{"id":101782,"date":"2024-08-15T18:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/embodimentunlimited.com\/?p=101782"},"modified":"2024-08-15T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:27:44","slug":"622-the-philosophy-of-strength-with-joe-lombardo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embodimentunlimited.com\/622-the-philosophy-of-strength-with-joe-lombardo\/","title":{"rendered":"622. The Philosophy of Strength &#8211; with Joe Lombardo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32592707\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/4046103\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Writer and strength enthusiast Joe joins me to talk the gym, ageing, The Greeks, Japanese budo, Christianity, virtue and character development, the politics of working out, self discovery vs self creation, existential lifting, abstinence and renunciation, &#8220;confidence&#8221;, &#8220;discipline&#8221;, resentment, Socrates and Mishima. A wonderfully deep exchange.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Find out more about Joe here: <a href= \"https:\/\/www.joelombardophd.com\/\">https:\/\/www.joelombardophd.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Joe Lombardo, PhD, is <span style= \"font-size: 12pt;\">a writer, independent scholar, and lifter. He is also the editor of <a href= \"https:\/\/www.ultraphysical.us\/\"><span class= \"sqsrte-text-color--black\"><em>Ultraphysical<\/em><\/span><\/a>, an online journal of the active body. Most of his writing focuses on culture, politics, the natural environment, and wellness. He has<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;been published in multiple languages and featured in periodicals such as <em>Quillette, The Brooklyn Rail<\/em>, <em>All Azimuth,<\/em> <em>Le Courrier (Japon)<\/em>, <em>Alias Magazin<\/em>, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class= \"page-section full-bleed-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle\" data-test=\"page-section\" data-section-theme=\"\" data-section-id= \"63eeb9781a63ba7393ef2b71\" data-controller= \"SectionWrapperController\" data-current-styles= \"{ &quot;imageOverlayOpacity&quot;: 0.15, &quot;backgroundWidth&quot;: &quot;background-width--full-bleed&quot;, &quot;sectionHeight&quot;: &quot;section-height--small&quot;, &quot;horizontalAlignment&quot;: &quot;horizontal-alignment--center&quot;, &quot;verticalAlignment&quot;: &quot;vertical-alignment--middle&quot;, &quot;contentWidth&quot;: &quot;content-width--wide&quot;, &quot;customContentWidth&quot;: 50, &quot;sectionAnimation&quot;: &quot;none&quot;, &quot;backgroundMode&quot;: &quot;image&quot; }\" data-current-context= \"{ &quot;video&quot;: { &quot;playbackSpeed&quot;: 0.5, &quot;filter&quot;: 1, &quot;filterStrength&quot;: 0, &quot;zoom&quot;: 0, &quot;videoSourceProvider&quot;: &quot;none&quot; }, &quot;backgroundImageId&quot;: null, &quot;backgroundMediaEffect&quot;: null, &quot;divider&quot;: null, &quot;typeName&quot;: &quot;page&quot; }\" data-animation=\"none\" data-fluid-engine-section=\"\" data-controllers-bound=\"SectionWrapperController\" data-active= \"true\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div data-fluid-engine=\"true\">\n<div class=\"fluid-engine fe-63eeb9781a63ba7393ef2b70\">\n<div class=\"fe-block fe-block-ab5d9ca05bd2ca7a50a8\">\n<div id=\"block-ab5d9ca05bd2ca7a50a8\" class= \"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii= \"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;Educated and raised in the Northeast, Joe is a Fulbright Scholar and has worked and conducted research across Europe and in Turkey. In 2018, he received my doctorate in Politics from the New School for Social Research, where he focused on the global politics of large-scale engineering projects and their impact on state formation during the Cold War. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time in the Pennsylvania countryside and lifting weights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style= \"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Mark&#8217;s new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here:&nbsp;<a href= \"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Join Mark for in-person workshops \u2013&nbsp;<a href= \"https:\/\/embodimentunlimited.com\/events-calendar\/?utm_source=TEP&amp;utm_medium=Description&amp;utm_campaign=Events\">https:\/\/embodimentunlimited.com\/events-calendar\/?utm_source=TEP&amp;utm_medium=Description&amp;utm_campaign=Events<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark \u2013&nbsp;<a href= \"https:\/\/embodimentunlimited.com\/free-coaching-with-mark\/?utm_source=TEP&amp;utm_medium=Description&amp;utm_campaign=Demo\">https:\/\/embodimentunlimited.com\/free-coaching-with-mark\/?utm_source=TEP&amp;utm_medium=Description&amp;utm_campaign=Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Find Mark Walsh on Instagram&nbsp;<a href= \"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/warkmalsh\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/warkmalsh\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/32592707\/tdest_id\/4046103\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Writer and strength enthusiast Joe joins me to talk the gym, ageing, The Greeks, Japanese budo, Christianity, virtue and character development, the politics of working out, self discovery vs self creation, existential lifting, abstinence and renunciation, &#8220;confidence&#8221;, &#8220;discipline&#8221;, resentment, Socrates and Mishima. 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