The Mindset Forge
In Season Five, The Mindset Forge focuses on helping men between 40 - 60 years old maximized this chapter of life by building strength, discipline, purpose and a proactive mindset.
During Season's one through four, you will fantastic content focused mainly on successful athletes and performing artists who've learned how to show up for the big moments of sports, performance and life.
The Mindset Forge
Cultivating Endurance in the Face of Fitness Burnout with Barton Bryan
Have you ever wondered how seemingly small health choices, like adding quinoa to your plate or practicing ujai breathing, could be the secret ingredients to a longer life? Join me, Barton Bryan, as we examine the subtle yet profound impact of these wellness practices on our journey to longevity. But the path isn't always smooth; we also tackle the beast of fitness fatigue, that all-too-familiar foe that creeps in just when you think you've nailed your routine. I'll share insights on why this happens and how to push through when your initial fire for fitness starts to wane.
Let's face it, life loves to throw us curveballs, and sometimes our self-care routines are the first to be sidelined. This episode isn't just about the struggles; it's about finding the strength to say "good" to each setback and using it as a stepping stone. Drawing from Jocko Willink's philosophy, I explore how a positive mindset can power us through the toughest of times, be it family duties or work stress. I'll give you real, actionable advice on squeezing in that 20-minute workout or adapting your health goals to keep you resilient and moving forward. So, if you're ready to transform life's challenges into fuel for your fitness journey, this conversation is for you.
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Welcome back to Mindset Forged podcast Barton Bryan here, your host. As a trainer and 49-year-old athlete, somebody who's really trying to stay as healthy and as strong as I can as I'm, you know, getting into my 50s and beyond, I really want to help you guys listening how to do that yourself Maximize your health, your life, your potential at this age. And so excited today just to quick podcast solo cast episode going to hit some things. Now it's interesting. I heard a comment, or a just a quote, that said you know, you can tell the health of somebody based on whether or not they know the word quinoa Right, so quinoa, obviously a grain, it's got a little bit of extra protein in it versus, you know, rice or other things that were just kind of like starches. But the idea that if you know what quinoa is, not even that you eat quinoa, but if you know what quinoa is, then you're probably healthier than somebody who doesn't, and that's just kind of well. You maybe you shop at Whole Foods or you know you've been introduced to a diet that has something like quinoa in it, which is probably more of a Mediterranean, you know plant based diet, things like that. So it was just an interesting thing. I thought, well, that's funny. And I thought to myself there's probably another one that came up with some on my own. I said if you know the word ujai, you're probably going to live longer than somebody who doesn't know the word ujai. And if you don't know the word ujai, it's the breath, the breathing style that you use in yoga, where you breathe in through your nose and out your your nose with kind of a labored breath and it sounds like this and it really engages the muscles around the abdomen, the core and that kind of stuff and it's a part of the practice of yoga. And so if you actually know the word ujai and you've learned it in a yoga class, you're probably not just eating well but, you know, really trying to help your body be healthy and flexible and mobile and all the things that are going to allow you to be healthy and strong for a long time. So that's my opinion on that. That's, you know, is what it is. There is no scientific backing on that, but I believe that if you know the word ujai, you're probably going to live pretty damn long.
Speaker 1:Okay, so let's talk about this week. What's going on, what the topic is Main topic I want to really just discuss this week is fitness fatigue. And you know what, if you've started a program and think back to maybe something you've started you got excited about, you went all in, you know you started training, doing, working out, eating better, maybe even like looking at your sleep and getting more of it, really, about four to six weeks in little life, situations happen you get sick, maybe allergies flare up, there's a vacation in there somewhere, and it just, you know, the sparkle of the program, the sparkle of the newness of everything starts to fade and the challenges of everyday life kind of show up and it just, it's insidious, it kind of seeps in and it makes it very hard for people to kind of that's that kind of obstacle and I think it's really your first big obstacle is getting through that. And sometimes it's life stuff, family illness, things like there's a whole boatload of reasons that could affect this situation and maybe the situation you're in everyone's different. But like I just find this a lot with clients right, and you know and again it's not their fault it just happens, it seems to be, and sometimes just like hey, the first time, like your, your weekly schedule kind of changes. Okay, it's spring break, which just happened.
