Josh Bridges | How We Can All Use The Navy Seal Mindset

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🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Here’s one piece of advice we can take as universal: Never. Count. Josh. Bridges. Out. The CrossFit icon has specialized in devastating doubters during his 10-year battle of attrition with the field. On this episode of Trained, Josh talks about how the Navy Seal mindset has served him in competition—and how it can serve us in crisis. He shares mental and physical fitness tips from his legendary home gym. And he discusses the specific recovery techniques that have allowed him to remain a force in the sport well into his mid-30s.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ryan Flaherty, Nike Senior Director of Performance.
0:04.7	For two years, I've been making this podcast, talking to experts in every aspect of training,
0:10.0	both mental and physical.
0:12.1	This season, with all of our lives turned upside down by the coronavirus, I'm calling up
0:16.3	some of those same experts, and ones you haven't heard from yet, to find out how they're
0:20.3	staying strong while staying home, and how we can do the same.
0:24.0	You're listening to trained at home.
0:27.3	No matter how bad it sucks, no matter how bad it hurts, it's going to come to an end.
0:32.5	And so, if you can realize that when you're in the worst, lowest part of where you're at,
0:37.8	like, this is going to come to an end, it's going to be okay.
0:40.6	And I'm going to be on the other side of it.
0:42.8	Then I have to deal with how I acted during that moment.
0:47.2	That was CrossFit legend, Josh Bridges.
0:49.7	Talking about how his willpower and fortitude are helping him cope with the current crisis.
0:54.7	The statement has real weight coming from Josh, who's been through a lot more than your
0:58.2	average athlete.
0:59.6	As a Navy SEAL, he saw combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
1:03.0	In fact, he competed in his first few CrossFit games in between deployments.
1:08.1	He earned fans around the world by putting every bit of his heart into every single event.
1:13.8	In his more recent appearances at the games, Josh has shown another kind of grit.
1:18.3	Now well into his mid-30s, he's usually been the oldest and shortest in standard competition.
1:24.1	But that's only fueled his competitive fire.
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