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Episode: #20 Dan Wells on why you need to try Cross-Fit right now to become the best version of you

Who: Today's guest is a world class Cross-Fit trainer and competitor Dan Wells. He competes, trains, is a personal trainer, runs his own gym, a notable TV personality and is also a father. In this episode, we discuss Cross-Fit, why you should check it out and how you can use Cross-Fit to transform your fitness and in turn your life. Dan is open and honest about Cross-Fit and together we analyse what it is, cut through the BS and find out how and why you should try it and how it can have a life-transforming impact on your life right now!

 

 

What we cover:

• Who he is
• How he got into Cross-Fit
• What Cross-Fit is and why you need to do it to change your life
• Why the community aspect and brotherhood in Cross-Fit is so valuable to a gym goer
• Why he thinks Cross-Fit is so good and suitable and scalable for anyone listening
• How to pick a good Cross-Fit gym for you
• Why you need to create a system of accountability to succeed in your goals
• What are the physical benchmarks associated with Cross-Fit
• How you can develop a strong mental state to keep pushing past general discomfort and actually discover you real mental strength achieveive your goals
• How Cross-Fit can be modified to suit all participants
• How important diet is to your success
• How you can work on removing sugar from your diet
• His philosophy of nutrition and how it can be used to lose fat and gain muscle
• Why these rapid fat loss shows are not suitable for listeners to copy to transform their bodies
• His principles of recovery and how you can adapt them to push yourself daily
• How he manages a multitude of challenges from training, coaching, to running a business, to being a father and so on
• Why he started the 'Horsepower' gym
• How he deals with the fast break questions
• What his favourite thing about Cross-Fit is, which parts he dislikes and how he would improve it
• Advice he would give to someone listening to improve the relationship with their kids
• What he wants someone listening to take from this interview How you can keep in touch with him
• So much more

 

 

Connect with the guest:

• His website is available here
• His Instagram is here
• You can get Dan on Twitter here
• Like Dan on Facebook here
• Want to see the gym? Click here

 

Something to reflect on:

I'll leave it to Dan to show you why you need to try Cross-Fit right now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJTBrKoo9u8

 

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