Elite Sports Mindset Coach Reveals How High-Achieving Men Avoid Burnout || Andrew May
In this episode of Don't Let the Old Man In, we sit down with Andrew May (high performance coach to the Wallabies, Australian cricket, and some of the country's biggest CEOs) to understand how our building capacity and better recovery can be the best cure for burnout.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro
02:41 – Why we don't have a burnout problem
04:22 – The real definition of burnout (and the WHO's updated criteria)
07:33 – Vitamin FLPJ: fun, laughter, play, joy
09:57 – Organisational burnout vs taking accountability
11:36 – The four types of capacity elite CEOs train
14:23 – What executives' blood tests reveal: iron, vitamin D, testosterone
16:29 – Purpose vs performance: why purpose is hard and most men skip it
20:08 – Performance-based identity vs purpose-based identity
23:03 – Andrew's own burnout story: walking away from a seven figure exit
25:12 – The five metrics that actually measure your capacity
27:59 – The "50 to the power of 4" benchmark: heart rate, HRV, VO2 max
40:55 – Wearables, cold plunges and the truth about sauna
49:25 – The capacity model: green, moderate, high and extreme risk
57:05 – Three simple things to do this week
1:06:05 – Andrew's final word of wisdom
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedAugust 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM UTC
- Length1h 8m
- Season1
- Episode42
- RatingExplicit
