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Will Ahmed

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633 total appearances

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

I mean, it is very inspiring when you really... get a close-up look at it and you realize just like what a grind it is like it is such a grind you see the goals and you see the the master's jacket but you don't you don't see the grind and the pain and the injuries and like the the time that they're not on camera and there's something about it that's

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

both inspiring and also you're like, yeah, maybe I wouldn't want to do that. Intimidating.

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

both inspiring and also you're like, yeah, maybe I wouldn't want to do that. Intimidating.

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

both inspiring and also you're like, yeah, maybe I wouldn't want to do that. Intimidating.

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

He's actually easier to compare to some professional athletes than any other business leader.

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

He's actually easier to compare to some professional athletes than any other business leader.

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

He's actually easier to compare to some professional athletes than any other business leader.

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

In just that it's clear that he's got a drive that he's... tormented by and he's willing to sacrifice everything else for it. And you see that with the world's best athletes.

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

In just that it's clear that he's got a drive that he's... tormented by and he's willing to sacrifice everything else for it. And you see that with the world's best athletes.

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

In just that it's clear that he's got a drive that he's... tormented by and he's willing to sacrifice everything else for it. And you see that with the world's best athletes.

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

Yeah, and I think athletes have gotten more introspective. Actually, Rory's extremely thoughtful, and he's gone through phases of reading books on the Stoics and meditating and all sorts of things. I think a lot of athletes end up being more introspective because they get into visualization, which becomes sort of the gateway to...

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

Yeah, and I think athletes have gotten more introspective. Actually, Rory's extremely thoughtful, and he's gone through phases of reading books on the Stoics and meditating and all sorts of things. I think a lot of athletes end up being more introspective because they get into visualization, which becomes sort of the gateway to...

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

Yeah, and I think athletes have gotten more introspective. Actually, Rory's extremely thoughtful, and he's gone through phases of reading books on the Stoics and meditating and all sorts of things. I think a lot of athletes end up being more introspective because they get into visualization, which becomes sort of the gateway to...

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

meditation, intuition, these sorts of different levels of self-discovery. And then I think there's plenty of really capable athletes who don't actually go that deep in words and they don't really analyze the, how it works as much as know that it works and they just go.

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

meditation, intuition, these sorts of different levels of self-discovery. And then I think there's plenty of really capable athletes who don't actually go that deep in words and they don't really analyze the, how it works as much as know that it works and they just go.

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

meditation, intuition, these sorts of different levels of self-discovery. And then I think there's plenty of really capable athletes who don't actually go that deep in words and they don't really analyze the, how it works as much as know that it works and they just go.

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

The rest thing was kind of the unlock for getting into all these pro athletes and building those relationships was this idea that you can now measure recovery. And one thing that I was really surprised by, but now makes sense kind of knowing the cast of characters is like amongst the very best athletes, they're actually willing to experiment a lot.

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

The rest thing was kind of the unlock for getting into all these pro athletes and building those relationships was this idea that you can now measure recovery. And one thing that I was really surprised by, but now makes sense kind of knowing the cast of characters is like amongst the very best athletes, they're actually willing to experiment a lot.

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

The rest thing was kind of the unlock for getting into all these pro athletes and building those relationships was this idea that you can now measure recovery. And one thing that I was really surprised by, but now makes sense kind of knowing the cast of characters is like amongst the very best athletes, they're actually willing to experiment a lot.

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

Like they're kind of always looking for what is that additional way I can get a little edge. And that's one of the things that separates, I think, the very best from just like a great professional athlete is this like drive towards experimentation. And it's part of the reason that in the early days of building this company, like...