#621 - David Laid - Why Gym Bros Really Need To Evolve
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
David Laid is a fitness model, influencer, Creative Director at Gymshark and YouTuber.
Being young, jacked and famous is a desire almost every 17-year-old guy can probably confess to wanting at one point. But what if the glamour isn’t all it’s made out to be? What happens when injuries threaten to take away the foundation of your self-worth? And what do you do when you need to grow up?
Expect to learn how David uncovered self-worth beyond aesthetics, the setbacks that led to his lowest point in life, how to mentally deal with injuries, the biggest influences on his mindset, David's perspective on modern dating, how to harness adversity, what gymbros should envision beyond fitness and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is David Laid, he's a fitness model, |
| 0:05.6 | influencer, creative director at Gymshark, and a YouTuber. Being young, jacked and famous |
| 0:11.8 | is a desire that almost every 17-year-old guy can probably confess to wanting at one point in |
| 0:17.2 | their life. But what if the glamour isn't all that it's made out to be? What happens when injuries |
| 0:22.5 | threaten to take away the very foundation of your self-worth? And what do you do when you finally |
| 0:28.2 | need to grow up? Expect to learn how David uncovered self-worth beyond aesthetics, |
| 0:33.5 | the setbacks that led to his lowest point in life, how to mentally deal with injuries, |
| 0:38.1 | the biggest influences on his mindset, David's perspective on modern dating, how to harness |
| 0:43.1 | adversity, what Jimbo's should envision beyond fitness, and much more. I very much like hearing |
| 0:51.1 | from people who have had early, rapid success and exposure and notoriety in status and prestige, |
| 0:59.0 | because it helps to see the other side of the curtain, something that an awful lot of people |
| 1:05.2 | want or think that they want, and finding out just how rosy or not the reality is, I think, |
| 1:11.8 | is an incredibly important lesson. I really hope that you enjoy this one. A bit of an update across |
| 1:15.8 | the UK and Ireland tour I'm doing in November, tickets went live on Thursday, and they all sold out |
| 1:21.0 | in less than 60 minutes, and then we released more dates in London and upgraded the venue elsewhere, |
| 1:27.0 | and those tickets sold out too. The final tickets that are remaining will be available this Friday, |
| 1:32.2 | the 5th of May at 10am UK time, and that will be for the Manchester date. Everything else is |
| 1:37.9 | very sold out, I'm afraid, for the people that got tickets and supported the release. I am |
| 1:43.9 | incredibly thankful, and in 2024, if you do not live near Manchester, Dublin or London, |
| 1:49.4 | I will be going to you. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Jim Shark. My favourite |
| 1:55.4 | new piece from them is their Apex T-shirt. It's got this anti-order technology called Essence, |
| 2:00.4 | which is anti-microbial, means that you can train and sweat as much as you want without worrying |
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