Assemble Performance Podcast
The Assemble Performance Podcast dives deep into what it takes to perform well both in sports and in life. Hosted by Justin Jones, a passionate trail runner, strength athlete, and CEO & head coach of Assemble Performance. This podcast is for everyone, from the serious endurance, strength, or hybrid athlete to the outdoor enthusiast who wants to live life to the fullest.
We believe that peak performance is an assembly of physical training, mental fortitude, emotional health, and social support. Whether you're training for a sport, or viewing life itself as the ultimate athletic event, join us in redefining limits and living a life full of challenges and adventure.
Assemble Performance Podcast
Why You Can't Out-Discipline a Broken Relationship With Food with Jared Hamilton
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You can hit your macros, stack your steps, train five days a week, and still binge every Saturday night. That's not a discipline problem, and Jared Hamilton has 15 years of coaching data to prove it. In this episode, we get into why high-achievers are often the worst at losing weight, the "be → do → have" order most people run backwards, and why working out can quietly become just another way to suppress what you're feeling.
Jared is the founder of Dieting From the Inside Out, a coaching program built around the idea that you have to fix your relationship with food, your emotional regulation, and your subconscious patterns before a calorie deficit will ever stick. He's coached thousands of clients (mostly career-driven, high-achieving women), just gave a TED talk on his philosophy, and has a book on the way. If you've ever wondered why all the "right" actions still don't add up to results, this conversation is going to land.
In this episode:
- Why the more performance focused you are, the more important inner work becomes (and why bodybuilders keep walking off stage with eating disorders)
- The "house-building" analogy Jared uses to reframe weight loss for clients who don't think they need inner work
- Why "I'm an all-or-nothing person" is almost always a self-told lie — and the simple cracked-phone test that proves it
- The "be → do → have" order of operations, and why most people get it backwards
- What separates emotional regulation from identity work, and how to actually feel your feelings (not just journal about them)
- The "knowledge trap", why listening to 400 podcast episodes can make you worse, not better
- When the line between coaching and therapy actually matters, and the "no man's land" most people are stuck in
- Jared's nuanced take on GLP-1s: why he's not anti-shot, but is anti-ignorance
Links & resources mentioned:
Jared's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jaredhamilton
IG: https://www.instagram.com/realjaredhamilton/
Contact Me
IG: https://www.instagram.com/justinsjones/
Email: justin@assembleperformance.com
Website: https://assembleperformance.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinjonesfitness