everything that happens is happening for you in support of you it's building you it's sharpening you it's preparing you to actually live the life you are meant to live and that means you know at some some points there's gonna be uncertainty and as long as you're certain in yourself and who you are and your mission there's no stopping you

Hey everyone Emily Abadi here you are listening to episode 155 of Hurdle a wellness focused podcast where I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about big wins tough moments and everything in between on the show what you can expect a vulnerability motivation and

and CEOs to aspiring entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your passions my mission is simple to inspire you to be your best self move with intention and have some fun along the way today I am so excited to bring you my conversation with Akin Ackman man I have known Akin for a while and this conversation has been something that we have been talking about for what seems like forever growing up

Akin tells us in today's episode that he was a tennis wizz he trained alongside some of the greats including Maria Sharapova and Tatiana Galvan and he dreamed of being the best and of course going pro until a back injury totally sideline Tim now coming to terms with his circumstance during that hurdle moment it was not easy and he says in today's episode that he probably went through a bit of depression at the time but looking back on it now

he can't imagine his life without that happening and that's because that injury led him down a completely new path the path of becoming a coach

in today's episode Akin shares the details surrounding the first spin class he ever taught in Miami and how he ended up moving to New York to pursue opportunities in the modeling industry

what started as him teaching some classes on the side at a crunch gym turned into him getting scouted by soul cycle where he would ultimately become one of the most in demand coaches in the city with 30 plus classes each week all of which would sell out in just seconds

it was during this time that his boot camp classes also became wildly popular and he became inspired to create a concept of his own

Akin talks me through the challenges that came hand in hand with launching army shortly before a global pandemic I was so intrigued to hear about Akin's backstory but what I think is super interesting about him is really his mindset

and how dialed in he is to the correlation between how we move our bodies and how we feel and what we feel empowered to do his goal really is to help someone graduate from what they thought they could do what their baseline was

and taking that to the next level not just again in fitness but in life and honestly I think he has a lot of qualities of a great coach and that he inspires his athletes both physically and mentally so that when they leave his class when they leave an environment with him they want to level up in other areas of their lives

now if army sounds familiar that's because not all that long ago I had Akin's co-founder one of them Angela Mammal Davis on the show as well

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