Vigor Life Podcast

Would you like to improve your leadership and influence skills so that you can be better at guiding, motivating and building a team? In this episode I talk about the 10 big ideas that are the foundation to success in a position of leadership and influence. I’ve devoted a lot of time to learning how to become the best leader possible in the last 5 years – hiring coaches, reading 100’s of books and taking countless courses. Here are some of the most important things that I have learned that you must apply to win friends, influence people and lead successful teams. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => The 5 things that the world's leading doctors have found influence our happiness and how to apply that to yourself and the people around you => Why leadership is a learnable skill and the daily practices you can start doing to master it => The one thing you must NOT do if you want to avoid repelling people from wanting to be around you => Why you should admit your mistakes immediately and how this will build trust and put you in a position of leadership => How giving people a reputation to live up to is a secret weapon that not enough leaders use with their teams => The often unknown skill of radical candor, and why it's so powerful and how to employ it with people in your life to help them grow => The three things that you must remember ALWAYS if you want to build powerful relationships => The number one mistake that leaders of teams make that causes them to lose respect and staff productivity and how to fix it LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Book: How To Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie): https://goo.gl/K1s7CV Book: Radical Candor - Be A Kick Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: https://goo.gl/osrTdt

Frequently I dig through my notes (that date back years) and find myself getting more "aha" moments from those old notes than I do from anything new that I've learned. Last week I stumbled across an old 5-year journal that housed some coaching secrets that I rarely discuss. One of those secrets is the solution to the common bottleneck that many coaches run into when it comes to getting their clients continued results with training and nutrition. In this episode I also reveal some of the things that I’ve learned from the masters that have not only helped me get results for my clients, but also help myself. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: => Why you and your clients aren’t making “bad choices” but are stuck in a thought pattern that is leading you and clients away from their goals – I will teach you how to stop this behavior => The reason all your fitness and nutrition knowledge won’t help if you don’t understand this one concept then eliminate it from your client's perception => How to help your clients get rid of their biggest roadblocks => The first thing you have to do before becoming the most effective coach in any area – this one will surprise you => How time can be a threat to people when there’s no expectations set, and why the unknown leads to anxiety; which then leads to _________ => Why sentence stemming is my secret exercise to help unlock breakthroughs for my clients => What you can do with your clients fears to help them overcome them—so that you can get them results they never had before => The coaching super power that most coaches lack, and how I stumbled upon a little known secret to develop it => The judgement check test that will help you see if you’re doing the things that you hate to your clients => The mistake you’re making that is costing your clients their results and how to address it so that no client ever leaves you again => How to make every training session finish on a memorable moment LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: http://www.VigorGroundFitness.com Book: You Are Not Your Brain - The 4 Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life (Jeffrey Schwartz): https://goo.gl/eBHmtc Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VigorGroundFitness/ Book: Conversations with God: https://goo.gl/NMQm5D Vigor Life Podcast on iTunes: https://goo.gl/hcB0Oy

How do you feel about interruptions? I think we can agree they’re not the best... unless they’re interruptions to your habits and aren't taking you away from your goals and results. In this episode I share eleven pattern interrupts that you can use throughout your day, week, or month to shift you away from your current patterns and mindsets — that aren’t helping you succeed — to new ones that will steer you towards your goals, desires and dreams. These are actionable strategies that you can use RIGHT NOW. Choose the best ones for you and start making positive changes in your life. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => How I used pattern interrupts to change the trajectory of my life => 4 ways you can change your morning and turn it from stress and anxiety to clarity and power – this will allow you to walk out of your door every morning ready to dominate your day => How to create your own “change” university with a simple 20-minute morning ritual => The strategy that I use to disrupt myself out of stress, anger or anxiety in 3 simple steps that takes less than 60 seconds => Why meditation is a powerful tool, but doesn’t work all of the time. And what I do when I need to pattern interrupts fast => A very short intense workouts that will kick you into a different gear when you're having a tough day => The 10 questions that you can ask yourself after meditation that will help refocus you to your goals and give you power => How to analyze your environments and change the way you feel and perform with some small changes => How to use my simple "Positive Focus" strategy when you're feeling down so that you can shift your thinking away from negative thoughts => How I got double the work done after playing PacMan and how you can use this technique to supercharge your results => The secret you don’t know about going to events that is even more powerful than the information or the people => How traveling can be the catalyst to finally doing things you’ve been afraid to do but know you want to => Why I went crazy and threw out 60% of my belongings so that I could breakthrough to the next level of life and business success LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Book: The Dark Side Of The Light Chasers (Debbie Ford) - Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance and Dreams: https://goo.gl/U1tK9t Book: The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions To Guide You To An Extraordinary Life (Debbie Ford): https://goo.gl/ScFvds Book: The Gift Of Fear And Other Survival Signals That Can Save Your Life (Gavin De Becker): https://goo.gl/o7n3eA Warrior Week: www.WakeUpWarrior.com

