The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
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The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Learn the Spartan mindset. Founder & CEO of Spartan Race and NY Times best-selling author, travels the globe seeking and answers authors, academics, athletes, adventurers, entrepreneurs, CEOs and thought leaders. It will shift your thinking, make you laugh and and give you the tools you need. He's...
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Still Competing at 45: Max King on Discipline and Endurance
Most people quit when progress slows. Max King kept going and got better. In this episode, two-time world champion endurance athlete Max King sits dow...
Discipline Before Strength: Brian Alsruhe on Mental Toughness
Pressure reveals the truth. It shows what you trained and what you avoided. In this episode, strength coach, strongman gym owner, mental conditioning...
Life After Service: Discipline When Orders Are Gone
When the mission ends, discipline gets exposed. What happens when the uniform comes off and no one is giving orders anymore? Former Army Airborne Infa...
Training to Finish: Bronco Billy on Distance, Discipline, and Rules
What holds when everything breaks is not motivation, talent, or hype? It's rules built under pressure. In this episode, elite ultra-endurance athlete...
Get Off the X: A Navy SEAL on Pressure, Pain, and Action
Pressure doesn't ask if you're ready. It hits, and most people freeze. Retired Navy SEAL officer and combat leader Jason Redman talks with Joe De Sena...
What Holds Under Pressure: Ray Zahab on Endurance, Cancer, and Discipline
When everything gets hard, discipline decides the outcome. This episode cuts through the noise and shows what holds when the body quits and motivation...
What Holds When the Mind Quits: Zach Bitter on Endurance, Control, and Discipline
Your mind quits before your body does. That's where most people fail. World-record ultra-endurance runner and endurance coach Zach Bitter sits with J...
What Smart People Miss Under Pressure: Chitra Nawbatt on EQ, Pivots, and Unwritten Rules
Being smart won't save you when pressure shows up. Why intelligence fails without discipline, ownership, and the ability to read what isn't written?...
What Holds When Everything Burns: JR Martinez on Combat, Recovery, and Relentless Discipline
Most people fail under pressure because they never trained for it. What holds up under pressure is built long before comfort disappears. Army veteran,...
Michael Wardian: Turning Suffering Into World Records
Mental toughness doesn't come from motivation—it comes from choosing discomfort on purpose. In this episode, endurance legend Michael Wardian, elite...
Navy SEAL Ryan "Birdman" Parrott: The Blast That Changed Everything and How He Rebuilt From Scratch
Ryan "Birdman" Parrott grew up without direction, failed classes, and struggled to connect. One sentence from a Marine teacher flipped a switch and...
The Choice That Built a Bomb‑Suit Warrior Mindset
She grew up with no roadmap, no support, and no clear path forward. One pull-up changed everything, leading her into the Army and a career in explosiv...
How a Navy SEAL Rebuilt Discipline and Control After Service
When the mission ends, the mindset stays. Navy SEAL veteran and leadership coach Kevin Stark talks with Joe about rebuilding identity after service, f...
How Discipline Turns Every Obstacle into Growth
What happens when discipline meets adversity? In a world where comfort wins too easily, true progress begins with facing hard challenges head-on. Joe...
How a Four-Time Cancer Survivor Rebuilt His Life With Spartan Races
How do you rebuild purpose after life knocks you down four times? Nick Klingensmith shares how cancer, addiction, and chronic illness didn't break him...
How Discipline Carries You When Motivation Is Dead
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Learned:
Daily Discipline: Small, consistent actions compound into recovery and long-term resilience.
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The one tool to turn your Anger into raw Power
Most men train their bodies, few train their minds. From cold plunges to carrying rocks uphill, this episode explores mastering the space between chao...
Pain Built Him. Purpose Keeps Him Going l Ryan Hendrickson On The Hard Way Podcast
He served multiple deployments, faced injury, and returned to duty with discipline and focus. Pain is the best teacher, and failure is where real grow...
Admit You’re Broken. Then Begin Again.
