Get ready to give yourself permission to act outside the status quo and seek adventure as our guest Joe Di helps us cultivate a Spartan lifestyle on this week's OPP.

Joe DiStefano is the articulate and inspiring head of Spartan Sport and Spartan coaching. 

He also owns his own adventure travel company and in this episode of the OPP, we cover the rising popularity of obstacle course racing, tips for athletes, kettlebells, his digital detox retreats with industry leaders and much more.

• Joe's take on the growth of Spartan Racing and "suffer fests"
• Giving yourself permission to act outside of the norm
• How your life perspective changes when you seek adventure and opportunity
• Joe's top tips for first-time Spartan racers
• Tips for advanced Spartan racers
• Joe's amazing "Adventure Travel Company" Go Runga - featuring former OPP guests Ben Greenfield, Scott Dolly, Aaron Alexander and Eric Remensperger
• How do you get 3,000 pounds of ice, Dragon Door kettlebells, and Dry Farm Wines to the middle of nowhere in Panama
• The one exercise everybody needs to be able to do well... and some tips to make yours better ("shoulders are ear poison" and "line up Orion's Belt")
• The Prague Institute and DNS, aka Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization and developmental kinesiology
• Why we should lie on our back like a baby and blow up ballons
• Joe's Top 3 Tips to #LiveOptimal