In a lot of ways we are our own worst enemy. We self-sabotage. We procrastinate. We put roadblocks in our own way, and we make excuses for our behavior to make us feel better ourselves when things don't go our way. We all do it, but why? And is there something we can do about it? The simple answer is yes, and in this episode I get into how so that you can get out of your own way and finally make things happen for yourself. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 1. The reason you don’t do the things you know you need to and why you must have these 4 tools in your arsenal to change your self-defeating behavior... for good 2. How Craig was able to find a way to overcome his challenges, training and toughness to become part of the Special Operations Force team—and how you can use his strategy to win when times get hard 3. The “opposite rule” and how embracing it will help you stop quitting so that you don't have to start from ground zero ever again 4. How to break the underlying patterns that are taking you away from your goals 5. How to face your fears and go after everything that you’ve ever wanted in your life 6. How to turn your fears into your strength and how I used this strategy to get over my debilitating fear of public speaking 7. Why your feelings are false, how they’re messing up your results, and how you change  can the behavior 8. The question that will put a stop to your bad habits and help you focus on your actions so that you can drive your life towards what's most important 9. The one thing that connects all of the healthiest cultures in the world and how it can help you improve your health, business and personal life LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit: www.VigorGroundSummit.com Book: Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less: https://goo.gl/6CJPqt Aubrey Marcus Podcast: https://goo.gl/EQo4Ku Take Control of Your Body, Nutrition and Life Seminar: https://goo.gl/C9GAFs Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Book: The War of Art: https://goo.gl/jRSq8C Book: Turning Pro - Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life’s Work: https://goo.gl/j4UZpD Book: Do The Work - Overcome Resistance and Get Out Of Your Own Way: https://goo.gl/qPZTPN

Every time I travel to events and mentorships I learn new things. Sometimes I hear stuff that I’ve heard before but from a different perspective and get an “aha” moment that allows me to take action on it. Apart from that, the relationship building and connecting with other high level fitness professionals and entrepreneurs is priceless. Combining the above always gets me fired up, inspired and always leaves me with a book full of notes that I am ready to take action on. Recently I was at my 10th Perform Better Summit in a row followed by the two12 event in Denver, put on by my friend Adam Bornstein. In this episode I share my insights, but also really crack down on what it takes to be successful in fitness business (or any other business for that matter). IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => The 3 reasons I travel to events and why you must too so that you can becomes the best coach, leader and successful business owner => Why going to an event to get “tons of tactics and strategies” can be detrimental to your success => The missing ingredient in your personal success and why you're still not seeing it => The 3 types of happiness and how you can integrate learning and connecting with other people to supercharge your success => Why obsession is necessary when working to become the best in the world at something => The top skill-sets the best coaches in the world have and why they're the one’s you NEED TO build => The future of the fitness industry and how you will be able to stand out => Why fitness is NOT saturated and the _______ strategy that will always win LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit: www.VigorGroundSummit.com Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Precision Nutrition: www.PrecisionNutrition.com Perform Better Summit: www.PerformBetter.com Two12 Event: https://two12.io Jason Ferruggia - Renegade Radio: hhttps://goo.gl/GQiak9

