Ep 788: Forged in Fire: The Journey to World Champion

Power Athlete Radio

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Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

A year ago, Felipe Costa and Arash Soofiani set an audacious goal: to become a world champion. This week, Felipe shares how he made it happen, from the relentless grind to the mindset shifts that fueled his victory. Together, they break down the blood, sweat, and tears behind the journey and how Power Athlete’s training philosophy and community played a pivotal role.

Whether you’re chasing greatness or looking for the spark to ignite your own journey, this episode is packed with insights and inspiration you don’t want to miss.

Shownotes

00:00:27 - 2023 Goals

00:08:26 - Weight Cuts and Mindset

00:13:03 - Visualization

00:16:08 - Winning Mentality

00:22:12 - Personal Growth

00:26:43 - Mindset

00:30:41 - Preparation

00:38:24 - Conditioning

00:45:12 - Post win reflections

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0:00.0	You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day.
0:08.4	Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.
0:17.0	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place.
0:24.5	Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin.
0:27.2	All right, Power Athlete Nation, I want you guys to welcome Mr. Arash Safani and Mr. Philippe Costa to the podcast to Power Athlete Radio.
0:35.1	I feel like this is a timely one for the fact that last year we did
0:39.9	some goal setting in 2023. Is it 2023? I think it was the beginning of this year. Or was it 2024?
0:46.8	Yeah. Yeah. Somewhere like at the end of the year, whether it's in December, January, we did some
0:50.5	goal setting. And it's kind of neat to sit here a year later and kind of reflect a little bit on not only what you accomplished, but the fact that you're coming off of this big world championship at IGB, JJF, World Champion, Nogi, which was one of the things that you mentioned that you wanted to accomplish.
1:11.4	We did it, right?
1:12.8	Like, me, it's been an amazing journey with you guys, with the Six Blades crew, with the
1:18.9	power acclimate crew, you know, we've just been training a lot.
1:22.6	I remember that whenever we did this goal setting, I think Victor mentioned, like, oh, yeah,, and you gotta go after your first world title this year, right?
1:31.8	And I was like, yeah, let's do it. I'm ready, you know?
1:35.2	And man, I've been just dreaming about it since I was a kid, you know?
1:39.1	Since I did my first steps in Jujitsu, I was dreaming about being a world champion, you know?
1:45.0	And how I said when I finished the tournament,
1:48.0	I didn't really had the opportunity to fight at the color belts,
1:52.0	at the world champion.
1:53.0	So that's actually my first one like ever, you know.
1:56.0	And it was really special, I think, for the moments
2:00.0	and for the people that share with me, you know.
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