Vigor Life Podcast

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

Have you ever doubted yourself and what you can achieve? So did Nate Green after having a 1.7 GPA in college. After dropping out in his first semester, Nate decided to pursue a career as a personal trainer, and hasn't looked back since. Despite all his self-doubt, he took action. First transformed himself, then helping others do the same; which opened a world of opportunities for him. From being an editor at T-Nation, a key figure in the growth of Precision Nutrition, a marketing genius behind some of the most successful launches in fitness, and a thoughtful and inspiring writer for his own Nate Green brand, Nate has a ton of wisdom to share. In this episode Nate opens up about the skill-sets that he feels everyone can benefit from (no matter what field they are in). How to become ruthlessly productive, how to cut out the things that slow you down and enjoy your life (while still checking off everything on your to do list) and how he became a recovering fitness junkie. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: => How Nate had a 1.7 GPA in high school => Why he dropped out of college in his first semester, had low self esteem, and how _________ changed everything for him => Why the secret of better writing is hanging out on the Eminem fan forum - Nate gives us the details => How gaining 40 lbs of muscle in a year changed Nate’s confidence, mindset and drive to succeed in other areas of life => “How to not have a real job ever” - a question that may spur you to find new possibilities in your career => Why finding mentors and building relationships is “fast-tracking” for any industry => The 3 best ways to become a better writer that will help you with marketing, better communication and beating your competition if you own a business => How to never be out of business and always be valuable, and why it's all about building “transferable” and “base level" skills => The secret to better writing and marketing => The two questions that will make all of your communication clearer, more effective and successful => How Nate wrote, 'The Hero Handbook' in hours and how you can create great work fast => The daily rituals that make Nate happier, healthier, more productive and took his relationship to the next level => Why you shouldn’t take in any more information and why it may be stopping you from achieving your goals LINKS AND RESOURCES: Nate Green: www.NateGreen.org Precision Nutrition: www.PrecisionNutrition.com Book: Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (Greg McKeown) https://goo.gl/yv5RUD T-Nation: www.T-Nation.com

Being able to look at the obstacles in your life, as well as observe others struggles (and extract the lessons) may be one of your greatest skill sets... especially if you're able to apply what you learn. In this episode I share two of the lessons I extracted this week. One being that marketing is the price you pay for being unremarkable – and how this applies to your body, being, relationships and business. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: - The 4 things you must do to constantly improve yourself, your competence and your business - The strategy that I took from Ryan Holiday that will help you create endless content, ideas, team strategies and write a book - How ________ is the price you pay for being unremarkable – and how to fix it - The question that will help you face some hard facts while also creating more opportunity than you can imagine - The small habit that helped me drop body fat and look the leanest I have in a long time - How changing your body can be done with strategic shifts day-by-day and how that can create massive results for you over time – in this episode I outline three shifts that changed mine LINKS AND RESOURCES: Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit: https://vigorgroundsummit.com/joinus Book: The Obstacle Is The Way - The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (Ryan Holiday): https://goo.gl/hTyhPs Luka Hocevar YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/iS0GFh Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback that you’d like to share? Leave me a review on iTunes.