Why Effort Alone Won’t Cut It - Coach Joe Deason

During COVID Coach Joe quit his 9-5 finance job and decided to hike the Appalachian trail end to end, this meant 5 months of hiking 20-30 miles a day, totaling 2200miles or 3500km (shoutout my Canadians). He said that the thing that drove him to do this was reading the book "Mindset" by Carol S. Dweck. In this episode max gets quizzed on what he learned after reading the book which coach Joe gave him, why just working hard isn't enough to succeed, and how he used the lessons from this book to help push him through his toughest days and accomplish his goal of hiking the AT. - Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 2:02 Podcasting 4:10 Coach Joe's Story 8:31 The Growth Mindset / Hiking Appalachian Mountains 16:13 The Book That Started It All 22:00 Coach Joe Has No Social Media 25:04 Back To The Book 32:43 Intentionality 35:23 Working With Olympians 42:30 Getting To Elms College 46:06 How To Actually Improve 49:18 Goals 54:21 Coach Joes Lifting Program 57:54 The Bird Dog Row 1:03:14 Life Outside Of Strength and Conditioning 1:08:14 Advice For Your Younger Self