#62 - John Brookfield: Renew Your Youth God's Way

In the 62nd episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, Creator of The Battling Rope System and Author of Renew Your Youth God's Way, John Brookfield will talk about what is Strength Velocity, breathing techniques, grip strength, and much more.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! 

In this chapter, you will discover:

(0:00) Introducing the Creator of The Battling Rope System and Author of Renew Your Youth God's Way, John Brookfield @johnbrookfieldstrength http://johnbrookfield.com/ 

(1:10) Mike loves John’s work

(1:40) Perform better circuit and battling ropes

(2:00) How did Mike meet Ep 62 - John Brookfield for the first time?

(3:00) John’s origin story

(3:10) John’s dad is a professional basketball player

(4:00) John has pretty small hands?

(4:30) What is it about bending for John Brookfield?

(5:00) The experience of bending

(5:45) “As you get strong with bending, everything else gets strong as well” - John Brookfield @johnbrookfieldstrength

(7:00) John Brookfield about endurance

(7:44) “You can relax under stress” - John Brookfield

(9:30) Training by objective

(10:00) The GPS in your mind

(10:30) John is 63 now

(10:50) The 2 reasons why John doesn’t like Crossfit as much

(14:00) Johns feats of strength

(14:30) The old-time strongman

(15:00) Grip strength

(15:20) The Peanut butter jar story

(15:50) “Keeping your grip strength is something that we don't recognize as important until you lose some of it, and you realize how valuable it is - Michael Kurkowski

(17:00) Strength Longevity

(18:20) Sustaining physically and mentally

(19:15) “Velocity is a combination of strength and speed together” - John Brookfield

(21:18) “Everything I went back to I was stronger with more endurance” - John Brookfield

(22:00) Rope training for a strong grip

(22:44)  “The more power you generate, the more force is putting on your own grip” - John Brookfield

(23:40) John using the ropes for the first time, Cincinnati Bengals, Olympic Wrestling

(27:40) Seniors love working with ropes?

(29:50) Renew Your Youth God's Way by John Brookfield

(30:00) Is John's book based on the Bible?

(31:20) Shout out to Patrick McKeown @oxygenadvantage and Oxygen Advantage

(32:20) Breath by James Nestor @mrjamesnestor

(33:00) Slow calm breathing

(33:40) “If you put your tongue on the roof of your mouth, it'll automatically make you breathe through your nose” - John Brookfield

(35:30) The benefits of being a follower of Jesus

(36:05) “You can't renew something you haven't lost” - John Brookfield

(36:30) The 1 thing many strength coaches miss

(37:30) Foot training

(37:30) Shout out to Graham Tuttle @thebarefootsprinter and Ben Patrick @kneesovertoesguy

(39:00) John Brookfield about the Eagle

(40:00) The Bible was written in Greek and Hebrew

(41:30) Moses died 120 years old with good eyesight

(42:00) Wisdom in training

(42:30) From injury to rehab John’s story

(44:20) How to strengthen your bones by following the Bible

(48:30) Stress management

(48:45) “We have the ability that our strength will equal our days, and our days will be many” -  John Brookfield

(49:40) “You can read about what an orange tastes over and over again, but until you actually put an orange slice in your mouth, you have no idea what the heck anybody's talking about” - Michael Kurkowski

(51:20) Where to follow John Brookfield? http://johnbrookfield.com/