Putting Yourself At Points of Friction, Chandler Smith Pt 1 / DEKA

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

“But then after these events that you see as only having negative outcomes occur, after they happen, you can, oftentimes, look back and be like, 'Alright well that actually ended up being something that forced me to think about things in a completely different way, that challenged me and made me a lot better.' And that's how I view that now. Like, without the finger thing happening, I definitely don't make the Crossfit Games in 2019 and probably don't end up figuring out the rest of my Army career, as far as how to relate it to fitness... So I'm really lucky, I think, that it happened,” says Chandler Smith, former Army Captain, 4-Year West Point Wrestler, and 3x Crossfit Games athlete.

Today Yancy and Jarod talk with Chandler Smith about how having pain exposed has helped him be a better athlete and a better human being. In this episode, you’ll learn:

- Learning to suffer on the path to success, and not expecting success to just happen out of nowhere

- You can find positives in everything, even after losing part of a finger

- You need to recognize your weaknesses and realize you will not always be the best at what you do

You can check out Chandler’s Instagram @blacksmifff

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod’s Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancy’s Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

Transcript

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0:00.0	But then after these events that you see as only having negative outcomes occur,
0:05.8	after they happen, you can oftentimes look back and be like, all right, well, that actually
0:09.7	end up being something that forced me to think about things in a
0:12.6	completely different way that challenged me and made me a lot better.
0:15.3	And that's how I view that now, like without the
0:17.2	finger thing happening, I definitely don't make the games in 2019
0:21.1	and probably don't end up figuring out the rest of my army career as far as how
0:26.8	related to fitness going forward just without that.
0:29.2	So I'm really lucky I think that it happened.
0:32.2	Welcome to the Spartan Deca series on Spartan Up.
0:35.6	With Jared Cogswell, director of sport,
0:37.8	and Nancy Cope, director of programming.
0:40.8	What's up Spartans?
0:42.3	Welcome to the Deca Series on the Spartan Up podcast. I'm your
0:46.2	co-host Jared Coxwell along with my brother, Yancey Cole. And as usual, yeah, we've got a special guest today. I'm talking about
0:57.0	Chandler Smith.
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