The Ted O'Neill Program

Ted and Jon discuss the ultimate level of commitment - the point at which you no longer care for the result in any form because you have come to love the process.

Ted talks about the institutional memory of Diablo Barbell, how every athlete should tap into it at every step along their journey, and about how giving back to the training community gives you perspective on your own technique.

Ted and Jon discuss the expressions of identity and self-esteem, specifically in the form of your nutrition.

Ted talks about taking the penalties, in the gym and elsewhere, and choosing them as opportunities.

Ted and Jon discuss determining what to reframe by understanding the mechanics of everything you wish to improve.

Ted discusses the application of the 90~10 rule in the facets of your life outside of your training, and how reframing can create the same growth in your professional life, relationships, and everywhere you can experience the squeeze.

Ted and Jon discuss the triumvirate at play in your thoughts.  How your desired outcomes drive your physical self outside of your comfort zone and through uncharted territory.

Ted discusses identifying the obstacle as the opportunity, and how that concept is counter to the brain's function of keeping the body in its comfort zone.

Ted talks about the contraction-expansion concept in the PPT model, and the last-ditch effort of self to bring you back to the familiar when you're on the verge of a breakthrough.

Ted and Jon discuss how to break free of your limiting beliefs and how they have a tendency to drag you back if you're not careful.

Ted and Jon discuss the choosing and change of identity being the root of sustainable results.

Ted discusses the energy we waste on the things that are distracting or unimportant, and how much more we can perform be focusing that energy on our conscious intentions.

Ted discusses how your identity dictates your behaviors.  The new you will do all the new things with intention and purpose.  The old you will face the same challenges and slide into the same pitfalls.

Ted discusses some of this past weekend's best demonstration of intention.

Ted discusses the importance of community and how demonstration attracts and propels the like-minded and encourages those still familiarizing themselves with the importance of intention.

Ted gives more examples of demonstration, and the competitors on the powerlifting team who put their intention on full display last weekend. 

Ted and Jon discuss the indicators, or predictors, of a lack of commitment to your intentions. By contrast, Ted recaps Stephen Bartlett's performance at last week's meet where he became the first Diablo male to achieve a 10X body weight total.

Ted gives us a recap of last weekend's meet.  To go straight to the preamble, start at 12:37 where Ted will give us the theme of the week: Demonstration is your intention out loud.  Ted and Jon discuss the physical manifestation of this concept.

Ted goes deeper into overcoming attachments to the past and overcoming your chemistry by executing a level of change that is greater than the physical stressor.

Ted discusses the importance of desire and how to coach it.

Ted discusses the rewiring of your neural network that happens when you see past your momentary circumstance and engage with your preconceived outcome.

Replace existing definitions of self by resetting your neural network.

A review of the 90-10 rule and revealing what you're made of.

Ted and Jon explore the commonalities among the disparate personalities of the people who train at Diablo Barbell.  In their uniqueness, what traits bind them together?  Where are they all headed?  What on earth is going on there?

Tim Shields is an author and renaissance man who has agreed to be a test subject in Ted's concept of Paraphysical Training.  This episode chronicles his thoughts, and Ted's, of the first day of training in this experiment and gives us a glimpse of Tim's background and expectations.