Speaker 1:Perfect example you know you take off on a week trip with your family. You come back you find it hard to kind of get back in the groove. Or you know you have a little injury, something that like flares up low back. It's a little tight. You start feeling it when you're working out. You're nervous about injuring yourself and that slows your progress down. That slows, that kind of pulls your mindset out of that kind of enthusiasm that you probably had early on and so you know an icky lego. One of the things that I want you to start getting good at is the word good, right. And you may have seen Jaco's you know kind of legendary episode or in his podcast for motivational speech where he says you know, shit goes wrong in the military, good, and he starts talking about leadership. And how do you think about, you know, the challenges that come up, the unforeseen complications, obstacles, things like that, and just the ability to say good and almost lean into those struggles, because those are actually the things that are going to make you and keep you healthy and fit.
Speaker 1:It is easy If you, if you didn't have work and if you didn't have kids and if you didn't have a busy, full life. You know it would be easier to just take time, go to the gym. I'll just spend two hours at the gym. I'll even eat at the gym. Maybe I'll get my hair cut while I'm there. I'll go down and get a massage. Come back home, chill out, do a little this and that. Like if we had unlimited time, you know, it would be so much easier to focus in and do the things.
Speaker 1:Now that doesn't mean that people who have a lot of time actually spend it doing good. You know the healthy stuff. But you know the point is we're trying to get healthy within a small window of time during the day. It might be an hour in the morning that we're to work out, might be just. You know we're trying to go to the gym and right at lunchtime catch a workout, go for a run. Those types of things get our meals in kind of intermix between all the other busy stuff of the day, right, and so that makes it challenging. And those, even those rituals and those habits that we you know that we're kind of used to, they can get thrown off because of family, because of anything. You know, the cold comes through the house, your son brings home a runny nose and all of a sudden you're coughing, you know, for two weeks with some like stupid cold that just won't seem to go away and that just makes it harder to kind of stay engaged in the thing that you're trying to kind of build momentum on.
Speaker 1:And what I want you to really look at is when those things happen, instead of being like, god, I hate, I wish I just had you know, I wish this wasn't happening. I mean, like it's just saying good. Saying good and understanding that like there are plenty of people out here who, amidst all the chaos of their own life and their, their family and all the kind of stuff, still go to the gym and still get their work out in and never make an excuse for that. And you want to be that person. And so somebody that does that always finds a way to prioritize their exercise because they know it's such an integral part of their self-care and their health and that makes them better and stronger and mentally tougher at doing all the other things. And so if you can get good at saying Good, right when stuff comes up not because you want that stuff up and and heaven forbid if it's a bad thing that's come up your kids, sick family members got something going on like that's, that's terrible, right we? But we also have to realize that, like the obstacle presents an Opportunity, and this is mindset, right, it's an obstacle, is a challenge. It's frustrating to tell you, you know all these things are happening, whatever. But you're saying you know what? How can I Get through this? How can I say good, when it matters, and get figure out a way to go there? It's get to the gym, whether it's just get out and for a walk, get my 10,000 steps, or just, you know, find something you can do. You know, I mean shoot. There's YouTube workouts, there's. No, there's no reason to think like everything you know a lot of.
Speaker 1:Somebody told me like, what if I don't have an hour? And I said who? Who told you an hour was the amount of time that was like, necessary to be healthy, right, if you have 20 minutes, go do 20 minutes. Right, good, jog, if you jog straight for 20 minutes. That's a challenging. That's usually two and a half, three miles, maybe more, right, you can jog for 20 minutes. It's a great workout. You could, just you can do hit training in your house with a YouTube video for 20 minutes. I guarantee you're feeling it right.
Speaker 1:20 minutes, even stretch or do mobility for 20 minutes, right, those that 20 minutes is Mwah, perfect right now. More is is can be better. More calorie burn you hit working more muscle groups, that's fine, but 20 minutes is still better than nothing, so better than zero. So that's for the perspective on what you have today. First of all, just say good. When crap happens and life is harder and it's like things came up, you boss told you you got something to do on Friday instead of Monday and you're like man, now I got to, like you know I can't go work out this evening because I got this thing I got to do just say good, okay, figure it out, that's all I got for you. 10 minute little solo cast.
Speaker 1:Hey, by the way, got this bio hacker world conference here in Austin, texas, april 6th and 7th. I definitely want to check it out. It's at the holiday in downtown Austin. Bunch of my clients, friends and I are going. If you want tickets, let me know. You can use the email. Shoot me an email, let me know you want Tickets to that event. It's the 6th and the 7th. There's stuff going on the 6th and the 7th so you can kind of like you know, show up to the times that you want to be there, see the speakers. You want to see them on this. I'm on a panel there. It's gonna be a lot of vendors and things people talking about all these different ways to bio hack your health, you know, as you get into your 40s, 50s and beyond. So it should be a fun event. Can't wait to be there. So check that out. Also, information in the show notes. All right, thanks for listening to the mindset forge podcast.
