It's Never Too Late to Test Your Limits with Gwendolyn Bounds

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Tired of feeling stuck in a rut? Discover how taking on new challenges can make you feel alive again at any age.

In this empowering episode, Gwendolyn Bounds shares how she conquered self-doubt and found her inner athlete later in life. She discusses her transformation from a sedentary to a competitive obstacle course racer through grit and community support.

Gwendolyn Bounds is an award-winning journalist and author whose career spans media brands including The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Consumer Reports, CNBC, SmartNews, and more.

Her latest book “NOT TOO LATE: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age” captures the mental and physical benefits of pursuing something hard that you love – a starkly different prescription for wellbeing in a world filled with hacks and shortcuts to find happiness and good health.

Anchoring Gwendolyn’s book is the story of her own midlife evolution from an unathletic desk-bound news executive glued to her screens into an age-group medalist and world championship competitor in the daunting sport of obstacle course racing.

In NOT TOO LATE, Gwendolyn offers a roadmap for action and realistic change that anyone can use to tap inner reserves, face fear, and push boundaries. You can find Gwendolyn on social media and sign up for her newsletter at gwendolynbounds.com.

Highlights:

00:00 Intro
01:02 The power of pushing limits at any age
02:46 It’s never too late for sports or Spartan race
07:01 Lessons from the obstacle course racing
10:40 Helping people to get moving after the pandemic
17:12 The Death Race in Vermont
18:15 How can people find Gwendolyn
20:09 How to get started and Not Yet mentality
24:16 The joy of pushing yourself beyond your limits
28:39 Life is about small choices

Transcript

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0:00.0	The number one thing we have to do in this world is to get people to move more.
0:04.1	So if that's what's happening, I think that's good. It's the same with exercise too, right? I think people think,
0:09.6	oh, if I don't start young and I don't start early,
0:13.4	that it's too late for me with exercise.
0:15.3	All the latest research with medical experts
0:18.4	will tell you that that is absolutely not true
0:20.6	and that we can get these huge benefits and truly interrupt the negative
0:25.8	changes that are coming for our bodies and minds cognitively, physically with a
0:30.6	new exercise program.
0:31.6	Welcome to the Hardway Podcast with Joe DeSenna, founder and CEO of Spartan races.
0:37.0	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million plus Spartans to overcome
0:43.7	obstacles on the course. With insight from the smartest, most accomplished
0:47.3	experts from every corner of the world. Get ready to elevate your life today.
0:51.3	Joe the Senate, our CEO and founder of Spartan and host the Heartweight podcast.
0:56.0	I got a great friend, great superwoman, I refer to her as Wendellin Bounds.
1:02.0	She's written an amazing, but well you've been writing your whole life.
1:05.2	I mean this book is just an extension of the way you think about life, yes?
1:08.9	Yes, it is.
1:09.9	Thanks, Joe.
1:11.2	And thanks for that superwoman intro. The check is definitely in the mail to you. You can create a new obstacle with that.
1:16.1	The name of the book is not too late, the power of pushing limits at any age. I think this is something you really can identify with. It's something
1:24.5	you espouse with your community. And we live in a world where we are bombarded by
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