The Fitness Burden - Episode 19 (Athlete Empowerment)

 

• Intro:
• Justin
• “Welcome to The Fitness Burden, I’m Justin Smiley with my Co-Host,”
• Brian
• “Brian Turek”
• Justin
• “On today’s episode we are going to talk about self-empowerment”
• Body:
• Topic #1  What we can’t control.
• The weather, traffic, other people and their actions or responses.
• Modern medicine preaches the opposite
• Genetic, environmental, hereditary, byproduct of circumstances.
• Topic #2  What can we control?
• For the most part, we control our sleep, food and drink consumption, physical activity, preventative maintenance, the people we surround ourselves with, and what we allow into our heads.
• As humans, I believe it is our God-given right to control our physical bodies.  
• “Invictus” I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”
• Much of life is out of our control
• Focus on what we can control: attitude, our response.
• Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning: Nazi Holocaust survivor
• Forced abortion of his first child, Mother, Father, Wife, and Brother are all murdered in Auschwitz extermination camp.  
• Attributes his survival to his focus on his own actions and responses than that of his captors. (Controlling what he can control)
• “Meditations” Marcus Aurelius: “. . . he who lives longest and he who will die soonest lose just the same.  For the present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is the only thing which he has, and that a man cannot lose something he does not already possess.”
• Topic #3  Small Victories lead to big victories, but you have to set yourself up for success.  Control what is within your control, and don’t stress on the rest.
• Put yourself in situations and circumstances that will be most conducive to success.
• I know that I get a much better workout and I will push myself harder when I workout with other people.  This is one readon why CrossFit works so well.
• “Do not waste the remainder of your life in thoughts about others, for you lose the opportunity of doing something else when you have such thoughts. - Aurelius
• “A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. - Aurelius
• Conclusion:
• - Justin
• “If you liked what you heard, please don’t forget to go over to iTunes or Stitcher and give us a 5-star rating and share us on your social media of choice.”
• - Brian
• “And leave us some feedback and comments about what you liked and what you would like us to discuss on future episodes.”