Pure Ambition

Julie Foucher MD, MS is a four-time CrossFit Games athlete, family physician, and expert in the field of precision medicine. Her passion lies in bridging the gap between fitness and medicine to empower individuals to live healthier, more fulfilling lives. She currently works as a practicing Physician with Wild Health, a lifestyle-first, data-driven & preventative approach to your health.

Key Points:

• Health is a huge factor in living as the best versions of ourselves
• Bridging the gap between health and performance
• The importance of rest and recovery for optimal performance
• Training for the CrossFit games while being in med school
• Have a 'why' and an intention behind everything you do
• How emotional health affects our recovery
• Transitioning out of competing in CrossFit and into her work as a Doctor
• Inspiring and empowering people through her training
• Knowing our 'why' to help us navigate the transition out of being an athlete
• What precision medicine is and how can we benefit from it
• Moving away from the traditional healthcare regimen
• The role that breath work and meditation play in our overall health
• How to regulate our nervous system to prevent disease
• The 5 things we can all do today to positively impact our health
• Julie's definition of ambition

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Today I flipped the script and had my friend, teammate, and business partner Shaun Ziegler interview me to reflect on the past 100 episodes. This is the most vulnerable I have ever gotten on any platform and I share my journey of how this podcast came to be, and the vision for the future. I hope this particular episode reaches the person who wants more for their life but isn't quite sure where to start. The goal is to inspire and empower 100 million people to become the healthiest, happiest, most fulfilled versions of themselves, and we are just getting started.

Thank you to each and every person that has tuned in over the past 100 episodes, for each incredible guest, and for all of the love and support that has been shown. It truly means the world to me.

Cheers.

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Today's guest, Randall Crowder, is a former Captain in the United States Army and is both Airborne and Ranger qualified. He served over six years active duty and deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he was awarded two Bronze Stars for his actions during combat operations. Now, he is an active investor and entrepreneur and is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Phunware (NASDAQ: PHUN), a technology company in Austin, TX. He regularly publishes articles and speaks on entrepreneurship, venture capital, healthcare and the rise of cryptocurrencies

• How to break through the challenges that are holding you back
• Romanticizing small moments each day to make progress
• Why focusing on progress over perfection is critical
• Lessons learned from years in the Army
• Using failure as a an opportunity to learn and propel yourself forward
• Running is the ultimate self-actualization tool
• Taking a company public
• The power that consistency has to amplify your life
• Being busy vs. productive vs. effective
• How to stay fit no matter what season of life you are in
• Infusing technology to positively impact real world experiences
• Lessons we can learn from children on how to live a better life
• Randall's definition of ambition

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Brock Covington is a entrepreneur, ultramarathoner, and content creator. After working in the fitness industry for 7 years, he opened up his own training facility in 2020 and later sold it in 2022. He also hosts the Zero Quit Podcast where he connects with athletes, business owners, and other creatives and aims to extract practical advice, effective strategies, and mental tactics you can apply to optimize your performance and habits.

Key Points:

• Who you know is more important than what you know
• How to get in the room with people you look up to
• The value of building meaningful connections and relationships to level up your life
• Create more, consume less
• Buying a gym at 20 years old
• Benefits of distance running vs. strength training
• Learning to be bored is a superpower
• How to use fitness to be more present in daily life
• Health and fitness is a stepping stone to becoming the best version of yourself
• Step-by-step advice to building a personal brand and why it is important
• How principles of philosophy can be applied to help us live better, more intentional lives
• Brock's definition of "ambition"

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Today's guest, Kaleb Fossum, is a Former Division 1 Two Sport Athlete (Football & Baseball) turned creative, artist, & aspiring Renaissance man who spent his whole life chasing his dream until one day, it was all over. He shares how he dealt with a loss of identity after his football career was over, why not getting drafted to the NFL was the best thing that ever happened to him, and how losing football helped him find himself and gain clarity on the person he is meant to become and the life he was meant to live.

Kaleb's goal in life is to live a life that is fully expressed in all ways & leave everyone & everything he comes into contact with better than he found it.

