Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2025-01-30
Books mentioned on Win The Inside Game: High Performance Psychology, Busting Fitness Myths, & Getting Unstuck With Elite Coach Steve Magness
Steve Magness is a renowned performance expert and author of “Win the Inside Game,” who has dedicated his career to examining why we often calcify into patterns that no longer serve us. This conversation explores how our modern obsession with achievement often leads to self-sabotage.
Steve Magness discussed The Science of Running by Steve Magness, The Explorer's Gene by Alex Hutchinson, Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam, and The First Rule of Mastery by Michael Gervais. Rich Roll recommended Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson, and discussed Win the Inside Game by Steve Magness.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Science of Running
Discussed“I was very narrow my first book science of running no idea what I was doing just said I want to write like the Beall end all on the phys ology of training so it was like nerd out right”
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Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson is a science-based exploration of the psychological and physical boundaries of human endurance.
Recommended“he was a very early guest on the show when his uh when his book endure came out which I still think is like you know that sets the bar for everybody else it it is”
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The Explorer's Gene
The Explorer's Gene by Alex Hutchinson is a compelling non-fiction book that explores humanity's deep-seated drive to seek the unknown and venture into uncharted territory.
Discussed“I got to tell you his new one is on you know why we have this uh need to explore and when reading it and discussing with him like that is the basis of I think my entire career as well”
Where to get it
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Win the Inside Game
Win the Inside Game by Steve Magness is a high-performance psychology book that explores mindset, mental toughness, and how athletes and individuals navigate pressure and expectations.
Discussed“like you have this example in the book of the the nail and the boot the guy with the nail in the boot who thinks that he's been injured and they only they discover like the the nail went in between his toes”
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“and as I kind of outlined my thesis in the book is this is that a large reason why we're there is because we're not fulfilling our basic psychological needs with good quality stuff we're reaching for the candy and we've known this for a long time going back to Robert putnam's bowling alone right in the 1980s wrote a”
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The First Rule of Mastery
The First Rule of Mastery by Michael Gervais is a high-performance psychology book that explores how to liberate oneself from the paralyzing fear of other people's opinions and redirect focus inward.
Discussed“I mean this that's what you just said is like at the core of Michael J's book fear of other people's opinions yeah and like how that's that short circuit's Mastery”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Steve has dedicated his career to understanding the nuances of high performance which he furthers in his latest book win the inside game in which he reveals why our pursuit of success often leads to self-sabotage and how to transform this pattern into sustainable growth”
“uh just read my book and I'll give you all the answers no but here's the Nuance of it is there there's there's no great answers because there's societally things that we need to address”
“and my call in this book is simple I'm not telling you forget about achievements okay I have achievements and goals that I want to get as well as anybody else but what I'm telling you is we need to rebalance that equation and part of that means we need to redefine success”
“visit the episode page at Rich roll.com where you can find the entire podcast archive my books Finding Ultra voicing change in the plant power way as well as the plant power meal planner”
“visit the episode page at Rich roll.com where you can find the entire podcast archive my books Finding Ultra voicing change in the plant power way as well as the plant power meal planner”
“visit the episode page at Rich roll.com where you can find the entire podcast archive my books Finding Ultra voicing change in the plant power way as well as the plant power meal planner”