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Will Ahmed

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
576 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

At least I hadn't when I was 18 or 19 years old. But you can be sort of self-aware of things that you're drawn to. So... Let's start with things that you're not drawn to. Well, you know, I did a bunch of internships, so to speak, when I was like 18, 19, and 20 or whatever. And I worked in finance, which sort of seemed like what I should do because other people I knew were going to go into finance.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

At least I hadn't when I was 18 or 19 years old. But you can be sort of self-aware of things that you're drawn to. So... Let's start with things that you're not drawn to. Well, you know, I did a bunch of internships, so to speak, when I was like 18, 19, and 20 or whatever. And I worked in finance, which sort of seemed like what I should do because other people I knew were going to go into finance.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

At least I hadn't when I was 18 or 19 years old. But you can be sort of self-aware of things that you're drawn to. So... Let's start with things that you're not drawn to. Well, you know, I did a bunch of internships, so to speak, when I was like 18, 19, and 20 or whatever. And I worked in finance, which sort of seemed like what I should do because other people I knew were going to go into finance.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

And I just didn't enjoy it. And by the way, in my free time, I was, you know, doing research on the fitness industry or the wearables industry or the sorts of things. And, and then, you know, when I would go play squash practice at Harvard or whatever, like I would love working out and love like pushing myself. And, and through that, I also was somebody who used to overtrain.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

And I just didn't enjoy it. And by the way, in my free time, I was, you know, doing research on the fitness industry or the wearables industry or the sorts of things. And, and then, you know, when I would go play squash practice at Harvard or whatever, like I would love working out and love like pushing myself. And, and through that, I also was somebody who used to overtrain.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

And I just didn't enjoy it. And by the way, in my free time, I was, you know, doing research on the fitness industry or the wearables industry or the sorts of things. And, and then, you know, when I would go play squash practice at Harvard or whatever, like I would love working out and love like pushing myself. And, and through that, I also was somebody who used to overtrain.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

So I got interested in how you can figure, you know, how can you understand overtraining? And through that, I found myself doing physiology research on things that in the past I wouldn't have been interested in or not drawn to. And I think the things that you think about Mm-hmm.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

So I got interested in how you can figure, you know, how can you understand overtraining? And through that, I found myself doing physiology research on things that in the past I wouldn't have been interested in or not drawn to. And I think the things that you think about Mm-hmm.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

So I got interested in how you can figure, you know, how can you understand overtraining? And through that, I found myself doing physiology research on things that in the past I wouldn't have been interested in or not drawn to. And I think the things that you think about Mm-hmm.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Yeah, that's well said.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Yeah, that's well said.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Yeah, that's well said.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Well, I would say it's recurring fleeting thoughts because the things that matter to you keep coming back. At least I've found. And then I think the other thing that everyone should learn in some form is the ability to close their eyes and breathe. And whether you call that meditation or mindfulness or fill in the blank, develop some process to sit with yourself.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Well, I would say it's recurring fleeting thoughts because the things that matter to you keep coming back. At least I've found. And then I think the other thing that everyone should learn in some form is the ability to close their eyes and breathe. And whether you call that meditation or mindfulness or fill in the blank, develop some process to sit with yourself.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Well, I would say it's recurring fleeting thoughts because the things that matter to you keep coming back. At least I've found. And then I think the other thing that everyone should learn in some form is the ability to close their eyes and breathe. And whether you call that meditation or mindfulness or fill in the blank, develop some process to sit with yourself.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Well, one step is to state it. I mean, don't be coy about it. I want to build this company. I want to be a musician. Fill in the blank. What do you want? And state it to the world. And then... you cannot underestimate hard work and consistency. If you are hard charging and consistently hard charging, that is such a differentiator on sort of everyone else. And that's in turn what creates luck.

Modern Wisdom
#943 - Will Ahmed - The Downfall Of CrossFit & The Future Of Fitness

Well, one step is to state it. I mean, don't be coy about it. I want to build this company. I want to be a musician. Fill in the blank. What do you want? And state it to the world. And then... you cannot underestimate hard work and consistency. If you are hard charging and consistently hard charging, that is such a differentiator on sort of everyone else. And that's in turn what creates luck.