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Joe Rogan Experience #1166 - Diamond Dallas Page

Diamond Dallas Page is a semi-retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor, motivational speaker and actor. Check out https://ddpyoga.com/ for link to his app DDPYoga.

Joe RoganhostDiamond Dallas PageguestYoung Jamie Vernonguest
Sep 4, 20182h 19mWatch on YouTube ↗

At a glance

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Diamond Dallas Page On Reinventing Wrestling, Healing Pain, And Owning Mindset

  1. Diamond Dallas Page explains how severe spinal damage and doctors’ predictions of retirement led him to create DDPY, a strength-focused, yoga-based system that restored his career and mobility. He and Joe Rogan discuss the physical toll of pro wrestling, the importance of mobility and core strength, and how DDPY differs from traditional yoga through dynamic resistance and constant time-under-tension. Page highlights dramatic transformations, especially disabled veteran Arthur Boorman, to illustrate the power of combining movement, nutrition, and mindset change. They also explore diet (anti-inflammatory, largely gluten/dairy-free), recovery technologies like hyperbaric chambers, and Page’s philosophy of “owning it,” which underpins his upcoming book and broader mission.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

Pain and degeneration aren’t automatic sentences if you change how you move.

Page went from bone-on-bone L4/L5 with three spine specialists telling him he’d never wrestle again to returning to the ring and winning the world title by systematically combining yoga positions, rehab drills, and slow, dynamic-resistance strength work (DDPY).

Dynamic resistance and time-under-tension can turn low-impact exercise into serious training.

By flexing muscles hard through each range of motion, slowing reps, and integrating movements like push-ups, squats, and lunges into yoga flows, DDPY elevates heart rate and builds intense strength and core stability without heavy weights.

Massive physical change is possible even for the severely limited.

Disabled vet Arthur Boorman went from canes, back and knee braces, and being told he’d never walk unassisted to losing 140 pounds in 10 months, discarding all braces, and running—proving that incremental daily effort, even starting in bed or a chair, can completely change capacity.

Diet-driven inflammation is a major, controllable driver of chronic pain.

Page emphasizes removing or sharply reducing gluten, dairy, excess sugar, and heavily processed foods in favor of “what your great-grandparents called food”—organic, minimally processed ingredients—which he says dramatically reduced pain for him, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Scott Hall, and many clients.

Mindset and inner dialogue are the real leverage behind workouts and diets.

Page argues that training and nutrition are only about 10% of the equation; the other 90% is the “six inches between your ears”—replacing defeatist stories (“I can’t”) with empowering ones (“I can do this”) and rehearsing success before big moments.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

If you say you can or you say you can’t, you’re right.

Diamond Dallas Page

They told me my career was over at 42. At 43, I was world champion.

Diamond Dallas Page

You can’t fake gravity.

Diamond Dallas Page

I don’t want you to do it. I want you to own it.

Diamond Dallas Page

The way you think about things is so important. It’s almost more important than the facts.

Joe Rogan

Creation and evolution of DDPY (Diamond Dallas Page Yoga) and how it differs from traditional yogaPhysical toll of pro wrestling and Page’s recovery from severe spinal injuryTransformational case studies, especially disabled veteran Arthur BoormanNutrition, inflammation, and lifestyle changes for pain reduction and weight lossMindset, self-talk, and Page’s “Positively Unstoppable / owning it” philosophyUse of technology: DDPY app, heart-rate tracking, progressive programs, hyperbaric chambersWrestling industry stories: career path, Hogan, Jericho, Cena, Miz, and crossover into mainstream media

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