The Stoic Gym Rat: Recent Episodes
Liam Kincaid
Hosted By: Liam Kincaid
Just your average educated gym rat's introspective outlook on life, philosophy, nutrition, and fitness through the lens of personal experience & lessons learned.
I'm this episode I talk about Marcus Aurelius' famous quote "this too shall pass" and how you can use it to gain more perspective in your life. I hope you enjoy!
In this episode I talk about some of the lessons on failure & success from Dan Crenshaw's amazing book "Fortitude." I hope you enjoyed the episode and if so share it widda buddy ❤️
In this episode I discuss the stoic principle of Phantasia Kataleptike, an ancient teaching that was originally from ancient Roman philosophy.
In this episode I go through a video example by Dr. Mike Isretael at Renaissance Periodization, in which he outlines the principles of F.S.S.D during training. In essence, the utilization of these principles in conjunction with advance training techniques like slow eccentrics, pauses, MYO sets, showed how brutal a workout can be in only 6 sets.
In this episode, I read the final few paragraphs of the book "How To Think Like A Roman Emperor" by Donald Robertson. In essence, the paragraphs go over how to not fear death and why philosophy helps you do so.
In this episode I go over some reasons as to why and how learning/knowing how to cook in general and more "healthy" foods will not only expand your dietary diversity, but also give you more nutritional freedom.
In this episode I pose a philosophical mind experiment to help put the rarity of life into perspective so that you guys can find reason to go love life with purpose.
In this episode, I go over the why and how for ways in which to increase your NEAT and how doing so benefits your overall health and long-term weight goals.
Looking into why complaining and ultimately not putting things into perspective hinders not only your outlook on life but how others perceive you.