Getting After It

Brett Rossell
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You already know you're capable of more. So why do you keep getting in your own way? Getting After It is the podcast for people who are done with excuses, done playing it safe, and ready to close the gap between who they are and who they know they can be. Hosted by ultra trail runner, entrepreneur, and accountability obsessive Brett Rossell, this show doesn't hand you motivation. It hands you a mirror. Every episode cuts into the real reasons people self-sabotage, avoid discomfort, and settle for less than they're built for. Through raw personal stories, Stoic philosophy made practical, and honest conversations with others who've done hard things. You'll walk away with the mindset and tools to actually prove what you're made of. If you're building a career, a family, fitness, or a life worth being proud of; this is the show that holds you accountable to all of it. New episodes every week. Subscribe and keep Getting After It.

  1. 1 day ago

    202 - Excellence Changes With Every Season

    In this episode, I talk about something I've been thinking about a lot lately: what excellence actually means. For a long time, I thought excellence looked the same every day. Wake up early. Train hard. Work harder. Stay disciplined. Keep pushing. Then life changed. My health changed. My energy changed. I'm preparing to become a father. And I realized something that I hadn't fully understood before. Excellence isn't one fixed standard that stays the same forever. Every season asks something different of you. That doesn't mean lowering your character or making excuses. It means being honest about the season you're in while continuing to keep promises to yourself. In this conversation, I share what I've learned from running, marriage, disappointment, my parents, and the challenges I've faced over the last year. We also talk about why discipline still matters, how to avoid letting your identity become tied to performance, and why your standard should be built on character instead of circumstances. I don't think the goal is to become someone who impresses other people. I think the goal is to become someone you respect. If you've been in a season where life feels different than it used to, I hope this conversation gives you something to think about. Thank you for listening, and if you enjoyed the episode, I'd really appreciate it if you subscribed, left a review, or shared it with someone who might need to hear it. Keep Getting After It. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    54 min

  2. 22 Jun

    201 - You Don't Become Someone New Without Saying Goodbye to Someone Old

    Episode 201 feels like the beginning of a new season for Getting After It. After 200 episodes, I've been thinking a lot about what growth actually costs. We spend so much time talking about becoming stronger, healthier, more disciplined, better spouses, better parents, and better people. But we don't talk enough about what has to be left behind. In this episode, I share some lessons I've learned from marriage, running, moving to Utah, starting this podcast, and preparing to become a father. I've realized that every meaningful change asks something from us. Sometimes it's comfort. Sometimes it's old habits. Sometimes it's an identity we've held onto for years. I also talk about why I think the phrase "just wait" gets marriage and parenthood wrong, how obsession can help us grow but also pull us away from what matters most, and why the future version of ourselves is being built in the small choices we make today. You don't become someone new without saying goodbye to someone old. I hope this conversation encourages you to take an honest look at what you're holding onto, what you're willing to sacrifice, and who you're trying to become. If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to hear your thoughts. And if you know someone with a story worth sharing, send them my way. I'm excited for this next chapter of the podcast and for more conversations with people who are trying to grow, struggle, and get after it right alongside us. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    44 min

  3. 15 Jun

    200 - Discipline Changes Shape (Lessons from Another 100 Episodes)

    Episode 200. I started this show with one microphone, a laptop, and no real idea what I was doing. This one is harder to record than a race recap. My testosterone is back down to 136, and I feel it. Workouts that used to be warm-ups wipe me out now. On the hard days, my mind whispers things I'd rather not hear. Underneath all of it: I'd been treating my output as my identity. I walk through five lessons from the last hundred episodes, including what Knives Monroe told me about creating before you're ready, what Mason Wright's story at mile 20 taught me about endurance, and what the Stoics got right about where your power is in a hard season. This show has only happened because of you. I have learned so much from hosting the podcast and for that, I must say thank you.  Keep Getting After It my friends. Here's to 100 more.  –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    53 min

  4. 8 Jun

    199 - Why My Wife Competed in Hyrox While Pregnant - Ally Rossell

    Ally likes to do hard things in hard seasons. Which is why she competed in a Hyrox while being 26 weeks pregnant. She went in without a watch, without a time goal, and without a plan. Her only job was to finish. Running had been wrecking her pelvis for months. The week before the race she ran eight miles and could barely walk for three days after. She taped up her belly with KT tape, asked a stranger in the warm-up area what weights they were using, and went anyway. I was more nervous than she was. She spent the day on the couch watching a movie. We talk about what pregnancy fitness actually looks like, adapting when your body isn't where it used to be, and why doing a hard thing in a hard season hits different. Ally had tough days throughout this pregnancy. Days stuck in bed, workouts that used to feel easy now requiring twice the effort. She didn't complain. She kept showing up, then flew to New York and competed. She finished with a 2:04. Winston came along for the whole thing.  This one is inspiring to me, hopefully you too. Not because Ally is my wife, but because she proved that attitude it times like this matter more than your physical ability.  –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    55 min

  5. 1 Jun

    198 - Andy Glaze: Smile, or You're Doing It Wrong

    In this episode, I talk about the story of ultrarunner, firefighter, father, and author Andy Glaze. Andy's book, Smile, or You're Doing It Wrong, is about far more than running. It's a story of addiction, trauma, recovery, fatherhood, and rebuilding a life after hitting rock bottom. What stood out to me wasn't the miles he has run. It was the mindset he developed along the way. I talk about why movement can help people heal, the difference between motivation and discipline, why suffering doesn't automatically make us stronger, and how small actions can slowly rebuild confidence and identity. This episode is for anyone who feels stuck, anyone carrying pain from their past, and anyone trying to become a better version of themselves one step at a time. You don't have to run 100 miles to apply these lessons. You just have to keep moving forward. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    47 min

