"Extreme Balance": Master the Art of High-Performance with Ben Askren
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Joe de Sena and wrestling champion Ben Askren dive into their co-authored book on "Extreme Balance," a concept emphasizing that true excellence comes from balancing hard work, mental skills, and self-care.
Ben opens up about his personal journey, detailing how he shifted from relentless grinding to focusing on strategic thinking and body awareness. He highlights how balancing physical and mental aspects was key to unlocking his full potential.
The discussion includes practical strategies for managing performance anxiety, recognizing when to push through pain versus when to rest, and finding the optimal balance between rigorous training and high-pressure performance.
They also examine the lives of successful individuals who achieved remarkable success but struggled with personal balance, concluding that sustainable excellence demands a holistic approach.
This episode provides valuable insights for elite performers aiming to elevate their game by mastering the principles of "Extreme Balance."
Highlights:
00:00 Intro
00:49 The journey to balance through wrestling
08:24 How to manage performance anxiety
11:54 Balancing hard work and rest
15:30 The role of balance in elite performance
20:45 Extreme success and balance – Spartans, Musk, Jobs
23:44 The importance of family time
26:26 How to find the book and final thoughts
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How do you maximize yourself? |
| 0:02.0 | I'll use the same analogy I would do with them wrestlers is, |
| 0:04.5 | they all know how to work hard. |
| 0:06.0 | So you're not going to get 100% better by just working hard. |
| 0:09.5 | It's you've got to figure out these other things |
| 0:11.5 | that are going to stack on top of each other to |
| 0:13.8 | maximize your potential and you know what I find with a lot of individual |
| 0:17.2 | and wrestlers that they relied on just hard working because that was all they |
| 0:20.3 | knew and if they would have just changed their mindset a little bit they probably |
| 0:23.2 | would have more success and more enjoyment and they're like oh shit I wish I |
| 0:26.7 | could have done that over. Welcome to the Hardway podcast with Joe DeCenna, |
| 0:30.7 | founder and CEO of Spartan Races. |
| 0:34.1 | We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life |
| 0:37.0 | the same way we teach our 10 million plus Spartans |
| 0:39.4 | to overcome obstacles on the course. |
| 0:41.4 | With insight from the smartest, most accomplished experts from every |
| 0:44.5 | corner of the world. Get ready to elevate your life today. |
| 0:49.7 | Jo the Senate, CEO and founder of Spartan. I got a great guest here my buddy Ben |
| 0:53.7 | Asgren we wrote a book together check out this book. Extreme balance I hate the |
| 0:58.8 | word balance but he forced the name. Well where Joe's gonna get balanced I don't |
| 1:02.1 | know if I'm gonna get balance we're gonna bring going to get balanced. I don't know if I'm going to get balanced. |
| 1:03.2 | We're going to bring on your full potential by giving you some balance. |
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