At Vigor, the most common questions that we receive are centered around nutrition, lifestyle and habit change. Taking control of your daily (potentially bad) habits is one of the hardest things to do – which is why we have decided to host regular podcasts where we dive deep into the kind of coaching we provide for our clients here at Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance. The same coaching that has allowed us to help thousands of clients breakthrough and change their body for the long-term. In these podcasts we are going to focus on everything from nutrition choices and mindset frameworks, to coaching questions, our methods and strategies. Our goal with these podcasts is to help people, potentially like yourself, make positive changes to their nutrition and lifestyle. We also want to help coaches looking for advice on how they can improve their coaching practices. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => The principles that make up the foundation of coaching, and why understanding them can help you change in any area of your life => Why your nutrition “special situation” is a real life example of human diversity, and the simple steps that will help you breakthrough your plateau => The reason why many of your health and medical issues can be rectified with lifestyle and nutrition changes => Why worrying about “special scenarios” can distract you from moving the “big rocks” that will help you get where you want => The fundamental skillsets and habits that all the people that are lean and healthy stick to... which are surprisingly simple concepts => Why “fad diets” have become so popular and how we get our clients to choose what's right for them => Why asking better questions of yourself and your clients is one of the key secrets to better health and coaching => The Super 7 Readiness questions that we use to help us discover what our clients coaching needs are so that we can coach them better => The 4-steps to identifying the behaviors clients take on for success => The A-B-C list for how you can discover which foods your clients will want to eat to achieve their goals, and the training program that will compliment their nutrition program => Why humans always tend to find the negative in situations and how to change that, both in yourself and with your clients... and how this is a key skillset when it comes to nutrition success => The habits that your health and fitness icons follow, and how to apply them to your life => The strategy that will add 30-minutes of productivity to your day and how it can make a huge difference in your life => The best post-workout nutrition for athletes wanting to stay lean and build muscle LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit: https://vigorgroundsummit.com/joinus Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ29YcBh-g6onRujX3wD_XA Vigor Life Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vigor-life-podcast/id1180256583?mt=2 Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Mind Vs Muscle Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-vs-muscle-podcast/id1167859928?mt=2 Boom Boom Performance: www.BoomBoomPerformance.com

Last year I went to an event my friend, Adam Bornstein puts on called two12. This annual event brings together some of the top entrepreneurs in the US, and gives attendees the opportunity to spend time with them in an intimate small group setting. It's the place to be if you want the latest business, life and relationship building advice. When I was there I got a number of key insights from both the speakers and my fellow attendees that I've been putting to action ever since. Here are my most memorable. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => How I’ve been able to build so many quality relationships in the industry plus simple tips on how you can too => Why doing more of less and finding out what your unique abilities are is going to improve your life and exponentially grow your business => The reason you sedate and spend a lot of time and energy on things that don’t move your business forward and how to turn it around => The simple formula I use to break down any goals so that I can see the daily actions I need to take to succeed => The reason behind why even just 5 habit changes in a year can completely change your life — which 5 are you focusing on? => The quote of wisdom to live by and put on your wall => How you can extract wisdom from your life that is as profound as the one from the Greek philosophers LINKS AND RESOURCES: Book: How To Win Friends And Influence People (Dale Carnegie): https://goo.gl/HPQbqT   Book: Never Eat Alone (Keith Ferrazzi): https://goo.gl/WCdd7E

