The Ted O'Neill Program

We discuss the importance of the influence of emotions on athletic performance and achievement.

Ted discusses the PPT series of levers and what they are designed to open and reveal.

Ted talks about the evolution of the services at Diablo Barbell and gives a recap of the services available for physical enhancement.

A discussion about the lingering issue of Jon's left shoulder and what to do about it.  We will track the rehabilitation process with the intention of getting him back to the bench.

Ted discusses pushing through your 10% and what that means over the course of a year of training, and the limitations of failing to choose your identity.

Ted discusses the massive benefit of identifying just a few areas of your life where you expend energy for something that is not serving you and displacing it to make room for something that aligns with your chosen identity.

Are you aware of your squeeze points?  Ted discusses recognizing those moments as the opportunities to express your new identity and create the change you desire.

Ted discusses the principle that the speed at which one can obtain mastery is directly commensurate to one's ability to surrender attachments to the past.

Ted brings up a meme that says, "Don't be upset by the results you didn't get with the work you didn't do."  Laughter ensues, followed by a discussion of adherence to your nutrition plan.

How and with whom you spend your time is a reflection of your increasing mastery and your dedication to make the most of every moment.

Ashleigh reveals that as she progresses, her intentions become more and more deliberate and her expectations of herself and others become more focused.

Ted discusses the necessity of making your nutrition plan your own, and how the choices you make become a reflection of the identity you embrace.

Ted talks about the many phases one can experience in their transformation at Diablo Barbell using Ashleigh's path as an example.

Ted discusses frame of reference at Diablo Barbell by putting the shoe on the other foot.  You never know who's watching you and aspiring to your level of performance.

Ted discusses the environment on Saturday morning - the day the full Diablo Powerlifting Team trains together.

Ted talks about the importance of tracking your personal records, and doing it across categories (max effort, triples, speed, etc.).  Always being aware of your best keeps you moving the needle.

Ted discusses the energetic influence you exert on your training group, and how acting in service to your training group will always return dividends.

Ted talks about the things to which we habituate in training and how valuable it is when we can choose our habits and we think like athletes.

Ted and Jon discuss the first and often biggest struggle in the nutrition challenge and how those who have succeeded have made it over the hump.

Ted poses a challenge of mastery at all four planes of existence - physical, mental, emotional, and energetic - by employing daily executables.

Ted discusses the practice of reprogramming through meditation and challenges the group to explore their improvement by harnessing mental state.

Ted challenges the group to experiment with pushing the 90-10 Rule in your training and nutrition to maximize your results.

When the masters division is setting the expectations, what happens to the level of performance overall?  Ted challenges the vintage athletes.  To do what ..?  We'll see.

Ted discusses a series of experiments in our training community.  Can you reach the hypnagogic state?  What ideas and inspirations await you there?

Ted and Jon discuss understanding the conscious choice of contraction, experiencing the change of deliberately softening training or nutrition, and launching into the next expansion.