The Hard Way: Joe Rogan Thinks This Could Save the World
If you want clear, unfiltered advice on how to live smarter, get fitter faster and overcome life’s challenges, you're in the right place – The Hard Way.
In this edition, Joe shares:
- Why hospitals are prescribing Spartan races
- How movement rewires the mind
- Why Joe Rogan says exercise might save the world
Joe De Sena here in Tampa, Florida, where tomorrow thousands of Spartans are coming to Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 5K Spartan Stadion. Past the pirate ship, carrying sandbags up the bleachers. If you're nearby and haven't signed up for this venue yet, do it now. No excuses!
Let’s talk about something heavier than sandbags: anxiety.
It’s not just teenagers glued to TikTok. I meet parents, veterans, students, and executives all suffering. The numbers are climbing fast - and even 9 year olds are being treated for depression these days. But here's the thing I’m seeing - they’re not being fixed by sitting still.
A great book, Mental Illness: The Silent Pandemic, says what we already know deep down: we weren’t built for comfort. We were built to move. Fight through hard things and we come out different on the other side.
You know what that sounds like to me? Spartan. Tough Mudder. Trail. DEKA. Highlander.
Over 100 hospitals around the world are now prescribing our races. This is therapy through action, movement, achievement, adversity.
You don’t fix anxiety by numbing it. You fix it by doing hard sh*t on purpose. You want to feel better? Move better. Think better? Get the fuxx outside and do hard sh*t.
I believe that is the kind of prescription more people need.
If you want a taste of the medicine, join the Spartan Run Club or join Coach Katina Gad using resistance bands in this Crush the Week workout. Experience what the hospitals are prescribing, check out these events. Finally, check out my chat with Netflix star Nims Purja - he takes hard to impossible levels.
– Joe