Key Points

• What it means to be 'strong and free'
• Learning to say no and why it's so important
• Transitioning out of college football and into the real world
• Dealing with imposter syndrome
• How relentless curiosity can open you up to a world of possibility
• Training with Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow, and other top QB prospects
• Why not going to the NFL was the best thing that ever happened to him
• Using journaling, meditation, and visualization to help achieve our goals
• Accepting abundance and stepping into the person we are becoming
• Choosing your hard in life
• What "ambition" means to Kaleb

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Don Reichelt is a trail and ultra runner who has set multiple world records and finished some of the world's most challenging ultra-endurance events. Most recently, he broke 3 separate world records in 24 hours: furthest distance run on a manual treadmill in 12 hours, running 65.63 miles, fastest time to 100 miles on a manual treadmill, in 19:52:24, and furthest distance run on a manual treadmill in 24 hours, running 114.24 miles. He has countless ultra marathon finishes and podiums with highlights including a 100-mile trail best of 13:16 (7:58 per mile), and a 2018 podium finish at the Badwater 135. His A race for 2023 is Cocodona 250: 250 miles from just outside of Phoenix to Flagstaff, AZ. Don is also a running coach for athletes of all distances and goals. His coaching information can be found at boundlessendurance.com

In this episode, Don shares how he went from getting cut from his high school cross-country team to now sponsored athlete and one of the top ultra-endurance athletes on the planet. Don emphasizes that we ALL have the power to live a life without limits, but it takes commitment, discipline, and consistency day after day in order to see and feel the progress. We don't just wake up and become successful. Success is a byproduct of how we choose to spend our time, the people we surround ourselves with, and what we want our legacy in this life to look like.

He currently lives and trains in Fairplay, Colorado with his wife and two dogs.

Key Points:

• The benefits of doing hard things
• Living life without limits
• The hardest physical challenges Don has attempted and completed
• The mental and physical battle of running for 24 hours on an assault runner treadmill
• Importance of mental training in endurance sports
• Lessons learned from Badwater 135- the world's toughest foot race
• Benefits of running on a manual treadmill to improve as a runner
• Farthest distance run in 12 hours, fastest 100-mile time, farthest distance in 24 hours
• How to keep improving and building an aerobic base as a runner
• The power of consistency
• Surround yourself with people that will help you get better
• Prioritizing to make more time for the things that fulfill you
• Investing in yourself to become a better version of you
• You can't just wake up and be successful
• Dialing in nutrition for ultramarathon training and racing
• Don's next big challenge
• Don's definition of ambition

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Joey Thurman is a health, fitness, and nutrition expert, and television contributor/host. He is the author of the new best-selling book, "The Minimum Method, The Least You Can do to be a Stronger, Healthier, Happier You". Joey was named the best trainer in Chicago by the Chicago Sun Times in 2015 and ‪NEWBEAUTY.com‬'s top 3 favorite celebrity trainers. He has appeared on Good Morning America, Live With Kelly and Ryan, The Today Show, Sherri Shepherd, Tamron Hall, Watch What Happens Live, Harry Connick Jr, WGN, TEDx, his own Facebook Watch series Home Sweat Home, and many more. Joey's work has been featured in publications such as Men's Health, Women's Health, Pop Sugar, U.S. News and World Report, NPR, People Magazine, Shape, NY Post, Fitness Magazine, ‪Livestrong.com‬, ‪BodyBuilding.com‬, Daily Burn, Inspiyr, TimeOut Chicago, CaliDiet, The Chicago Sun Times, Beach Body, and many more.

In this episode, Joey shares his secrets from years in the fitness industry on how we can all begin to optimize our health and fitness to become the best versions of ourselves in all areas of life.

Key Points:

• How fitness saved Joey's life
• Take care of your health to show up for those around you
• When to push through, and when to pull back in your training
• What is the "minimum method" and how it can transform your health, and your life
• Who was The Minumum Method written for?
• Uncovering the "how" for your fitness goals
• Where to start on your fitness journey and the blueprint for sustainable progress
• The one thing you can do to optimize your hormones and your health
• Do we actually need 8 hours of sleep?
• Ways to optimize your sleep to feel your best each day
• The ideal amount of time to take a nap
• What to do before bed to get more deep and REM sleep
• Identifying your chronotype and why it's important
• The importance of decreasing stress for better health and longevity
• Changing your workouts based on where you are in life
• Your training should fit into your life
• Train for performance, not aesthetics
• Joey's definition of ambition

