The Freedom Project

Today, I'm going to take you through our most impactful framework we teach our athletes. When you get this, you have the ability to drop your non-serving mindset instantly, leaving you to perform way better.

Today, I talk you through the 5 tools I most often prescribe athletes so they can have the best training and competition experiences possible. I cover: how to overcome fear, how to stop missing the lifts you know you should be hitting, how to stop resigning yourself to failure, and how to give athletic performances you're proud of.

Today, I interview Mary Beth Prodromides who is one of our athletes. Mary Beth won the CrossFit Games Masters division yet again this year, and in doing so has enjoyed a complete revamp of her mindset. In this episode, we're going to walk you through, step by step, her mindset training protocol and how we got there.

In today's episode, I will share the exact system we have used to train mindset in thousands of athletes. I'll go into how to apply it to your life, and what to look out for. Enjoy!

Authenticity is the path to your potential as an athlete. Yet often you find yourself hiding behind a mask of someone else to protect yourself. In this episode, I dive into how to develop the courage needed to become authentically you, and perform at your highest level

Your mind and your body, as we’ve discussed plenty of times on the limitless athlete podcast, are intertwined. You cannot separate one from the other. Your body influences the feel of your mind, as much as your mind influences the feel of your body. That’s why your head drops and your shoulders round when you feel defeated in a workout. It’s why you stand up tall when you win. It’s why your breath...

How you are thought of by others - or rather, how you perceive how others think about you - is what you’re wired to care about. The most dangerous thing for humans until very recently, has been being kicked out of the tribe. That’s why you naturally care so much about what people think of you. But nowadays, your life isn’t on the line if a few gym members don’t like you - even if it feels like it....

“Moderation is for cowards”   What holds too many athletes back is the fear of committing to their next level.   What will I lose if I go all in?   What will that do to my relationships, my career, my time to serve others? If you really want to be great, those are the wrong questions to ask. What will I lose if I don’t take action on my dreams? That’s the real question to ask. You’ll lose the chan...

Today, I interview Danny Lehr of Caffeine & Kilos. We discuss a host of topics, but the main theme is how to incorporate more structure into your life so you can achieve your goals.

A few years back, we worked with an athlete called Kat. Kat was the partner of the gym owner; a good athlete, but who struggled with skill work. She also struggled with how she appeared to the rest of the community she led. Because of this, she held back from practising skills and pushing to her limits in front of others. Of course, this slowed her progress and growth. Over the following months, w...

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” - Aristotle “Knowing others is intelligence. Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power” Lao Tzu Or simply “Know thyself” Socrates It doesn’t matter if you were born millenia ago like Aristotle, Lao Tzu, or Socrates, or born today like you. Knowing yourself is the first step you must take in orde...

You want to compete with confidence. That way when you turn up to the competition floor, you’ll back yourself. You’ll spend less time worrying about what others do. And hopefully, you’ll be able to execute your plan to your highest standard. An average plan executed with 100% confidence is better than a perfect plan executed with 50% confidence. Let’s view the goal of confidence through our RRP Me...

Us athletes like to identify as hard chargers. We’re tougher, more resilient, and more tenacious than regular Joe’s. As such we pride ourselves on how we can keep on pushing when others would stop. Like I’ve said before, this is an essential skill to develop for any athlete, and any human. If you gave up at the first sign of discomfort, you wouldn’t get very far in life. However, your body and you...

If only what worked for everyone else worked for you. The amount of times you hear “oh, I just started meditation, and that fixed all my mindset challenges.” “you know when I began journaling, that solved all my issues.” “it was a psychedelic trip that changed my mentality.” Well, great for that person. But what about for you? 99.9% of your DNA is genetically identical to mine. That doesn’t mean w...

That moment you realise you’re actually good at CrossFit is a double edged sword. There was probably a moment where you looked round the gym and you realised that you were no longer the athlete you were when you started. Or maybe you won a comp and that changed your own perception. These watershed moments are a brilliant opportunity to rewrite your story. No longer are you an amateur, you are good...

Do you catch yourself Instagram stalking to check up on how other athletes are doing? Scrolling through the leaderboard to check your placings when really you should be in bed? Watching other athletes in workouts when you could be in your own lane? Comparison has never been easier. Instead of strawmanning this argument let’s take the side of comparison. Let’s listen to the voice in your head that...

Maybe the pressure is what drives you forward. Unerringly. Ceaselessly, toward your best. Could you have done what you have done without that pressure; forcing you, pushing you? But you recognise the times that the pressure has got too much. When will I snatch Xkg? When will I reach the semis? When will I be good enough? Pressure creates diamonds, they say. But pressure has also been your downfall...

You are not your emotions. But you can’t discount them either. In those moments of fear, rage, love, or side-splitting hilarity, you can’t deny those emotions are as real as the headphones you’re listening to this podcast through, or whatever is in your visual field. You feel emotions whether you like it or not, and emotions sway you whether you like it or not. We often get into mindset training b...

2500 years ago, Socrates bought the Greek aphorism, Know Thyself into the forefront of philosophy. His point was that before you can claim to know anything, you must know yourself. Human wisdom, he said, begins with the recognition of one’s own ignorance. You and I, as athletes and as humans, are ignorant. We see the world through our narrow perceptive bubble. Our beliefs filter out information wh...

The wonderful Kari Pearce joins Coach Tom today to discuss what it truly means to fully commit to being the best version of you you possibly can be. Kari not only exemplifies this as an athlete, but a businesswoman too. Kari is all in on her potential as a human. Expect to learn how you can go all in on your potential too. Alongside this, we'll also discuss how to deal with bad luck (withdrawing f...

Today, Coach Tom is joined by Nessa Carey, author of Epigenetics Revolution to discuss how epigenetics plays a role in your mindset, both from a performance perspective and a mental health perspective.

In the final part of the series, Coaches Rachel and Tom show you how to train your mindset so that you can get your mindset out of your way.

Today, Coaches Rachel and Tom explore the biggest mindset issues coaches face. This is why burnout, losing the love of training, and financial challenges happen, from a mindset perspective. You'll discover how your mindset has been created and what challenges it may present.

You see the world through the lens of the story you believe. What you consider your truth distorts the information you take in, to fit in with your narrative. Believe the world is flat, and you’ll only see, hear, and feel things which confirm that opinion.   You’ll dismiss the very real evidence in order to prevent your inner world’s certainty from being disrupted. Experts become shills, friends b...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation I had with Dr. David Spiegel. Dr. Spiegel is one of the United States’ most respected experts in the clinical uses of hypnosis. He is associate chair of psychiatry and behavioural studies at Stanford University. He has over 40 years of clinical research. This conversation is all about hypnosis for two kinds of athletes,...