The Jedburgh Podcast #054: As Many Reps As Possible - CrossFit Games Champion & Founder of NCFIT Jason Khalipa
What happens when you have no choice but to win. When losing is simply not an option. When winning no matter the challenge means doing whatever it takes.
Jason Khalipa earned the title of World's Fittest Man when he won the 2008 CrossFit games. In 2009 he won the Spirit of the Games award after collapsing mid-competition then picking himself up and finishing. Jason built his career on never quitting and winning at all costs.
But in 2016 Jason's daughter Ava was diagnosed with Leukemia; the toughest challenge he would ever face. For this episode, Host Fran Racioppi met with Jason in his flagship gym, NCFIT, to discuss his As Many Reps As Possible mentality for winning no matter the challenge.
Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.
Highlights:
-What As Many Reps As Possible (AMRAP) means and how to increase focus in our life.
-The five parts of AMRAP: Know Your Why, Focus On What You Can Control, Work Hard, Shift Gears & Re-Evaluate.
-Jason’s daughter, Ava’s, battle with Leukemia and how his family used the AMRAP mentality to combat it.
-Honesty, self-expression and a real connection to community are the values used to remain grounded.
-CrossFit is a community built on shared values and shared suffering.
-Jason embraced CrossFit and started his own gym.
-Focusing on the controllable instead of the uncontrollable.
-Micro-adversities train our mindset to overcome challenges.
-The difference between earned vs perceived confidence.
-The 2009 CrossFit games showed Jason the importance of never quitting.
-Effort Over Everything.
-Why Jason started NCFIT, his focus on core competencies and the entrepreneurial journey scaling across the globe.
Quotes:
-”I was spending too much time not reaching my potential by being one foot in and one foot out in everything I was doing.”
-”If you are doing something just because of money and fame, or if you are doing it for some superficial reason, when things get tough you won’t be successful at it.”
-”I got to be better. Otherwise I’m not going to have this family. I’m not going to have these things. I have to do better about being present and focused.”
-”I thought CrossFit was doing a better job because it had the coach that created the community, which ultimately created that shared suffering.”
-”I focused on things that were outside my control…By the time I actually had to go out there and perform, I wasn’t able to perform.”
-”Through these micro-adversities you start building up the mindset of learning how to positive self-talk, learning how to win, ultimately because you stayed calm and collected.”
-“Winners stay calm and channel that stress into productive energy. Losers complain, fly off the handle, and lose their cool. In my experience, this comes down to a fault in focus."
-“If I was not mentally prepared to finish the task at hand…then I just wouldn’t even do it.”
-”Find something you are really bought in on and become the world’s best at it.”
Jason’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:
-Workout to focus the mind
-Set intention for the day
-Talk to the family about their day
This episode is brought to you by Jersey Mike’s, 18A Fitness, Analytix Solutions and The Readiness Collective.