What happens when the toughest person you know completely breaks? The Queen of Pain crashed, hit her head, and lost everything that made her strong: d...
Antifragile Mindset: Lessons from Quadruple Amputee Tom Nash
Summary: Most people break under pressure. Tom Nash didn't. At 19, he lost all four limbs to meningococcal septicemia. Instead of giving up, he built...
Brotherhood and Grit Forged in Combat
Ryan Pitts didn't quit when it mattered most. Outnumbered, wounded, and under relentless fire, this Medal of Honor recipient kept fighting. Ryan sha...
Addicted to the Suck: Navy SEAL Rules for Mental Toughness
What happens when a Navy SEAL, a Spartan founder, and a Murph workout collide? You get hard truths about grit, discipline, and why your circle determi...
The Hardest Climb Ever: 19 Days on the Dawn Wall
What kind of mindset does it take to train 7 years for one climb? Tommy Caldwell did exactly that before finally conquering the Dawn Wall in a 19-day...
The Hammer Method: Simple System for Unstoppable Discipline
What would it take to hit ONE MILLION push-ups? Kevin Cullum did it! Not by chasing world records, but by proving the power of consistency, grit, a...
Recover Faster, Perform Stronger: Sleep the Spartan Way
Most athletes lose their edge because they don't recover right. The mattress innovator Jack Dell'Accio reveals breaks down why deep sleep and REM slee...
How One Officer Turns Showers Into Second Chances
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Matt Prouty, a police officer showing what real community leadership looks like. When Matt Prouty saw add...
From Mormon Mission to Hell Week: How Gus Built Unshakable Grit
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Navy SEAL veteran Gus Gustavson for an unforgettable look at what it truly takes to build unshakable grit....
Born Without Arms, Living Without Limits | Jessica Cox
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Jessica Cox, a woman born without arms, yet a licensed pilot, black belt in Taekwondo, and living proof th...
From Chaos to Clarity: Own Your Mind, Lead Your Life
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with performance coach and father of five, Joe Greco, to talk about what it really takes to build grit in your...
How an Ironman Mom Wins When Most People Quit
In this episode, Joe De Sena talks with Ironman World Champion Chelsea Sodaro about how to stay driven, balanced, and resilient as a high-achiever and...
Why Pain Is a Privilege: Lessons from a Wounded Warrior
He lost an arm and a leg in war and came back stronger than ever. In this raw conversation, veteran and athlete Noah Galloway shares how pain became...
This Teen Takes on Brutal Swim to Prove Struggle Heals
What happens when a 17-year-old signs up to swim 34km across freezing water—no wetsuit, no excuses—all to raise awareness for men's mental health? ...
What Surfing Death Waves Taught Him About Life
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Laird Hamilton, a legendary big wave surfer, who's built his entire life around mastering fear, taking ris...
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Lost His Legs, Found His Strength: A Blueprint for Resilience
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with a Marine veteran, Rob Jones, who lost both legs to an IED—but didn't lose his drive, purpose, or grit. ...
Ran 50 Marathons in 50 Days—Here’s How He Stays Fit at 60+
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Dean Karnazes, one of the world's most relentless endurance athletes. Dean is an ultra-marathoner and is s...
Kidnapped in Somalia: 93 Days to Survive or Die
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Jessica Buchanan, a humanitarian worker who was kidnapped in Somalia and held hostage for 93 harrowing day...
This Is Where Real Growth Happens (And Why You’re Avoiding It)
In this episode, Joe De Sena talks with strength coach and entrepreneur Chris Duffin about what it really takes to become mentally and physically unbr...
Adopt the “Never Zero” Mindset & Be the Man Who Never Quits
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with CrossFit Games champion and Train Hard founder Jason Khalipa to explore what it really means to build grit...
Raise Girls Who Lead, Fight, and Never Flinch
What does it really take to raise strong, confident girls in today's world? In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Cesalina Gracie – Mount Everes...
Samurai Wisdom for a Modern Warrior’s Mind
In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with James Pieratt—a man who turned a past of heroin addiction and prison into a life of discipline, grit, and...