She's competed at the CrossFit Games four times. She stood on the podium twice. In her final year of competition, she took 8th at the Central Regional—in a boot and with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

She's Julie Foucher, and now, in "retirement," she's fighting chronic disease with two swords: fitness and family medicine.

In this episode, she and Sean Woodland talk about the memorable moments from her years as a CrossFit Games competitor, how she honed her mindset to build confidence, why she wanted to become a doctor and how she plans on helping her patients with fitness.

Links:

"Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief"
"Two-Brain Business"
"Two-Brain Business 2.0"
"Help First"
Free Tools

Contact:

http://juliefoucher.com/
Instagram: @juliefoucher

Timeline:

2:30 – Finding CrossFit in the dorms at the University of Michigan.

4:31 – Becoming a competitor.

5:41 – Lessons in confidence.

8:57 – Training for the Games while in medical school.

12:31 – Taking 2013 off from competitive CrossFit.

14:01 – Returning to the Games in 2014 and developing her mental game.

17:11 – Going out with a ruptured Achilles.

19:22 – Accepting the end of her competitive career.

21:16 – From high-school biology to engineering major to pre-med student.

24:00 – Which is harder: medical school or competing at the CrossFit Games? 

26:32 – Staying focused for nine years before officially starting a career in medicine.

27:44 – What makes a good doctor?

28:39 – Bridging CrossFit and medicine. 

32:01 – Health care and personal accountability. 

33:38 – Health and the power of the mind.

35:52 – Fitness post-CrossFit Games.

40:46 – Lessons from the journey from athlete to doctor.