"The perception of stress is what matters the most. [With this as your starting point,] you control, recover, and take ownership of that stress which brings you to a whole new threshold in whatever you’re doing."
The MindStrong Project
Apr 22, 2021
EFR 466: Hot and Cold Therapy, Breathwork, and Mitigating Environmental Stressors with MindStrong Project
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EFR 466: Hot and Cold Therapy, Breathwork, and Mitigating Environmental Stressors with MindStrong Project
Harvey Martin and Matt Arends of the MindStrong Project speak on the modalities used at the MindStrong Project, particularly heat and cold therapy, as tools that “bring you back to yourself faster”, that help anybody recover and reach a refreshed state of consciousness in the most natural way possible. Their work, ultimately, is around helping a person, through their own physiology, take control.
The MindStrong Project believes in “respecting the animal” in our humanity while exercising the power that puts us at the top of the food chain, namely “advancing our cognition”.
As Harvey and Matt explain, advancing our cognition tends to be prioritized at the expense of respecting the animal. Their team uses the modalities that they do in response to the environmental stressors of the modern world in an effort to prepare and allow the body to recover from those stressors.
The MindStrong Project was founded in 2017 to shape the world of human performance by improving the physical, mental, and emotional capacities of top performers through tried-and-tested natural breath, movement, and mindset protocols. Their team of five combines foundational nature-based training with industry leading strength, movement, conditioning, and nutrition programs.
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Key Highlights
Harvey and Matt explain why the modalities that the MindStrong Project specializes in (ex. breathwork, heat and cold therapy, etc.) are catching on with the general public.
What’s so special about heat and cold therapy?
Harvey and Matt share their most transformational experiences after starting the MindStrong Project
Powerful Quotes by Harvey Martin and Matt Arends
A lot of the work we do is around how to help a person, through their own physiology, actually take control. ~Matt
The gift of humanity is our ability to solve problems. That’s what makes us do things very efficiently. We’re able to respect the animal in us physiologically but we’re also able to advance our cognition psychologically. That’s what puts us at the top of the food chain. ~Harvey
People want to feel like they have control, and I think training in nature does that for you. ~Harvey
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