AMP9 – Off The Cuff – 11 Workout Rules with Pat

With Pat McCormick & Zach Englehart

Pat and Zach talk about Pat’s 11 rules for getting started with a workout program.

Pat’s 11 Rules

  1. God didn’t invent couches, recliners, McDonald’s or Wendy’s, man did that because he is weak – but he did invent you and your two working arms and legs so get at it.
  2. Your mind wants you to give up when your body has only given 40% (credit to @davidgoggins for this)
  3. 100 is the new 20
  4. Unless your 16-25 years old you won’t build anything in 20 minutes a day. That’s like telling you to pay off your credit card using only minimum payment. It’s better than not paying but holy cow is that bs. Stop looking for quick fixes. You are going to have to suffer and learn to love it.
  5. Don’t listen to anyone unless you are paying them to train you or you are specifically asking a professional. Everyone wants to tell you a better way and at the end of the day, you haven’t repeated enough of the same types of reps to do anything. Discipline and consistency is the key.
  6. No days off. Only rotational healthy living. Ie: I never work the same group within 3 days. I may take one day off every few months. Not during the week.
  7. There are 24 hours in a day. Do what you hate first. I hate ab work. So I wake up at 430 and do 150 crunches and leg lifts before most people wake up. And that’s not my workout, that goes with brushing my teeth.
  8. If there’s a supplement advertisement, don’t trust the workout. They want to keep you weak to make you think that you need the supplement.
  9. Do not workout to improve how you look. Seriously, for most people, it won’t change fast enough for you not to quit. I workout for the sense of achievement and building character. I workout to fight my current demons and prepare for the next ones that will pop up in my path. I do the same thing when I’m in my Bible daily. Working out is complimentary.
  10. I put myself through more physical pain than anyone else could ever throw at me in a day. This is about mental strength, not superficiality and vanity.
  11. No gym necessary. I started with a pull-up bar and a deck of cards. Later I bought cinderblocks to throw around. Recently got a weighted vest and some kettlebells. But start from where you are.

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“INTRO MUSIC” by Sidewise

Artist: Sidewise
Song: This Time
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Track; Sidewise – This Time
Music provided by FlyingTunes
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by Patrick McCormick

AMP 8 – With Jacob Newton – Retired SERE Specialist (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape)

SPECIAL GUEST: Jacob Newton

With Pat McCormick, Zach Engelhart

Our special guest on AMP8 is Jacob Newton, a retired U.S. Air Force SERE Specialist (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape). Jacob sits down and chats with us about his survival training and life after the military.

Also discussed:

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“INTRO MUSIC” by Sidewise

Artist: Sidewise
Song: This Time
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Track; Sidewise – This Time
Music provided by FlyingTunes
Watch; https://youtu.be/Kw4zXoPttlQ

by Patrick McCormick

AMP7 – 10 Bullets – Ten Quotes to Get You Through the Week With Jose Garcia

SPECIAL GUEST: Jose Garcia

With Pat McCormick & Zach Engelhart

In this edition of 10 Bullets (The newly renamed Ten List), Jose Garcia tells us his top ten quotes that help get him through the week.

“Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.”  – Kevin Smith

  • Worry takes up too much emotional capital.
  • Worry is praying for something that you don’t want to happen.

“Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own.” – Bruce Lee

“In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • A reminder that you can learn something from anyone.

“Enter into every situation willing to be wrong.” – Jose Garcia

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” – Socrates

“If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything.” – Miyamoto Musashi

  • Generalize not specialize.

“The qualities of patience and profiting from one’s mistakes are part of the discipline of Kung Foo.” – Bruce Lee

  • You must learn from your mistakes to move forward.
  • Failure is an event, not a person – Zig Ziglar

“A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.” – Aristotle

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and die with their song still inside them” – Henry David Thoreau

  • Make sure you sing your song before you go to the grave.

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“INTRO MUSIC” by Sidewise

Artist: Sidewise
Song: This Time
Download/Stream: https://audiograb.com/xLuKUnkGU

Track; Sidewise – This Time
Music provided by FlyingTunes
Watch; https://youtu.be/Kw4zXoPttlQ

by Patrick McCormick