  6. 25 May

    197 - The Mind Quits Before the Body: Lessons from the Iron Cowboy

    Last week at Pattern Accelerate, I snuck into a talk from James Lawrence because I wanted to hear what drives someone to complete 101 Ironmans in 101 days. I expected another motivational speech. Instead, I walked away thinking hard about human potential, suffering, discipline, and the stories we tell ourselves when things get uncomfortable. In this episode, I break down a few lessons that stayed with me: • Why most limits are mental before they are physical  • How the next challenge only reveals itself after you face the current one  • The story of Dayton, a boy with cerebral palsy who changed James’ perspective forever  • Why “I get to do this” is more powerful than “I have to do this”  • The bully in your head that tells you to quit  • How discipline is built through ordinary days, not huge moments I also talk about my own experiences with running, training, podcasting, and learning how to keep going when motivation disappears. This episode is for anyone who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure if they’re capable of more. You probably are. Keep Getting After It. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    44 min

  7. 18 May

    196 - No Time for Ease and Comfort: A Lesson from 1940 for the Life You're Living in 2026

    "This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure." Winston Churchill said that in January of 1940. I've been thinking about it for three days, and it isn't about World War II for me. It's about a 5 a.m. alarm I let slip. It's about a race I keep almost signing up for. This episode is what happens when one line from a Churchill biography exposes the gap between the version of you that you say you are, and the version of you that actually wakes up. I walk through the speech, the context, and the two halves of the equation everyone gets wrong: the dare and the endure. Most people think the dare is the hard part. I'll show you why it's the easier of the two. What you'll walk away with: The Churchill quote, where it came from, and why it still hitsThe honest difference between daring (the decision) and enduring (the daily price)Why confidence is a receipt, not a ticketThe five concrete steps to take this weekOne challenge you can start before you go to bed tonightI'll be honest, guys. I made this episode for me as much as I made it for you. If you've been blaming the kid, the job, the season, or the timing for the thing you actually want to chase, this one is going to sting a little. That's the point. If this episode hits, share it with the one person in your life who needs to hear it this week. No commentary. Just send it. And if you've got 30 seconds, leave the show a rating on Apple or Spotify. That one move helps me reach people I'll never meet, and it means more than I can tell you. Keep getting after it, my friends. Book mentioned: Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

    39 min

  8. 12 May

    195 - Discipline Is Just Boredom Tolerance

    Most people think discipline is about pain tolerance. I don't think that's entirely true anymore. You don't quit the things you want because they hurt. You quit because they got boring. After my last ultra in October, I pulled the next race off my calendar and dropped into six months of pure maintenance mode.  No countdown. No target. Shoes on the couch and the version of me who didn't want to lace them up. This episode is what I learned sitting in that room. What you'll walk away with: Why pain is easy to narrate and boredom isn'tThe specific muscle modern life has been starvingOne line from Pascal that hasn't aged a day in 400 yearsA short story about my dad that reframed the whole topic for meFive reps you can run this week to build boredom toleranceA challenge I'm asking you to take and report back onA personal note before you hit play. I'm not preaching from the mountaintop on this one. I'm in the middle of the climb, and the maintenance block has been the hardest training I've done in years. If it lands, send it to the one person you were thinking of while you read this. Subscribe if you haven't. Five stars on Apple or Spotify if you've got a minute. Share it with someone who keeps quitting things in the flat middle. The DMs are open. –––––––––––––––––- Website: Keepgettingafterit.com Follow on X: @bcrossell Subscribe on YouTube: @gettingafteritpodcast Follow on Instagram: @bcrossell Follow on TikTok: gettingafterit_podcast You're not lazy. You're not lost. You just know there's a gap between the life you're living and the one you're capable of — and that gap is getting harder to ignore. Every week, I pull apart the mental patterns that keep capable people stuck — comfort disguised as patience, avoidance disguised as strategy, mediocrity dressed up as balance. I bring in philosophy, personal stories from the trails and the trenches, and conversations with people who decided to stop waiting. This isn't a show about hacks. It's about the harder work: getting honest with yourself, building the discipline to act on that honesty, and becoming someone you'd actually respect. Keep getting after it. Send us Fan Mail

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You already know you're capable of more. So why do you keep getting in your own way? Getting After It is the podcast for people who are done with excuses, done playing it safe, and ready to close the gap between who they are and who they know they can be. Hosted by ultra trail runner, entrepreneur, and accountability obsessive Brett Rossell, this show doesn't hand you motivation. It hands you a mirror. Every episode cuts into the real reasons people self-sabotage, avoid discomfort, and settle for less than they're built for. Through raw personal stories, Stoic philosophy made practical, and honest conversations with others who've done hard things. You'll walk away with the mindset and tools to actually prove what you're made of. If you're building a career, a family, fitness, or a life worth being proud of; this is the show that holds you accountable to all of it. New episodes every week. Subscribe and keep Getting After It.

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  • Creator
    Brett Rossell
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    204
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Getting After It
  • Show Website
    Getting After It

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