The MENtal Muscle-Up Podcast: The Cure For Mental Masturbation
Welcome to the Mental Muscle-Up Podcast, the no-BS show that is the cure for Male Mental Masturbation. If you're a podcast junkie, self-improvement buff, and fitness fanatic like me, then this podcast is for you. To quote Derek Sivers, “If more information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” By focusing on quality over quantity when it comes to the content calories we consume from podcasts like Mind Pump, Modern Wisdom, Wits and Weights, The Tim Ferriss Show, and Huberman Lab, we will use gym principles like Progressive Overload, and Specificity to Raise the Bar in Our Relationships Muscle-Up Our Mindset and Mental Health Power Up Our Sense of Purpose, and Build Bodies That Personify Peak Performance Every episode of the Mental Muscle-Up Podcast inspires you to cure Male Mental Masturbation - which is defined as a term for overthinking or engaging in intellectual pursuits without practical application - as we go from passive consumption to immediate implementation with what we call the PodWod - your Podcast Workout of the Day. Just like a training program in the gym, each PodWod gives a specific number of sets and reps in the form of questions and actions as we work on achieving the best podcast pump possible. Since life is the ultimate workout, it’s time to start training for it. So hit subscribe, and stay tuned as we take the best of what works inside the gym and apply it outside the gym to Muscle-Up every area of our lives. Welcome to the Mental Muscle-Up Podcast.
Episodes
🤔 EP002 - Are you even aware of how guilty you are when it comes to Mental Masturbation?
🎙️ “The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one.” - Jeff Daniels playing Will McAvoy in the Newsroom
🎧 Whether we want to admit it or not, we’re all guilty of Mental Masturbation to one extent or another. The first step in getting over any addiction - and trust me, Mental Masturbation IS an addiction -...
EP001 - "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." - James Clear, Atomic Habits
🤔 Did you know that June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month?
⚠️ FACT: Most men live lives of quiet desperation not because they don't have the potential to be better, but rather because the system they have for tapping into that potential is shit or non-existent.
What exactly is Mental Masturbation?
- It’s listening to podcasts passively versus immediately implementing what you learn
- It’s being part of a men’s group where you talk about your problems versus what you’ve attempted to do to solve them
- It’s writing in your men's or gratitude journal about your thoughts and feelings so you can manage the stress of being a man versus writing out the action steps necessary to deal with your v...
EP119 - This will be the last episode of Inspired By Impact ever!
Why? There are three reasons that I will summarize with three quotes, all of which I will dive into detail about in today's episode.
Quote #1 - "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it’s time to pause and reflect.” - Mark Twain
Long Story Short: I'm tired of being on the side of the majority and it's ab...
EP118 - If you suffer from depression, what do you wish people would stop doing that you don't have the heart to tell them but wish somebody would?
For those of us who have a very intimate and long-term relationship with depression, it can be hard to communicate with others about what's going on for you, what you need, and what pisses you off.
I've been in an almost constant state of depression for ...
What do you do when you hit rock bottom?
How do you get yourself to do the shit you know you need to do but have no fucking idea how to get yourself to do it? What can you do to begin digging yourself out of your self-made pit to gain the clarity and confidence you need to get your shot together and finally start taking steps in the right direction?
Yeah...today is going to be a deep dive into the world of PURPOSE...
"Remember...it's not the mountains ahead of you to climb that wear you out. It's the pebble in your shoe."
What is the ONE PERSISTENT PROBLEM you've been facing for months or perhaps years that you can't get past no matter how much you try?
For me, it's breaking through on a BUSINESS level - being afraid to take my products, services, and myself to market.
What is it for...
EP117 - The number one regret of the dying is, "I wish I had lived a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me."
I can't even quantify how much time I waste worrying about what others think of me, what other people think I should do, or basing what I should do on what other people are doing, all of which are the perfect road map to regretting the life I live.
All I can do is reflect on...
How are we going to make sure that 2024 is one of the best years of our lives?
I obviously can't answer that for you but for me, I know it's going to boil down to one thing above all - fulfillment of purpose.
But fulfilling your purpose means you first need to get clear on what your purpose is. In other words, what is the VISION you have for yourself and the effect you want to have on the lives of the pe...
Welcome to another edition of MMU Mondays! Here's what we be training today:
MMU #1 (1:59) - What can you do to elevate your state of being for sustainable joy?
MMU #2 (10:16) - How to overcome being a "perfectionist" when being such is either causing you to procrastinate, causing you to take way more time getting shit done than you should, or both
MMU #3 (14:28) - What's the fastest ...
What is the single hardest thing a man can do in his life?
Today is going to reveal the answer to that question, and while that question may yield some subjective answers, I know that the answer herein has been the biggest challenge in my life, no question.
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
- My Brother Blake, who along with George and Susie, is shedding some much-needed light on topics most are too afraid to speak about and share. Y...
Would you want to know if you were full of shit?
"Fine" has become a knee-jerk response for a lot of us when asked how we're doing. Much the same way, most people would say that they're happy. But are they really?
Today, we're going to trigger some folks by having them take a hard look in the mirror and see if they're wearing a mask they label as happy when, in fact, they are anything...
What if a man's inability to say what he's feeling isn't a matter of choice but a matter of psychology?
How many men have been falsely accused of not 'opening up' by their partners? I really hope that anyone who has ever accused a man of doing that listens to this episode because it will sprinkle some much-needed compassion on a man's inability to express his emotions.
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
Why do most of us quit doing things we say we want to do and know we should do?
Is it a lack of willpower, discipline, or desire? I don't think so. I know that's not the case because one other simple yet powerful tip has helped me stick with habits you once upon a time couldn't pay me to do.
That's exactly what we be tackling in Day 21 of the 24 Before 2024 Challenge!
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
- A...
How do you keep going when life keeps knocking you down? You can't just stay down forever, and we can only structure so much in our lives before someone or something throws a wrench in our plans.
So what do you do when shit just doesn't go as planned?
That's exactly what we be tackling in Day 20 of the 24 Before 2024 Challenge!
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
- My Aussie Sista Kate who popped her IBI cherry...
What do you do when you hit a wall and want to quit?
Pushing through it won't work. Giving up isn't an option. So then what strategy that works wonders inside the gym can we take and use outside the gym?
That's exactly what we be tackling in Day 19 of the 24 Before 2024 Challenge!
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
- My Aussie Brother Jai who has one of the most amazing life stories you will ever hear. You can...
How can you start to get more out of the podcasts you're listening to?
Today's episode marks yet another milestone on the Inspired By Impact journey as my target of passing the MMU Mic to my Brothers has been hit.
Just like in the gym, when you want to up your game start training alongside people who are upping theirs.
Today, with the help of my Brothers Allan and Philip, we are running episod...
For all the men out there who think you can just put your head down and work through your problems, you'll want to listen to this one.
What if taking 5 minutes a day to do one simple thing was all it took to get your shit together and improve the quality of every area of your life?
That's exactly what we be tackling in Day 18 of the 24 Before 2024 Challenge!
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
- My Hypno-Mindset and ...
What's one of the hardest things about becoming a better man? Practicing the shit that helps us become better men!
That's exactly what we be tackling in Day 17 of the 24 Before 2024 Challenge!
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
How are you about asking for help, my Brother? That was a rhetorical question. You suck at it.
But what's the real benefit that you may be overlooking when it comes to asking for help? That's exactly what we be tackling in Day 16 of the 24 Before 2024 Challenge!
👊🏾 SHOUT-OUT TO
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