218. Brooke Wells, CrossFit Athlete
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Brooke Wells knows a thing or two about overcoming major hurdles. During the 2021 CrossFit Games, the track-athlete-turned-CrossFit-fanatic dislocated her elbow (among other things). She was devestated when she had to withdraw from competition. For episode 218, she's telling us about her road to recovery — paved with grit and determination — which enabled her to come in FIFTH at this year's Games. We also talk the importance of self-belief, her feeling's on NoBull taking over the token sponsorship of the Games, and how she managed to train solo for so many years and succeed without an ever-present support squad. Plus: Her new Nashville chapter, and how she stays positive when times get tough.
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| 0:00.0 | people can be like, why me? And then I'm like, why not me? Like, why can't I be the fittest on her? |
| 0:19.5 | Hey everybody, Emily Abadi here. You are listening to episode 218 of Hurtle. |
| 0:25.5 | A wellness focused podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top |
| 0:30.0 | experts in industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments and everything in between. |
| 0:35.9 | We all go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower you |
| 0:40.6 | to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential |
| 0:46.8 | and of course have some fun along the way. For today's episode 218, I am chatting with the |
| 0:55.2 | one the only Brooke Wells. When I say that I've been looking forward to this conversation for |
| 1:00.5 | what feels like forever, I have emails in my inbox trying to set up this interview from like three |
| 1:06.6 | years ago. And I'm so happy that it coincides with such a landmark comeback year for Brooke. |
| 1:14.4 | For those of you that are out of the loop, Brooke is a CrossFit athlete and she recently came |
| 1:20.1 | in fifth place. She is the fifth fittest woman on earth according to CrossFit. Now Brooke is not |
| 1:26.8 | the first CrossFiter I've had on the show. You've heard from the likes of Rich Froning, |
| 1:31.5 | Tia Claire Tumi, Catherine David's daughter, Annie Thor's daughter. So hopefully by now, |
| 1:38.4 | you're familiar with the sport. But if you're out of the loop, of course, Brooke gives us the |
| 1:43.2 | rundown on what CrossFit is and of course why she loves it so much. And also gives us the Intel |
| 1:50.0 | on Hell. She got into the sport in college and the sacrifices that it required of her as she |
| 1:57.0 | became one of its top athletes. But without a doubt, the highlight of today's conversation is Brooke |
| 2:03.9 | talking to us about her big comeback. She had a massive elbow injury last year at the games and |
| 2:10.9 | was able to not only rehab it, but do so in such an awesome way, reaching new heights that she |
| 2:18.3 | has never seen before. If you to have ever been down and out, if you've ever struggled with |
| 2:24.0 | injury or you're dealing with a hurdle moment in your life, trust me, this episode is for you. |
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