How many episodes does excellence, actually have?

excellence, actually has 352 episodes.

What topics does excellence, actually cover?

excellence, actually covers topics including: education, self improvement, health, fitness.

excellence, actually

Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper

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"excellence, actually" is a podcast from The Growth Equation, hosted by Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, and Clay Skipper. Drawing on their years of working and corresponding with Olympians, coaches, executives, world-class physicians, and other elite-level achievers in their coaching practice and professional careers, they give you the mental and physical tools, practices, habits, and frameworks used by the best in the world in the pursuit of excellence. Each episode will give you concrete ideas a...

Episodes (352)

The Cost of Keeping Your Options Open (with David Epstein)

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How to Break Through Barriers (Lessons from the Sub-Two-Hour Marathon)

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How to Save Your Brain (with Cal Newport)

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Episodes (352)

The Cost of Keeping Your Options Open (with David Epstein)

How to Break Through Barriers (Lessons from the Sub-Two-Hour Marathon)

How to Save Your Brain (with Cal Newport)

What Every Athlete Can Learn from Elite Distance Runners

How to Change, Actually (with Eric Zimmer)

Use the “Zero-Zero Reset” to Perform Under Pressure

How to Coach Anyone, Including Yourself

Stop Self-Sabotaging: How to Get Out of Your Own Way

Unstuck Yourself: The Art of Building and Keeping Momentum

Beautiful Suffering: How Elite Athletes Find Joy in the Grind

Back to Work: Navigating Success, A.I., and the Unknown

Olympics Review: Lessons in Pressure, Courage, and Going All the Way

The Olympian's Guide to Handling Pressure, with Lilah Fear

How to Pursue Excellence Without Sacrificing Your Values

How to Get Out of Your Head and Into the Zone

The Way of Excellence: Inside Brad's New Book

Why Your Routine Might Be Working Against You

New Year, Same BS: How to Build Habits That Actually Stick

26 Lessons on Excellence to Jump Start 2026

Best Of: Courtney Dauwalter — Inside the (Joyful) Mind of an Elite Ultrarunner

How to Push Your Limits, with World-Champion Climber Sasha DiGiulian

"It's Never All Bad:" How to Suffer (with Matt Fitzgerald)

The Talent Episode: Is Greatness Born or Built?

Q+A: On Bad Habits, Post-Race Fitness, and “Boring” Work

The Mental Fitness Playbook: Resilience, Regulation, and Flexibility

Doing it All: The CEO Who Ran a 2:29 Marathon (with Nick Thompson)

The Optimization Trap — and How to Escape It

The Marathon Mindset: How to Endure, Actually

Everything You Need to Know About Managing Fatigue

7 Lessons to Help You Unlock an Elite Competitor's Mindset

How Curiosity Can Take Your Performance to the Next Level

Is Self-Improvement Just Making Us More Selfish?

It's Time to Move Past Bullsh*t "Toughness"

The Sports Psychologist Who Taught MJ and Kobe How to "Manage the Moment"

Fall Performance Syllabus: 3 Ideas to Help You Thrive

How Hard Should You Be Working?

How "Narrative Values" Can Change Your Psychology & Biology

From Success to Mastery: The Art of Sustained Excellence

Build Better Work Habits, Manage Anxiety, & Quit Leaking Energy

Restless Exhaustion: What to Do When You Just Can't Turn Off

Tools for Navigating Discomfort and Difficulty

How to Avoid the Achievement Trap and Find Lasting Fulfillment

The Art of Doing Hard Things: Meaningful Challenge vs. Useless Suffering

Balance is a Myth: How to Build Healthy Obsession

How to Build a Meaningful Identity in a Status-Driven World

How to Be Excellent, Actually

How to Take Better Breaks: Mastering Rest & Recovery

How to Know When to Grit vs. When to Quit

9 Important Life Lessons We've Learned from Exercise

120 - A 66-Year-Old Powerlifter with 71 World Records on the Secrets to Long-Ter...