Rob MacDonald (aka Bobby Maximus) is the General Manager of Gym Jones, an invitation-only gym located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Some of the biggest names in Hollywood have worked with Gym Jones trainers to get in amazing shape for film (e.g., Henry Cavill for Superman, Gerard Butler for 300, etc.) Bobby believes that building a strong mind can change every aspect of a person's life, and that the fastest way to do that is in the gym. The physical stuff ...
S1E5: When is it Okay to Quit?
Anytime you start working towards a big, scary, impossible looking goal, you're inevitably going to face set backs. Times are going to get hard. You may even get to a point where you aren't sure if you can do it anymore and you're going to want to give up. Throw in the towel. Stop the frustration and the pain. Sometimes, that's exactly what you need to do. It IS time to close up shop and move on with the lessons you've learned from the school of hard ...
S1E4 – Inside the Mind of a Navy Seal: Grit and Resilience with Command Master Chief Paul Tharp
Grit and resilience aren't natural skills you're born with. They're something that you have to build. It's something you can learn. Over his incredibly successful career, Command Master Chief Paul Tharp has built such an incredibly resilient mind that he now teaches aspiring seals how to do it too. Listen to this week's episode of Impossible Radio and become more resilient, today. Some Things You'll Learn in This Episode: What it takes to become a ...
S1E3: 2 Strategies to Keep You Going When You Don’t Feel Like It
Anticipating that things will get tough on the road to Impossible things helps to set you up to be prepared for the disappointments that are destined to be along your way. If you expect it, you can prepare for it, so it doesn't ruin your progress. Keep moving. Listen to today's episode of Impossible Radio and become more resilient, today. Some Things You'll Learn in This Episode: One assumption that can all but guarantee your success; When to "go ...
S1E2: How Kyle Maynard Bear Crawled Up Mt. Kilimanjaro
If there was a list of people most qualified to talk about resilience, Kyle Maynard would be at the top. Born without arms and legs, Kyle has been tackling mountains, both figurative and literal, one step at a time. He's literally crawled to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak on the African Continent, does CrossFit, was named "world's strongest teen", and competes at elite levels in jiu-jitsu, not to mention a host of other things that keep him ...
S1E1: Face Your Fear & Get Into the Arena
This is the first episode in a brand new series where we take a deep dive into studying resilience. What exactly IS resilience? What does it take to become more resilient? Why are some people able to go through insane setbacks and problems, and keep pushing on well after the point where they "should have given up?" Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with "living on the edge of your comfort zone." Some Things You'll Learn in This Episode: What ...
