#2164 - Action Bronson

Jamie Vernon (0:04)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

Joe Rogan (0:06)

Trained by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.

Action Bronson (0:09)

My man, damn, what a day.

Joe Rogan (0:15)

I mean, it's a joy to spend time with you.

Action Bronson (0:17)

We had a good fucking time today. We had a good time today. Got a nice workout in. Went to some Egyptian barbecue.

KG, it's KG barbecue?

Joe Rogan (0:26)

KG barbecue, yeah.

Action Bronson (0:27)

God, I'd seen YouTube videos about him. What an interesting story.

Dudes living in Cairo. He's a banker.

Joe Rogan (0:36)

It always starts off like that. Like I told you, there's like architect, this, that. They always have these dreams of culinary.

I don't know. I don't know what the fuck to even call it, but it's like when, like me, I want to be an actor or I want to play ball or I want to be a fighter. I want to do what I do. We all have these dreams, even though stay in the fucking lane.

Don't be, just stay there. Stop being, stop being an idiot.

Action Bronson (1:03)

Well, that is a thing, right? People always want to do a thing that they're not doing.

Joe Rogan (1:08)

I like hard labor.

Action Bronson (1:09)

Really?

Joe Rogan (1:10)

I do, because I do a lot of, like, fun. Everyone thinks that my job is fun, and it is. There's no doubt.

That's why I like to get in the kitchen. Want some coffee? No, I'm good. I got this espresso. I'm fucking lucid out.

I'm doing things I've never done before. I'm like a little fucking floozy right now.

Action Bronson (1:28)

We got you in a sauna. We got you in a cold plunge. Got you a Lucy.

Joe Rogan (1:31)

Let me tell you something. 200 degrees in the sauna, my ribs are ready to be eaten.

I don't even know how long. The first time it was 10 minutes, but the second time seemed longer.

Action Bronson (1:44)

Well, the second time was easier, though, right? Because you're coming out of the cold.

Joe Rogan (1:47)

Yeah.

Action Bronson (1:47)

A little easier.

I think we did another 10 after the cold, just to bring you back to base. There's a feeling that you get when you go from the cold to the hot that is like wonderful. It's like psychedelic. It's like...

Joe Rogan (2:03)

I was standing there in the towel for 30 minutes. Just the towel, no socks on, no nothing, just standing there looking like, man, that was fucking sick.

Action Bronson (2:13)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:13)

No, because I never did the cold plunge, and I did it, hopped out, and you're like, no, no, no, get back in.

That's what I needed. I needed the motivation to be put back in. And that really gave me the benefits from everything, I think.

Action Bronson (2:26)

It is really all battling with this part of your brain that says, get out now. That's all it is. And you have to learn how to conquer that part of your brain. You don't ever really conquer it. You just silence it. It's always there.

But you know you're only going to do three minutes. Even if you're only going to do three minutes, it's like your body's like, fuck, how many minutes are we in now? One minute, 20? Oh my God, we're not even halfway there.

And if you let that anxiety spiral out, much like in life, much like when people have problems in life, you let that anxiety spiral out and everything gets way worse.

Like when you're in that situation, you just have to say, this is what I'm doing.

This is just what I'm doing. And I'm going to do this for three minutes. And there's no ifs, ands, or buts, and I've done it before. I know I can do it again. I know it sucks. Just do it. But when I first did it, the first time I got it, I was like, I made it a minute and 20 seconds, I think. And I was like, I got to get the fuck out. I can't handle it.

Joe Rogan (3:25)

It's too much.

Action Bronson (3:26)

Yeah.

It's but a lot of it is your mind.

It's not really the reaction that your body has to it. The reaction to your body has is really only like a mild discomfort. It's your brain freaking you out. You've got to get out now. And it starts just like trying to move your body out. Your anxiety just kicks in like, wow.

Joe Rogan (3:47)

Yeah.

At 55 seconds, I was ready to fucking jump out. There was nothing left in me.