Dr. Layne Norton

But the spread was four to 96, if I recall correctly.

So for somebody, it didn't even hardly register.

For another person, it was almost the most painful thing they'd ever experienced.

So pain is not what we thought it was, which is your body is a bag of meat hooked up to your brain.

And if you poke the bag, cut the bag, burn the bag, cut the bag, your brain sends a signal and goes, owie.

And now we know what happens in the mind affects the body.

What happens in the body affects the mind.

I mean, look at the going the opposite direction.

Look at the exercise studies on cognition, on depression.

So what happens in the body affects the mind that goes the other way as well.

So psychological stress, that by far is the single biggest thing I changed in my life that got me into a low enough pain state to actually get competitive again in powerlifting.

And that started with...

getting better at stress management techniques, going to therapy, started doing hard work of setting boundaries with people in my life, and even left a very stressful relationship.

And I'll never forget this light bulb moment.

And again, I'm not saying negative thing about this person.

It was stressful for her too.

It was not a good match overall.

It was a very toxic dynamic.

And two weeks after leaving that relationship,

I'm like, what is happening?