One of the most frequent questions we receive at Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance is about our nutrition coaching. The inquiries come from both clients and coaches (from other training facilities) and typically include a note about how the tactic they read about on the Internet didn't work. The messages also include the question, What do I do now? In this episode Cody and I discuss the strategies that we use daily to successfully give our clients results. We also go into the deeper principles surrounding HOW we help clients crack to the code to their nutrition and make a long-term change to their lifestyle. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => Common dietary myths and how they continue to distract people from the correct nutrition principles => The “Mindless Margin” and how it is slowly causing you to put on weight unknowingly => The reason why people eat old popcorn without noticing that it is stale and how this behavior will affect your body transformation results => Three easy changes that you can make to your environment that will help you achieve your fat loss goals => The kick ass strategy that will teach you how to focus on smaller segments of your macros and how it will make everything easier for your clients on a weight loss journey => The mysterious reason why we eat past full — that has everything to do with our beliefs and experiences — and how to break the pattern => Why studying Sherlock Holmes and being a detective is critical to be a great nutrition coach => How food companies created a perfect combination of foods that create a dopamine reaction in our brain that makes it hard for us to stop eating => The answer to the question, "Should you prescribe macros or not?" and how to apply the answer to a client's (or your) nutrition plan => What to do when a client gets discouraged and starts falling off of their nutrition plan => The reason people lose self-esteem and how to fix it => How to make bad habits harder to do and good habits much easier to do => The answer to the question. "Does intermittent fasting work and when should I use it with clients?" LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Book: Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness: https://goo.gl/4xVBDt Mind vs. Muscle Podcast: https://goo.gl/oCRNKh Luka Hocevar YouTube: https://goo.gl/6GjqoA Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.

One of the questions that I get asked over and over again is, “How do you and your team at Vigor Ground learn so much so fast?” Growing up I was a kid who always got into trouble with teachers and had a tough time learning, so I am continually humbled by that question. As an adult I am obsessed with learning (and perfecting) my craft. In this episode I cover some of the principles around how I learn and accelerate results at Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance. I also dive into how to apply those principles to your life. Everything from the best way to learn for YOU, the 5 components of learning, the pyramid of deep learning and the exact way I go about becoming a master at my craft. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => The 3 main learning styles and how to know which one will help you learn the fastest => The shocking truth about how little you learn from "just reading" and what you can do to maximize your skill-set => Why you should learn, take notes, do it yourself, then present to people to warp speed your coaching => The “secret” behind my accelerated learning and why I have gone to 170+ seminars and courses in the last 10 years => How to get deep knowledge infused in your brain like Neo in the Matrix by using my stacking model of learning => The reason we call it “active learning” and the link missing from your life that will help you increase your learning speed => How you can apply this framework to your life and have people asking you how you accelerated so fast => The 5 components of learning and how to use them to become a Jedi learning master => Why the real philosophers took action and didn’t just pontificate (wisdom comes from action) LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Vigor Life Podcast: https://goo.gl/hcB0Oy Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/6GjqoA Book: Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday: https://goo.gl/EwLMBb Mark Fisher: www.MarkFisherFitness.com

Most people don’t have an investment plan (personally, financially, etc.). But as I have said before, without a path and a plan the default is always struggle. For people that do invest, it tends to be in others. In this episode I cover the most important philosophy when it comes to personal development and why even people that “know this” end up investing in areas that lose them time, health, money and life! Learn how to change where you invest and get the best return on investment ever. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => How to brainwash yourself to success and my strategy to go from a knucklehead who barely showed up at school and got in trouble all the time to reading 100+ books every year and owning multiple successful businesses => The shocking answers that I got from some of my close friends when I asked them what their number one asset was (and why these answers should scare you) => The not so hidden secret behind what your number one asset is and why most people STILL don't invest in it => The difference between your number one asset and your number one investment and how they are closely related and either making your life amazing or miserable => Why you should become a linchpin even if you don't own your own business or work for a company => Where your “daily deposits” go and how they're building your human life capital => Why you’re betting your hard earned money into someone else’s “bets” and expecting to win => My morning investment for my mind, movement and emotions => The secret to beating failure and making it your bitch => The “take it to the bank” mentality and how it applies to every area of your life => Why you need to invest daily if you are struggling with your relationships => What “the King eats first”means and why a lot of people misinterpret it as selfish (when it's really the KEY to a better relationship with yourself) The exercise that will help you create clarity around the question, "Are you working towards or away from your goals? LINKS AND RESOURCES: Wake Up Warrior: www.wakeupwarrior.com Book: Linchpin - Are You Indispensable?: https://goo.gl/vMfpnm Renegade Radio with Jay Ferruggia: https://goo.gl/7AMG7c