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Mar 2020
1h 6m

Ep 3: Battling Ropes and Zoomba For Powe...

MATT HOLMES
About this episode

In this episode, we talk to Aaron Guyett. Aaron is the director of Livin.Fit. He is a fitness expert and reservist Marine. His commitment to learning and training battling rope exercises makes him one of the people living a vigilant life. We will be talking about how you too can live a Vigilant Life. Aaron shares the meaning of embracing the suck, mental games, battling rope movements, and all about Zoomba for powerlifters.

 

  

Key Talking Points in the episode

  • A brief introduction to the episode guest Aaron Guyett
  • How Aaron and I met
  • Aaron's view of life as a military and civilian
  • What it means to embrace the suck and why it is important
  • Aaron talks about the Special Forces experience program and how he joined the group.
  • The physiology and psychology of fitness: playing the mental games and tricking your brain
  • Things to help you stay vigilant in your fitness
  • Understanding the mechanical physics and how it works in the battle rope exercises
  • How to utilize the battling ropes in the fitness industry
  • How Aaron became a battling rope coach
  • Two common movements in the battling rope exercises to work out your shoulders
  • Best good rope finish for enhanced endurance and deal with fatigue
  • Why Zoomba is the key for powerlifters 
  • The importance and benefits of trying  different fitness exercises
  • Aaron explains his twelve-week military program 
  • Where to get a battling rope course free

Resource mentioned:

The Special force experience

Magical Quotes from the Episode:

“I don't wake up and look in the mirror and go: oh how can I follow the path of least resistance today?”

“The path of least resistance will get you to stagnation and a lesser version of yourself.”

“There are moments where you're embracing the suck for kind of suck shake and that does suck.”

“Any life worth living is going to have some suck that's attached to that front end.”

“You’ve got to embrace the suck.”

 “I have kicked the doors down but I'm not a door kicker.”

“The thing that sucks the most is the thing that you need to do most often and get very comfortable with because that's the thing that's going to make you ring the bell or drop on request or whatever it is.”

“Do the thing that you liked to do bec

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