To live a life of options and not obligations on this platform, we are stoked to bring you high performers who are not just chasing entertaining success, but redefining it through, providing above and beyond service. In Hey, varsity squad for our knowledge nugget this week, our coaching knowledge nugget.

You know, a lot of people talk about getting tougher, pushing harder and grinding longer, but very few ever learn the difference between pain and signal. And that difference determines whether you evolve or you break. Pain is the discomfort that comes with growth, [00:01:00] the stretch, the burn, the fatigue. The pressure that shows up right before you level up.

But signal is different. Signal is the body or mind delivering information. It might mean your technique is off, your preparation wasn’t aligned, your recovery wasn’t respected, or your emotions aren’t steering the wheel. Instead of your standards. Pain asks, are you willing? Signal asks, are you aware? I recently worked with a, a high performance athlete client of mine who kept shutting himself down mid progress.

Every time the pressure rose, he labeled it as pain and backed off thinking something was wrong with him. We slowed it down and reframed it together. We learned to ask, is this the pain of growth or the signal of adjustment? Once he understood that distinction, his confidence didn’t just increase. It became earned and repeatable.

He stopped treating every challenge like danger and started treating it like data. And when that clicked, his performance and sublease spike. Champions don’t ignore pain squad. They interpret it. They don’t fear signals. They study them. They know when to push, when to pause, and when to adjust. They stay committed without being reckless.

So here’s the challenge this week for anyone listening right now. Before quitting, [00:02:00] complaining or tapping out, ask yourself, am I experience the pain required to grow or a signal designed to guide? If you master that distinction, you don’t just get stronger, you become smarter, more durable and more dangerous, and talk about dangerous.

Today’s guest isn’t just another trainer or motivational voice. He’s one of the most influential architects of modern combat sports performance. A five-time award-winning strength coach, widely respected, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and family-centered leader who has helped shape the physical and mental frameworks of elite athletes around the world.

He has personally coached thousands of competitive performers, including seven world champion fighters, a two-time Olympic gold medals and boxing, and a four-time Olympian. Judoka proving methods translate across not just sports, but mindset, cultures, and pressure environments. The systems have been taught in more than 14 countries influencing coaches and athletes at the highest levels of MMA, boxing judo and beyond.

When people in combat sports talk about evolving strength, intelligent conditioning. Neurological readiness, emotional control and championship durability. His name is, that is one of the first ones brought up. He doesn’t just train [00:03:00] bodies. He engineers belief systems, reinforce his identity and alliances effort with purpose.

His pH philosophy says everything you need to know, train the body, forge the mind, live beyond strong. Mm-hmm. And so. Come Inion out here. My good buddy here, Phil Dara. I had to give him some love out here. Well, uh, thank you for making the trip down a little bit. ’cause you’re up in PSL, right? 

Phil Daru: Yeah. Palm City area.

Yeah, Palm City area. Not too far. It was like 45 minute drive. Yeah, it 

Coach Fergie: was a welcome to Palm Beach here. Well, thank you for the 

Phil Daru: introduction, my brother. Yeah, you bet 

Coach Fergie: man. Wow, that’s amazing. Had to get a little shine on you, you know. That was good, man. Bucket list interviews brother. I wanted to hit, so. Oh, I appreciate 

Phil Daru: that.

Coach Fergie: You bet. So let me ask you real quick, like, like people know you like getting champions ready. But mindset and, and physical ready. But what’s one daily non-negotiable habit that keeps you grounded and family centered 

Phil Daru: prayer? A hundred percent. Yeah. Yeah. Multiple times throughout the day. 

Coach Fergie: Very cool. 

Phil Daru: Yeah. I try to, I try to make sure that I’m living my purpose every day.

Yeah. And so I have to spend some time in prayer. I have to make sure that I’m doing things for the right reason. Mostly it’s [00:04:00] to glorify God love. And so that’s that, that keeps me humbled, that keeps me gracious and keeps me grounded. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. Yeah. A lot of people will kinda shy away from that, especially kind of in combat sports until they win and that’s the first person they think, you know?

