052 - The Coach Up: How to (Deep) Read More Books
Reading is a skill that we may not spend a lot of time trying to improve. But in an age of constant noise and distraction, being able to focus and go deep on a good book isn't just one of life's great...
1 Jul 202417min
051 - Does Being a Good Person Make You a Worse Competitor?
Steve, Brad, and Clay discuss a question posed by the writer and runner Sabrina Little in a recent article (link below) from Aeon titled "Performance-Enhancing Vices:" How do the personality traits th...
27 Jun 202443min
050 - The Coach Up: The Visual Tool to Win Hard Workouts (or Days)
We all have hard workouts and hard days. Often, what makes them hard is there's a problem we need to solve. On today's episode, we're going into the FAREWELL archives to pull one of the great problem-...
24 Jun 20249min
049 - Diet, Exercise, and Performance Dos and Don'ts with Adam Bornstein
Adam Bornstein is a fitness and nutrition expert who has worked with LeBron James and Arnold Schwarzenegger and who came to the world of wellness after breaking his back (twice!) at a young age. It wa...
20 Jun 20241h 5min
048 - The Coach Up: JJ Redick on the Confidence of an NBA Sharpshooter
Over the course of his basketball career, JJ Redick carved out a reputation as one of the game's best shooters. (Not to mention one of its smartest minds, which is why he's currently an analyst for th...
17 Jun 202410min
047 - How to think About Longevity and End-of-Life Health
In recent years, there has been a growing obsession with longevity and life extension: people interested in improving the quality of their health at the end of their lives (or extending their life alt...
13 Jun 202438min
046 - The Coach Up: How (and Why) To Do A Digital Sabbath
Every week, Brad Stulberg spends either Saturday or Sunday practicing a Digital Sabbath: he goes the day offline and without any of his devices (phone, computer, tablet). It's not because he's anti-te...
10 Jun 202414min
045 - The Reason You Can’t Ever Get Through Your To-Do List (with Oliver Burkeman)
There’s a promise built into all the productivity and time management advice out there: that it’s possible, with the most efficient technique, to finally conquer that feeling that you have too much to...
6 Jun 20241h 9min
