Episode 32: Ryan Flaherty, Senior Director of Performance Nike

Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Ryan Flaherty’s got, from my point of view, one of the most awesome jobs in the world. The Senior Director of Performance at Nike spends his days doing everything from crafting content for the Nike Training Club app, editing scripts for Nike’s podcast Trained, programming workouts for big-name athletes including Serena Williams, sitting on the Nike Performance Council, and so much more. It’s crazy that a much younger Ryan never envisioned this for himself. Growing up as an athlete, he had the opportunity to play football professionally when his third ACL injury sidelined him for good. What he learned through the rehab process was that he could’ve prevented what happened if he trained smarter. At that point, a #hurdlemoment for sure, he felt a calling to help other athletes avoid injuries like his. In episode 32, Ryan’s shares essential tips for building a better body, improving speed, and finding career success. We also dive into the importance of saying no and having grit.
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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 32 of hurdle, a podcast that talks to everyone from top CEOs to entrepreneurs about how they got through tough times, hurdles of sorts, by leaning into wellness.
0:11.6	My name's Emily Abadi, and today I'm chatting with Ryan Flaherty. He's the senior director of performance at Nike.
0:18.9	It's kind of crazy. I actually recorded this episode a few weeks back
0:22.8	at Nike campus in Beaverton, just outside of Portland, which is for the record just as
0:28.5	absolutely amazing and outrageous as you probably think it is. And now I'm recording this
0:34.5	intro on the road in Austin. I'm feeling all sorts of sentimental and super satisfied as this year comes to a close about
0:42.0	how special it is that I've had the opportunity to travel to so many awesome places
0:45.9	since I started the pod almost a year ago.
0:48.6	Before we get into Ryan's story, shout out to the sponsor of today's episode, Athletic Greens.
0:53.7	Complete with 12 servings of fruits and vegetables.
0:57.1	Having the greens powder first thing in the morning before I head out the door
0:59.9	makes me feel like a better me.
1:02.1	They're offering a special deal for hurdle listeners.
1:04.8	It's 20 free travel packs.
1:07.0	That's a $99 value with your first purchase.
1:09.7	Just head on over to athletic greens.com
1:12.1	slash hurdle to claim it. No code necessary. Again, that's athletic greens.com slash hurdle.
1:18.3	Okay, so Ryan, Ryan has, from my point of view, one of the most awesome, cool jobs in the world.
1:26.1	Over the course of a normal day, the senior director of performance
1:29.2	could do everything from cinema meetings about content creation for the Nike Training Club app,
1:34.5	edit a script for Nike's podcast called Trained, it's one of my absolute favorites, program
1:40.3	workouts for athletes he works with around the world, including Serena Williams,
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