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EPISODE · Apr 1, 2026 · 59 MIN

Pain Is Optional: Neuroscience, Flow State & Human Performance — with Special Guest Brandon Day

from Cowboys not Eggheads · host Sam Fischer

Send us Fan MailCan understanding your nervous system change the way you experience pain and perform under pressure?Former championship athlete and high-performance coach Brandon Day joins Sam Fischer to discuss applied neuroscience, pain, flow state training and human performance.Brandon explains how the brain and nervous system influence physical performance, why pain isn't always as simple as an injury signal and how athletes can use a better understanding of flow to improve both physical and mental performance.The conversation connects neuroscience with practical performance and explores what happens when people learn to work with their nervous system instead of simply fighting against it.Pain may be real. What we do with it is another question.Support the showThanks for listening!  SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share.  Contact us: [email protected]     Let us know if you want a hat ($20), tee shirt ($30), coffee cup ($25), or window decal for your truck. ($30) 

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