So, I mean, but it nice that you’re putting it out there upfront. 

Phil Daru: I mean, you know, going through difficult situations, uh, especially like whether you’re in combat, in actual military combat. Sure. In the cage, when you go through these life-threatening situations. You really have to figure out why you’re actually here.

Right? Right. And then you go, well I need to get closer to the first cause. I need to get closer to creator because anytime, any moment, right. Like can tell you. 

Coach Fergie: Yeah. You know, it’s funny that that happened with me. With regards to like being overseas? Yeah. In the early nineties, I don’t talk about it that much, but I was raised Southern Baptist, shoved down my throat like you are a center brimstone, all this stuff.

So I walked away from it. Mm-hmm. Until I needed it, I went right back to it. Yep. Right. So, you [00:05:00] know, you’ve trained thousands of, you know, elite athletes, right? Mm-hmm. Including world champions, Olympians, you know, when assessing a new athlete that’s brought to you, what are your very first physical and mental markers you evaluate for programming anything?

Phil Daru: That’s a good question. So. This goes apart with my, my five step framework, where I’m going to assess and evaluate what their limiters are. Sure, that could be biomechanics, that could be their physical limitations as a whole, but also wanna see who the type of person they are. Right? So I’m actually reaching out to them and we’re having a conversation.

I’m gonna peel back the layers and try to figure out exactly who I’m working with so that I could communicate, communicate appropriately, right? Typically, I like to run them through a big five factor analysis. Yeah, I know, I know about that when I hear about it on Texas 

Coach Fergie: podcast and I’ve read some of the stuff that you put online.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

Phil Daru: And I think that that’s, that’s definitely helped me understand the type of person they are immediately. So then now I can communicate appropriately. So some, some people are very conscientious, right? They need to know the X’s and O’s very fast. They want to ask questions, they wanna [00:06:00] know why they’re doing what they’re doing, so that I have to be structured there, right?

Sure. And I have to be. Be able to articulate why they’re doing what they’re doing and reframe the exercises so that they understand the transferability. Love 

Coach Fergie: it. 

Phil Daru: If they’re very open, right. Sure. And they just wanna get after it. Like I could tell, and you could tell me if I’m wrong. Yeah. But you’re very A type dominant.

Absolutely. You’re open to doing new things. Sure. You like variation. From that, I like to constantly vary the exercises and I don’t give them too much direction. I just tell them what they need to do. Right. And why they’re doing it. And then they go from there and they get after it. 

Coach Fergie: By the time they get to you at your level.

Mm-hmm. Like a lot of ’em already have their why established, right? Sure. Mm-hmm. So how much, how many times do you kind of go back to their why? To remind them, especially. You know, dp, right? Yeah. Like he’s getting close to a, a championship match, right? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I’ll just say Dustin Poer, I know you ain’t gonna say his name, but Dustin Poer.

So, you know, if he, he’s into a, a championship match and he’s getting closer weight cuts hard. Sure. You know, what do you do to kind of swing them back into the right state? 

Phil Daru: [00:07:00] You said it right there. It’s just figuring out their why and always going back to that. So when I first started with either Dustin or any other fighter, I’m getting to know them personally on a, on a high personal level.

Sure. Also finding out who’s in their inner circle and why they’re doing what they’re doing. And for the most part, when you start out, young kids, young fighters, you know, typically they wanna make a lot of money. They wanna win world titles, they wanna get famous. Once they start to transition and start having a family, that changes change.

Right. So now they’re fighting for their family. Right. They might be fighting for legacy. Sure. And so that’s where you can start to transition their why and start to. I guess reestablish why they’re doing what they’re doing and remind them this is when it gets hard, like in there, right. This is it. Yeah.

Coach Fergie: Yeah. Absolutely. So you, you’ve coached across like a bunch of different sports, not just combat. Mm-hmm. Or, you know, combat sports. Right. But like what universal principle do you see that you, that that really never changes, right? No matter who is in front of you. 

Phil Daru: Universal principle [00:08:00] would be to make sure that everyone is capable of stepping into the ring cage mats.

