Never Start Over Again

by Rickard Long
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  • Health & Fitness
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Most people don't fail because they don't start. They fail because they restart too often. Never Start Over Again is a weekly Monday podcast hosted by Rickard Long — coach, entrepreneur, and founder of Escapist CrossFit in Berlin. Each episode is built for one moment: the start of your week. Not to motivate you. Not to lecture you. To shift something before you sit down. Every episode brings together three things: a story from history you probably haven't heard the right way, an idea from the world of business, science, or human behaviour, and one honest observation from the work of actually

  1. 7h ago

    The Work Nobody Sees Is The Only Work That Counts.

    There is the fitness that looks good on Instagram. And then there is the other version — the one nobody sees. The 6am session when you are tired. The hotel gym at 40% energy. The decision made alone with nobody counting. This week: Franz Kafka writing in the dark between midnight and 3am for years while working as an insurance clerk, telling almost nobody. A bicycle accident in Berlin where a doctor told one of our members his fitness saved him from permanent injury. And what training alone across Chicago, airports, and living room floors this week reminded me about where the decision to keep going actually lives. Theme: Action. One session. Tell nobody. Never Start Over Again is your weekly Monday reset — hosted by Rickard Long.

    21 min

  2. Jun 8

    Surround yourself with people that want you to win

    Running a business is lonely in a way that is hard to explain to people who haven’t done it. Not obviously lonely. Quietly lonely. You carry things because you don’t want to bring them home every time something goes sideways. This week I am recording from Chicago, at the TwoBrain Business Summit, inside a room with some of the best gym operators in the world. Yesterday we had sixty seconds to write down our core values. No preparation. No thinking time. What came out under pressure is what this episode is about. Plus what Seneca understood about the people around you that most people still haven’t acted on — and why finding your room is not a lifestyle choice. It is a performance variable. Theme: Identity. One action. Ten minutes. Never Start Over Again is your weekly Monday reset — hosted by Rickard Long.

    16 min

  3. Jun 1

    The Data About Your Kids Nobody Is Talking About.

    A 2025 European meta-analysis of 270,000 children across 17 countries found that fitness levels have still not recovered from the pandemic. In Germany specifically, children are moving 25% less than before. Even kids at sports schools are declining. This episode covers what that data actually means, what Hippocrates argued 2,400 years ago about movement and medicine, what I witnessed inside a Hyrox affiliate keynote this weekend about what is being built for the next generation — and what you can do about it before Friday.One historical story. One piece of current data. One thing from this week. One action.This is your weekly Monday reset. Not to restart — to realign.——Links:→ Free fitness assessment with the Escapist team in Berlin: http://www.escapistcrossfit.com → Escapist Academy coaching quiz: go.escapistcrossfit.com/academy/——Never Start Over Again is a weekly podcast for professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners who are done starting over.New episode every Monday.Hosted by Rickard LongEscapist CrossFit Berlin — escapistcrossfit.com

    20 min

  4. May 25

    Life Hands You Curve Balls. Here Is How You Always Hit.

    Does your life hand you some curve balls? Never right?! Honestly, it happens all the time and some of us get emotionally exhausted, but others seems to be just fine. Why? It comes down to expectations. And that is in this week’s Never Start Over Again episode. Sam Harris shared a story that genuinely changed the way I think about problems. He described sitting in a café overwhelmed by chaos, stress and setbacks when a friend asked him one simple question: “Did you actually think one day you would wake up and have no more problems?” It sounds almost stupidly simple but I sometimes tend to forget it. Because I think many of us quietly believe that problems are interruptions to life instead of understanding that they ARE life. Marcus Aurelius wrote about this nearly 2000 years ago while running an empire during wars, plagues and betrayals: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Last year I dislocated my shoulder during the CrossFit Open. For weeks and months I could not train normally. No jumping. No running. No heavy lifting. I had two options: wait until life became perfect again… or adapt and keep momentum alive. So I did what I could and I got back on the horse and trained the things I could train. And this month 25 straight days now, 50 push-ups every day means my shoulder is back in function. I still notice a change but I am getting back. That is the real lesson. The obstacle did not stop the momentum. It simply changed what momentum looked like for a while. Never Start Over Again is your weekly Monday reset — hosted by Rickard Long.

    18 min
  5. You have more capacity than you think. The question is not if. The question is why you aren't using it.

    May 18

    You have more capacity than you think. The question is not if. The question is why you aren't using it.

    This week: the data on what sitting all day is actually doing to your body and why your morning workout alone won't save you. Plus why most people are taking the wrong form of magnesium and what switching it changes. A personal thread on what fifteen years of consistent fitness made possible. And the one question that reveals where you're using comfort as a ceiling.Theme: Stability. One action. Ten minutes.Never Start Over Again is your weekly Monday reset — hosted by Rickard Long.

