Get That Good Feeling - Akira the Don, Joe Rogan

It’s this fear of discomfort

People have this extreme feeling in their mind when it comes to their

associations with exercise

They want to avoid discomfort

They feel like any type of exercise is just like something to be avoided,

that’s not for me, fuck that

I don’t wanna sweat, I don’t wanna strain

I don’t wanna sweat, I don’t wanna strain

A lot of times this association that they have is about the beginnings of

getting in shape

It’s not about once you’re actually fit

'Cause once you’re actually fit, then you look forward to, it feels great

If I can’t get a workout in, I look at my schedule and go

Oh shit, I don’t have any time for workout, which means I’m not going to get

that good feeling, get, get that good feeling

And so instead of looking at it like, «Oh, I’ve gotta go grunt and sweat.»

I’m thinking I’m not gonna feel good, I’m not gonna feel relaxed,

I’m not going to feel carefree

Even appreciative, like my appreciation of things, it gets enhanced greatly

after exercise

I just feel better

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling

It feels great

To most people, their associations are to avoid anything that’s uncomfortable

It’s so illogical

Discomfort is your friend, it really is

Discomfort, not being happy and content with certain situations in life,

they are massive, massive motivators

They’re amazing at facilitating change

Yet our instinct is to avoid those and just sit on the couch

And watch some fucking reality show

It’s bizarre

When I would get really disciplined and really consistent with my workouts

I almost feel momentum

I feel like there’s push behind me, like, all right, yeah, now I’m doing it

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling

Yeah, now I’m doing it

Yeah, now I’m doing it

I’m doing it all the time now

I’m looking forward to the next time, and it makes that resistance much weaker

and it makes my motivation and my discipline much stronger

I think a lot of it is based on just the consistency

Blowing something off is not just bad for you physically, it’s also bad mentally

Because then that option is now available, the option to fuck off

You did it before and you’re probably gonna do it again, and you’ll get

mediocre results, not just in that aspect of your life, maybe in all aspects of

your life

That option to fuck off, when you embrace it

That is a pathway that you might choose when it comes to dealing with conflict

in your personal life

Business, business decisions, career decisions, like an uncomfortable decision

that you might be faced with

What your pathway is in life, but you don’t do it

Instead, you fuck off

And that inclination to fuck off, that gathers momentum as well

The inclination to be disciplined, that comes with momentum

I think both things, you take a path

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

I wanna sweat, I wanna strain

Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling

It feels great

It feels great

You take a path

Or the path of the fuck off

Your body is like a race car that you can juice up yourself

You can add the fat car, you can add, improve suspension

You can beef up the horsepower in the engine

You can do all that yourself

Or you can just choose to have this shitty body

No one’s under the illusion that you’re gonna live forever, but you are

enhancing the experience that you’re currently involved in right now

You are alive, you do experience this life, but do you experience this life

optimally?

Is it as enjoyable as it can be?

And we all know that there’s a spectrum for that enjoyability

We’ve all had times in our life where it’s not been so great

And then times in our life where everything came together

Like what a fucking great day, woo!

Great day, woo!

Great day, woo!

Great day, woo!

Make more of those

Make more of those

Make more of those

You can make more of those

And then the whole thing is better

And then the whole thing is better

And I think when that whole thing is better, it affects everybody you touch

Everybody that’s around you, everybody you come in contact with

That in turn, I mean, it sounds so grandiose, but in turn can affect the entire

race of human beings