There are strength sports like powerlifting and Olympic lifting, and there are endurance sports like marathoning and biking in the Tour de France…
And then there are sports like BJJ that require a hybrid approach – optimising strength and endurance at the same time.
This gets really tricky, so over the next four episodes of The Strenuous Life Podcast I’m going to be exploring hybrid conditioning with some of the most badass experts in the field.
The first guest in this series is podcast favourite Mike McCastle, the creator of The 12 Labors Project. Here are just some of the things he’s done for that project:
- Mike smashed David Goggins’ pullup record by doing 5,804 pull-ups in 24 hours while wearing a 30-pound backpack…
- He also pulled an F-150 pickup truck 22 miles through Death Valley…
- And flipped a 250 lb tractor tire for 13 miles…
- And climbed a rope for the equivalent distance of Mount Everest…
- And has trained MMA fighters, alpinists, and extreme adventurers like Colin O’Brady, the first man to cross Antarctica solo and unsupported.
You can also catch episode 429 with Mike McCastle on all audio podcast platforms, including
Key areas of today’s podcast include:
- How hybrid training is about giving yourself options
- How to combine strength and cardio training properly
- Why strength training builds durability in joints and tendons
- How to achieve your goals by reverse engineering the outcome
- How to build mental toughness through conscious choices
- Exactly how training should be tailored to individual needs and goals
- Why recovery is crucial for optimal performance
- How to include skill development within your sport into your training phases
- The methods Mike has used to create chaos in training to prepare for unpredictability
- How training often and testing rarely is key to success.
Check out Mike McCastle’s amazing The 12 Labors Project which he’s using to bring awareness to Parkinson’s Disease, and follow him on Instagram as well @mikemccastle.
And check out my own book, Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, on Amazon or anywhere books, ebooks, and audiobooks are sold!
