Bounty Program: Team Fitness

Gather your squad. Test your fitness. Give feedback.

The idea of group or 30-day fitness challenges is pretty worn out. However, it’s a tactical hook that many people still cling to for change. As usual though, we do things a bit different around here.

As many of you know, I’ve spent the last 4 months and counting creating The Integrated Fitness Problem training program. Unlike any other training program I’ve seen to date, this isn’t a monthly challenge, but a request that you commit 12-months to changing yourself. It is a program that utilizes physical fitness as a proxy to explore somatic and emotional states.

The last part that needs completed is the module pertaining to Teams and Trust. That’s where I need help.

In the true spirit of being a grassroots, bottom-up, open-sourced and experience driven project; I want to invite groups of people to contribute to the IFP program.

The ask is is pretty simple:

• Send me a DM on Substack or Instagram.

• Receive a sample team workout.

• Complete the workout.

• Return a few video clips and feedback from the session.

The reward:

• 1-Month FREE access to the IFP once v1.0 is released (ETA June 2026); assigned via email voucher per participant in the bounty program.

• Peace of mind knowing you’ve contributed to a fitness program that means something and changes more than just people’s bodies.

Here’s a little more context and a preview of what you’ll be getting into…

Module 8 of the IFP is about autonomy. The first sub-module focuses on self-directed training and cultivating wisdom — which is the self-design application of the first 7 general physical preparedness modules.

The second sub-module takes that one step further to capitalize on the social capital that humans uniquely thrive on — exploring teams and trust. The stakes get raised and with that the potential ROI expands as well.

Tentatively, I’ve separated the TEAM sessions into three distinct categories, each with different intentions and rules of engagement:

• Category 1: Competition Consequences

  • These sessions represent the “sport of fitness” which I often criticize. However, it can be a valuable motivator to know that a hungry rival (or teammate) is always on your heels; and together you drive each other forward, further, faster. The additional imposition of consequences will reveal who accepts their fate as well as who cannot regulate their state.

• Category 2: Shared Workload

  • In these sessions there is a general prescription that either each player, or a team collectively, must complete. Often, this is where individual deficiencies get revealed as “bottlenecks” in the workflow. Such “clogs” also reveal the character of the milieu (e.g. who’s getting frustrated with their team, who rises as a leader, who checks out, etc.).

• Category 3: Divided Tactics

  • This is where we get a chance to remedy and resolve problems that may have been revealed in previous sessions. Communication and strategy are paramount here. Explicitly plan for people to do what they’re good at so that the team collectively can succeed (e.g. score higher).

If you have a team, partner, or group of people that like to get after it or are tired of the same regurgitated workouts and charlatan playbooks (i.e. weaponized specificity) and want to build something that transcends all of that; leave a comment or DM.

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