Inside with Brett Hawke #287 Atiba Wade from swim coach to Black Panther stuntman
Atiba Wade is a swimming/fitness/nutrition coach, a stunt performer, and the creator of H2GO Fitness.
Atiba grew up swimming for Jim Ellis at PDR and was actually a swimming double in the movie, Pride. He went on to swam for Jack Bauerle at the University of Georgia. Today, Atiba is still fast, popping off a 21.5 50 SCY Freestyle at 42 years old!
He is a SAG-AFTRA stunt performer. Most recently working on the box office smash hit, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Atiba, a lifelong athlete, is also the creator of H2GO Fitness, a dryland training program specifically designed for swimmers.
Enjoy!
00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:05 Black Panther
02:45 Clinic together in Alaska
10:55 Can you spot yourself in the movie?
12:30 Being a stunt performer
16:06 Beine Nutrition & Wellness
16:55 Swim Angelfish Adaptive Swim Lessons
18:08 Grew up swimming on PDR
20:45 Tough times
22:55 Swimming for the University of Georgia
26:45 Staying involved in swimming
29:13 Atiba the athlete
35:30 H2GO Fitness
36:15 Body weight
38:50 See the cause
39:22 SwimTraxx
41:15 Weight training and swimming
51:29 Destro Swim Towers
51:47 Vasa Trainer
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