Fully prepared. Right, right. But also mitigating risk. Sure. Right. Making sure that they’re maintaining their level of progression and not putting them at risk for injury. So that’s the biggest thing. Right. And keeping them, 

Coach Fergie: you know, healthy, keeping them, like, do you handle all facets of there from their diet or do they sometimes have their diet or.

Like again, because again, I’ve, years ago I competed in bodybuilding. Mm-hmm. So I had like opposing coach and I had a nutrition coach. Mm-hmm. And, and all this stuff. And then sometimes they would butt heads. Yeah. Of course. Right. And saying so like, they’re like, maintain your lane did or whatever. So how much do you actually handle?

Or it vary with each athlete? 

Phil Daru: Ah, man. In the beginning it was everything I had to do. Pretty much everything. You know, I had to, I even had to be the mental coach as well. Right, right. You know. Now since we have a good established program and we have other people that we can go ahead and outsource, I do like to bring on quality weight cut guys, [00:09:00] quality physicians.

Yeah. And so that it takes the load off my back. And then we have good communication between coaches, right? ’cause if that is. If that’s messed up at some point, then it’s gonna be hard for us to bring that athlete to full performance. 

Coach Fergie: Gotcha. Are 

Phil Daru: you 

Coach Fergie: kind of spearheading it though? 

Phil Daru: Yeah. Okay, gotcha.

Absolutely. Absolutely. You, I mean, especially with the skills coach, it’s a little different. Right? Right. So you have your head coach who goes over the strategy, the tactics. Sure. From a skilled position standpoint. For me, I’m handling all the physical preparation that includes some of the psychological Sure.

Things that they need to go through. Right. 

Coach Fergie: So, you know, as a high performer is also an entrepreneur, right? Mm-hmm. With yourself, if you, how do you kind of filter opportunities so you don’t kind of dilute, you know, the, the purpose through success based pressure, because I’m sure you’re getting hit from left and right with opportunities.

Yeah. What stuff, what do you do to really kind of stay focused with that and grounded? 

Phil Daru: It’s funny ’cause I have a, I have a arduous task ahead of me, right? Yes you do. And so [00:10:00] business doesn’t stop, right? But if you have people that you put on your team that allows for you to fully focus right on the aspects that you know are gonna move the needle, that’s when you have to make sure that they step up.

Get in charge and make sure that everything is aligned appropriately. So you need to have a solid team around you in order to do that. Absolutely. 

Coach Fergie: And, and squad you hear that like the solid team they put in place delegation is, is super important. Mm-hmm. You know, out there, but also having the people and the team around you that you trust.

Yeah. Right. So there’s some everyday listeners and casuals out there, you know, who may never step into a cage or ring or whatnot, or Olympics for that matter, but. The live Beyond Strong. I want to touch on it now and then we’ll get deeper after the break, but mm-hmm. You know, what are the three fundamentals that they can implement this week, and then we come back from break.

We’re gonna dive into ’em any more, even more 

Phil Daru: this week. I would say first start. Start by doing something that’s going to move the needle for you, and it’s something that you’ve possibly been putting off for a while, [00:11:00] right? Then you want to create a routine, right? Routine for me creates discipline. Love it.

Right? Then effectively execute as you go about your day by understanding the step that you need to take. So first thing would be to start meaning move. Sure. Then have a routine, then execute accordingly. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. So it’s all planned out, laid out in front of ’em. And do you got use kind of apps with the people that you work with and kind of say this?

Or is it just kind of text back and forth and accountability or, I know with my coaching clients it’s a lot of accountability with texting. 

Phil Daru: Yeah. It’s a lot of communication. Okay. It could be text message, it could be. It could be phone calls, zoom calls, things like that. I try to stay as connected as possible.

Yeah, so it’s very simple. Nothing, nothing crazy. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. And, and squad, we are going to send it to why he is actually in studio today, which I’m gonna flip it right over to him. Steve Austin, my, I’m blessed to have him as our sponsor from Rise Mortgage, the dynamic team over there. When we come back, we’re gonna dive into a little bit of the background and my good friend Phil Dori here.

