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Getting After It
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.
Episodes
204 episodes
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...
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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 disc...
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 ...
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 ...
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,
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...
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...
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 ra...
194 - Fear Isn't Telling You to Stop. It's Telling You This Matters.
Most people treat fear like a stop sign. They call it wisdom. They call it patience. It's usually neither.Fear shows up before everything worth doing.The race you've been avoiding, the conversation you keep postponing, the thing y...
193 - When Progress Begins to Slow
I set out to run a half marathon this weekend. I made it ten miles. My leg told me to stop. And for once, I listened. That didn’t sit well with me.I’m doing everything right right now. I’m running my miles. I’m lifting. I’m stretching. I...
192 - Train Like You Want to Still Be Dangerous at 60
I trained for a sub-three marathon, hit it, and spent the next several weeks barely able to walk without my hips locking up. I did everything right. Trained hard, stayed consistent, crossed the finish line. My body broke down anyway.This...
191 - The Invisibility Problem: The Silent Power of Habits (Until They Disappear)
Most people quit their habits right before they start working.I recorded this episode after watching a close friend pull himself out of a year of isolation. He started with small inputs. A walk outside. A phone call. A real meal. ...
190 - The Achilles Choice
Most people never make the choice. They tell themselves they're being patient, being strategic. But if you get honest, it's fear wearing a responsible disguise.In this episode, I walk through the myth of Achilles and why his story maps a...
189 - Show Up Before You're Ready
January 2023. Start line. Wrong shoes. One unofficial training run to my name. I ran the half marathon anyway and it taught me more than any race I was actually prepared for.This episode is about the lie of readiness. The way "I'm not re...
188 - What Suffering Is Actually For
I spent most of my life trying to outrun suffering. A brutal 24-mile training run, months of unexplained illness in my early twenties, and a long fight with depression taught me I had it backwards.Suffering is not the obstacle. It is th...
187 - The Miles You Can't Go Back To
I crossed the finish line at 2:56 and couldn't walk right for weeks. Sub-three marathon, shot hip flexors, and a lesson I should have learned a long time before that parking lot.Going fast has a price tag. You just don't see it at the fi...
186 - You're Not Stuck, You're Avoiding a Decision
You're not stuck. You know exactly what you need to do, you just haven't decided to do it yet. And that's costing you more than you think.In this episode, I take you inside one of the most pivotal moments of my life: a hotel room in Holl...
185 - Choose Hard Before Hard Chooses You: Building the Capacity for Life's Toughest Moments
There is a version of you that already knows what it needs to do. It knows the race to sign up for, the conversation you've been avoiding, the thing you keep circling. It's waiting on the other side of something uncomfortable.
184 - The Boredom Problem: Why You Can't Do Hard Things If You Can't Sit Still
The reason you can't do the hard thing isn't motivation. You can't sit still, and that reflex is quietly eroding your capacity to do anything that matters.In this episode, I break down why distraction is pain management, not a focus prob...
183 - Why Discipline Feels Impossible (And It's Not a Willpower Problem)
You haven't lost your discipline. You've lost your energy. And those are two completely different problems that require two completely different solutions.In this episode, I'm getting honest about where I am right now — mentally drained ...
182 - The Comfort Trap: Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Thing You Can Do
The safest decision you ever made might be the one that's quietly destroying you. Comfort doesn't look like weakness, it looks like a steady paycheck, hitting your numbers, and being good at something you hate. That's exactly what m...
181 - If You Want a Village, Be a Villager: How to Actually Build Real Friendships
Loneliness is rising everywhere.But the problem isn’t that people don’t know anyone. The problem is that most people lack consistent, meaningful interaction.In this episode of the Getting After It Podcast, Brett sh...
180 - When Your Identity Gets Threatened
This week shook me.Not because I failed publicly.Not because I got injured.But because things that used to feel easy suddenly became heavy.I started a new role. The pressure increased. My mental load expanded. And when I w...
179 - You Don’t Need More Motivation. You Need Fewer Excuses.
Why do intelligent, capable people stay stuck?In this episode of the Getting After It Podcast, we break down the psychology behind “elegant excuses” — the refined, reasonable-sounding justifications that keep us from taking acti...
178 - You’re Not Burnt Out. You’re Under-Recovered.
Most people who think they’re burnt out aren’t actually burnt out. They’re under-recovered.In this episode of the Getting After It Podcast, we break down why burnout is so often misdiagnosed—especially for men—and how exhaustion...