Chandler Smith | Leading Beyond the Leaderboard

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🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

CrossFit star Chandler Smith seems to have it all: the muscles and the mindset to challenge himself — and the morality to challenge the status quo by speaking out for equality in his sport. But that doesn’t mean the former U.S. Army soldier (as of this year!) doesn’t have weaknesses like the rest of us. In this episode, CrossFit’s highest-ranked Black athlete reveals his favorite junk foods, his secret to keeping cool under pressure, and his advice for realizing our potential in sport — and life.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Trained, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of holistic fitness.
0:05.6	I'm Ryan Flarety, the Senior Director of Performance at Nike.
0:09.0	On every episode, I call up the world's leading experts and athletes to talk about mindset,
0:13.7	movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep.
0:16.7	All the ways to train your body and mind.
0:19.0	Today, I'm chatting with a rising star in the sport of CrossFit, a man who's not just
0:23.2	trying to win the game, but to change it for good.
0:26.6	People look to athletes as role models for better or for worse because it's one of the
0:34.2	biggest forms of entertainment.
0:35.8	When we behave properly, we like reinforce that those behaviors are good and even cool
0:42.1	ones to do.
0:43.1	I want to be able to look back on all this down the road and say, and maximize everything
0:48.1	that I could do within the space I was in.
0:50.2	And most of that maximization isn't physical.
0:52.7	As athletes, I think we really need to be cognizant of the fact that we can help influence
0:57.8	cultural discourse.
1:03.0	That's US CrossFit Powerhouse and West Point grad, Chandler Smith, on a pro-athlete's
1:07.6	responsibility to stand up for what they believe in.
1:10.6	And I'll tell you, I believe in Chandler Smith.
1:13.7	Since I first saw him compete, I thought, okay, here's a guy who's going to dominate
1:17.1	this sport for the next decade.
1:19.2	And Chandler started to make good on that promise.
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