#99 - Pat Flynn: Be Extreme, Be Better

The Strength Connection

In the 99th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Host of The Pat and Flynn Show, Co-host of Philosophy For The People, Owner of Chronicles of Strength, Personal Trainer, and Fitness Writer, Pat Flynn, will talk about Pat’s writing style, steps for laying down the structure, Pat’s reason behind never having a writer’s block, and Writing 45K in one day.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!

In this chapter, you will discover:

(0:55) Introducing our special guest, Host of The Pat and Flynn Show, Co-host of Philosophy For The People, Owner of Chronicles of Strength, Personal Trainer, and Fitness Writer, Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength

(1:20) Extreme

(2:25) Yellowcard @yellowcard

(3:20) Why is the first album always the best?

(5:00) “Be AC/DC!” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength

(6:05) The Pat Flynn Show

(6:05) Shout out to Dan John @coachdanjohn

(7:15) Pat’s writing style

(7:40) Importance of laying down structures

(9:05) “It's all about repetition, finding the right intensity and laying down structures.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength

(9:10) Steps for laying down the structure

(10:00) On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Twitter: @stephenking

(10:25) Importance of ranges

(10:55) Pat’s writing range

(11:30) Pat’s writing warm-ups

(11:50) Fast warm-ups

(12:00) “Part of good writing is learning to write fast.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength

(12:40) Working on primary writing assignments

(13:25) Moving onto secondary writing assignments

(14:40) Reading warm-ups

(14:50) On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser

(15:25) Six Great Ideas by Mortimer J. Adler

(16:50) Shout out to Fabio Zonin @x_fab_69

(16:50) Warm-up vs. ramp-up

(17:35) The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron @juliacameronlive

(18:20) Pat’s reason behind never having writer’s block

(18:45) Write a lot, read a lot

(20:00) Common reasons behind writer’s block

(20:20) Go fast!

(21:50) More about Pat’s writing routine

(22:30) Natural ebb and flow

(23:55) Writing 45K in one day

(26:15) What to do on 1/10 days?

(27:20) Structure vs. intuition

(28:10) “You better know the rules before you start to break the rules. But if you want to be good, you do have to start to at least bend the rules at certain points.” - Mr.s Krakow, Pat Flynn’s Music Teacher

(28:50) Pat’s creative side as a kid

(31:15) Being a hack vs. being creative

(32:00) Story of Robin Williams

(32:40) Shout out to Brian Grasso Facebook: Brian Grasso

(34:25) Importance of variety

(35:45) Evolution of Mike’s training style

(36:20) Shout out to Tim Almond

(36:45) Be specific!

(38:25) About a study on velocity and accuracy

(39:25) “Practice faster sooner than you think that you should be practicing faster.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength

(40:20) About muscle training

(40:40) Living on the extreme

(41:45) Pat’s current strength training routine

(42:30) Running as a warm-up

(43:20) About Mike’s new article

(44:30) More about Pat’s daily routine

(46:45) “Routine is not a prison you live by.” - Michael Kurkowski @mike_strength_connection

(47:00) Understanding your natural rhythm

(47:55) Pat’s new books

(50:20) Culmination of previous work

(50:45) Release date!!!

(51:15) What’s next?

(52:25) How to Be Better at Almost Everything by Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength

(52:35) The Strength Connection: Ep 46 - Pat Flynn: Generalism Vs Hyper-specialization

(52:55) Where to find Pat Flynn? @chroniclesofstrength

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