I had a conversation with myself at 26 that most people don't have until they're 80 or 90.

I started to ask myself questions about my life.

Like, what kind of man are you?

Like, did you live your life the way that you wanted to live your life?

I ultimately came to the conclusion that I hadn't because you always think you have the next time. And today is it

for you. You woke up for the last time today. And in that moment, I've never felt so terrible in my life.

Hello, folks. Welcome to the Whoop podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of Whoop. At Whoop, we are on a mission

to unlock human performance. So we build technology that helps you understand your body.

That includes hardware, includes software, includes analytics. And this podcast for me has been

an opportunity to sit down with people who use whoop,

people who are high-performing individuals who live a performance lifestyle,

and really just figure out from them what makes them tick.

Our guest this week is the retired Green Beret Kevin Flike,

who is certainly a high-performance individual and a true inspiration. He was badly wounded

while serving in Afghanistan. He endured this unbelievable path to recovery. He had unbelievable pain.

He got shot in the stomach. It led to experimental surgeries, an addiction to painkillers.

He lost his friends who were killed in action.

And really, we discuss all the ways that Kevin's managed

to overcome the hardship in his life

and create healthy mindsets going forward.

Kevin is now actually training for his first Boston Marathon, which is unbelievable,

considering at one point he could barely walk. And he's someone I just find truly inspiring.

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