And also what he might have [00:12:00] did if he went a different route. Steve, take it away. 

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Coach Fergie: Hey, thank you so much Steve. I can’t wait to have you in for one of our last. Episodes of the year. So, uh, me and Steve Austin are gonna kind of dive into what’s really happening here in the Palm Beach market. But again, very blessed to have him as our sponsor and Phil, so. Mm-hmm. Have you seen the movie Back to the Future?

Of course. All, and I can’t believe it’s 40 years old this year. Is it really? Wow. So let’s go back to the double deuce, the [00:14:00] 22-year-old Phil. Mm. What knowledge nugget might you drop on him that not so much to change anything? ’cause your fricking journey is awesome, right? Mm-hmm. But. To maybe help ’em shorten a learning curve or blast through maybe a little bit more 

Phil Daru: all day.

So 22 was a, 

Coach Fergie: was a, 

Phil Daru: it’s always a year. A year, bro. It was. Right. So I opened up my first gym at 22. Wow. Okay. And I was a professional fighter and I really didn’t know if I wanted to take the coaching route full on. Mm-hmm. Because I was just still trying to climb up the ranks as an athlete. Right. So I opened up the gym and I ended up, you know, bringing in 12 members, one who was ended up being my wife.

Wow. Yeah. Okay. She ended up 

Coach Fergie: being your wife? Ended up being my wife. Yeah. Yeah. It wasn’t my wife yet. Right. 

Phil Daru: And ended up being my wife. Nice. And we grew that very fast. I went from 12 members to like 50 members. This when you were 22. 22 years old. Wow. Yeah. So flexing 

Coach Fergie: that hustle muscle early then, 

Phil Daru: man, very, very early.

Yeah. Yeah. And I [00:15:00] was, like I said, still actively trying to compete. Sure. And I think that I, I would say this now is to stay patient. And not try to put too much on my plate at once. Right. And I still do this to this day. Right, right. I talk to Tyler over here and I tell him like, listen. We gotta make sure that we’re focused on the main thing.

Yeah, and I, again, I’ll go back to it, keeping the main thing, the main thing, love it for a sustainable amount of time so that you can hone in on the craft and so that you’re not getting thrown in so many different directions. 

Coach Fergie: Right? Yeah. He’s got a couple of his savages here in studio right now. Blessed to meet him here just a couple minutes ago.

They make you look good, brother. Not that you don’t, I appreciate it, but they do. That’s the goal, 

Phil Daru: man. That’s the goal 

Coach Fergie: that, that’s awesome. So they 

Phil Daru: definitely, definitely have the, they’re more intelligent than me that some point like that. 

Coach Fergie: So we start working with an athlete. What is some of your secret sauce then that may be, ’cause every one of ’em has blind spots, right?

Mm-hmm. So what, what is your kind of secret sauce, if you don’t mind sharing some of it that you know, helps them shine a light on that blind spot. 

Phil Daru: Well, it first starts with the assessment. Yeah. Right. And then once I [00:16:00] go through that, they can actually physically see what’s going on and feel exactly why they’re doing what they’re doing.

Sure. Once I point it out. Gotcha. Sometimes you just go through movements and you just go, well, I’m just moving. Sure. But when I point out a certain dysfunction or an assymetry and then they see it in real time, or I can play it back for them. Getting that statistical data or objective indicator to showcase what’s going wrong.

Then, um, they’re like, oh, wow, I didn’t know I had this problem. Right. And so then we start to figure out a plan of action to fix it. Yeah. You can 

Coach Fergie: get going on that. So how about like, maybe if you’re just starting to work with them, is there any, any good question that you wish they would ask you but never do before you get started?

Phil Daru: One question I, I actually asked them so that I can get an understanding is. What has worked well in the past with other coaches and what hasn’t? Right. Because once I can identify that I can be a better coach for them. Sure. So I want to see exactly, you know. What is, what was the best thing that happened for you, right.[00:17:00] 

With the coach? Right. And how did they coach you? Right. And how did they coach you wrong? Sure. And so that I can eliminate that issue. 

