Korver's Underwater Rock Challenge
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A story about an extreme physical challenge that NBA player Kyle Korver and Dr. Marcus Elliott did together as part of a Japanese-inspired challenge called "misogi."
"Kyle Korver becomes like a Dr. Elliott disciple and they do crazy things. Here's one of the things they do - they carry an 80-pound rock underwater for 3 miles. They're out in the ocean off of Santa Barbara, and there's this rock at the bottom of the ocean. They have to swim 10 feet down, grab it, they can only carry it for 10 seconds, they drop it, come up for air, and they do that for 10 hours until they complete 5,000 meters (3.1 miles).
Another thing they do - in Santa Barbara there's an island 25 miles away. Dr. Elliott just calls Kyle Korver and goes 'Today we're paddle boarding to this island.' It takes them 15 hours to do it. They're bleeding, they want to quit.
The point of all this is to help you live life so you're not sleepwalking through it. These challenges make you appreciate life, make you be disciplined, make you be purposeful. Dr. Elliott has two rules for these challenges: Rule number one - you can only have a 50% chance of actually completing the challenge. The second rule is simple - don't die. Besides that, there are no rules."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.