Welcome to the Choose Hard Podcast. I'm your host, Cody McBroom. I am a father, husband, coach,

an entrepreneur whose sole life mission is to serve others and help them build their best

life possible. And the first step in doing that is choosing hard. Today's guest is the one and only

Jason Kalipa. Jason Kalipa is a honestly just a phenomenal human being. He has a long list

of reasons why he's qualified for this podcast and to help guide you

and teach you how to be a better person in your life. He is a former CrossFit Games athlete,

not just an athlete, but a champion who literally won the CrossFit Games. He is somebody who is a

father and a husband as well. He is somebody who has a daughter who went through and is still

fighting through the ramifications of leukemia and therefore

he became a philanthropist and started to really pursue a passion for helping children with leukemia.

He is somebody who helps with law enforcement, border patrol, military soldiers. He is a gym

owner who opened up numerous gyms and survived COVID pushing through the most difficult time

to be a business owner in the state of California. He also is an online app and business owner. I mean, the list goes on. The dude is an athlete. He is a coach. He is a leader. He is an entrepreneur. He is a father-husband. And just so, he's so good at life. And he's so good at pursuing a greater life and a greater potential. And something he said today was that he can't rest his head on his pillow at night if he doesn't know that he really pushed to fulfill his full potential that day. And I think that is such a good testament to the type of person he is and the type of value you're going to get today. We're going to talk about what choosing hard means to him. We're going to talk about his story and his struggles and pursuing being an athlete, being an entrepreneur, being somebody who is fighting through COVID, who is still a father and a very present father at that, who has a loving wife in marriage that has been going on for, I believe, like 20 years almost. He met his wife at 15, I believe he said it was. And so they haven't been married since he's been 15, but he's almost 40. So he's had a partner that is committed, and he has committed to for a long time.

I mean, the guy can teach you a lot.

And he's going to teach you a lot today's podcast. I'm very, very excited for you to listen to this one, especially for the dads out there and the entrepreneurs. So I think you're going to get so much value out of this episode today. So without any further ado, let's get on to this conversation with the one and only former CrossFit Games athlete, entrepreneur, and father, husband, and leader of today's world, Jason Kalipa.

The greatest things in life all start with a challenge.

You must accept that everything is hard before it gets easy.

Everything you want in life begins with a hard path.

All right.

Jason Kalipa, man.

I am excited to have you on the show because, man, it's so funny.

I initially heard your name from some of the guys at Jocko Fuel when I was hanging with them.

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