Coach Fergie: So who’s your break then? Like, I mean, for you to get to work with legit world champions. I mean, Dustin, Johanna, I mean, come on. Like there, there’s, that’s a kind of a cream of the crop.

Who’s who? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But who, who was your break? Who was that? Just like, man, your phone started blowing up. 

Phil Daru: Honestly, it was when I started. To drive down to American top team, right? Make my. An hour and a half trip. Was 

Coach Fergie: that when they were in Coconut Creek? Like in that 

Phil Daru: It was the one but it wasn’t the 

Coach Fergie: facility they have now though.

No, it was, I was gonna say it was, it was 

Phil Daru: right before, so remember I was a fighter for American top team for Dean Thomas. Yep. For a long time. Dean. Good guy. Yeah. Very 

Coach Fergie: improv though. Also I did improv with Dean. 

Phil Daru: Dean’s the man. He’s awesome. Deans the, you know what’s so funny about that funny story? He was doing comedy.

We didn’t even know he was doing it. Right. And he was still fighting. So we would, we would, obviously we were sparring partners too, right? So we would help him get ready for fights. Dean had about five pros, me being one of them, right, that [00:18:00] he brought up on his own import St. Lucie. So he’d drive us down to Coconut Creek.

And then he’d leave us there and then go do improv at West Palm. Right. Literally, dude, we didn’t know where he went. 

Coach Fergie: I take improv just for coaching. 

Phil Daru: I did some improv with him. 

Coach Fergie: Right? Oh yeah. Yeah, dude, I showed up. They like, we have a guest like teacher today. Yes. And it was Dean Thomas. I’m like, bro, you Dean Thomas.

Yeah. Yeah. It was actually kind of cool. I wrapped with him. That’s awesome. Yeah, without a doubt. Very good dude. So, I mean, he 

Phil Daru: gave me that break. He, one, he got me into MMA. Right? Because I was gonna box after, after college. When I got done playing football, I was gonna box. Right. I was gonna go up to Vero. I saw him in Port St.

Louis. He’s like, listen, MA is the ticket. Make sure that you can get down to 1 55. I looked at him like he was crazy. I weighed about 200. Were you then 205 pounds? 

Coach Fergie: Yeah, 

Phil Daru: I haven’t been one 50. Did you do it? I haven’t. 1 55 since middle school, so I’m like, there’s no way. Right. Then I went down to Coconut Creek and I saw Tiago Alvez and I said, yeah, probably 55 if Tiago can make it 

Coach Fergie: down you.

Yeah. I said 55, bro. Yeah, yeah. Without a doubt. So. I asked you this in the [00:19:00] audience one time at some place where you and I spoke together. Yep. Um, but how do you want your dash remembered? That little line in between your incarnation date and your expiration date, your life date, and death date? How do we want our dash remembered?

Because I want the audience out there to hear it. 

Phil Daru: I just want to be known for being able to live my purpose and help others achieve success. Right. 

Coach Fergie: What is your 

Phil Daru: why? Really, at the end of the day, is to know and love God. Love it. Yeah. First and foremost. And then knowing my purpose through the talent that he’s given me, and then executing the skills that are around that talent to help others achieve success.

That ultimately helps meet, achieve success. Love it. 

Coach Fergie: And I get asked that a lot in interviews and stuff, and it, I just, it came to me one day and I said, to be useful. 

Phil Daru: Yeah. That’s it. Hundred percent. I can be useful and I 

Coach Fergie: can make connections for people, help people out. Everything just comes full circle to me.

Absolutely right. You know, so. What do you think people might misunderstand the [00:20:00] most about Phil? 

Phil Daru: Uh, you see me every time I walk into a room and people say, oh, he might be a mean guy. Right? Or he might be a tough guy. I’m a sweetheart, man. 

Coach Fergie: You know that you were bringing someone to God that Saturday when we were hanging out at Joe’s place, and the kid was, I, he was broken, like he came, talked to Jordan and mm-hmm.