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Jeremy is a runner, running coach, and content creator based in Austin, TX. He has completed several marathons and ultramarathons, including qualifying for the 2023 Boston Marathon. He is the founder of the Stronger Faster Farther training program, which has helped hundreds of athletes PR in their races. Throughout this episode, we dive into Jeremy's journey from videographer to entrepreneur as a content creator and running coach. In this conversation, you'll hear tips, tricks, insights, and advice from Jeremy on how to take your endurance, and your life to the next level, as well as how to use fitness as a way to push through hard times and be ready for whatever life throws your way.

Key Points:

The benefits of running without headphones

Where Jeremy's running journey started

Using running to push through hard times and be ready for what life throws at you

The importance of getting small wins early in the day

Going from videographer to running coach and content creator

Lessons learned from working for Nick Bare

Consistency is the key to progress in anything

The coolest experience Jeremy has had in his running journey

Running is YOU VS. YOU

Running mistakes to avoid if you want to get faster

How adding sodium to your diet can improve your running performance

How to use carbohydrates to enhance your performance

What to do leading up to race day and on race day to perform your best

What races are on Jeremy's bucket list

Striving to be better than you were yesterday

Structure your days in a way that allows you to be successful

Benefits of strength training to improve endurance

Jeremy's definition of Ambition

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Mike Aidala is a leading Performance Coach who has been mentioned in: Men's Health, GQ, Men's Journal, Muscle & Fitness, Well+Good, AskMen, and more. He works with individuals who want to grow their relationship with their mental, emotional and physical health and cultivate the peak performance state of flow.

Mike is also a lifetime athlete having experience from collegiate football to Olympic weightlifting, competitive stand-up paddle-boarding, running multiple ultra-marathons, hand-balancing, and national-level strongman competitions He recently set the Guinness World Record for most weight lifted by Turkish Get Up in an hour and SUP paddled 82 miles from the Bahamas to Florida.

Mike has spent his life seeking and studying a state of awareness through flow and impactful wellness practices and shares practical tips and insights on how we can tap into flow daily and begin to design our ideal life and achieve peak performance.

Key Points:

• Dedication is a trait all high-performers must have
• Eliminating distractions to get the most out of your workouts
• What is 'flow' and how can we find it in our lives?
• Psychology vs. positive psychology
• Going from good to great
• How to actually strengthen your mindset
• The most impactful thing to increase your level of well-being is GRATITUDE
• Getting out of your own head and thinking about what you truly want
• Eliminate the word "should" from your vocabulary
• Slowing down and being open to life's opportunities
• How to design your ideal life
• Utilize the recovery phase of flow to reach peak performance
• Set up your day based on when you're most alert
• Mike's definition of ambition

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When we realize we are the creators of our own reality and are willing to put the work in and learn from our failures and mistakes, it opens up a new world of possibilities.

Today's guest, Dr. Bill Dorfman, better known to millions as "America's Dentist" is a world-renowned dentist responsible for creating some of the most stunning smiles in Hollywood. He is a NY Times Best-Selling Author of the book Billion Dollar Smile and bestseller The Smile Guide. He is a TV Personality that starred on ABC's hit series, "Extreme Makeover," where he performed incredible transformations on the show's participants, and is a recurring guest on the new Emmy Winning show, "The Doctors." Dr. Dorfman has also been featured in magazines such as Men's Health and is a co-founder of LEAP- a non-profit motivational and development program for high school and college students.

Dr. Bill embodies what Pure Ambition is all about and shares his journey on how he came from nothing as a kid and has created an incredible life for himself and how he uses his life motto "learn, earn, return" to pay it forward.

Key Points

• Mindset and perspective are keys to success
• You only fail when you quit
• Just because you haven't had big success, doesn't mean you won't
• a sure recipe for failure is never trying anything
• Growing and selling a multimillion company
• Why burnout is made up
• What happens after money isn't a worry anymore
• He who gives receives the greatest gift
• Doing whatever it took to get a job in Switzerland despite having no money out of college
• Working with some of Hollywood's biggest stars
• Learn, earn, return
• Making lemonade out of lemons
• Dr. Bill's definition of ambition

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