{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Parkinson's: An Athlete's Journey","title":"You Don’t Conquer the Mountain in a Day | Mike McCastle","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3177,"description":"Mike McCastle doesn’t talk about strength the way most people do.\nHis definition of strength was shaped by watching his dad live with Parkinson’s. Watching the effort, patience, and composure it took to get through everyday moments most people barely think about.\nThat stayed with him.\nIt also inspired the Twelve Labors Project, Mike’s mission to take on a series of extreme endurance and strength challenges in honor of his father’s life with Parkinson’s.\nThe scale of it is hard to miss. World records. Long efforts. Hard things stacked on hard things.\nBut Mike does not talk about those efforts like stunts. He talks about them as a way to honor what he saw his father carry for years.\nEric and Todd talk with Mike about endurance, failure, and how quickly a challenge can feel too big when your mind gets out ahead of you. They get into a failed pull-up world record attempt, what it took to come back from it, and the habit of breaking hard things down before they swallow you whole.\nYou do not conquer the mountain in a day.\nYou win the morning. You take the next step. You stay with what is in front of you.\nThat applies to training. It applies to Parkinson’s. It applies to any stretch where progress is uneven and your body or mind is not cooperating.\nWhat You’ll HearWhy Mike built the Twelve Labors Project around his father’s experience with Parkinson’sWhat failure taught him after a pull-up record attempt fell apartWhy “win the morning” is more useful than thinking too far aheadHow he handles bad training days without turning them into zero daysWhat he learned from watching his dad carry himself in publicWhy community matters, even for athletes who are used to doing hard things alone\nKey Takeaways\n➡️ You don’t conquer the mountain in a day.\nBig things get handled in small pieces. The next step matters more than the full picture.\n➡️ Strength shows up in the response.\nNot when things are easy. When they’re slow, frustrating, or out of your control.\n➡️ Resilience can be...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KcQe6JhSUVuU6NFEniUC3ohupqfa4g-tH5UDQ9bHGtw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYTMz/NWUzMmE2MjU0MTNj/NjAyZGNhZmFjMzY2/NmE3YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}