Jordan and I also, I think you need to talked to Phil. Mm-hmm. And you stayed with him. For like 45 minutes and everybody was clamoring for your time. So that’s mad props to you, brother. I appreciate that. That’s awesome. You brought him to God that day and he’s, he’s starting to do, they say he’s in the gym.

He’s killing it. Love it. Yeah. He staying connected. Yeah, 

Phil Daru: he he’s, he’s a good kid. 

Coach Fergie: Yeah. Yeah. So what are three things Phil can’t live without? 

Phil Daru: Oh, my family. All right. One. Well, God, my family. Sure. And chicken wings. 

Coach Fergie: I’m a chicken wing snob. 

Phil Daru: If I would say a burger. Like a good burger. A burger. ’cause anywhere I go to travel, I’m like, the first food I want is a burger, no matter where I’m at.

Right. [00:21:00] No matter where I’m at. Australia has a good burgers, by the way. Yeah. They had good burgers. Which birth 

Coach Fergie: or sydnee? 

Phil Daru: It was, uh, Melbourne. 

Coach Fergie: Melbourne. Really? Yeah. Okay. They had good burgers. Yeah. In the military, because you 

Phil Daru: can’t go wrong with it if you, you mess up a burger. There’s something wrong with the whole country.

I 

Coach Fergie: dunno what’s going on. Yeah. I had some of the best. Times in the military in Perth and Sydney, Australia. Oh yeah, those were some good times. 

Phil Daru: Sydney’s cool. Sydney’s cool. 

Coach Fergie: Yeah, it was good. It was very liberal. Say damn, you know, I might not 

Phil Daru: wanna go back. Just kidding. 

Coach Fergie: So what is Phil’s definition of a life?

Well lived? 

Phil Daru: A life well lived is living through purpose. Okay. Like I said, I’ll go back to that. Yeah. A life well lived is having joy. The things that I do with the people that I want to be with. Okay. And in the pursuit of happiness through the joy that I’ve created in my life. And 

Coach Fergie: one thing squad that he said, he created the joy.

He didn’t wait for somebody to kind of come in and, and create it for you. You’re living your, your [00:22:00] purpose. You’re living your why on like pretty much an everyday basis, right? 

Phil Daru: Absolutely. I have to. Yeah. I have to, or otherwise I won’t feel whole, right? Mm-hmm. 

Coach Fergie: So. We’re gonna take you through our leveling up lightning round.

There’s some questions. I’m sure you and I have talked about ’em, you know, some of these 15, 20 minutes before, but today you got five seconds with no explanations. I promise you they can all be answered that way. 

Phil Daru: One second or, or I should say one word answers. 

Coach Fergie: That works. Okay. Works for me. Let’s do it. So let’s level up, man.

So what’s the one of the, what’s the best leveling up advice you’ve ever received? 

Phil Daru: Stay disciplined. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. Sher, one of your personal habits that contribute to your success. Stay disciplined. 

Phil Daru: A hundred percent disciplined. 

Coach Fergie: I love it. So you see me kinda walk down the street, I’m like, looks like I’m in my doldrums a little bit.

Um, something’s bothering me. Other than the good book, what book might you hand me that’s really kind of shifted your mind. Oh, 

Phil Daru: art of Human Nature. Love it. Great. Who’s that? That’s Robert Green. Green, yeah. 

Coach Fergie: I said Go Gladwell. But then I was like, I knew it started with a g. Yeah. Yeah. I lost most commonly used emoji when you text 

Phil Daru: Oh, the, the.[00:23:00] 

The, uh, machine arm. Oh, I see. Strong arm machine one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Love it. 

Coach Fergie: Uh, nicknames growing up. 

Phil Daru: Concrete. 

Coach Fergie: Concrete. Love it. Any hidden talent in or superpower that you have that nobody knows about until now? 

Phil Daru: I can make people laugh. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. You wouldn’t think that saw you on stage. Chess Checker’s a monopoly.

Phil Daru: Oh, chess 

Coach Fergie: headline For your life. 

Phil Daru: Go Beyond Strong. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. Buying any superstitions, especially being around all those sporty Never. I don’t either, really, to be honest with you. A lot of my, my athletes do. Oh sure. But it’s, I guess, how about same 

Phil Daru: socks and all that? Nah. 

