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Podcast Notes Key Takeaways * Most of what gets you into a gym is about something more surface-level than seeking personal growth
* Life lessons from weightlifting come in years after consistency and discipline when your focus is no longer looks, gains, aesthetics
* People who workout regularly: handle challenges better, see challenges as valuable, tend to be more successful in business, and are more resilient
* “Fitness is one of the best, easiest ways to enter into personal growth.” – Sal
* Highlight from ten lessons from weight lifting: fitness changes your relationship with pain; embrace failure as part of the process; focus on what you can change, ignore everything else; consistency is key; healthy self-criticism is good
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In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin cover ten lessons they have learned about life from their experience lifting weights.
- Why it takes a lot of consistency applying discipline towards a goal to see its benefits bleed into other aspects of your life. (1:57)
- What makes fitness so powerful? (5:02)
- The Ten Life Lessons from Lifting Weights.
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1 – Change your relationship to pain and struggle. (11:14)
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2 – Embrace failure as part of the process. (14:55)
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3 – Learn to care for yourself like someone you care about. (18:35)
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4 – Learn to focus on what you can change and ignore what you can’t. (22:22)
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5 – Perfect doesn’t exist. (25:46)
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6 – Be humble. (30:30)
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7 – Consistency is the key to success. (34:34)
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8 – The journey is far more important than the goal. (39:34)
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9 – Healthy self-criticism. (43:11)
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10 – Balance. (46:08)
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- The exercise effect
- The Key to Fitness Success is Self-Love – Mind Pump Blog
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Layne Norton, PhD (@biolayne) Instagram