#99 | Isaiah Washington | Built at the DogPound

Trainer Isaiah Washington on college football, career-ending injuries, and training elite athletes and celebrities in New York and LA. Isaiah Washington is a former College football player whose passion for Health & Fitness begins in High school while training for football at the age of 14 in Brooklyn. Isaiah then pursued a degree in health and wellness, while playing college football, where he underwent some career-ending injuries which then shifted into him falling in love with Fitness and performance. Over the last few years, he has had the opportunity to work and train elite-level, athletes, and celebrity clients in both New York and Los Angeles at Dogpound. To learn more about Isaiah: https://www.instagram.com/builtbyzay Chapters 0:00 Welcome Isaiah Washington 2:34 Growing up in Brooklyn in the early 90s 5:05 Joining the Brooklyn Titans 7:38 Coach Bill and youth sports 10:02 Sports as the straight and narrow path 12:34 An hour's commute to a football powerhouse 15:03 Conduct sheets as a ticket to practice 17:31 Playing both ways in high school 20:00 First in the family to go to college 22:35 Choosing a college 25:03 Falling in love with the weight room 27:35 Two kids from Brooklyn chasing the dream 30:03 Canadians in the NBA 32:33 From safety to inside linebacker 35:05 Playing through a foot injury 37:33 Missing his senior season 40:05 Team player or stand up for yourself? 42:31 Ryan's summer of mono 45:00 A week in the season 47:35 Blowing off steam as a student athlete 50:05 Replaced by a younger player 52:36 Lessons from team sports 55:05 Learning injury prevention 57:33 Interning at Equinox in Manhattan 1:00:08 How personal training clients find you 1:02:31 A slow start as a new trainer 1:05:01 Ryan's move to China at 22 1:07:30 Training an elite clientele at DogPound 1:10:05 Training clients through the pandemic 1:12:33 Ryan nearly stuck in Ethiopia 1:15:06 The only guest in the hotel 1:17:30 Lockdown in Turkey 1:20:05 When travel stopped, so did TV 1:22:30 Moving from DogPound New York to Los Angeles 1:25:00 Most of success is showing up 1:27:38 Training New Yorkers versus Angelenos The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com