Coach Fergie: Go to ice cream flavor, chocolate. All right.

There’s a sandwich called the concrete dru. Build that sandwich. What are we eating? 

Phil Daru: Uh, it’s gonna be Turkey cheddar cheese shredded lettuce. Spoil and vinegar. Super simple. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. Favorite charity and organization you’d like to give your time and or money to 

Phil Daru: right now. Team RWB. 

Coach Fergie: Love it. And that’s what we’re gonna dig into in just a [00:24:00] second after you answer.

What’s the best decade of music? Sixties, seventies, eighties, or nineties? That’s a good one. 

Phil Daru: Yeah. That’s hard. Depends on the genre, man. Let’s go. Let’s go nineties. I grew up in the nineties. Okay. 

Coach Fergie: Yeah, I’m 53. I grew up in the eighties. Yeah. But like every single one of those decades has something from, 

Phil Daru: it does for me 

Coach Fergie: though.

That’s a hard one. So tell us about this ruck walk you’re doing a hundred miles. Where’s it start? 

Phil Daru: So it starts in Cocoa Beach, right? And we’re gonna end in Jensen Beach. Okay. So I’m gonna go straight down. A one A. Yep. Uh, we have an rv so we’re gonna be well taken care of. We have full medical staff. We’re gonna do a documentary on it.

Uh, Mulligan Brothers are gonna help out with the interviews. Yeah. Okay. Jordan’s a good guy. He’s, we’ve had conversations, dude, absolutely awesome. Great guy. Um, he’s got, he’s got a crazy story too with it. Um, he actually did 250 miles. Wow. With, uh, actually, yeah, 250 miles with 225 pounds on his back or something like that.

Wow. Something crazy. Um, but it was, you know, for a good cause and for me, my goal is to raise funds for the military veterans. You guys. [00:25:00] Absolutely. The goal. I’ve had, you know, my father was in the military, he was in the Navy, my grandfather was in the Navy. My great great-grandfather was in the army. And then I also worked with some of my guys too as well.

Sure. Um, and so what I wanted to do was just raise awareness, get them back into civilian life the appropriate way. Right. And T-R-D-B-R-W-B is helping with that. Okay. So, red, white, and blue. I’m the first civilian that they’ve ever done a donations type of drive with. That’s awesome. So I’m, I’m very honored, blessed.

Gracious for the opportunity. I think it’s going to 

Coach Fergie: the right people, right? This money. ’cause again, 

Phil Daru: hundred percent you military 

Coach Fergie: brother. I’ve, I’ve been asked and it just kind of, yeah. Well that’s why we, we make sure it flows. I know you wouldn’t get involved in anything like that. Yeah. 

Phil Daru: That’s why we wanted to vet ’em out appropriately.

And, and so they are top notch, um, veteran owned, operated, you know, so I think that for us, I’m gonna be utilizing my own body. Sure. My own fortitude. To drive and, and gain awareness for these military veterans. Put yourself through the pain, baby. [00:26:00] Have to Yeah. Embrace the struggle. Exactly. Exactly. You know, 

Coach Fergie: chosen suffering, baby.

Yep. So I’m really into that kind of too. I’m really like that mean, listen, suffering 

Phil Daru: produces endurance. 

Coach Fergie: Yeah, absolutely. And squat. I want you to go to Time to shine today, dot com slash dru. DAR ru. DARU. Yeah. Time to sign today.com/daru. I’m gonna have his donation page at that page. So, and again, you can give as little as you want.

As much as you want. And we’re in Palm Beach squad. Let’s get out there and give, this is for my fellow veterans. It’s for the people out there that have this country’s back. I really want you to kind of lean into it. So get out there and donate and thank you so much for coming on, brother. Thanks brother.

Thank you to Steve Austin, my sponsor, Brian Mud, my producer, the rest of the squad. I got my videographer here today. Awesome. Aubrey. Christie, thank you so much, squad, absolutely love your guts. Level up.