Ep 673: Wheelchair Rugby w/ James Simpson

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Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Ex-soldier turned Wheelchair Rugby World Cup Champion for England, James Simpson, joins John and Tex to share his team's hard fought journey to the top of their sport. His leadership and focused training on Power Athlete's Grindstone program helped empower the performance of his squad on the pitch. Learn what it takes for a team to come together around a common goal and how all the hard work in training makes holding up a trophy that much sweeter.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every
0:06.7	damn day. Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the
0:13.3	greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more. Joining him is everyone's favorite coach and
0:19.2	hair model, Chris, aka Tex McQuilkin,
0:22.1	Power Athletes Director of Performance.
0:24.6	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt,
0:30.4	you've come to the right place.
0:32.1	Now with the warm-up done, let the gains begin.
0:35.0	Hey, welcome to another episode of Power Athlete Radio.
0:37.7	We got a great one today with James Simpson.
0:39.8	Ex-soldier turned England Wheelchair Rugby Star, Grindstone Athlete, and World Cup champion.
0:46.0	James joined us in episode 519 way back in July, 2021, when he was gearing up for this World Cup,
0:53.5	but it was scheduled for back then.
0:55.3	So now we got 18 extra months of training that certainly did pay off.
0:59.1	It's amazing to hear him talk about not only maneuvering the cart, but how he uses the training to
1:03.6	especially connect with his trunk work to actually make him a more efficient athlete out there on the pitch.
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:09.3	So we talk skill, we talk training, and we talk the
1:12.2	heart and mind of a champion. It's a great one. Yeah. No, this is a killer podcast and a great follow-up.
1:17.6	So tune in, excited to hear about the World Cup and more importantly, James Simpson. So I mean,
1:22.6	congratulations on winning the cup. I do. Yeah, I mean, we've been, you know, kind of plugged in on this side. Unfortunately, there's probably not a lot of coverage for it here in the United States. But congratulations. So for those you guys that don't know, if you'd like to give the people a little introduction on it. And more importantly, I mean, it's, I know on our last podcast we got into a ton on your sport and also with rugby.
1:46.6	So, I mean, we showed some clips and whatnot.
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