained athlete
(47:30) Highlevel HRV program
(49:10) “Every good strength coach has a team of geeks.” - Don Moxley @donmoxley
(52:30) Another HRV example
(54:50) How to track your HRV?
(58:00) Free HRV app: Lead HRV
(58:40) How to start an HRV program?
(1:03:00) Learning about cannabis
(1:03:30) Cannabis plus
(1:06:30) Shout out to Antonio Squillante @antonio_squillantecscs
Where to find Don Moxley? @donmoxley
LinkedIn: Don Moxley
Twitter: @donmoxley
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