    18 min
  6. People Tell You Who You Are. Most of Them Are Wrong.

    May 11

    People Tell You Who You Are. Most of Them Are Wrong.

    J.R.R. Tolkien spent seventeen years building a world nobody asked for. His colleagues had a label for him. It was technically correct and completely wrong.This week: why the people around you can't categorize what you're building — and why that's not a problem to solve. Plus a principle from game theory that explains why some people never need to restart, and one honest observation about what it feels like to be further along than anyone around you knows.Theme: Identity. One action. Nine minutes.Never Start Over Again is your weekly Monday reset — hosted by Rickard Long.

    15 min
  7. Das Problem mit den meisten Fitnesszielen (und warum du nicht dranbleibst)

    Mar 12

    Das Problem mit den meisten Fitnesszielen (und warum du nicht dranbleibst)

    Warum hören so viele Menschen nach ein paar Monaten wieder mit Training auf? In dieser Episode von Escapist Corner sprechen wir über ein Problem, das fast niemand anspricht: die meisten Fitnessziele sind zu vage, zu oberflächlich oder einfach nicht ehrlich. „Ein bisschen fitter werden“ oder „ein paar Kilo abnehmen“ reicht meistens nicht aus, um langfristig dran zu bleiben. Rickard Long, Gründer von Escapist CrossFit und Coach seit über einem Jahrzehnt, arbeitet mit Gym-Mitgliedern und Coaches weltweit und analysiert Daten aus tausenden Fitnessstudios. Dabei zeigt sich ein klares Bild: Der durchschnittliche CrossFit-Gym-Member bleibt etwa 7 Monate. Bei Escapist liegt die durchschnittliche Mitgliedsdauer bei über 30 Monaten. Der Unterschied liegt nicht nur im Training – sondern in den Fragen, die wir stellen. In dieser Episode geht es darum: • warum viele Fitnessziele nicht funktionieren • warum Ehrlichkeit beim Ziel entscheidend ist • wie echte Motivation entsteht • und welche Fragen du dir stellen solltest, bevor du überhaupt mit Training beginnst Fitness kann dein Selbstbewusstsein, deine Karriere, deine Beziehungen und deine mentale Gesundheit massiv beeinflussen – aber nur, wenn dein Ziel wirklich Bedeutung hat. Wenn du dein echtes „Warum“ findest, wird Training plötzlich logisch.

    19 min
  8. Wer rettet eigentlich die Ärzte?

    Mar 4

    Wer rettet eigentlich die Ärzte?

    Ärzte kümmern sich jeden Tag um die Gesundheit anderer Menschen. Sie stellen Diagnosen, erstellen Therapiepläne und verschreiben Interventionen – Medikamente, Physiotherapie oder Lebensstiländerungen. Doch eine Frage wird selten gestellt: Wer verschreibt eigentlich dem Arzt selbst etwas? In dieser Episode von Escapist Corner spreche ich über ein Paradox, das mir in über zehn Jahren Coaching immer wieder auffällt. Die Menschen, die beruflich jeden Tag mit Gesundheit arbeiten, haben oft am wenigsten Struktur für ihre eigene Gesundheit. Schichtarbeit, Stress, administrative Belastung und ein schwer planbarer Alltag führen dazu, dass Training, Schlaf und metabolische Gesundheit häufig zu kurz kommen. Dabei kennen Ärzte das Prinzip besser als jeder andere: Diagnose Therapieplan Compliance Verlaufskontrolle Genau diese Struktur brauchen viele Ärzte auch für ihre eigene Gesundheit. In dieser Folge spreche ich über: • warum Ärzte oft die schlechtesten Patienten sind • warum Wissen allein keine Gesundheit schafft • warum metabolische Gesundheit das Fundament vieler Krankheiten ist • und warum Ärzte vielleicht ihre eigene ärztliche Konsultation brauchen Wir sprechen über Körperfett, Muskelmasse, Insulinsensitivität, Schlafqualität und darüber, warum strukturierte Interventionen entscheidend sind. Eine Episode für Ärzte, Gesundheitsberufe und alle Menschen, die viel Verantwortung für andere tragen.

    17 min
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Most people don't fail because they don't start. They fail because they restart too often. Never Start Over Again is a weekly Monday podcast hosted by Rickard Long — coach, entrepreneur, and founder of Escapist CrossFit in Berlin. Each episode is built for one moment: the start of your week. Not to motivate you. Not to lecture you. To shift something before you sit down. Every episode brings together three things: a story from history you probably haven't heard the right way, an idea from the world of business, science, or human behaviour, and one honest observation from the work of actually

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  • Creator
    by Rickard Long
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    134
  • Rating
    Explicit
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