Recently, I flew to New York City to participate in a 3 day High Performance Lifestyle Performance occasion. I’d gotten to know the Founder, Brian Mazza when he was a visitor on my Midlife Male Podcast and he invited me out to expertise this occasion.
So what’s a excessive efficiency way of life? I’ve been asking myself that fairly a bit currently. Who determines what excessive efficiency is? Can I be excessive efficiency in some areas and never in others? How do I stay a excessive efficiency way of life? Am I there but? What work remains to be but to be performed and can I at all times be a piece in progress striving for prime efficiency way of life? At what level is a excessive efficiency life truly taking my foot off the fuel and permitting myself to benefit from the easy issues in life? That’s gotta be some type of excessive efficiency too, proper?
At 50, I consider excessive efficiency is investing and dedication to continued enchancment and development. This Is what drives me to maintain making an attempt new issues, problem myself, stay my message and lead by instance for my two teenage boys. A excessive efficiency way of life is realizing and residing like my greatest, brightest, happiest and healthiest days are nonetheless forward of me.
My new ebook, The Midlife Male,” is predicated on my Midlife Male Method, which I name the “6F’s”; Family, Fitness, Finance, Fashion & Fun and serving to males flip their F’s into A’s. So, I wished to share my 6F evaluation of this High Performance Lifestyle Training weekend.
But earlier than I get into the precise report card, listed below are a number of takeaways and observations:
- We can do onerous issues. Stepping exterior your consolation zone is crucial to growth.
- Surround your self with those who help you and that proceed to stage up your life. They are all over the place. They exist and so they’re in search of you simply as a lot as you’re in search of them. Put your self on the market
- Every one of many women and men who attended (41 in all) has a plan. A private working system and as such is profitable. There had been all walks of life, ages, careers, variations, and so on. What was the identical with ALL was their dedication to preparation, consistency & accountability.
- Words that had been heard, lived and repeated all through the weekend: respect, objective, effort, perspective, delight, humility, vulnerability, neighborhood, prosperity, well being, household, self-discipline.
- All easy ideas. Simple is difficult. That’s why most don’t do it…
- We have selections and selections to make every day. Make higher selections, stay a greater life. Again, it’s fairly easy.
- Physical challenges are accomplished by psychological energy. You can survive the chilly, the lactic acid construct up, the fatigue…If you refuse to give up. It was a easy phrase of recommendation from Marcus Luttrell that received me by the water: “Look to the guy to the left of you and to the right. He’ll be suffering worse…Help those guys and you’ll be fine.”
- Everything we did, talked about and skilled could be utilized to EVERY space of life. It is ALL linked. How you do one factor is the way you do every thing.
- It’s all about sustaining the micro wins each day.
- Slow is easy, easy is quick. Just preserve shifting.
High Performance Lifestyle Training 6F Assessment
Family: Everything I do is to steer by instance for my household and my two boys particularly. They don’t have to be eager about the identical issues that I’m. They don’t have to do the identical issues that I do. Anything and every thing that they wish to pursue in life is on the market and I’d encourage and help them to do that.
But it is very important me that my boys see me putting myself exterior my consolation zone, difficult myself, not being afraid to attempt new issues, meet new individuals, plan forward, prepare for actions and challenges and to have an unbiased thoughts, physique and spirit. In this occasion, I used to be going to go to New York for HPLT on my own. In the long run, I look ahead to sharing a few of these experiences with my boys as they become older. I met an incredible 58-year-old legal professional from Canada who was there along with his son and was impressed by him.
Kate and Harper determined that they wished to come back to New York on the final minute (Auden was in Israel) I instructed them initially that I didn’t assume I’d have any time to see them and that this was a jam packed itinerary, I wanted to remain laser targeted and wished to take pleasure in your complete expertise the best way that it was laid out. But perhaps it’s an indication of maturity and perspective that once they received there I used to be so pleased to see them that it doesn’t matter what the period of time was going to be, I’d discover a option to spend a few of it with them.
Fitness: This one goes with out query. The total weekend consisted of great bodily health challenges. We awakened at 4 a.m. to be educated by Navy SEAL Ray Cash Care and Marine Steve Eckert on the seashore and within the ocean by 5 a.m. We received chilly, moist, sandy and needed to carry, drag and crawl ourselves and companions by varied activations. We shaped a human chain and laid down, submerged within the 50-degree water for what appeared like fairly a very long time as waves crashed over us, flutter kicks ensued and instructions of lay day, roll over, head again, heels up had been barked at us. We did “Murph” later that afternoon which consisted of 1 mile run, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats adopted by a one mile run. We woke for a 7 a.m. 10-mile run (I by no means run 10 miles) the next morning led by Ken Rideout.
All of this was performed inside the confines of a supportive neighborhood and it was a privilege to get to coach and compete alongside the perfect.
Finance: The means I method these occasions and experiences when it comes to finance is that they’re investments in myself, my household and my future. The price ticket on this wasn’t low-cost however value each greenback spent because it returned tenfold. They supplied every thing: meals, clothes, dietary supplements, prime audio system, trainers, panelists, services and a neighborhood of like minded individuals. I additionally wish to level out that primarily based on what I’m doing with Midlife Male; the publication and the podcast and my teaching shoppers, I’m now getting invited to occasions like this free of charge. I’m aggregating and curating the Best in Class occasions and experiences to take males such as you together with me and to create midlife male VIP experiences at occasions like this sooner or later. I take pleasure in placing these occasions on the calendar, budgeting for them, coaching for them, wanting ahead to them and reverse engineering the way to stay, function and finance the commitments that I make.
Food: There had been panels and seminars on vitamin from unbelievable human being and coach Jacob Zemer. Our meals had been introduced in for us all through the weekend for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They had been wholesome and tasted nice. They had dietary supplements and drinks and restoration stuff obtainable for us from manufacturers similar to SLATE Milk, Vital Performance, Lemon Perfect, Holistik Wellness and extra. We had been additionally handled to dinner at Dan Churchill’s unbelievable restaurant, Charlie Street. As a foodie, it was astounding and Dan’s a stellar chef and athlete.
Fashion: What do occasions like HPLT like this must do with vogue? So much, truly. Fashion is model. Style is confidence. Confidence is efficiency. Ten Thousand gear supplied outfits for all exercises all through the weekend. Branded shorts, shirts and tank tops. We wore coordinated outfits/uniforms for all occasions and it created a unified vibe. GoodLife Clothing firm supplied an superior informal hoodie, joggers and shirt for every of us and KANE Footwear had customized HPLT NYC restoration footwear for us. All of it got here packed up in a tactical backpack. Look good, really feel good, gown good, carry out good, that’s the high-performance motto.
Fun: This goes with out query for me. Why would you do one thing like this if it wasn’t enjoyable? These occasions are enjoyable for me. I genuinely like these things. That’s why I do it. Surrounding your self with like minded individuals who share the identical objectives, visions, values, athleticism, objective, course of, payoff. It was a fucking blast. And we now have recollections, friendships and bonds that can final a lifetime. I used to be chilly, moist and sandy, but by no means laughed tougher. I used to be as sore as I’ve ever been and nonetheless smiling. I awakened drained and struggling to get off the bed and but couldn’t wait to get downstairs and again at it.
Now, not every thing I do goes to verify all six F’s on a regular basis and get straight A’s….But that’s definitely the purpose; to verify as many as attainable inside a framework and an working system that helps you maximize your excessive efficiency way of life with authenticity, with intention, with objective and to turn out to be one of the best model of your self.
Greg Scheinman is a life-style coach, podcast host, and creator of the brand new ebook “The Midlife Male.”