#38 - How To Prepare GPP Athletes, Competitors, and Professionals w/ Jacob Wellock

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 athleteHow to Connect with Jacob Wellock:Website: https://doubleedgefitness.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobwellock/Double Edge Fitness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoubleEdgeFitnessDouble Edge Fitness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doubleedgefitness/Double Edge Fitness Youtube: https://bit.ly/3vDqGf0Connect with me:Habit Chess Newsletter: https://geni.us/VU0ptPod Mahal book on Amazon: https://geni.us/16YofIWork with me: https://geni.us/C1qB3DaGet in touch: https://geni.us/gBtz