#38 - How To Prepare GPP Athletes, Competitors, and Professionals w/ Jacob Wellock
An episode of the The Airborne Mind Show podcast, hosted by Misbah Haque, titled "#38 - How To Prepare GPP Athletes, Competitors, and Professionals w/ Jacob Wellock" was published on May 2, 2017 and runs 91 minutes.
May 2, 2017 ·91m · The Airborne Mind Show
Summary
In this episode, I talk to Jacob Wellock. He is the founder of the Welded Athlete and co-owner of Double Edge Fitness. His athletic background wrestled as a kid, all of his cousins and his brother were state champions in wrestling. But wanting a little bit older, he got into more extreme sports. So, Racing motocross was his passion growing up, and then after high school actually got into boardercross, racing snowboarding. And after that, in his last boardercross season, he started working at ...
Episode Description
In this episode, I talk to Jacob Wellock. He is the founder of the Welded Athlete and co-owner of Double Edge Fitness. His athletic background wrestled as a kid, all of his cousins and his brother were state champions in wrestling. But wanting a little bit older, he got into more extreme sports. So, Racing motocross was his passion growing up, and then after high school actually got into boardercross, racing snowboarding. And after that, in his last boardercross season, he started working at a gym, and that's when CrossFit was introduced to him and that's when he started getting into CrossFit learning about what all that was about, and quickly fell in love with it from there and like the programming side of things.
We talk about handling people with an interest in GPP, reasons why people, dealing with different emotions, and many more.
Show Notes:
- (05:45): Background of Jacob
- (06:20): How welded athlete takes place
- (10:04): Handling people with an interest in GPP (General Physical Preparation)
- (19:49): Reasons why people return to the gym
- (25:40): Important piece when coaching
- (29:01): GPP (General Physical Preparation) vs. welded athlete
- (50:48): Best advice as a coach
- (1:01:12): Dealing with different emotions
- (1:09:41): Focusing on coaching
- (1:20:54): Reactions to the welded athlete
How to Connect with Jacob Wellock:
Website: https://doubleedgefitness.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobwellock/
Double Edge Fitness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoubleEdgeFitness
Double Edge Fitness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doubleedgefitness/
Double Edge Fitness Youtube: https://bit.ly/3vDqGf0
Connect with me:
Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0pt
Pod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofI
Work with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3Da
Get in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz
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